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Jan
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2010
Harry Reid and a double standard
In a private conversation reported in a new book, Reid described Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign as a “light-skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in a statement that Reid should step down, calling his comments “embarrassing and racially insensitive.
Sure, Reid is quite stupid, and probably a bit racist like most people. I would agree he should step down but more for being stupid than anything else. The reported racial comment does show how ignorant he is.
But far too many white people are acting like they care. For a bunch of conservatives to rush to critical judgement for Reid being insensitive does not make the argument anymore useful. Since they are calling out a true double standard, the liberals and blacks that hate Republicans also know its true but politics trumps the reality every time. No one else but Republicans really care.
A more important double standard or hypocrisy to me is the one conservatives fomented during the Bush administration. To excuse big government policies as they did during those years only to suddenly discover freedom and liberty within the last 12 months since Obama was elected is more egregious than anything Reid could utter with his stupid mouth. BTW, I hope that bastard loses in Nevada.
Anyway, the double standard for treating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to me is the real crime here that no one else seems to care about either.
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