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I am enjoying watching Republicans make fools of themselves before the new Congress even takes over. However, on a serious note, I donāt know if Scalise is a racist or not, and that is not really the point. The point is that he and other Republicans are more than willing to court the racist vote. Quite frankly, I have more respect for the racist than I do for current day Republican politicians. At least the racist will tell me to my face that he does not like me because of the color of my skin. The beliefs of a racist are abhorrent, but at least the racist has beliefs. Who the hell knows what Republicans really believe? What we do know is that they have no problem fanning the flames of racism and pandering to racist voters if doing so will win elections. If you are a racist, then you should be insulted at being lumped in with todayās version of the Republican party.
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āItās no secret. In fact that wins you more votes. Thatās what (Scalise) ran on.ā
Ladies and gentlemen I give you your 2014 GOP majority!
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If you court racists, then you are a racist.
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In Scaliseās defense, it was, even ten years ago, already getting harder and harder to tell the difference between any simple Republican Rightie gathering and a conclave of hardcore racists, bigots, white supremacists, misogynists, homophobes and all-roundā shitmuffins. Today it is, in fact, (sans white sheets and hoods of course) impossible.
Po-taaa-to.
Po-taaahh-to.
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Now we know where this guyās brain cells are at.
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In 1980 St Ronnie announced his candidacy in Philadelphia Mississippi. That says it all.
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And then St. Ronnie actually said āwelfare queenā and āstrapping young buckā giving succeeding generations of R pols permission to be racist pigs.
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It is possible to be a bigot without being a racist and it is possible to be a psychopath who has no feelings on the topic but is perfectly willing to fan the flame of racism for personal benefit. But down in the south, youāre generally going to find that white Republicans are at least two of those things and sometime all three, but rarely only one and never none.
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Iāll answer your first question, YES he is a racist. Thatās fact!
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Scalise is exposed as a closet white supremacist and now becomes a political liability for the House GOP caucus.
Can we say ātip of the icebergā? ā¦
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āā¦Duke himself ā¦ met with Scalise several timesā¦ā
Birds of a feather.
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If Scalise was more racist, he could make it to #2 or even as high as #1 in the Repub Party.
Boener and McConnell are quite the closet cases arenāt they.
Who is surprised by this? This is their core constituency. Somebody with a vowel at the end of their name is only white while there are blacks and mestizos walking around ā¦ if they were ātaken care ofā then the Mediterraneans would be next. The list of undesirables of these people is long and irrational. At different points Irish and Slavs were not considered āwhiteā.
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If Scalise only knew some history regarding how his Italian brethren were treated in LA.
John Parker, who helped organize the lynch mob, later went on to be governor of Louisiana. In 1911, he said of Italians that they were ājust a little worse than the Negro, being if anything filthier in [their] habits, lawless, and treacherous.ā
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āWith that tip, though, White pored through forums of the white supremacist website Stormfront and found the posts that placed Scalise at the event.ā
Hope he had plenty of disinfectant available.
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Iām thinking that being one of six state reps who didnāt want the King holiday
veers this one towards racism.
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if ya look like a racist, talk like a racist and walk like a racist, than you arenāt a duckā¦
Heās no liability because he accurately represents the racist base of the RepubliKKKLAN Party!
the Republican Party had worked diligently since the congressmanās rise in national politics to erase any references of any previous affiliation with Duke or EURO
Hood to hood and hand to handā¦