Nevada Democratic Senator and Senate Leader Harry Reid apparently stepped in it:<\/p>\n
The US Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, has apologised for private comments he made about Barack Obama before the 2008 presidential election.<\/p>\n
He is quoted in a new book as saying Mr Obama could win since he was a “light-skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect”, unless he wanted one.<\/p>\n
The Democrat said he now regretted “using such a poor choice of words” and apologised to any Americans offended.<\/p>\n
President Obama quickly accepted the apology and said “the book is closed”.
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\nTechnically, Reid was right. A “Dark Skinned Negro with a Negro Dialect” may well have not done as well in the election. Somebody like, say Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg would have been easily beaten the primaries by Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\nBut that’s only because Clinton showed a soft side when she cried that one time, and got past her Hard-Assed Bitch stereotype, which would have never faired well against sweet old Grandpa McCain, soft spoken war hero.<\/p>\n
Who, in turn, would have done much worse in the election if he turned out to be some mean-spirited “GET OFF MY LAWN” bastard with an out of control wacko as a running mate.<\/p>\n
Oh, wait, he was a mean-spirited “GET OFF MY LAWN” bastard with an out of control wacko as a running mate.<\/p>\n
Well, anyway, it is probably good that the Democrats put a well mannered articulate Negro up for office instead of some Snoop Dogg character or maybe a Step and Fetch It kinda guy or a Jim Crow dancing singer guy.<\/p>\n
The moral of the story: Yes, dear readers, racism is well ingrained in the system. A black person in relatively privileged circumstances is still somebody’s Negro, and that somebody can even be a relatively liberal Democrat. Just because MLK gave some fantastic speech 40 years ago does not mean that the racist environment we maintain in this country stopped mattering. To everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nevada Democratic Senator and Senate Leader Harry Reid apparently stepped in it: The US Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, has apologised for private comments he made about Barack Obama before the 2008 presidential election. He is quoted in a new book as saying Mr Obama could win since he was a “light-skinned” African-American “with no … Continue reading Speaking of “Negro” …<\/span>