Rachel did a bit about Jeff Sessions and how racist he is. This is the guy

[Hieronymus]

they're going to put in a leadership position.

[blueclown]

1. After Ray Gun, Boosh and Gingrich are you surprised?

[AllentownJake]

8. Hate to defend Ray Gun

He was a lot of things but I don't think Ron was a racist.

[Orsino]

9. His own disdain may have been for the poor/working-class...

...without a lot of specific reference to race. The cronies he appeased, however, had plenty of racism to spare.

In the end, he was indistinguishable from a racist.

[lunatica]

12. He was a homophobe who allowed AIDS to spread for years without lifting a finger

He refused to even acknowledge that it was happening, much less do anything about it. He also claimed there was no poverty in our country, and he closed down the mental institutions in California and threw the mentally ill into the streets to fend for themselves. And that's just a small part of what he was

[blueclown]

13. I beg to differ.

Anybody remember where he held his announcement speech to start his campaign?

[Solomon]

14. I do too. I'll never forget the racist stuff he said when he hit the

national scene. One of the worst was to say we had no race problem at all until blacks started complaining.

He also let aids fester because in the beginning it was considered to be God's punishment against gays and blacks.

[Tim4319]

16. Philadelphia Mississippi!

You beat me to the punch. I was just going to state that very same fact.

[rwheeler31]

2. Can Leahey handel this scum?

[Thrill]

7. He couldn'[t handle Specter. So what do you think?

The guy is much like Conyers in the House. They talk a big game. But thats about it

[BlooInBloo]

3. Um, if republicans disallowed racists...

:rofl:

[firedupdem]

4. I think they are almost at the point of outwardly acknowledging that

racism is part of their platform.

[Hissyspit]

5. Here's the VIDEO:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=307875&mesg_id=307875

[BlooInBloo]

6. Here's a good Kos diary on it too...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/4/727743/-The-Chair-Recognizes-the-Grand-Dragon-.-.-.-

[trof]

10. 'At's mah boy...sadly.

:-(

[underpants]

11. Sessions or his twin?

[Hieronymus]

15. Love the comparison. MSNBC pointed out that Sessions didn't pass

muster to be a federal judge, so he went back to Alabama and ran for Senator.