Were Rep. Steve Israel's comments about Republicans over the line?
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Indy Texas
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« on: April 15, 2014, 11:44:50 PM »
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The statement was in response to Candy Crowley asking, "Do you think your Republican colleagues are racist?"
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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2014, 01:04:53 AM »
No, because it was accurate IMO.
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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2014, 01:09:07 AM »
Not at all.
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2014, 01:35:48 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2014, 02:04:16 AM »

Was it? She was asking about his Republican colleagues, then he said that and segued into talking about the Republican base.

At best, he did not answer the question that was asked. At worst, it was a very backhanded way to imply there are people in Congress who think non-whites are inferior to whites and/or do not deserve to have the same rights.

How would you react if Greta Van Susteren asked Louie Gohmert if he thought the Democrats in Congress were socialists and he responded, "Not all of them are,"?
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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2014, 04:09:47 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2014, 05:06:07 AM »
No (sane).
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2014, 07:37:31 AM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on April 16, 2014, 02:04:16 AM

Was it? She was asking about his Republican colleagues, then he said that and segued into talking about the Republican base.

At best, he did not answer the question that was asked. At worst, it was a very backhanded way to imply there are people in Congress who think non-whites are inferior to whites and/or do not deserve to have the same rights.

How would you react if Greta Van Susteren asked Louie Gohmert if he thought the Democrats in Congress were socialists and he responded, "Not all of them are,"?
He'd be right because one of them is Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2014, 07:43:12 AM »
Yes (sane).  There may be some racist Republicans, but there are also racist Democrats and Independents.
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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2014, 01:50:08 PM »
He's correct. Not all Republicans are racists, but all racists are Republicans.
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2014, 01:58:52 PM »
Yes (D), not every Republican is a racist, regardless of their Immigration positions, and while a section of the Republican base is comprised of Racists, they make up a small minority, I mean, the only places I can envision John Malcom Paterson types getting elected are Mississippi and Alabama, and even then, you aren't going to find mainstream Republicans screaming "NEGROS WILL DIE, WHITE POWER" from Capitol Hill.
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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2014, 02:08:46 PM »
« Edited: April 16, 2014, 02:10:28 PM by AggregateDemand »
Without allegations of racism and sexism, Democrats have nothing. Rep. Israel is a bigot by necessity, and another Democrat yankee from an all-white liberal paradise, who thinks integration is segregated neighborhoods within a major city. Northeastern Democrats have no understanding of what it means to live in a racially diverse state where minorities wield electoral power. They are not victims, they are equals. Ideological competition and criticism is not harmful or bigoted between cultures.

I suppose his remarks are only noteworthy, now that he has been put in the 3rd district, which isn't as solidly Democratic as the 2nd District.
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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2014, 02:14:37 PM »
Quote from: IceSpear on April 16, 2014, 01:50:08 PM
He's correct. Not all Republicans are racists, but all racists are Republicans.
This is...blatantly untrue.
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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2014, 03:11:42 PM »
Quote from: IceSpear on April 16, 2014, 01:50:08 PM
He's correct. Not all Republicans are racists, but all racists are Republicans.
Bob Byrd's ghost would like to speak with you.
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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2014, 03:20:31 PM »
Quote from: Secretly Ted Cruz on April 16, 2014, 01:58:52 PM
Yes (D), not every Republican is a racist, regardless of their Immigration positions, and while a section of the Republican base is comprised of Racists, they make up a small minority, I mean, the only places I can envision John Malcom Paterson types getting elected are Mississippi and Alabama, and even then, you aren't going to find mainstream Republicans screaming "NEGROS WILL DIE, WHITE POWER" from Capitol Hill.

You don't have to be an avowed white nationalist to be racist.
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« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2014, 03:21:45 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on April 16, 2014, 02:04:16 AM

Was it? She was asking about his Republican colleagues, then he said that and segued into talking about the Republican base.

At best, he did not answer the question that was asked. At worst, it was a very backhanded way to imply there are people in Congress who think non-whites are inferior to whites and/or do not deserve to have the same rights.

Pete Sessions comes to mind immediately. As does, potentially, Chris McDaniel. Joe Wilson, Doug Lamborn - there certainly are people in Congress who are at least a little racist.
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« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2014, 03:50:15 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2014, 04:04:37 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2014, 11:27:58 PM »
No. Once you meet the republican base, you realize where the Klan has gone.
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« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2014, 07:38:01 AM »
Yes. The term racism is inflationary used, misused and above all abused, that it wears and loses its real meaning.
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« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2014, 07:42:42 AM »
He's completely correct.
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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2014, 08:01:54 AM »
Quote from: Mr. Pollo on April 16, 2014, 11:27:58 PM
No. Once you meet the republican base, you realize where the Klan has gone.

Troll, meet the ignore button.
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« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2014, 08:44:40 AM »
Nothing wrong with blunt honesty.
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