tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post2008144337090659433..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Harry and the Negromike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-7463250236635017792010-01-11T09:07:50.625-08:002010-01-11T09:07:50.625-08:00First off, I said neither should resign. If you th...First off, I said neither should resign. If you think that the Majority leader stepping down now is good for the Dems, that's your problem.<br /><br />I don't know any of the groups and I don't know that much about Lott, but you're basically saying what I said. When a Republican says something racial it confirms what we already know about them but when Dems do it,it must be a mistake.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-24291878620448609482010-01-11T08:37:43.578-08:002010-01-11T08:37:43.578-08:00That's ridiculous. Trent Lott had a long hist...That's ridiculous. Trent Lott had a long history of support for and membership in white supremacist organizations like the Council of Conservative Citizens. He made an overt statement in support of segregation and considering his background most likely knew exactly what he was saying. The controversy with Lott wasn't so much that Lott was too confederate as it was that everybody knew it and tolerated his presence in the Republican leadership for so long.<br /><br />The two statements are "similar" in the same way that a SuperSoaker and a Howitzer are both shaped like guns. All you're doing is demonstrating the Republicans tone-deafness on race.<br /><br />That being said, you're essentially doing the Democrats job for them: manufacturing a reason for Reid to step aside and let a more capable Democrat like Dick Durbin or Charles Schumer become Majority Leader. Its high time the Democrats stopped putting Red-State Democrats in positions of leadership.<br /><br />And if you think that sounds ridiculous I'd like to remind you that just the other day you claimed it would be a victory for the Republicans to *only* lose Massachusetts by 9 points.AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-30891913200164382592010-01-11T08:33:52.234-08:002010-01-11T08:33:52.234-08:00Reid said that a real black person can't be el...Reid said that a real black person can't be elected president but that someone white enough can. What is that? <br /><br />Lott was trying to say something nice at someone bday. I doubt he put two and two together. Even if he did, it was insensitive but so was Reid's comment. Anyone that sees something more vicious in Reid's comments is fooling themselves.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-7307768772943113522010-01-11T00:00:49.836-08:002010-01-11T00:00:49.836-08:00These two comments are in no way comparable. Lott ...These two comments are in no way comparable. Lott stated that "we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either" if Thurmond, then a segregationist, had been elected to the presidency in 1948. Reid effectively stated that appearance and speech count for a lot in American politics, particularly as they pertain to ethnicity. While poorly phrased and doubtlessly lifted out of context, these observations had the benefits of being both perfectly true and patently obvious. Mike, would you care to present a rational argument that Reid's remarks were in some way erroneous?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com