"He did not help the cause of diversity and tolerance with his remarks -- if I were a betting man I would say it instigated more racist sentiment," Johnson said Tuesday. "And so I guess we'll probably have folks putting on white hoods and white uniforms again and riding through the countryside intimidating people.. . That's the logical conclusion if this kind of attitude is not rebuked, and Congressman Wilson represents it. He's the face of it."
Once and for all, racists are scumbags. But so are race baiters like Dowd, Carter and Johnson. The pathetic drivel being spewed by these race baiters is bullsh*t, they aren't the least bit interested in solving any racial issues, they thrive on fueling racism and maligning this country and her citizens. When will Americans wake up to who it is that's really keeping racism alive??
2) First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance through your job, Medicare, Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. Let me repeat this: nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have.
7) This reform will charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies, which will encourage them to provide greater value for the money – an idea which has the support of Democratic and Republican experts. And according to these same experts, this modest change could help hold down the cost of health care for all of us in the long-run.
Honestly I thought that the constant interuption of the address by the mindless drones standing and applauding throughout the address degraded the proceedings much worse than Wilson's single expression .
That sparked a number of non sequitur comments from Mr Manners . But the real question that remained unanswered is... did Joe Wilson break House rules ?
When Elliot asked for the rules I was able to find where the Dems released a revised list of rules that on appearance shows he did . (#32)
But appearances is deceiving . The truth is ;according to Donald Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington;that the normal House rules do NOT apply when it is a joint session of Congress.
(my source for this is MSNBC . I hope the resident source vettor approves ) House weighs rebuke of Wilson - Capitol Hill- msnbc.com
Wolfensberger noted that under regular rules, House lawmakers wouldn't be allowed to stand and cheer as they frequently do at presidential speeches before Congress.
The article goes on to say that Madame Mimi had wide latitude in interpreting its general code of conduct. Wide latitude and disgression + a bit of good politcs should've dictated to the Dems that it was wiser to let the incident drop and move on . But instead they wasted our money in phoney vindictive action that just further inflames passions over the issue of Health Care reform.
I am beginning to get the impression that the Dems really don't want to pass any legislation this year.
It is probably impolite to say "you lie" to the person at the Presidential podium, even though he is lying. But, the ones that really scare me are the ones that equate opposition of the radical communist agenda that His Majesty King Obama has to racism. (I cannot call him President - that, constitutionally speaking, is Joe Biden's position - which is also scary). Mr. Wilson's outburst was not racist, but Jimmy Carter's comments are racist. 95% of the black people in America that voted, voted for King Obama - that is racist. Hank Johnson's comments are outrageously racist. Maureen Dowd's comments are stupid, ignorant, racist, and incite people to hatred.
I would have liked to have seen the entire conservative block of Congress walk out on the State of the Union speech when His Majesty King Obama began his lying - and basically just said, "that is enough. We won't listen to this mouth of lies any longer". But, unfortunately, that would have been spun in the media as something else, and they would have lost. They knew that they had no recourse. We have no recourse. Our nation is sinking fast into the very same mud and slime that Russia sunk in, that Cuba sunk in, and that every communist nation in the world has sunken into. We are no longer leading, we are following. I am sorry for your death, America the Beautiful.
An EDUCATED hunch... I'm like the Supreme Court Judge who said he couldn't describe pornography, but he knew it when he saw it... I KNOW what racism looks like - even the subtle variety. Just like I know what torture looks like - even if the government wants to call it something else.
An EDUCATED hunch... I'm like the Supreme Court Judge who said he couldn't describe pornography, but he knew it when he saw it... I KNOW what racism looks like - even the subtle variety. Just like I know what torture looks like - even if the government wants to call it something else.
Like Maureen Dowd, who prefaced her claim with "fair or not?" We all know there are still racists, but this controversy is entirely manufactured. And that's much more of an educated hunch than yours.
Why not? Isn't he a citizen? You're not a birther are you? Birthers are the most racist of the haters.
excon
There you go again.
Birthers are loons. They are nut cases. They are idiots, by and large. They are off the wall. They are 100% wrong about whether Obama was born in the USA or not.
But they ain't racist.
You see, no man of ANY race, can hold the office of President if he wasn't born in the USA or one ot its territories. It's not a race issue. But you're making it one.
Birthers are loons. They are nut cases. They are idiots, by and large. They are off the wall. They are 100% wrong about whether Obama was born in the USA or not. But they ain't racist...
Hello again, El:
I don't know how you miss it, but you miss most stuff. It's OK. That's why I'M here.
I dunno how you miss it, but you miss most stuff. It's ok. That's why I'M here.
excon
You say that about twice a day. I'm still waiting to see why you're here...
Can you explain why birthers must be racists?
Are they applying the law differently to one race than another? Nope. They are applying the provisions of Article II section 1 equally to all presidents, regardless of race.
Are they applying a different standard to one race than another? Nope. They want every president to provide a copy of their birth certificate or other document evidencing the birth of that president in the USA or one of its territories.
Are they demanding that a president of one race provide his birth certificate but not a president of another race? Nope. They want EVERY president to do this... and every president has.
They are applying the same stupidity across the board equally. They are equal opportunity idiots. But they ain't racists.
Perhaps some of you who are adept at research will check this report out.
These are the words of one of the Sheikhs who is leading the Muslim demonstration in Washington Fri. Sept. 25.
"Muslims should march on the White House. We are going to the White House so that Islam will be victorious, Allah willing, and the White House will become into a Muslim house."
He also said "Obama is our man in the White House".
One cleric said something similar in 2005. Has nothing to do with any current march. I notice far right blogs with the same text as you posted here. Please stop this spreading of misinformation and cite your sources for your "hearsay" next time.
Why doesn't everyone get it right and always say that Obama is the first Half Black, or Half African-American, president elect? If we want to be truthful here?
And in this case it is actually valid to say that he is Half African-American!! His father actually is from Africa.
This business...
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