Yup….you guessed it, they are all racist:
That President Obama lost roughly 40 percent of the vote in Democratic primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia over the last two weeks has drawn massive national headlines.
Those headlines have drawn a collective eyeroll from Democrats — and many others who closely follow national politics — who ascribe the underperformance by the incumbent to a very simple thing: racism.
No, none of these Democrats are willing to put their name to that allegation — either generally or for this story. But, it is, without question the prevalent viewpoint they hold privately.
…Former Texas Rep. Charlie Stenholm, a longtime conservative Democrat, acknowledged that “race is definitely a factor for some Texans but not the majority,” adding: “The most significant factor is the perception/reality that the Obama administration has leaned toward the ultra-left viewpoint on almost all issues.”
Oh, so race is a factor for “some” but he has also leaned ultra-left. That couldn’t be the reason could it?
According to the WaPo, it’s not because these states are mostly conservative (including the Democrats in those states) and they don’t like ultra-left candidates. No, it’s just racism.
Tom Cole, a Republican House Member, dismissed the idea of race as a major factor in opposition to Obama out of hand.
Said Cole:
“Obama fares poorly in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arkansas because he has nothing in common with them. They are rural, he is urban. They are populist, he is elitist. And in case anyone hadn’t noticed, they are conservative while he is liberal. That isn’t just true of Republicans in these states. It is true of Democrats as well.”
Get outta here. We all know it’s because they are all a bunch of redneck racist hillbilly’s.
Sigh….
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Another Vet Again I concur. I have 2 wonderfull Golden Retrievers that I prefer to most people I have never killed or taken up arms against an animal—-other than a few human animals in V.N.
@Richard Wheeler: Those are great dogs.
@Richard Wheeler:
Rich, I read your comment that several others have commented on. Although you may not have meant it the way they are taking it, it was a very poorly worded comment that at first glance seems to imply that everyone from Kentucky or Oklahoma are racist bigots. I don’t know if an apology is necessarily in order, but at the very least a clarification should be, without the back-bending defense of it you have been attempting.
@Richard Wheeler: About racism, you said:
And the way you go about doing that is to call entire portions of the population “redneck hillbillies?”
Again, it is okay when you use bigoted language because you are “shining the light” on racism?
Wow, I love the taste of enlightenment in the morning…
Once More Comments By Men that don`t have women in there lives Or don`t talk to there wifes.
Memorial Day A day for prayer,reflection, and the honoring of those gone but never forgotten. Those who gave all to allow us to live in freedom.
John Galt I never meant to imply that “everyone from Kentucky and Oklahoma are racists and bigots” DEFINATELY NOT SO. The post was about the Dem. primaries in these states and in Ark. My initial comment was these states are deeply red and not a major concern to Dems. in quest of Presidency.
The racial issue I’ve discussed before. RACISM exists across our society.
There are those in Kentucky and Oklahoma as well as other states who “ARE PROUD OF IT” IMHO a disgrace to our great country. Those who would accept or deny their existance, particularly on Memorial Day dedicated to Freedom and Equality, should pause to reflect.
Semper Fi to you John and my fellow Vets
Richard Wheeler,
best to you, hope you have a good day and a nice sunshine day.
Thanks Bees The best back at you. We’ll be celebrating and honoring with the Marine Corps band here in sunny San Clemente. You Canucks have fought the good fight along side your allies through many wars.Thanks to all your fallen heros.
Richard Wheeler
yes the best allies you can find,
thank you
@Richard Wheeler: Ditto from me. Sorry to say, once again while walking the dogs this morning, there was a noticable lack of flags.
@Richard Wheeler:
And I didn’t think that you meant it that way, as I stated, Rich. What I saw, though, was you attempting a defense of those poorly chosen words, instead of acknowledging how they were leading people to think you said something you never meant.
Thanks John Did you see the ceremony at the Viet Nam Wall today. Powerful Memorial that was great to see.
@civil radd: #56
If you are going to comment, please do it in a way the readers can understand what you are trying to say. I don’t have a wife or women in my life right now, but I still don’t get your comment.
By the way, it is spelled wives, not wifes. I’m not criticizing, I can’t spell either. As I was typing this, the spell checker told me I spelled critisizing wrong.
Smorgasbord
even if I speak and write ENGLISH PERFECTLY, I DO MAKE ERRORS SOMETIMES,
but this FLOPPING ACES WHERE ALWAYS TOLERANT FOR MY ERRORS,
before I got to being perfect, that is who the CONSERVATIVES ARE,
SO TOLERANT AND USUALY PASS OVER THE ERRORS OF GRAMMER
BYE
@ilovebeeswarzone: #65
I only had one objective all the way through school: To get out, and I did. I wish I could go back. I would be the best student the school ever had.
Smorgasbord
hi,
I was lucky to find this one and only FLOPPING ACES, SO TO ADVANCE
MY EXPERTISES ON ENGLISH, I WILL NEVER FORGET MY BEGINNINGS, FUNNY WHEN i LOOK BACK ONLY, BUT NOT AT THE TIME,
IT DID SHOW ME WHO WHERE HELPING ME, WHEN SOMEONE WOULD REPRIMAND ME,
I see the first one was AYE CHIHUAHUA,AND HE CAME IN A FEW TIMES, AND SKOOKUM,
WOULD HELP ON THE MAKING THE SENTENCES, MANY TIMES, AND MATA, AND MISSY, AND THE OTHER JOINED IN, MATA WOULD GIVE THE ATTACKER A BLEND OF ONLY HER CAN PUT TO MAKE ME LOOK BETTER THAN HIM OR HER, WHICH WOULD DISAPEARED CONFOUNDED BY THE COMMENT OF MATA,
AND AT TIMES WE HAD SUCH FUN TOGETHER,ALL WOULD BE READY TO JUMP IN THE HUMOR BASKET,TILL WE LAUGH SO MUCH, WE COULD NOT SEE THE KEYS BECAUSE WE WHERE CRYING OF LAUGHTERS,
AS YOU DID, TOO, AT TIMES, THIS MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH FLOPPING ACES AND STIMULATE ME TO IMPROVE AS NOW TO BE BRAGGING MYSELF TO BE PERFECT,
BUT I know I’m not, I just bragg.
bye
@ilovebeeswarzone: #67
I comment on different blogs, but Flopping Aces has more stories that I feel like comment on than any other blog.
Smorgasbord
where are you? are you in vacation with the polar bears?
show yourself if you dare,
bye