Republicans Pounce on Reid Story to Insinuate Possible Bias

Why WOULD Reid dare to suggest that somebody recently shown to BE unelectable (Tammy Duckworth, drafted into politics by Rahm Emanuel AFTER her war wounds) would be more desirable than Jackson, for example, who clearly IS too electable for Reid’s liking.
Are Reid-Pelosi-Obama stacking the deck with Congress-persons who owe their seats to the hahaha “leadership”, rather than to actual election?
OR are they setting the stage for their Republican pals, who elected Obama, to pick up a few seats at the expense of Democratic, un-rich, “blacks”.
If an angry God were to stomp a big shoe on the Capitol, it wouldn’t be surprising.

I think the idea that Duckworth or Madigan are more *electable* is preposterous- especially Duckworth who has been rejected by the voters multiple times.
I think Reid has some explaining to do.
It also puts Blagojevich’s desire to get something in exchange for these appointments in a somewhat different light. Obviously, he can’t sell the Senate seat.
But the Democrats and Obama had very definite ideas about who they wanted in that seat. They were not Blagojevich’s choice, and they were certainly not more qualified than Blagojevich’s choices would have been.
So Reid and Emmanuel really were trying to strong-arm the appointment, and not by choosing candidates the *people of Illinois* have indicated any desire to have represent them.

I say the repubs need to be quiet right now.
until the stain of the last eight years has worn off the republican party who helped put him there needs to keep quiet.

Reid can be replaced and the sooner the better.

i agree Cassandra, especially Senator Cornyn. the Republican Party fueled by Limbaugh/O’Reily mindset has made the party the most non-credible on issues of civil rights, equal opportunity and equal protection. Reid’s voting records show his dedication to civil rights. Cornyn’s record (and decisions as justice of the supreme court of Texas) does not support his pompous, hypocritical grandstanding.
it will take years for the Republicans to gain any legitimacy among minorities. just this last election showed how close the Republican Party still is to its racist past.

Let us listen to the tapes and see if he thnks they are “magic negroes”. The reason R’s have a problem in cases like this is because they do things like the “magic negro”. As far as I know, Reid does not have this problem.
Since I am from IL, I can tell you that about any D would win N. IL, but it is very hard for someone from Chicago to win in S. IL (which can be like KY). A lot of the whites do not like blacks there as they have never been around them that much. It is a sad, but true fact. A white D would do better although that certainly does not make it right.

Why is Jake trying to carry water for the GOP?

Are you serious?
The GOP who used the Southern strategy for decades to entice disaffected whites and is passing around “Barack the Magic Negro” CD has NO PLACE TO TALK.

The Senate Majority Leader was
under the impression that he
and his misguided senate
colleagues would be able to
demagog Governor Blagojevich out
of office or gang up on him
to do their bidding.
Their miscalculation has
backfired.
The blockheaded U.S. Attorney
who filed trash called a
criminal complaint against the
governor has no case and is now
seeking a 90-day extension to
produce more worthless trash
at taxpayers’ expense.

“Magic Negro” was a term started by a DEM to describe BHO and his policies. The DEM paper LA Times published it.
Just so happens Reps found it funny and made a parody of what a Dem meant as a serious discussion.
I guess Dems can’t take a joke about their serious attacks on each other.

Oh My! A politician telling another politician who he should select, or how he should vote; that has never happened before.
Possible bias? Oh now Cornyn and the GOP claims Racial Bias?

Republicans – keep it up and there will be no one left in the republican party.
What a bunch of jerks.

Dave says “The DEM paper LA Times published it.”
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The LA Times is very up front about the fact they are an “unabashed conservative paper” after their founder, Harrison Otis.

I find it funny that all the complaints here are about Republicans. The point is that Reid told Blago don’t send me a black because other than Obama they can’t win a statewide election in Illinois. That is politically-motivated racism. Quit whining about Repubs, it is obvious to anyone paying attention.
Cordially,
Uncle J

I love watching liberals and leftists get tangled up in their own PC idiocy. That said, Reid may have a real problem. Does anyone else remember Reid’s nasty, non-specific comments about Clarence Thomas on Meet the Press back in 2004, when (among other things) he said Thomas was an “embarrassment” and that his opinions were “poorly written” while praising Saclia’s intelligence? He gave no examples at the time and Tim Russert demanded none. When questioned later about his comments, Reid cited a purportedly poorly written Thomas opinion, which as it turned out was not written by Thomas after all. Reid made some excuse for that mistake which I can’t recall but it begs the question of why he raised the issue in the first place. There was some huffing and puffing in the conservative media but nothing more came of it. In any case, conservative news junkies have long suspected that Reid is a closet racist. I’m sure his Democratic colleagues do as well. Reid is old and a Mormon. Perhaps he is unable to shake the old time Mormon belief (now repudiated by the church) that blacks are inferior.

My response to any republican for the next 4/8 years will be
haha
whatever!

Oh Buford Gooch what planet have you been on for the past eight years.
Just google “bush gaffes” and watch your computer literally blow up from the overflow of responses.

Omentum, That is a good one! Ha ha! whatever! I like that!A very wise old man told me that the Republican party are for those who are very rich and those who pretend to be rich…moreso the pretenders…I am so happy that they no longer hold the top positions in government..now we can have some commonsense decisions made on behalf of all Americans.

Reid has opined that the Senate should seat Franken as Franken is currently in the lead even though the Minnesota recount is not completed and certified (Mpls Trib). If Harry can pull off denying Burris and seating Franken the fireworks should be fairly interesting for a while. Pass the popcorn.

Omentum, That is a good one! Ha ha! whatever! I like that!A very wise old man told me that the Republican party are for those who are very rich and those who pretend to be rich…moreso the pretenders…I am so happy that they no longer hold the top positions in government..now we can have some commonsense decisions made on behalf of all Americans.
Posted by: Stanley | Jan 3, 2009 10:02:44 PM
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Haha agree totally.
What is most hilarious is that they are mostly responsible for the country being in the mess it is in right now and all of a sudden they now take the role as government consultants…… rofl hilarious
they have been the Who’s Who of corruption and greed the past eight years.
hahahaha
And now … all of a sudden, they are the “moral police” talk about the fox guarding the chickens
our stature on the international scene has been greatly diminished and I am literally in awe as fixed news trot these old geezers out who are “statesmen” calling themselves giving the new administration “advice”. hilarious
would someone please tell them that America FIRED them.
The end of an error

GOP
Your opinion is not worth a plugged nickel.

This has Bam’s fingerprints all over it. Reid should not resign unless we want to see Bam interfere in the selection of the next Senate majority leader. We all know when Bam gets involved it does not do anyone any good, well except for him.

carol will 6:27:36 “about any D would win N. IL, but it is very hard for someone from Chicago to win S. IL….Alot of whites do not like blacks there as they have never been around them that much. It is a sad, but true fact.”
This is one of the dumbest comments ever and your source is you?? You first need to know that the only time anyone in Chicago is interested in the rest of the state is when money or votes are needed. I’d describe it more like apathy. Nothing like being at the mercy of do nothing but fight lawmakers.

Correction from 11:54 PM posting:
Okay. The Magic Negro caricatures are varied and go a long way back, all the way to 5th century China with African slaves being portrayed as possessing supernatural strength and knowledge. And yes, David Ehrenstein used the term in the LAT, but not in a racist manner. Then it was used in the song,”Barak the Magic Negro,” which was clearly derogatory and originated with Limbaugh before it circulated the RNC.

You’re wrong too. The term “Magic Negro” WAS first used in an LA Times op-ed, as reported in the Kansas City Star on January 1, 2009 (as well as many other places):
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My previous point was that the nomenclature of Magic Negro has been used both recently and historically. The LAT article was categorically not the first time the term was used. Furthermore, it was used in a clearly racist song in its distribution through the RNC.

This is the problem with Washington. When a politico takes office, instead of governing, their focus is instantly on the next election cycle. Its an endless campaign. Thats why we have the politicians we have. They are the ones that can raise the obscene amounts of money to get re-elected. After this last campaign cycle, we are in for more of the same. After it took so much money for Obama to get elected, campaign finance went out the window. The genie is out of the bottle. Expect inductry lobbyists to have more power than ever since they have the cash these politicians need to get elected.

As an Illinoisan, I shall vote if given a chance for Jesse Jackson Junior, Danny Davis or Lisa Madigan.
I suspect Lisa would have a better state-wide chance.
They are all proven vote getters.
Tammy Duckworth is Rahm Emanuel’s losing candidate.
All the national Democrats and Republicans need to stay out of Illinois politics and that includes the President-Elect and his Chief of Staff.

“The Republicans are the party of the rich….”
Can you say Soros, Corzine, Kennedy, Kennedy, Pelosi, Kohl, Maduff, etc., etc. at infinitum….?

its all a right wing conspiracy don’t ya know… them rabit republicans are setting us democrates up… were are all angles workin for the people …. thats why are private donations amount to nothing but as far as the american taxpayers cash…..well…….thats a different story..

I listened to Senator Reid today on Meet the Press. While he claimed he did not say to Gov. Rod not to appoint Reps, Jackson or Davis or State Senate Leader Jones, when pressed by David, he also admitted he could not remember everything he may have said in the conversation with the Gov.
In politics, it is standard to suggest the one under a cloud is not telling the truth.
It would not surprise me that in this case, Gov. Rod may be telling the truth about the call from Senator Reid.
Bottom line, this appointment of Mr. Burris is legal, the nation has huge problems and the good ole boys are only concern about themselves and their power.

I know,of course that there is No love lost for ANY Dems as far as Republicans are concerned, but NOW the Repubs are being downright obnoxious and bitter since they lost this election and they just cannot get over it!
Due to that, there is much SPIN being presented to our country,and in NO way would I say that Obama was rejected by the military as they were having Christmas dinner and as we saw them shaking hands with Obama, but yet one journalist told us that the military avoided him,but let me say to that:
NO WAY! They want to get out of this Bush’s war …not stay there! So they would be happy to see hi..and finally~
Keep in mind also that at least Obama DID visit them while we all saw George W. Bush sitting in an easy chair at his home calling just a few of them for a photo op as he had a phone in his hand smiling for the cameras!

fitz—”according to studies, republicans are more likely to have acheived bachelors degrees. plus, we have an understanding of basic market economics.” that is quite an assertion unsupported by any facts.
if Republicans understand economics better than democrats then we should assign blame to them for this fiscal catastrophe: lax oversight of markets and no regulations.
regardless Republicans did nothing to alert anyone about the impending doom. forgive us for not seeing them as economic geniuses.

Bush spoke often of the need for reforms of housing finance: first through his budget proposals starting in 2001, and then via his advisers’ testimony to Congress starting in 2002 and then from the stump starting in August 2007 – culminating in his 2008 State of the Union Address, and 17 other times in 2008 alone before Congress finally decided to act.
If America is to reform, we must learn from our mistakes. But the Alinsky trained left has so prevented real communication that we can’t. Barney Frank blocked an investigation into Freddie and Fannie. Do we love Barney Frank and the Dems more than we love America? Looks like it from these comments.

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we have an understanding of basic market economics. you know, supply/demand, that whole thing. let’s see how this works out with heavy-handed regulation for 4 years.
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BWahahahaha! Ok. Ok. So why would the republicans build mini-mansions that require high income earners, then send all the high income earning jobs overseas??? Is this the new way to hide their money?

Correction:
Memo not Memmo(that was a typo).