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Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment

Think Biden and Indian accent who work at 7-11.

This seems to be generational.

Think Biden who said "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy, I mean, that's a storybook, man."
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgIFV7jXBFQ"]YouTube- Biden: Obama is first "CLEAN" African American[/ame]

And Ried isn't totally wrong in his assessment. Obama does laihk tu soun laihk a suthe'n main now'n gain. Know wha I'm say'in?.

Biden wasn't totally wrong about Obama either.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVUPqoowf8&feature=related"]YouTube- Joe Biden On Barack Obama[/ame]

There was this putrid display of pandering, only topped by Hillary's even more disgusting display.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95KC7CF5B9E&feature=related"]YouTube- Barack Obama in Selma[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDQ1vIuvZI"]YouTube- Hillary Clinton adopts a southern drawl[/ame]

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Not that I had any respect for Reid, but I didn't expect him to quite this stupid. Maybe Sharpton will go after him, that would be quite entertaining.
When you had Wright projectile vomiting the worst kind of filth, when you have Obama lapping it up from the floor for 2 decades, you think anything will happen?

Not a hope in hell.

1. Democrats don't take to eating their own.
2. This will be set aside, swept under the carpet, and they know Republicans are too wimpy to hold their feet to the fire. This is docile compared to the poison Obi's mentor spewed... and what happened? Nothing, nada, nix, nyet, zippo.
 
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I agree with our conservative friends; it definitely was a foolish and shameful thing to say, as were Biden's ignorant racial comments.

I do find it odd, however, that no conservatives on this board have condemned similar foolish and shameful race-related comments made by RNC Chairman Michael Steele.




Or, perhaps it's not odd at all. ;)


Added for emphasis:

1. Democrats don't take to eating their own.
2. This will be set aside, swept under the carpet, and they know Republicans are too wimpy to hold their feet to the fire.
 
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I agree with our conservative friends; it definitely was a foolish and shameful thing to say, as were Biden's ignorant racial comments.

I do find it odd, however, that no conservatives on this board have condemned similar foolish and shameful race-related comments made by RNC Chairman Michael Steele.




Or, perhaps it's not odd at all. ;)


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What did Steele say specifically that was racist? I'm not doubting it, but I couldn't find it in your link.

Oh, and how is this relevant to the thread topic?
 
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What did Steele say specifically that was racist? I'm not doubting it, but I couldn't find it in your link.

Steele also attracted controversy in July 2009 after he was videotaped telling a blogger that he would bring "fried chicken and potato salad" to a generally proposed gathering to attract "diverse populations" to the Republican Party. --Wiki


Native American Caucus head demands Steele apologize for 'racist' comment

The Co-Chairman of the Congressional Native American Caucus demanded an apology from RNC Chairman Michael Steele for using a "racist" phrase on national television.

Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.), the Democratic co-chairman of the caucus, slammed the Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman for having used the phrase "honest Injun" during an appearance on Fox News.

"I am outraged and disgusted that the head of the National Republican Party would make such a derogatory and offensive statement about Native Americans on national television," Kildee said in a statement. "In an effort to cover up Michael Steele’s racist comment, Fox News altered the transcript online to read ‘honest engine’ instead of ‘honest Injun.’"

Another story on the "honest injun" comment:

Steele should apologize for racist remark
Jan 8, 2010

So much for the GOP’s “big tent” strategy.

Republican National Chairman Michael Steele last week put his foot in his mouth during an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show. Describing a Republican Party platform that he contends is “one of the best political documents” in the last 25 years, Steele underscored his point by adding, “Honest Injun on that.” Ironically, he followed by listing core conservative values.

A public apology is well overdue. Steele and the RNC must address his terrible choice of phrase. Disgust and outrage has turned into adamant calls for an apology. Michigan Congressman Dale Kildee, Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, issued a statement in response to Steele’s “racist comment.”

“For those of us who have been fighting to reverse decades of mistreatment of Native Americans, we all know what Mr. Steele said and what he meant,” said Kildee. “His insensitive comment undermines and threatens to reverse the progress we have made to correct those wrongs. A cursory look through a dictionary or even some knowledge of Native American history would show Mr. Steele that the term is a racial slur for Native Americans.” He then urged the head of the RNC to publicly apologize to the Native American community “for his derogatory comment.”

It is particularly disturbing that Steele, who has endorsed a “big tent” Republican strategy that broadens its party, would so blatantly and easily offend American Indians. Steele’s use of this racist phrase – on a widely viewed national program, no less – disrespects a community that works hard to educate about the true history of the United States and wants to participate in its productive future.

Sharing this sentiment, Ronnie Washines, president of Native American Journalists Association, issued this statement following the televised incident: “I am thoroughly outraged that the leader of the National Republican Party would use such repulsive language on national television. Those of us in journalism have tirelessly worked to ensure that political leaders, newsrooms and the public be respectful to all cultures when speaking publically. Michael Steele’s scurrilous tongue does no service to his group and only undermines the positive work of those who sincerely seek to respect one another in all of our working relationships. I urge Michael Steele to carefully word a sincere apology to the Native American community, which could help stop such uneducated archaic racist remarks from being made in the future. We here at NAJA are available to assist him and his organization with obtaining an accurate understanding of Native America.”

We urge Steele to exhibit better leadership than this if the GOP truly wants to become more inclusive. In this age of instant media, it will be an uphill battle to overcome this image in the minds of Native peoples. --Indian Country Today
 
Oh, and how is this relevant to the thread topic?

Read your quote below and call for Steele to resign immediately too...

Of course, the only honorable thing for him to do would be to resign immediately. Since Harry Reid has no honor, he will simply apologize and remain in power.

... or lose the partisan outrage. :roll:
 
Read your quote below and call for Steele to resign immediately too...



... or lose the partisan outrage. :roll:

OK.
So long as you call for Obama to resign.
Honest Injun... compared to the link below.

How can a man who sat and listened to this crap for 20-years hold the Presidency?

Have a listen... to all of it to refresh your memory of what poison our president sought out... sought out and tolerated... defended... exposed his children to. This BS is verbal crack cocaine. Our president obviously an addict, lack the judgment to steer well wide of such garbage, instead he defended it.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwQWuQVE6sw"]YouTube- BARACK OBAMA Pastor ANTI-AMERICAN Rev Jeremiah Wright Racism[/ame]

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OK.
So long as you call for Obama to resign.

I didn't hear any derogatory racial slurs uttered by Mr. Obama in that video, and to my knowledge he has not been known to use such language.
 
I didn't hear any derogatory racial slurs uttered by Mr. Obama in that video, and to my knowledge he has not been known to use such language.

Weak, lame, but... expected.
At the pulpit, Wright uses the N-word, not in this vid, but he does.
This on vids he had FOR SALE!
What don't need to know what else went on that isn't recorded... if this is their marketing material. Doh.

Obama's racial training reared its ugly head with the incident with the MA police. He also used it against Bill Clinton during the primaries.

In MA Obi brings up the possibility it was a race issue, says the cops acted stupidly... this without knowing the facts. This for a local dispute he should have no say in because:

1. It is local.
2. He doesn't have all the facts.

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Another story on the "honest injun" comment:

Seriously? You think saying "honest injun" is analogous to referring to a "negro dialect"?

Do you think that everyone who says "gypped" is a racist?
 
Maybe if he was the senator of Texas or Alabama he would have got away with it.....but not Nevada. :lol:

Try again.

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This time I have say I think this is much a do about nothing. As much as pin headed idiot Reid and 99% of his party are he said nothing that wasn't true and was in fact a complement, sort of.

Had he said Obama is one of those niggers who can pass as white if you don't look at him, now that would have been offensive to most everyone.

Obama like most educated people sounds a bit more intelligent than say the average person you might find in the south or even in many inner city locations when talking like an idiot is cool to young ignorant people of any race.

Axe any foo hoo been der, bro.
 
Another story on the "honest injun" comment:

Steel is black. How can he be racist against himself? Do you take umbrage when Irish people poke fun at their own drinking habits? Do you get pissed when black comedians make fun of black stereotypes?

And how is using the term "honest injun" racist!? Are you implying that Steele thinks Native Americans are inferior?

No, the equivalent of Reid's comments coming from Steele would have been something like this:

We lost to Barack Obama because John McCain is just another old cracker.

Sorry, but a harmless joke directed at his own race and the use of a common Americanism in a context totally unrelated to race is not the same as lauding a black man for not having a Negro dialect. It's sad that you cannot see the difference.
 
Read your quote below and call for Steele to resign immediately too...



... or lose the partisan outrage. :roll:

Partisan? How am I partisan? Steele can step down, or not step down. I don't really care what the GOP does because I'm not a damn Republican. The issue here is Reid's idiocy and utter crassness.

Negro dialect is NOT the same thing as "honest injun" or poking fun at his own race. Good lord!
 
I also remember some years back when a white school staff member was fired because he said that since funds were tight, schools must operate more "niggardly", meaning in a frugal manner. It seems that the N word or any word that comes close to the word is a sore subject.

White Washington DC Staffer Let Go for Using 'Niggardly'!

That's because people are ****ing stupid. The etymology of the words is entirely different.
 
Note that the United Negro College Fund has not changed its name.
 
He didn't have to say "negro dialect". That's just plain ignorant.

He could have simply said Obama is articulate, or he could've abstained from the presumption that black people all talk with a "negro dialect" and that Obama was an exotic exception to that stereotype.

No matter how you slice it, it's a profoundly idiotic statement.

I think it was just a poor choice of words in making a statement he thought was funny. What made this bad is that he forgot to balance the statement by also using the word "cracker". :mrgreen:
 
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I also remember some years back when a white school staff member was fired because he said that since funds were tight, schools must operate more "niggardly", meaning in a frugal manner. It seems that the N word or any word that comes close to the word is a sore subject.

White Washington DC Staffer Let Go for Using 'Niggardly'!

what a **** up, clearly the appropriate word was 'to operate more jew-ey' :2razz::lol:

still wrong, but much more appropriate considering stereotypes
 
I think it was just a poor choice of words in making a statement he thought was funny. What made this bad is that he forgot to balance the statement by also using the word "cracker". :mrgreen:

for your approval:
This Cracker highly approves of this Clean Negro
thats ok?
 
what a **** up, clearly the appropriate word was 'to operate more jew-ey' :2razz::lol:

still wrong, but much more appropriate considering stereotypes

Whoa, the word "niggardly" has nothing whatsoever to do with the N word.

This word was around even before the N word was invented.

EDIT: Looks like RightInNYC beat me to the punch on this one. LOL.
 
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for your approval:

thats ok?

Almost. Try "The cracker never took a bath until he saw the clean negro, then realized that cleanliness is next to Godliness". :mrgreen:
 
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Whoa, the word "niggardly" has nothing whatsoever to do with the N word.

This word has been around even before the N word was invented.

never actually heard of it before this, just assumed that.... :doh
 
I just can't believe he'd say something so utterly moronic. That sounds like something a plantation owner would say about his house servant.

How about a cynical politician accessing his candidate's potential? Reid supported Obama, and according to this same source, "urged him to run".
 
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