"Ahead of book release, Reid apologizes for comments on Obama’s race" by Associated Press | January 10, 2010
WASHINGTON - The top Democrat in the Senate apologized yesterday for comments he made about Barack Obama’s race during the 2008 presidential bid and are quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Senator Barack Obama as “light skinned’’ and “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.’’ Obama is the nation’s first African-American president.
And THESE are the guys who are deciding what HATE SPEECH IS?
“I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments,’’ Reid said in a statement released after the excerpts were first reported on The Atlantic website....
But you PUT IT in a BOOK, Hank?
Obama quickly accepted, saying “As far as I am concerned, the book is closed.’’
No-dick Obama, huh?
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Reid, facing a tough 2010 reelection bid, needs the White House’s help if he wants to keep his seat. Obama’s administration has dispatched officials on dozens of trips to buoy his bid and Obama has raised money for his campaign. Recognizing the threat, Reid’s apologies also played to his home state....
Oh, it's ALL POLITICS!!!
PFFFFFFFFTT!
GET OUT, you PoS -- before we TAR and FEATHER YOUR FLABBY ASS!!!!!!!!!!
Even before his ill-considered remarks were reported, a new survey released yesterday by the Las Vegas Review Journal showed him continuing to earn poor polling numbers. In the poll, by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Reid trailed former state Republican Party chairwoman Sue Lowden by 10 percentage points, 50 percent to 40 percent, and also lagging behind two other opponents. More than half of Nevadans had an unfavorable opinion of Reid. Just 33 percent of respondents held a favorable opinion.
GOODBYE, Harry -- and ALL OTHER INCUMBENTS, AmeriKa!!!
Time for ONE MORE MESSAGE from the BALLOT BOX, and woe to those who do not hear.
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It is NOT ABOUT PARTY anymore, it is ABOUT INCUMBENCY and the ROT of the SYSTEM!!! You are either for FREEDOM or FASCISM now!
"The Five Boxes of Liberty
- The Moving Box—right of association, in particular territorially via migration
- The Soap Box—right of free speech
- The Ballot Box—right to a voice in your government
- The Jury Box—right to a trial by jury of your peers
- The Ammunition Box—right to threaten or use appropriate violence in self-defense
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WHY CAN'T YOU HEAR US, "elected" officials?
Your EARS STUFFED with CAMPAIGN and LOBBYING LOOT?
"Reid should resign, Republicans say
Yeah, well, THEY ARE JUST PLAYING the SAME OLD GAME!
WASHINGTON - Republicans moved yesterday to draw attention to Senate majority leader Harry Reid’s racially tinged remarks about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential race, with leading officials calling for him to step down and Democrats standing behind him....
That, to me, is so ASTONISHINGLY HYPOCRITICAL it ALMOST defies belief. I may barely be a Repuglican, but I'll NEVER AGAIN be a DemocraP!
'Course, I still might vote for one:
Selecting a Senator: Electing George W. Bush
That is the BEST YOU CAN DO in Massachusetts, Repugs?
Reid spent much of Saturday reaching out to black leaders and fellow senators to try to minimize the damage from his remarks. Whether Reid stays on as leader, even Democrats acknowledge privately that he has done no favors for his reelection campaign, which already was in difficult straits....
WHO CARES about POLITICS right now?
We have HARRY the HATER, 'er, REID the RACIST running the Senate!!!!!
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Update: The trouble with Harry is lack of sensitivity, not racism
What a complete non-surprise there, huh?
