There are simply no words for this level of stupidity.
Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel meant no disrespect when he previously called Tea Party members “white crackers” — he says it was actually a compliment.
The longtime Capitol Hill Democrat said Monday that he thought cracker “was a term of endearment” and was puzzled by the firestorm that his use of the term in a 2013 interview set off.
In a chat with the Huffington Post on Monday, Rangel offered a half-hearted apology for using the word when comparing the Tea Party to Jim Crow segregationists.
Rangel: Calling Tea Party 'white crackers' was a compliment - NY Daily News
Awesome. Stupid and a crook. What a combination! And he won re-election by a landslide.
How, exactly, is Obama racist? This should be fun.
Go back to Fletch's first comment on the thread. Strawman 101.
There are simply no words for this level of stupidity.
Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel meant no disrespect when he previously called Tea Party members “white crackers” — he says it was actually a compliment.
The longtime Capitol Hill Democrat said Monday that he thought cracker “was a term of endearment” and was puzzled by the firestorm that his use of the term in a 2013 interview set off.
In a chat with the Huffington Post on Monday, Rangel offered a half-hearted apology for using the word when comparing the Tea Party to Jim Crow segregationists.
Rangel: Calling Tea Party 'white crackers' was a compliment - NY Daily News
Awesome. Stupid and a crook. What a combination! And he won re-election by a landslide.
:lamoMacintosh, I thought we agreed not to use our real names here?
Who am I voting for? I eagerly anticipate you telling me my beliefs again.
Read his book. Reading might be "fun" for you.
Being half white and half black, he must hate his other half, eh?
You need to read too.
"It is official: Barack Obama is the nation’s first black president."
"A White House spokesman confirmed that Mr. Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, checked African-American on the 2010 census questionnaire. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/us/politics/03census.html?_r=0
Gosh, a black man said something derogatory about white racists? Heavens to Murgatroyd!
from wiki:All I know is that there was a baseball team in Atlanta - a minor league team - called the Atlanta Crackers. I don't believe that team was owned by Charlie Rangel, but perhaps you can prove me wrong.
And it's all of you right wing folks getting your panties in a knot over what Rangel said. Not me, and sure as hell not Rangel.
now, notice the pre-civil rights era span in which the crackers were activeOrigin of the team's name[edit]
According to Tim Darnell, who wrote The Crackers: Early Days of Atlanta Baseball, the origins of the team name is unknown.[5]
Darnell cites several possibilities as to why this name was chosen:
A term that means a poor, white southerner.
Someone who is quick and efficient at a task.
In reference to plowboys who cracked the whip over animals.
A shortened version of "Atlanta Firecrackers", the earlier 1892 minor league team.
However, this list does not represent the most likely origins of the name. The term "cracker" is derived from the Gaelic "craic", meaning entertaining conversation or boasting.[6] It was used in the 18th century to denote Irish and Scottish colonists of the Deep South backcountry. The Earl of Dartmouth had this to say in a 1766 correspondence: "I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by Crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode."[6]
During the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War, there was also a political party of the same name. Organized in Augusta, Georgia, this party's platform was one of "opposition to Catholics and segregation of blacks."[7]
While now sometimes used as a derogatory term for a white southerner that promotes racism, it is also used as a term of pride by white southerners to indicate one that is descended from those original settlers of the area.[6] It is much more likely that the Atlanta Crackers derived their name from the more positive usage, indicating they were proud to be Georgians.
additionally, there was a negro league team by the name of the Atlanta Black Crackers (1919-31)The Atlanta Crackers were minor league baseball teams based in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1901 and 1965.
Charles Rangel says he thought cracker was 'a term of endearment'
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