Comments on: REPUBLICAN RACISM

By: pat

pat — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:09:48 +0000

goin with bd here. not even surprised

By: BD

BD — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:46:10 +0000

When I first heard about this it made me mad, then I wasn't surprised. One look around that convention at all those grinning black idiots, looking just like that cartoon above. I bet they didn't even know what happened or cared. Yeah I know racism is everywhere, but it looks like its all under one roof in Tampa.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:29:50 +0000

"People Think We've Gone Further Than We Have"Patricia Carroll, the CNN camerawoman who was assaulted with peanuts and called an animal by two attendees at the Republican National Convention, told Journal-isms on Thursday that "I hate that it happened, but I'm not surprised at all."Carroll, who agreed to be named for the first time, said she does not want her situation to be used for political advantage. "This situation could happen to me at the Democratic convention or standing on the street corner. Racism is a global issue," she said by telephone from Tampa.Carroll said no one took the names of the attendees who threw peanuts at her Tuesday on the convention floor and told her, "This is what we feed animals." She alerted fellow camera operators, producers and CNN security. The head of the delegation — she was not certain of the state — told her the perpetrators must have been alternates, not delegates.But Carroll, 34, said that as an Alabama native, she was not surprised. "This is Florida, and I'm from the Deep South," she said. "You come to places like this, you can count the black people on your hand. They see us doing things they don't think I should do."Carroll noted of the Republican convention, "There are not that many black women there."She said she wanted to thank CNN, which "has been behind me 100 percent." Although she was stationed on the floor next to Fox News, the perpetrators "didn't know what I was doing. I happened to be standing there," near one of the delegations."I can't change these people's hearts and minds," Carroll added. "No, it doesn't feel good. But I know who I am. I'm a proud black woman. A lot of black people are upset. This should be a wake-up call to black people. . . People were living in euphoria for a while. People think we're gone further than we have."Read: http://mije.org/richardprince/cnn-camerawoman-not…

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:59:49 +0000

Quote for the Day "Aside from a few, rare tokens, there is no "diversity" in the Republican party. The have transformed themselves into a party of angry old white men, who just keep repeating the same fears and hateful lies to each other. The one fear that is accurate is that they are losing, and as they die off so will the party they have perverted into a caricature of themselves. " ~WashPost Reader "The demographics race we’re losing badly. We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.” Sen. Lindsay Graham (S.C.) My thoughts.... Graham's words are stunning because it speaks to the frightening TRUTH of what the Republican Party is about_and quite frankly has been about_for over 35 years. They know the ONLY way they have of beating the Dems is to continue sowing the seeds of ignorance, division and hate. They have NO vision OR credible policies for our future. And NO idea how to effectively [...]

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:34:06 +0000

WashPost: "As Republican convention emphasizes diversity, racial incidents intrude"TAMPA — From the convention stage here, the Republican Party has tried to highlight its diversity, giving prime speaking slots to Latinos and blacks who have emphasized their party’s economic appeal to all Americans.But they have delivered those speeches to a convention hall filled overwhelmingly with white faces, an awkward contrast that has been made more uncomfortable this week by a series of racial headaches that have intruded on the party’s efforts to project a new level of inclusiveness.The tensions come amid a debate within the GOP on how best to lure new voters. The nation’s shifting demographics have caused some Republican leaders to worry not only about the party’s future but about winning in November, particularly in key swing states such as Virginia and Nevada."The demographics race we’re losing badly,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.). “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”On Tuesday, convention organizers ejected two attendees after they reportedly threw peanuts at a Black CNN camerawoman and told her, “This is how we feed animals.” Organizers called the conduct “inexcusable and unacceptable.”Read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-republi…Also a correction from my previous repsonse:She is Nixon's Southern Strategy in FULL effect and a PERFECT representation of today's GOP.