By: Chuck Muth
Citizen Outreach
EN BOCA CERRADA
“Harry Reid is in trouble again, which means that he opened his mouth.”
– Blogger James Taranto
POETIC JUSTICE
“Just last month, (Sen. Harry) Reid insinuated that fellow senators standing in the way of ‘Obamacare’ were carrying on the tradition of the racists who stood in the way of civil rights in the 1960s. You’ve got to love it when the gods punish race-card players so poetically.”
– Columnist Jonah Goldberg
THE PROVERBIAL DOUBLE-STANDARD
“Dems leave the issue of race with no credibility. Had (Harry) Reid had an ‘R’ next to his name, (Rep.) Barbara Lee would want him dead.”
– Erick Erickson, RedState editor-in-chief
“What’s interesting here is when Democrats get caught saying racist things, an apology is enough. If that had been (Republican Sen.) Mitch McConnell saying that about an African-American candidate for president of the United States, (Democrats would be) screaming for his head, very much as they were with Trent Lott.”
– RNC Chairman Michael Steele
“It’s true and glaringly obvious that the Democrats have honed this hair-trigger race sensitivity into a political tool that shoots only right not left.”
– Columnist Mona Charen
“When Rush Limbaugh wanted to buy into the St. Louis Rams last year, many of the same individuals who instantly accepted Mr. Reid’s apology expressed outrage over allegedly racist statements made by Mr. Limbaugh, despite the fact that zero evidence of these statements existed. . . . (I)t’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the spirit of forgiveness is universal—except when it comes to conservatives.”
– Ward Connerly, chairman of the American Civil Rights Coalition
REID’S EVERYTHING WE DESPISE
“For a long while, (Sen. Harry) Reid has been an embarrassment, making back room deals and now leading the charge on health care behind firmly closed – hermetically sealed? – doors. He’s everything we despise about politicians and has always made me think of the G. D. Spradlin character – Senator Pat Geary – in Godfather II. Now he’s something of a joke, but the trouble is the joke is on us.”
– Blogger Roger L. Simon
PEERING INTO HARRY REID’S COLD HEART
“The President said he accepted Mr. Reid’s apology because ‘I’ve known him for years…and I know what’s in his heart.’ We’ve never peered into Mr. Reid’s heart, but here’s hoping the President will be equally quick to absolve the next Republican who says something stupid about race. Not every racial malaprop merits political banishment….”
– Wall Street Journal editorial, 1/12/10
THE REAL REASON HARRY REID SHOULD RESIGN
“(T)his is hardly (Sen. Harry) Reid’s worst rhetorical offense. That prize goes to his all too public comments in April 2007 that ‘the war is lost’ in Iraq, even as the surge was finally making victory possible. That was a betrayal of American soldiers risking their lives in Iraq, and to the extent it emboldened the enemy, it may have cost American lives. If Mr. Reid has apologized for that defeatism, we don’t recall it. That’s reason enough to resign.”
– Wall Street Journal editorial, 1/12/10
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF GO FIGURE
“A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama’s first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates….”
– Associated Press, 1/12/10
UH-OH
“U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue warned the U.S. faces a double-dip recession because of the taxes and regulations under consideration by the Democratic Congress and President Barack Obama.”
– The Hill, 1/12/10
AMERICA CONTINUES TO SOUR ON OBAMACARE, OBAMA
“President Obama’s approval rating on handling health care is at an all-time low, according to a new CBS News poll, something that is helping to drag down his overall approval rating. Just 36 percent of Americans approve of Mr. Obama’s handling of health care, according to the poll, conducted from Jan. 6 – 10.”
– CBS News, 1/12/10
NOT EXACTLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED
“U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the man responsible for implementing the Democrats’ education policy goals, tutored kids as a young student but has never professionally taught inside a classroom. Duncan’s experience in education includes time as the administrator of a nonprofit school and as head of the Chicago public school system.”
– CNS News, 1/12/10
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
“It seems Republicans actually have a chance of taking the Massachusetts Senate seat that Ted Kennedy held for nearly 47 years. Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, has a new survey out that shows GOP nominee Scott Brown leading Democrat Martha Coakley 48% to 47%, with the election a week from tomorrow.”
– James Taranto, Best of the Web, 1/12/10
SARAH-MANIA GOING TO FOX
“Former Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has signed with Fox News as a contributor, the network said Monday. Palin will join Fox’s team to provide regular insight and analysis on the cable network and its newer business network. She will also join Fox broadcasting network for special political coverage.”
– The Hill, 1/12/10
MUTH’S TRUTHS
If this nation can’t get past its racist past, blame the race-hustlers, not whitey.
Probably the most unfortunate aspect of the Harry Reid “Negro dialect” brouhaha is the number of people who are going on record defending Reid by saying that what he said was true – that white America wouldn’t have voted for a dark-skinned African-American.
“On NBC’s ‘Today’ show Monday,” reports CBS News2’s blog, “Matt Lauer asked PBS’ Gwen Ifill this question: ‘Isn’t Harry Reid implying that a dark-skinned African American who speaks in a way that some would consider more stereotypical would not be electable?’ Ifill’s response? Well, yes. Because it’s true. ‘There is actual political science that backs that up,’ said Ifill, who is black.”
Poor whitey can’t catch a break. It’s bad enough we never know what the current politically-correct term is we’re supposed to use when talking about folks with darker skin pigmentation, but now we find out it’s not enough to simply elect a black man president; we need to elect a BLACK man president. Otherwise, we’re still all a bunch of racists.
Some people are never satisfied. That said, I hope Harry Reid doesn’t resign.
One, I’d rather beat him at the polls next November. That would be extra sweet with sugar on top.
Two, he’s now a get-out-of-sensitivity-class-free card. The next time a conservative or Republican (not necessarily the same thing) says something “inappropriate” of a racial nature, all they have to do is apologize and go on with their political lives. No harm, no foul.
Thanks, Harry!
SURVEY SAYS!
Do you agree with Sen. John Ensign that Republicans should back off of Sen. Harry Reid?
- Yes, John Ensign is a paragon of truth and virtue
- No, John Ensign should blow it out his pie-hole
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FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“Life is tough. Life is tougher if you’re stupid.”
– John Wayne
