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Racial double standard?
Posted: Jan 11, 2010
If anyone else said this they would be fired immediately.
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Maybe so, but I think it's silly - SM
[ In Reply To ..]Us conservatives get mad when the liberals get mad when "one of us" makes an ignorant statement but then when one of them does, we jump on them just the same. We're all hipocrites - that's the way it is and nothing will get fixed until we realize it!
I am an independent/conservative and I think the whole thing is just silly. I think every single one of the fools in Washington needs to go including the republicans - they aren't helping any more than the democrats are and until we all see that, we are going to keep getting the same results.
Amen!! All their sorry bottoms need to go!!! They're all - taking this country down! nm
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racial double-standard - 2dogs
[ In Reply To ..]It is only silly if uttered by a democrat. If is is a conservative, they pay with blood. This is so wrong. The geese and ganders are all running amuck.
Not really. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Since this point was raised and answered below, I am posting my reply here as well.
No, it's not okay since it was Harry Reid. It's okay because of the context from which the phrase "Negro dialect" was lifted and is now being hyped into a bid for Reid to step down by the pubs. This phoney ourage is being hawked as an effort by the republicans to influence the outcome of Reid's upcoming bid for re-election in Nevada, and is no more than a desperate ploy by a party who has to stoop to such levels on account of their bankrupt policies and campaign platforms and the fact that they have no solutions to offer for the country's most pressing problems. Underneath it all, these kinds of actions only serve to reveal that they must be aware of their own shortcomings and the fact that they cannot run a successful issues-oriented campaign.
Let's examine another example of context for the purpose of comparison. Trent Lott. You remember him, don't you? The guy who lamented the fact that well-known segregationalist and Dixiecrat (as in let's preserve slavery) nominee Strom Thurmond (who sired a black daughter with his then 16-year-old household maid) did not win his bid for the presidency in 1948. Thurmond moved away from his segregationalist views later on, sort of in line with other politicians of the day who came to see the error of their ways.Governor George Wallace comes to mind.
Lott: "When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We are proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either..." meaning all those pesky little dust-ups they had with desegregation and the civil rights movement in the ensuing decades.
The context would suggest political views that were ongoing for him (Lott) up to and including the moment he uttered the words in 2002. To his credit, Lott had the grace to step down as Senate Minority Leader in December that year, in an rare act of republican acknowledgement and contrition.
The context of Reid's remarks about "Negro dialect" were couched in the middle of heaps of praises for then-candidate Obama. You do see the difference, don't you? Context is everything.
I think it is already too late for ole Harry..... - He is OUT OF THERE!! - nm
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You could be right, but - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I would't count him out just yet. Much of his fate lies in th final product of health care reform, how the economy is doing later on this year and the intervening events between now and November. I would not look for him to back out of the race. He may be Mr. Milquetoast, but he can be a scrappy little fighter as well when push comes to shove.
I am not one who typically uses football metaphors, but I think we can all agree that the fourth quarter is much more interesting than the first.
Political ponderings by Reid - NJ
[ In Reply To ..]I agree. Although Reid couched it in rather old-fashioned terms, he actually didn't say anything that was terribly offensive. There were plenty of discussions about whether or not a black candidate could win, and those discussions were exactly about race and the racism that is still a very real problem in this country.
So, do we jump on Reid because he discussed the very real problem? Nah. He supported Obama very early on. No racism there, but refusing to acknowledge that racism existed would have been stupid.
By the way, I'd just as soon see Reid gone. I very much disagree with the Senate compromises on health care reform and would like to see someone with Pelosi's strength leading the Senate instead. Just for those of you who think I'd defend Reid no matter what ;)
NJ
What a refreshing, balanced and fair assessment. - Way to go.
[ In Reply To ..]A voice of reason, crying in the wilderness.
I totally agree with you on all counts, NJ - Colleen
[ In Reply To ..]NM
^5, NJ. Couldn't agree with you more. (nm) - Nikki
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Des this mean you will be burning your census form - in protest and outrage? nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Huh? Not sure what you're talking about, but it's probably not a bad idea. - Too intrusive....nm
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Question 9 on the 2010 Census form has sparked - sm
[ In Reply To ..]a fascinating debate. The question on race offers 3 distinct choices for Black, African-American or Negro. My rhetorical question addresed the supposed outrage by republicans of the term "Negro" dialect by Reid and the alleged double standard being applied to instances when dem/libs/lefties use the term as opposed to pub/conservatives/right-wingers.
If pubs/conservatives/right-wingers take such umbrage toward Reid in their haste to whip this up into a career slaughtering prelude to forcing him to resign, then it would naturally follow that they would also take the same offense at the use of the same term on the Census form.
That's the short of it. There is a much more protracted response waiting in the wings should you show any interest in debating the underpinning issues in more depth and in ways that are civil and informed. I'll admit that my comment was a bit "tongue-in-cheek," but I meant no harm. I was merely trying to poke a little fun at the double-standard overtones this immediate Reid issue has taken on.
I will also be the first to admit that I would be coming from that dreaded dem/lib/leftie place, but I promise I will show the same amount of respect in my responses that is extended to me by opposing views.
Not only intrusive but NOW illegal.......the way it is - being done now.....sm
[ In Reply To ..]The census is part of the commerce department, as it should be, to be handled in a non-partisan way for obvious reasons. Now, no surprise here, Obama and his crooks have decided to move jurisdiction of the census to the White House, where all the partisan hands lie.....where it has absolutely NO business being!! Now, considering Obama was an Acorn organizer and now the president, well, you figure it out.
The framers of the constitution put a seal that says Bureau of Census, U.S. Dept of Commerce for a reason. Obama wanted the census moved into the hands of the white house....well, if anyone knows how to cook the books on the census, it would be those in the white house right now!
Here is an article that presents fair and balanced assessment - TXMT
[ In Reply To ..]of that decision. You will notice there was no mention of Acorn. Go figure.
The position minority groups take is understandable after the 1994 republican coup and the ensuing gerrymandering of electorate districts, particularly notable at the hand of the indicted Texas Hammer/Exterminator (Tom DeLay) of Dancing with the Stars fame. His geographic art turned our map into voter salad. Gotta love him. Despite the distain I hold for him, he was pretty cute up there on stage.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0209/020609cdam2.htm
No, no mention of Acorn, except the WH is run now by - a leading organizer of Acorn
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Old Harry didn't really apologize.... - sm
[ In Reply To ..]He said he shouldn't have "used those words" but should have phrased it differently. He never said he was sorry for what he said but HOW he said it. Wow...that makes so much more sense! What a moron...
And some commentator said today that "negro" was an archaic word! HUH? No, it's not. It went from negro to black to African-AMerican, African-American being the silliest thing in the world. If we're going to attaching continent/country of origin when speaking about a black person, then by all means, let's be sure to use that for EVERYONE. Irish-American, Italian-American, the list could go on and on and on.... we do such silly stuff
He was heaping praise on candidate Obama. - There is no issue here (sm)
[ In Reply To ..]as long as the phrase remains within its context. He does not need to apologize over and over again at the beckon call of the pubs. He apologized to Obama and anyone else he may have inadvertently offended.
It is easy to see from his legislative record that he is no racist. Get over it. It is yet just one more in a long line of red herrings the pubs are trying to manufacture at a time with our attention needs to be elsewhere.
I am glad Harry Reid and the Dems cleared - that up for me
[ In Reply To ..]Cause now I don't have to be worried about being called a racist when I use or say the word Negro in a sentence, "providing it is a phrase that remains within its context."
Playing dumb does not change the fact that - sm
[ In Reply To ..]when contrasting the context of Reid's statement against the context of Trent Lott's statement, which has been very nicely done above in the "Not really - sm" post above, then comparing Reid's legislative record against Lott's, figuring out who is racist and who is not is a no-brainer.
Whether or not you need to worry about being called a racist when using the word Negro in a sentence would depend entirely upon the context within which you place it.
One's take on Reid's and Lott's comments might depend - on where they live.....sm
[ In Reply To ..]Reid lives in Nevada where there is what...6% black population? Lott lives in Mississippi with a 36% or better population of blacks, with MS being first among 50 states with black population.
And, keep in mind, I am a democrat. Even I can figure that one out. That brings to mind a cousin of mine who traveled the east coast last year up to Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware. When he asked restaurant and store owners where the black people were (when my cousin and his wife saw not the first black person), the responses were quite interesting. One business owner told him, "We don't have any anywhere around here but we wouldn't mind having a couple". Hmmmm....that was Vermont, which helped push Obama into his office through early electoral votes. Delware was another where he asked the same question of several hotel and business owners and they said basically the same thing. They wouldn't mind having a couple....what does that mean? A couple. Sounds like they don't approve of a large population of blacks in their community or for that matter, any blacks. That was very telling to me, considering those very states are the ones that gave Obama the presidency with electoral votes. One guy even told my cousin since those small "white" states help put Obama in there, they were hoping they have settled the "black" issue and helped the racism in this country! Wow...they really hold high opinions of themselves up there. So, I have found the remarks between Lott and Reid basically based on the state and environment they are living in and nothing else.
Naw, he ain't no racist..... - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Since you seem to be convinced that ONLY "pubs" have a problem with what he said, I'll inform you that I am a democrat, and I can guarantee that old Harry is as racist as they come. Just because he's a democrat does not make him NOT racist just as being a republican does not MAKE them a racist. Where do you get your common sense from? I personally see Obama as a huge disappointment, a butt kisser, a liar, and the list can go on and on.
I bet you really do think all republicans are racist, don't you?
He doesn't have to apologize, as far as I am concerned, because I don't believe a word coming out of his mouth, so he can save his breath.
And this context crap is just that. Negro is not a bad word; it's only what trouble makers want to make it. I don't need Reid or any other jerk telling me what context to use any word in. I can only imagine the words he uses in the back rooms 'out of context'.
Rebuttal - sm
[ In Reply To ..]âSince you seem to be convinced that ONLY "pubs" have a problem with what he saidââ¦kindly show me where I said that. The word âseemâ in that statement is the first clue. This did not come out of my mouth. It is an erroneous assumption you are making about me.
âI can guarantee that old Harry is as racist as they come.â Really? Based on what? This one statement? His legislative history? Can you cite any convincing sources?
âJust because he's a democrat does not make him NOT racist just as being a republican does not MAKE them a racist.â Ditto paragraph 1. I never said that, you did.
âWhere do you get your common sense from? I personally see Obama as a huge disappointment, a butt kisser, a liar, and the list can go on and on.â You certainly are entitled to this opinion, as I am mine, but forgive me, you are sounding less and less like a democrat as this post wears on, not because you take issue with him (I do too), but rather in your personal digs, name-calling and indefinite references to nebulous lists. Civil debate is certainly not your strong suit.
âI bet you really do think all republicans are racist, don't you?â Emphatically NOT. I cited one example of blaring republican racism that even Lott was able to acknowledge and for which he showed regret by resigning his position as Minority Leader in 2002. This statement is a direct, not particularly well veiled defense of republicans, albeit, fairly weak at best. Conflate much?
âHe doesn't have to apologize, as far as I am concerned, because I don't believe a word coming out of his mouth, so he can save his breath.â Where is all this seething anger coming from? You too can save your breath if you expect me or any other democrat to believe your self-proclaimed party affiliation. Liar, Liar, pants on fire.
âAnd this context crap is just that.â Perhaps it would do you some good make a return visit to a night class in high school English composition or Speech 101. But then again, it probably would be a waste of time. Context is an exceedingly complex and vitally essential element in communicating the meaning of language, evidently one that passes right over your head.
âNegro is not a bad word.â I agree. Hereâs a little tidbit of info for you. For those of us who were around in the 1950s and early 1960s, the word Negro was actually considered to be the POLITE racial reference in the south, as opposed to the N-word. Many blacks of that time self-identified using that term, much the same way Blacks and African-Americans self-identify in more modern times...by choosing the term with which THEY feel most comfortable, not what feels right to whites, dems, pubs or whomever. It was not until the civil rights movement and the years that followed that the term became associated with racism as the movement began to make clear statements about breaking with the past and with any associations that they perceived to be related to slavery and the Jim Crowe years. They defined themselves as Negroes and then the undefined themselves as such.
ââ¦it's only what trouble makers want to make it. I don't need Reid or any other jerk telling me what context to use any word in." Whoâs the trouble maker here? Whose the jerk? Guess that would be me and Reid. BTW, I was not tring to start trouble. I was only trying to have a dialog about context in language. Sounding less and less like a dem and more and more like an angry, resentful partisan who ainât got no class.
âI can only imagine the words he uses in the back rooms 'out of context'.â Thatâs right. You can only IMAGINE. And I am sure you do a lot of that, as we can see from your post.
Excellent post! I couldn't agree more. (nm) - Nikki
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I don't get the whole thing. Maybe I'm stupid.... - sigh
[ In Reply To ..]but when did it become wrong to call a person what they are? I mean, he didn't say this in a derogatory fashion. He said "Negro". Period. Well, hey, the man is a Negro. Period. Just like I would be called a white woman or white female, the O man is a black man.
I don't get the problem here.
It all depends on the context, and I agree with you. (sm) - Nikki
[ In Reply To ..]I think it's a generational thing. Reid isn't a spring chicken any more, and back in the 50's, "Negro" was the term that was used, before "black" and "African-American."
Reid was the person who approached Obama to run for President, and his opinion of Obama was very high, but Reid was speaking in a "white dialect" that was popular a half century ago.
The reason I agreed with the poster above was because the other poster used conjecture and opinion, instead of facts.
By the way, I don't think you're stupid.
Thanks! :) - sigh
[ In Reply To ..]It's amazing what constitutes "news" these days! :)
I agree with you about that!! (sm) - Nikki
[ In Reply To ..]The absolute irony here is that if there was EVER an African-American in the literal sense, it's Barack Obama, since his father was born in Africa and his mother was born in America.
But you're right. This isn't news.
Sweetheart......you are so off the mark - sm
[ In Reply To ..]You can think what you want, but just because Obama sickens me and I call him on his actions (which are horrible), that doesn't NOT make me a democrat. I am so sick of people who just stick with a candidate JUST because they think they have to; it's their party line. What garbage. You can blab on and on, but I say what I think and mean what I say.
BTW, sweetie, like it or not, I am a history major with concentration in english. No, I don't have to say what I feel in the backrooms; I can do that right here and I have. You, as so many like you, are so stuck on party lines, you can't see past the end of the voting ticket, and sadly enough, the country got what they deserved, albeit through underhanded, illegal means no doubt and do-gooders who didn't have a clue what they were doing.
Matter of fact, I do have 2 degrees and teach PT at the local university in my town. Now, go ahead and slam that as well. Just shows your mindset. What else do you do besides........... well, never mind.
Huh? Are you the naw he ain't no racist sm? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]of some other sm? If you are one in the same, you clearly said in that post, "I'll inform you that I am a democrat." If not, then what in the world are you talking about?
Do you have a real question .....or a comment? - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
As a matter of fact, I do, but I still would like to know - sm
[ In Reply To ..]to whom I am addressing my comments....the original sm or some new sm. Can you answer this fairly simple and straightforward question or not?
Polite racial preference? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]As a black woman who has lived in the south my entire life and have traveled all over this country, I can assure you that the N-word was not used ONLY in the south, as you seem to insinuate. Sad really. It is those like you who have continued to push that negative propaganda about the south that those more enlightened people find offensive. I don't care if I'm called negro or black. I do not care to be called African-American because I am not. I am an American. Why do others feel the need to put a continent label on us, even other blacks, as if we are somehow superior and need a continent put before our names? In that case, why not put a continent name before EVERY American? Seems silly doesn't it?
You need to do your homework on the civil rights movement; it was one of the worst disasters the black community has seen in a long time in so many ways, not to mention the beginning of the welfare state. Yes, we got equal rights to bathrooms, seating on buses, water fountains, but what good is all that when the govt started handing out welfare payments, which at the same time, encouraged black females NOT to marry the fathers of their babies, but felt they had a way to pay for their children, so why marry the fathers. THAT was the decline of the black community, NOT what names they were called! I could go on and on but you seem to be more interested in using your vocabulary instead of your head.
My daughter, who is now graduated from college, was fortunate enough to have an instructor (black) who wanted them all to read 'The South Was Right'. He seemed to understand the negative propaganda pushed by the north. He spoke of documentaries always on TV about the bad old south and slavery but as he told my daughter, if it weren't for the north buying all the goods from the south, the south wouldn't have had slaves in the first place. So, please do your homework if you are going to make insinuations about the south.
Matter of fact, still one of the most segregated areas in the county is up north. Not the south. The south is MORE desegregated than anywhere else in the country. You can continue using your convoluted remarks now....this BLACK democrat has finished. You need a little enlightening.
Relax. I did not say that...nor did I - sm
[ In Reply To ..]intend to imply or insinuate what you are suggesting. My only reference to the N-word was to contrast it to the term "Negro" to distinguish between what was acceptable terminology and what was not WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE TIMES, the 1950s. The only reason I referred to the South at all is because that is where I happened to grow up but I never said the N-word wasn't used everywhere else. I also would be the last one to âpush negative propaganda about the South.â
âI don't care if I'm called Negro or black.â This was precisely the point I was trying to convey. I hope it would be safe to say that many blacks or whites who were alive and kickinâ before the movement would be much less likely to take offense at the term âNegro.â I think you may fit that age profile since you have a daughter who graduated from college. I can say with certainty that I belong to the age cohort. You are also supporting the point I was trying to make when you distinguish between âBlackâ and African-American. How persons of color self-identify is strictly a function of what THEY feel most comfortable with. It seems silly to you, whereas others might feel that the continent qualifier is a way to align with a sense of pride over distant African ancestry while alluding to a kinship with descendance from slaves. I am in no position to judge one way or another what is silly and what is not.
Your discussion of the civil rights movement seems to be one taken from the perspective of hindsight. Mine was meant to be more in line with the progression of the movement in realtime context, i.e., 1960s and early 1970s. I also confined my comments to the subject at hand, that being how the term âNegroâ fell from grace, so to speak, talking about drawing clear lines between the bad ole days of slavery and Jim Crowe and the dawning new days of âBlack Power.â
Your perspectives are very interesting on welfare but I am not too sure what that has to do with the debate on the term âNegro.â I think it is fodder for a whole new thread. In any case, I never mentioned welfare in my post, so your snipe about using my vocabulary instead of my head was uncalled for. Maybe I do need to do my homework about the movement, but can you at least concede that I have the right to have my own take on that chapter in history, since I lived through it and did not have to learn about it from the pages of a history book?
Again, my insinuations about the South are a figment of your imagination. Perhaps if you can manage to shift the dialog from personal attack to personal exchange, we BOTH could become more elightened.
May I qualify something? - such nonsense really....
[ In Reply To ..]"It seems silly to you, whereas others might feel that the continent qualifier is a way to align with a sense of pride over distant African ancestry while alluding to a kinship with descendance from slaves. I am in no position to judge one way or another what is silly and what is not."
Do you not realize there were slaves in many areas of this world and they were brought here to this country, including my sister-in-law's ancestors who were brought here from Ireland as slaves? I doubt it. So, in order to "align" herself with a sense of pride over her Irish ancestry and to find a kinship with her distant (not that distant really) descendance from slaves, she should go around being called Irish-American? She can't feel pride without stroking her ego and seeing to it that her ancestors' continent be put before her name? She is American, not Irish-American, as she would tell you. Matter of fact, her daughter married someone from Asian descent. Asians came here as slaves also; you don't see them going around demanding they be called Asian-Americans. For those that insist on such a ridiculous thing, it is just a way to stroke their ego and set themselves apart from the general population, as if they have endured more than other slaves, thereby needing an additional descriptive element attached to American to do that. You don't have to be a person of color to self-identify; that's just an excuse to stir the waters a little more. The squeaky wheel gets all the attention, right?
Yes, the entire thing is ridiculous...
Excuse me, but - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I stand by my post, especially the part that says, "I am in no position to judge one way or another what is silly and what is not." Evidently, you on the other hand do not hesitate to sit in judgment. I disagree. I believe that in a free democratic society, any given group is entitled to self-identify on their own terms, based on their history, culture, etc.
Here's the deal. I do not subscribe to the "melting pot" vision of America. I celebrate diversity. I am sure others would just as soon erase it all. For me, it homogeneity is a crashing bore.
I do not agree with most of what you said but in - light of the fact that I need
[ In Reply To ..]to get to work, I will respond to one part of your post. I do not think all republicans are racist. I do however think that while not all republicans are racists, MOST racists are republicans. I can not help but wonder if that is something to do with the preponderance of republicans in the south, but who really knows. I know some repubs here in Oregon that are not racists, so this is a generalization, but I think it is a true statement.
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Ryan Double Talk....already...smAug 11, 2012
Ryan: "One of the best said, our rights come from nature and nature's god. They don't come from government. That's the idea of this country." Ummmm....then why is it, Mr. Ryan, that you want government to overule a woman's right to choose? And does this also extend to voting rights Mr. Ryan? Hmmmm. ...
Prosecutor Investigating Sandra Bland’s Death Has Troubling History Of Racial BiasJul 28, 2015
The Texas prosecutor who is investigating the suspicious death of a black woman while in custody was accused last year of sending threatening messages to a black pastor who had publicly criticized his handling of cases that involved minorities.Sandra Bland, an outspoken critic of police violence against black people, was found dead in a jail cell Monday, two days after the 28-year-old had been stopped by police for a lane change violation while on her way from Chicago to a ne ...
Double Counting In Obamacare BudgetMar 04, 2011
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/04/hhs-secretary-sebelius-admits-to-double-counting-in-obamacare-budget/ ...
22 Cities In Danger Of A Double-Dip RecessionAug 22, 2010
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Double Loss For Arkansas FamilyMar 12, 2012
PRESCOTT, Ark. - When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn.Soldiers themselves, Ben and Beau knew what their fallen brother had experienced and seen. They knew the difficulties of being a warrior and a devoted husband, and what a testament it was to Jeremy’s charac ...
Giuliani Slams 'racial Arsonists,' Calls Ferguson Grand Jury's Decision 'correctNov 25, 2014
'The racial arsonists, who enjoyed last night — this was their day of glory,' former NYC mayor says. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the grand jury'sdecision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was "correct" and the only one they could have reached in the racially charged case. "I believe it was a correct verdict," Giuliani said on CNN Tuesday. "In fact, I think it was t ...
Actor James Woods Just Issued A Challenge To Eric Holder To Prove He’s Not The Real Racial CowarSep 11, 2014
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Dementia Care Cost Is Projected To Double By 2040Apr 04, 2013
The most rigorous study to date of how much it costs to care for Americans with dementia found that the financial burden is at least as high as that of heart disease or cancer, and is probably higher. And both the costs and the number of people with dementia will more than double within 30 years, skyrocketing at a rate that rarely occurs with a chronic disease. Enlarge This Image James Estrin/The New York Times The Hebrew Home at Riverdale offers a pro ...
"Goldman Sachs 2009 Bonuses To Double 2008s; Oct 14, 2009
$23 billion could send 460,000 to Harvard, buy insurance for 1.7 million families" Here we go again! http://rawstory.com/2009/10/goldman-sachs-2009-bonuses-to-double-2008s-23-billion-could-buy-115-million-iphones-or-send-460000-to-harvard/ ...
At Least Six Swing States Face Double Digit Premium HikesAug 17, 2016
Double-digit Obamacare premium hikes projected in 2017 may bode in Donald Trump’s favor, as several swing states are being impacted by double-digit increases under the law and consumers are expected to see the hikes around Nov. 1 — one week before heading to the polls. Trump has promised to repeal and replace Obamacare, but Hillary Clinton has vowed to make the Obamacare exchanges work. Some say the way she would do that is through raising taxes. “Any reports of premium increases will ...
Obamacare On Life Support. Double-digit Rate Increases While 1 In 5Oct 24, 2016
We told you so, liberals, but you wouldn't listen. It never made the slightest bit of sense, anyone with one eye could see that it was going to fail. You had to pass it in the dead of night, you had to sell it with lies, and now it's being propped up with more lies. To the Frankensteins responsible for setting this monster loose on the people, I hope the people wake up and send you into permanent retirement. ...
Report: Landrieu Chief-of-Staff's Father Urged Double VotingDec 02, 2014
A black conservative group says it has obtained video of Opelousas, Louisiana, Mayor Don Cravins Sr. urging people to vote twice in the state's general election on Nov. 4.Cravins is the father of Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's chief-of-staff Don Cravins Jr. and a Louisiana Democratic Party operative. Cravins Jr. was present at the event, says the Black Conservatives Fund, which released the video on Monday. In the cellphone video, reportedly shot Nov. 3 at the Charcoal Loun ...