I will later this afternoon.
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PearlWatson
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The Artur speech was reminiscent of the Zell Miller speech back in 04.
Zell was a lot more passionate though. Maybe because he wasn't expecting to be called "uncle tom" from his racist dem friends.
Zell was a lot more passionate though. Maybe because he wasn't expecting to be called "uncle tom" from his racist dem friends.
It is simply showing all the nasty things tweeted about Mia Love after her speech last night. Someone even got on her wikipedia page and and called her some pretty horrific names including some very racist comments. I was simply reinforcing your statement that liberals are all inclusive... until you disagree with them.
OneBrow's comment regarding the link made no sense whatsoever.
Zombie
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If you really think whoever wrote those things is representative of liberals then it's only fair to assume you think all the racist **** you see at tea party rallies is representative of conservatives, right?
Darkwing Duck
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Or the RNC.
Enough news coverage of that that I don't think I need to link to it.
One-upmanship, thy name is American politics.
I had to look up who Mia Love is.
Be honest, why was she even offered a slot at the convention? A random mayor of a tiny town in Utah? We're this desperate for brown faces?
Given that Romney is polling a literal zero among African Americans it's probably a lost cause, but at least I'll give him some credit for trying to portray a diverse group of constituents even though that's not even remotely true.
Be honest, why was she even offered a slot at the convention? A random mayor of a tiny town in Utah? We're this desperate for brown faces?
Given that Romney is polling a literal zero among African Americans it's probably a lost cause, but at least I'll give him some credit for trying to portray a diverse group of constituents even though that's not even remotely true.
What you can take from it is that the GOP platforms pit white males against everyone else, so demographics follow suit.
Poor choice of analogy. Since we all love taxes we're no longer fans of Wesley Snipes the tax cheat.
https://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-09...ges-of-tax-fraud-tax-protesters?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
EDIT: Please choose from among any number of other black celebrities allied with the democratic party. You know, all of them.
Well not all of them. You guys have Karl Malone, Don King, Lynn Swan, and JJ from Good Times.
Based on this quote, I would say he is perfect.
"I'm disappointed that the system seems not to be working for me in this situation."
The more I think about it the more I think the analogy is awful. I mean, who didn't like Carlton?
I'm absolutely sure Carlton would have been accepted into either of the black fraternities at my rich private southern college.
It is being reported that since speaking last night she has raised in excess of $100K for her campaign. I've noticed on the boob tube today that she has been running many more adds. It also got her a commitment from Condi Rice to come to Utah to campaign on her behalf. It has worked out well for Love. Now she has to beat Mattheson.
That aside, I guarantee you'll hate her politics.
I thought about it some more, and nope, that's not it.
All joking aside, you'll note I'm not staking out the position that it's impossible to be black and a member of the GOP (Charles Barkley makes a relatively cogent argument on this point). I'm merely saying the numbers are what they are and those numbers are radically distorted by the proportion of representation at the convention and that this is a thing that's been happening for as long as I can remember (the first conventions I remember are the 1996 ones).
I don't think those points are really disputable.
I don't think those points are really disputable.
Two reasons:
1. Exactly why you think she was offered the nomination
2. A model for minorities to show that you can think independently of the current conventional mindset
PearlWatson
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She's a woman.
She's black.
She's Mormon.
She has a chance to unseat a Dem incumbent for a House seat.