Comments on: Republicans and Minority Voters

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:55:17 +0000

Joe:

Hillary's remarks are in the comment above yours.

Allen was using Sidarth, his opponent's cameraman, to make fun of Webb for being an inside-the-Beltway guy. "Macaca" is a word without meaning, other than being funny sounding, in Virginia. Whether Allen was using a racial epithet that he'd heard elsewhere as an inside joke, whether it was a subconscious thing, or a total coincidence (I lean toward the second) is unknown and likely unknowable.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:20:27 +0000

Good God James! You really believe the press likes Hillary and that Allen's remarks could be construed as racially insensitive? I enjoy you because you're typically a more independent conservative thinker. The press likes the Hillary storyline and Allen is a warning to pols everywhere that even in the smallest audiences what you say may end up on TV (of course what was he thinking talking directly to a camer?). What were the offensive Clinton remarks? I missed them.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:15:03 +0000

Uh, saying of Mahatma Ghandi "He ran a gas station down in St. Louis" isn't racist? Of course it is.

It's a fairly banal observation that a lot of people of Indian descent seem to run convenience stores, to be sure, but it is certainly racial.

By: jpe

jpe — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:51:16 +0000

Yet, those comments got a fraction of the media play that Allen’s and Burns’ got. Clinton's comment just wasn't racist. It's not racist to mention race, although that's what the right seems to think. And it's weirdass ideas like that that let everyone know how out of touch with minorities the right is.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:24:14 +0000

This just shows how the Democrats still have an enormous advantage since the entire MSM is on their side. A Democratic politician could machine gun a bunch of people to death in full view of hundreds of people and would not receive the negative coverage that Republicans receive for manufactured scandals. If Republicans received one tenth the favorable coverage that someone like Arafat got the Democrats wouldn't even be able to sustain 40% of the vote.

By: legion

legion — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:19:03 +0000

No, just people who've been taught over the last couple of generation that the only worthwhile goal in life is to become rich. Sigh.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:15:08 +0000

It's interesting, then, that they manage to win the presidency so often. A majority of the country must be rich!

By: lily

lily — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:10:29 +0000

If you judge Republican politicians by their policies there really isn't any doubt about it--they are the party of, by, and for the rich. The rhetoric is usually some mix of populist hate/fearmongering combined with claims of superior patriotism or morality, but the laws passed and policies pursued show an unambiguous pattern. And that's been the case for nearly one hundred years.

By: The Real Republican

The Real Republican — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Shall I assume Jim Webb believes all females attending our military academies are "horny women?" What does that say of his respect for women in our armed forces? That's not very liberal like there Jimbo! Outside the beltway makes a great point about how the liberal PR machine has convinced Americans to forgive and forget the racial history of the Democratic party...That's to say nothing of recent comments by Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, both

By: » Gone Hollywood

» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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