----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Double Standards on Regional Bigotry
> At 03:31 PM 1/14/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > >> Its certainly not as simple as saying that the South is racist and the > >> North is not. There is a lot of racism in the North. But, the Southern > >> strategy of the Republican party does include ensuring that the racist > >> Southern vote in the South is squarely in their camp. > > > >The redundancy here was not intended. Also, I think that there is an > >attempt to get the racist Northern vote with the "Southern strategy." > > Please tell me that you meant the past tense in this. "Was" not "is."
There are still clear signs that the Republican party knows that keeping the racist vote is critical. Thus, you get senators adressing racist groups and visiting racist institutions full of praise. If you want to argue that the Democrats are not harsh enough on irresponsible black leaders, I won't argue. But, I'm not giving the Republicans a free pass on courting racists.
I'm not saying that Bush is a racist. He probably isn't. I'd put money on a straight up bet against him being an old fashioned Texas racist. But, Trent saying that things would have been better if Strom had won instead of Harry wasn't an accident. The only problem is that he got caught with the wrong people hearing it.
Dan M.
He probably isn't racist. How nice of you to say that.
And the next time you are at a function honoring someone 40 years older than you, make sure his past is clean so your general remark can't be turned into a proof that you are a racist or bigot or homophobe.
Kevin T. - VRWC Time for bed, snow day tomorrow?
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