Update: http://twitter.com/chucktodd/statuses/7569003200
The Prez has apparently accepted Reid's "oops you caught me" apology "without question." I don't consider it confirmed, but it makes sense that Obama would accept his apology. It's not like he's some inconsequential talk show host (I mean, he's only Senate Majority leader for crying out loud), or quipped that Obama looked like a nappy-headed ho (there is nothing nappy headed about his hair), or anything. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3031317&page=1 He merely said The One could turn his Negro dialect on or off to suite the crowd, an ability Obama basically bragged about in his own Ayers-breathed memoirs when he described himself as a blank screen on which anyone could paint whatever they want to see. - Publius On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > http://bit.ly/4se5p0 > > - - - > WASHINGTON – The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate apologized on > Saturday for comments he made about Barack Obama's race during the > 2008 presidential bid. > > Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described then-Sen. Barack > Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect." Obama is the > nation's first African-American president. > > "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely > apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially > African-Americans for my improper comments," Reid said in a statement > released after the excerpts were reported on the Web site of The > Atlantic. > > "I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the > campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's > legislative agenda." > - - - > > If Trent Lott had gone to a birthday party for Harry Reid and said > what a wonderful guy he is, would the Dems have run him out of town? > > Besides, how is this any different than when Biden said, off the cuff, > that Obama was the first articulate, nice looking black to run for > office, and hence a legitimate threat in the field of candidates? > > Liberals are the new, truly racist, plantation owners, but > unfortunately 90% of blacks think they owe them for their > cotton-pickin' welfare freebies. > > Which they do. > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] > -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
