If you remember the WaPo article from yesterday you would know that Republicans aren't effected by color when donating to Katrina victims whereas many Democrats are. The real problem is winning back the press from government. Hey, wasn't that a Nazi / Fascist thing, controlling the press?
. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:54 AM, zaphod <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wonder how much of this is attributable to how people think they should > act. Since the republican party is being cast as mostly white, does that > make them want to add color more and go the extra step to look like they > welcome diversity? Likewise with the democrats, as they're seen as the > diversity party, are they thinking that in order to garner more 'white' > vote, they need to put up white candidates? > > > > On Jun 4, 2013, at 3:52 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Voting and giving records aren't proof of anything of course, but i do > find > > those numbers interesting. > > > > I base a lot of my opinions on my own experiences. I know this has the > > potential to be deceptive, but it's difficult to separate what one sees > > from what one believes. I've known and interacted with quite a few people > > who are obviously racist. The vast majority of them have been > conservative > > in their beliefs, and Republican in their voting. > > > > But i've always suspected that perhaps conservative racism was more > obvious > > and on display than liberal (or independent) racism....which might > explain > > why it would appear there are more republican racists on the > surface...but > > giving, voting, and perhaps other less obvious actions would suggest that > > such a discrepancy doesn't necessarily exist. Perhaps for every N-word > > shouting, nazi dressing conservative asshole, there's a liberal who's > > saying all the right things...but then quietly doing just the opposite. > > > > People really aren't that different, no matter what they call themselves. > > Humans are a species, prone to the same shortcomings. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Really? You need me to look up the obvious for you? > >> > >> > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041301776.html > >> " (W)hite Republicans nationally are 25 percentage points more likely on > >> average to vote for the Democratic senatorial candidate when the GOP > >> hopeful is black. In House races, white Democrats are 38 percentage > points > >> less likely to vote Democratic if their candidate is black." > >> > >> > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201474.html > >> But for Democrats, race mattered -- and in a disturbing way. Overall, > >> Democrats were willing to give whites about $1,500 more than they chose > to > >> give to a black or other minority. (Even with this race penalty, > Democrats > >> still were willing to give more to blacks than those principled > >> Republicans.) "Republicans are likely to be more stringent, both in > terms > >> of money and time, Iyengar said. "However, their position is > 'principled' > >> in the sense that it stems from a strong belief in individualism (as > >> opposed to handouts). Thus their responses to the assistance questions > are > >> relatively invariant across the different media conditions. Independents > >> and Democrats, on the other hand, are more likely to be affected by > racial > >> cues." > >> > >> Will that do or do you want more? > >> > >> . > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:07 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> All we want, Sam, is some source that shows there are more racists in > the > >>> Democratic Party today, than in the Republican Party today...since this > >> is > >>> what you have stated. > >>> > >>> Do you have such a source? > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Ah, so if I say the party is known and built on racism, you think I'm > >>>> actually saying anyone that ever cast a vote for a D is racist. That > >>> logic > >>>> would make me a racist. > >>>> > >>>> . > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> So 'all' democrats did these things? > >>>>> > >>>>> As much as I know you want to to, this long list of disgusting acts > >>> does > >>>>> not show 'Democrats currently have and always have had way more > >> racists > >>>>> than the GOP.' It only shows that some of them are/were. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/10/the_democratic_partys_long_history_of_racism.html > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> A quick search turned up this: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> A few examples: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Democrat, who founded the Ku Klux > >>>> Klan. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Woodrow Wilson segregated Federal Buildings and jobs after 50 years > >>> of > >>>>>> integration under largely Republican administrations. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was the Democrat Party in the South that instituted Jim Crow > >> Laws. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was the Democrat Party in the South that instituted "separate > >> but > >>>>>> equal". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was the Democrat Party in the South that supported the Ku Klux > >>> Klan. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was George Wallace and the Democrat Party in the South that said > >>>>>> "Segregation Forever". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was Orval Faubus and the Democrat Party that wanted the Arkansas > >>>>>> National Guard to enforce segregation, and Dwight Eisenhower, a > >>>>> Republican > >>>>>> President, that sent the 101st Airborne to integrate the schools. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was Bull Connor, a member of the Democrat National Committee, > >> who > >>>>> turned > >>>>>> the hoses on the marchers in Birmingham, and it was the Republicans > >>> who > >>>>>> made up the majority that passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, over > >> the > >>>>>> filibuster of such Democrat paragons as William Fulbright and Al > >> Gore > >>>>> Sr. - > >>>>>> and Grand Kleagle Byrd. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (And no, the Dixiecrats didn't join the Republican > >>>>>> Party< > >>>> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100212105354AAsKqHz> > >>>>>> - > >>>>>> most of them remained Democrats.) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was the Democrats who kept Grand Kleagle Byrd in the party. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was Democrats who called General Colin Powell a "house nigger". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was Democrats who called Condi Rice - who grew up with and knew > >>> the > >>>>>> little girls in Birmingham who were blown up, by Democrats - an > >> "Aunt > >>>>>> Jemima" and ran cartoons of her with fat lips doing Hattie McDaniel > >>>>> riffs. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It was Democrats, or at least Obama supporters, who called Stacy > >>> Dash a > >>>>>> hundred different racist names for daring to leave the Democrat > >>>>>> plantaion. (sic) It's the Democrats who hold annual dinners > >> honoring > >>>>> Andrew > >>>>>> Jackson, who owned slaves and who orchestrated the Removal, the > >> Trail > >>>> of > >>>>>> Tears, the near genocide of several of the Indian Nations. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I am sure you have some data to back up that accusation? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Actually..I am not sure...you could be talking out your ass, but > >> I > >>> am > >>>>>>> willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. Source? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Democrats currently have and always have had way more racists > >>> than > >>>>> the > >>>>>>> GOP. > >>>>>>>> So when someone from a racist party bandies about nonsense > >> about > >>>> the > >>>>>>> other > >>>>>>>> side being racist for no reason ans as if it were known fact I > >>> feel > >>>>> the > >>>>>>>> need to smack them with a little truth. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> You may think that's asinine but that's because you need to > >>> defend > >>>>> the > >>>>>>>> indefensible. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> . > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected] > >>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> So, let me get this straight. A Democrat cannot call a > >>>> Republican a > >>>>>>>>> 'racist' because decades ago some Democrats apparently > >> started > >>>> the > >>>>>> KKK? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> That is asinine. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
