> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 03:02 PM 1/10/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: > >> This country has zero-tolerance for white-on-black race based insults. > > > >Bullshit. The Republican party is _built_ on confederate loving, racist, > >bigoted, bible thumping fundamentalists in the south. Republicans > >couldn't win without the bigot vote. Republicans like Rush, and > >Buchanan, routinely pander to bigoted southerners. > > There's no need to swear.
That's not swearing. > I am just pointing out that the media would not tolerate an over-the-top > Democrtatic ad like the one described, due to our non-tolerance of that > sort of thing, whreas poking fun at Vermonters or West Virginians is > entirely tolerated. > > Personally, if you want to talk about pandering, I'll talk abotu a party > that collects 90% of the vote of people of a certain race. That's only > *possible* via pandering. They vote that way not because they are being pandered to, but because the other party panders to the the racists. The Republican party requires 80+% of white voters in some states to win elections. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
