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Home Front: Politix
Top Democrat defends Reid for remarks
2010-01-11
Democrats on Sunday defended Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his private remarks during the 2008 campaign describing then-Sen. Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect."

"I think if you look at the reports as I have, it was all in the context of saying positive things about Senator Obama," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. "It definitely was in the context of recognizing in Senator Obama a great candidate and future president."

Sen. Diane Feinstein of California said Mr. Reid should not resign, and defended his remark as just a "mistake."

"Clearly, the leader misspoke. He has also apologized. He's not only apologized to the president, I think he's apologized to all of the black leadership that he could reach," she said.

"So the president has accepted the apology, and it would seem to me that the matter should be closed."
Posted by:Fred

#8  I wonder what Trent Lott is thinking right about now.

I was wondering the same thing about Geraldine Ferraro.
Posted by: Pappy   2010-01-11 22:07  

#7  ...no, he's finally understanding that it had nothing to do with manufactured faked moral outrage but a pure power game. He should have said that repeatedly and loud and pointed out that [as with the senior Senator from WV] it would all be rather blatantly hypocritical if it wasn't just about power by any means.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-01-11 12:47  

#6  I wonder what Trent Lott is thinking right about now. He's probably wondering how Harry will get away with it.
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-11 10:42  

#5  It's not like he said he was a "credit to his race" or anything like that. THAT would be offensive! Just ask Robert Byrd (D-KKK).
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-01-11 06:00  

#4  "Clearly, the leader misspoke. He has also apologized. He's not only apologized to the president, I think he's apologized to all of the black leadership that he could reach,"

As a southerner who resides on former cotton fields...and has many white friends, I am deeply offended. He should be depot'ed.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-01-11 05:38  

#3  AFRICAN, n.
A n*gger that votes our way.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-01-11 04:16  

#2  Clean and articulate too.
Posted by: The Veep   2010-01-11 01:04  

#1  "I think if you look at the reports as I have, it was all in the context of saying positive things about Senator Obama," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine.

So I guess that dark skin and a negro dialect are bad things then.
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-11 00:39  

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