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CShine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:12 PM Original message |
Senator Is "Truly Sorry" For Racial Slur |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. You have got to be fucking kidding me. |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. do you really think that? |
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FlashHarry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Interesting response. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Are you kidding or what? |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
81. You've got to be kidding |
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Sagan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. ah, another Repug moment of tolerance and racial harmony |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Speaking of boobs in the news... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. LOL. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Deccio should be forced to resign to show true contrition - |
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Kremer (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ouch! Assuming that MLK would accept his apology outright makes me |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. A sitting US Senator from West Virginia |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yes. |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. But there was no outrage and no calls for resignation |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You mean his comment that "there are white niggers too"? |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I would be very interested to see if there were any significant |
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EllieDem (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Nothing was done and there was only coverage about it |
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bsiebs (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
82. yeah, right...only the right wing media circles... |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 04:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
90. The entire mass media is part of "right wing circles" these days |
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BigBadDaddy-O (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Amazing the media missed it huh? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jeeze, I saw the subject line and thought Trent was back in the news. |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. WHAAA??!?! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Where Is Any National Coverage of This Outrage?! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. What an odd man. |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
71. check out the smiley face on Deccio's tie |
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Native (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
94. Have you ever met many truly well developed (psychologically) Republicans? |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here is a good Editorial |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I do believe that |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Resignation Accepted |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is crap |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Or the racists who make racist policies. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. We are all racists.... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Why are you apologizing for Deccio? |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. I'm not. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
99. This is a REAL racial issue |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
73. I disagree |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. We all grew up in a racist society |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. I strongly disagree |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 04:20 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Racism goes deeper than just negative opinions about other races. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
100. Maybe you don't |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. That seems like junior varsity sophistry to me. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. You ever heard of |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 05:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
91. I'm not a racist...never was |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sounds like Robert Byrd's "white n*#%er" remark |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Reminds me of Bush spreading the rumor about McCain's "nigger daughter." |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Racism is a TWO party issue |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. True. But the republican party praises racists and openly solicits |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. got any links? |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Try a Google search |
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CShine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Just tried your google search and.......... |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Here is an account from a non-RW source |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. This quotes the debunked state trooper and the American |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Debunked because YOU say so? |
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CShine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
87. Man, that was REALLY, REALLY weak. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Is that the guy who was on the American Spectator's payroll? |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. He was on Bill Clinton's payroll |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Larry Patterson's allegations have been widely debunked |
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EllieDem (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Debunked? I don't think so |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Give me a break |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Then you have no problem with Robert Byrd's "white n*#%r" remark? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I don't understand why Robert Byrd keeps getting interjected into |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. You don't? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. no, I really don't |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Tis the standard republican response. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. ahhhhhhhhhhh, gotcha |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. It can be argued that Robert Byrd sets the standard |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. um ok |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 07:55 AM Response to Reply #53 |
92. Bush and the republican party have set the standard for racism in politics |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 08:18 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Are we talking about only white racists? |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #93 |
97. I am talking about the party which has chosen to appeal to racists. |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I understand your point |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Oh, come on |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. right-wing lunatics attempted to hijack that event and misrepresent it |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. funny how Clinton can be used as a distraction for EVERYTHING |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. the ABC's of politics, my friend |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
78. Funny how Clinton is used by certain people to perpetuate |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
75. I refer you to "Blinded By the Right" by David Brock. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
76. Dupe |
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EllieDem (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Speaking of paying people |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
74. "Troopergate" was discredited, as were ALL the testimonies of the troopers |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. self edit. n/t |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. WE ARE ALL RACISTS |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. I agree with much of what you say. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. Don't bring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr into it! |
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EllieDem (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Sorry but you CAN"T let a former Leader of the |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I believe Byrd is correct |
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demdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. "there are both black and white niggers"???? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. sorry -- that's just the way I look at it |
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EllieDem (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Someone in here is missing the point |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I think you are talking to me |
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RUexperienced (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. She also claims that "Jew Bastard" is not racist |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. see my response above |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. what's the difference between a bastard and a Jew bastard? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. LOL |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
77. I didn't get angry with Byrd and I'm black. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. I don't think it's a big deal. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
80. An opportunity |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
83. Bad case of Trent Lotticus (aka foot in mouth disease) |
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bobbyboucher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
85. Lots of true colors being shown |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
88. MLK would be more interested in Deccio's "health care reform" |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
95. "Nigger in woodpile" is not a slur |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
96. holy crap!.......trent lott looks like a member of the NAACP by comparison |
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