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C-SPAN Caller On Air: 'Republicans Hate That N***er Obama' (VIDEO)

tres borrachos said:
A word that is used 500,000 times a day on Twitter — as “nigga” is, according to search data on the social media analytics Web site Topsy.com — is almost by definition beyond banning

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You realize that's not a racial slur, right?
 
tres borrachos said:
Of course it isn't. It's a charming word. I wonder if any of my kids' teachers will use it?
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What? Who cares if it's a "nice" word.

It's not a racial slur.
 
While disturbing, it doesn't do much to illustrate:

1) This guy sincerely believed what he said

2) This guy is sincerely a Republican

3) That a substantial percentage of Republicans have said the same thing

I accept that there are X number of racial bigots inside conservative circles, but these phone-in calls aren't exactly ringing endorsement of that phenomenon due to how easy and desirable it is to fake one's views to galvanize countless others.
 
eohrnberger said:
That'd be the soft racism of low expectations?
Why else would we need so many government benefit programs which have destroyed so many people's ability to take care of themselves?
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So is that its only black people that have these symptoms of government programs? I mean everyone does qualify for them based on income regardless of their race, so is your point that only black people have the symptom of losing the "ability to take care of themselves"... Is that the "soft racism" you are referring to?

Do conservatives actually think about what they are saying when they make these kinds of arguments? Basically you are saying government programs make black people lazy, and Democrats are racists because they support those government programs. And then you wonder why over 90% of blacks vote Democrat. Its insulting arguments like the one you just made that conservative ideologues seem so fond of that is the reason for it.

As to the actual topic of the thread. There are racists in both parties, just because one ignorant racist calls into a CSPAN show does not mean that all Republicans are racists. Similarly, just because David Duke at one time ran as a Democrat does not mean that Democrats are racists.
 
tres borrachos said:
Charlie has such a way with words.
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:agree: However, the 13th Amendment passed in 1865 made slavery illegal - and most people know that - except Rangel apparently. Perhaps he should have urged them to get out and vote instead of blaming those who did. :thumbdown:!
 
polgara said:
:agree: However, the 13th Amendment passed in 1865 made slavery illegal - and most people know that - except Rangel apparently. Perhaps he should have urged them to get out and vote instead of blaming those who did. :thumbdown:!
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Charlie's too busy lying, cheating, and breaking laws to remember what happened way back then, Pol.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
So is that its only black people that have these symptoms of government programs? I mean everyone does qualify for them based on income regardless of their race, so is your point that only black people have the symptom of losing the "ability to take care of themselves"... Is that the "soft racism" you are referring to?

Do conservatives actually think about what they are saying when they make these kinds of arguments? Basically you are saying government programs make black people lazy, and Democrats are racists because they support those government programs. And then you wonder why over 90% of blacks vote Democrat. Its insulting arguments like the one you just made that conservative ideologues seem so fond of that is the reason for it.

As to the actual topic of the thread. There are racists in both parties, just because one ignorant racist calls into a CSPAN show does not mean that all Republicans are racists. Similarly, just because David Duke at one time ran as a Democrat does not mean that Democrats are racists.
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I'd much rather support programs that lift people up, rather than making them permanently dependent. That's a difference that I see between the two.
 
So... there are idiots in the world and they make stupid phone calls. Who knew?
 
Fiddytree said:
...due to how easy and desirable it is to fake one's views to galvanize countless others.
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You forgot to mention the track record the left has of pulling these kind of stunts...

Also, it is obviously "desirable" to the left based on the fact they do this kind of crap every so often, but you will be hard pressed to find many conservatives who have a "desire" to be dishonest douche bags that are so desperate to shut their opponents up, they will resort to such despicable gutter tactics.
 
Grim17 said:
You forgot to mention the track record the left has of pulling these kind of stunts...

Also, it is obviously "desirable" to the left based on the fact they do this kind of crap every so often, but you will be hard pressed to find many conservatives who have a "desire" to be dishonest douche bags that are so desperate to shut their opponents up, they will resort to such despicable gutter tactics.
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There you go with that "the left" strawman again.
 
Grim17 said:
You forgot to mention the track record the left has of pulling these kind of stunts...

Also, it is obviously "desirable" to the left based on the fact they do this kind of crap every so often, but you will be hard pressed to find many conservatives who have a "desire" to be dishonest douche bags that are so desperate to shut their opponents up, they will resort to such despicable gutter tactics.
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Ah, yes, that evil "left" and their chicanery. No conservative would ever DARE do such a thing.
 
eohrnberger said:
That'd be the soft racism of low expectations?
Why else would we need so many government benefit programs which have destroyed so many people's ability to take care of themselves?
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Yea Nixon was unbelievable!

Legislation enacted by the Nixon Administration included the Supplemental Security Income program in 1972.49 This legislation brought Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Disabled under the sole administration of the Social Security Administration of the federal government. Most of the cost for the program was assumed by the federal government. Supplemental Security Income, better known as “SSI,” provided assistance to people with mental and physical disabilities. This clientele included deinstitutionalized mental health patients. An important point to remember with SSI is that Nixon, the Great Society critic, greatly expanded the number of people receiving assistance in the various categorical services that comprise SSI.

Nixon also expanded the federal government’s role in the Food Stamp Program by passing reforms to the program in 1970 and 1973.50 He made funding and administrative oversight of the program a responsibility of the federal government. In doing this, Nixon established national eligibility standards for Food Stamps which included the working poor. Nixon also made participation in the Food Stamp Program mandatory for all states.

During his first term, Nixon also approved a 20 percent increase in Social Security benefits and indexed Social Security to inflation.51 This meant that as the cost of living went up, benefits would also rise. Unfortunately, the legislation did not include a corresponding increase in the payroll tax to fund the benefit increase. This, along with double digit inflation and an increase in retired people per worker, contributed to an eventual funding crisis in the Social Security Program.
 
Perotista said:
I enjoy watching the Washington Journal on C-Span when I can.
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Me too!
It's on so early out here, though.....4 A.M.....my viewings are few and far between.

I might be the only one, but with some of their guests from each party and every blue moon from a third party, it can be quite interesting. Callers can sometimes ask the hard questions that reporters in interviews or press conferences will not.
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Yeah, one morning they had a guy on extolling the virtues of lobbyists and how lobbyists were accomplishing great things.
A caller asked the guy how lobbying to limit Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices was a good thing.
Stunned silence by the guest.

There are always a few nut jobs that call in, this caller was one of them.
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Yeah...I've heard..."The Joos did it".... a few times.



But it is pretty much an open forum and as such one can learn somethings from listening, watching the program one didn't know before.
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This is true......but that 4 A.M. thing....
 
Hari Seldon said:
Yea Nixon was unbelievable!

Legislation enacted by the Nixon Administration included the Supplemental Security Income program in 1972.49 This legislation brought Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Disabled under the sole administration of the Social Security Administration of the federal government. Most of the cost for the program was assumed by the federal government. Supplemental Security Income, better known as “SSI,” provided assistance to people with mental and physical disabilities. This clientele included deinstitutionalized mental health patients. An important point to remember with SSI is that Nixon, the Great Society critic, greatly expanded the number of people receiving assistance in the various categorical services that comprise SSI.

Nixon also expanded the federal government’s role in the Food Stamp Program by passing reforms to the program in 1970 and 1973.50 He made funding and administrative oversight of the program a responsibility of the federal government. In doing this, Nixon established national eligibility standards for Food Stamps which included the working poor. Nixon also made participation in the Food Stamp Program mandatory for all states.

During his first term, Nixon also approved a 20 percent increase in Social Security benefits and indexed Social Security to inflation.51 This meant that as the cost of living went up, benefits would also rise. Unfortunately, the legislation did not include a corresponding increase in the payroll tax to fund the benefit increase. This, along with double digit inflation and an increase in retired people per worker, contributed to an eventual funding crisis in the Social Security Program.
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Quite the environmentalist as well.

NEPA
EPA
Clean air act extension
Marine mammal protection act
Safe drinking water act
Endangered species act

Compared to Clinton and Gore's handful of national monuments.
 
radioman said:
Me too!
It's on so early out here, though.....4 A.M.....my viewings are few and far between.


Yeah, one morning they had a guy on extolling the virtues of lobbyists and how lobbyists were accomplishing great things.
A caller asked the guy how lobbying to limit Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices was a good thing.
Stunned silence by the guest.


Yeah...I've heard..."The Joos did it".... a few times.




This is true......but that 4 A.M. thing....
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You must be on the west coast. I am in the east. Big time difference there.
 
ecofarm said:
Quite the environmentalist as well.

NEPA
EPA
Clean air act extension
Marine mammal protection act
Safe drinking water act
Endangered species act

Compared to Clinton and Gore's handful of national monuments.
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I bet he would be called a RINO today. He actually hated the social programs but loved power even more. Turned out to be his downfall. Clean air and safe drinking water should be a priority for all parties. Too bad its not.
 
Hari Seldon said:
I bet he would be called a RINO today. He actually hated the social programs but loved power even more. Turned out to be his downfall. Clean air and safe drinking water should be a priority for all parties. Too bad its not.
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He was seen as a moderate for much of his platform, but had been seen as hardcore when it came to dealing with the counterculture.

So yeah, he was in some ways seen as a "RINO" in that he was in many ways a Rockefeller Republican.
 
Kobie said:
Ah, yes, that evil "left" and their chicanery. No conservative would ever DARE do such a thing.
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Dismiss it all you like, but it is what it is... The left has become infamous over the last several years for not only perpetrating hoaxes like this, but for other acts of blatant dishonesty designed to wrongly smear the right. They have falsely accused conservatives of involvement in several despicable incidents, as well as accused them by way of silence and omission... Were talking about incidents involving violence, threats of violence, racism, and destruction of property, just to name a few. It isn't limited just to idiots like the guy who called into C-SPAN either, it's been done by prominant democratic politicians as well.

I notice that you didn't deny it, and instead went to the liberal playbook an chose the "But they do it to" equivalence strategy... A strategy that may sound good, but totally falls apart under scrutiny because when all the facts are laid out, it's clear that the 2 are anything but equivalent. The left has all but cornered the market on this type of disgusting and despicable behavior.
 
Kobie said:
Explain how government assistance does that. In your own words.
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