Quick Hit: It’s Their Nature
Terri Whitehouse April 15th, 2008
There’s an excellent post by Pam Spaulding about a racist comment that Rep. Geoff Davis made at an event in which Sen. Mitch McConnell also gave the world the opportunity to see just how low class the Kentucky GOP can be. I can’t remember where I read it, but my favorite defense of Davis’s racist remark so far is that he was hopefully just drunk. Desperate measures, indeed.
- GOP , General Knowledge , Geoff Davis , Jim Bunning , Kentucky GOP , Mitch McConnell , Opinion , Racism , Sexism
- Comments(10)
I really don’t think that this comment was racist as much as it was trying to destroy the credibility of Senator Obama. I believe that Representative Geoff Davis was trying to portray Senator Obama as young and inexperienced. It would seem to me that the “experienced” in Washington are also the most corrupt. Perhaps Senator Obama could help correct this corruption if he is nominated by the Democratic Party and then elected to the office of President.
I’m calling b.s. on those, Charles.
I attempted to say this before,it somehow did not make it into the comments ??
It seems the Republicans continue to use despicable wedge issues lioke this to ring our bells, and make us slobber like Pavlov’s dogs. They use God, Gays, and Guns, to distract us from real issues like war, healthcare, social programs, food shortages, torture, poverty, etc.
He/she called her/him a N**** or a B**** becomes more important in the media, than war, and torture. Use buzzwords like misogynist, sexist, racist,etc. to cloud the issue. Divide and conquer.
It works! The press falls for it time, and time again, yet they never catch the fact that McConnell and the GOP continue to lie about the nonexistant connection between 9/11 and Iraq.
CW - I’m calling b.s. on your post too. Addressing sexism and racism are important. You talk about “real issues” like health care, food shortages, and poverty, all of which have been on the radar of feminists and those who work for racial equality, then you go on to disparage these issues as not “real” like war and torture are.
Perhaps instead of asking “why is media reporting on racism?” (which it rarely, if ever does) or “why is the media talking about misogyny?” (which it rarely, if ever does), you should be thinking about the ways in which traditional media discussion of these issues has largely been a failure. They ARE important and they ARE real issues and they DO deserve discussion.
Instead of asking, “Why is the media reporting on racism/sexism,” try “Who the crap cares who is a good bowler or who got a damn haircut?”
“They ARE important and they ARE real issues and they DO deserve discussion.”
True, but not to the point of obscuring all other issues.
“Who the crap cares who is a good bowler or who got a damn haircut?”
I have screamed about those very subjects.(recently about two posts down)
“disparage these issues as not “real” like war and torture are.” ??? You think I diparage Feminists, and racial equality ?? Not my intention at all (if that is what you mean?) just trying to say that the republicans use hot button crap to distract from the issues.
Obama will address many of the areas of corruption that the current administration has created if he is elected to the office of President. Barak Obama is intelligent but has not been tainted by “good ole boy” mentality of politics. It seems that a lot of the current politicians in Kentucky are a member of the “good ole boy” club. There are way too many foundations and think tanks. The will of the American people can not prevail with all these foundations and think tanks dictating policy.
Charles,
You seem to be a spokesman for Obama.
Given a choice, would Barack rather see 1000 news articles about him being called boy, or 1000 news articles about -
“The Bush administration’s latest story line about Iraq — that Iran is now the primary problem there — should be greeted with profound skepticism. Not only is it the latest in a series of rationales for U.S. involvement in Iraq, most of which have turned out to be based on flawed intelligence, misrepresentations or outright dishonesty.”
Given a choice, would Barack rather see 1000 news articles about him being called boy, or 1000 news articles about -
(polls show) “On the merits, the case for more aggressive regulation and a stronger safety net — not just in health care, but also banking, pensions, and other areas — has never been stronger. And the insecurity evident in this poll suggests people are becoming more open to these sorts of initiatives — more, certainly, than they have been in a long time.”
So why isn’t Obama pushing stronger for a true national health coverage?
What do you think?
BTW I think you are wrong about Davis’s intentions. His comment was deliberatly racist. Throwing red meat to his kind of crowd, and distracting from other issues the GOP would rather not talk about (like the corruption that the current administration has created).
Head. Desk.
I think the Barak Obama is smarter than to dwell on someone using the word “boy” to describe him. Many of the people in the Rebuplican Party have made light of Barak Obama’s Middle name being Hussein but really no one seems to care. Barak Obama, I hope, will focus on the corruption that Bush and Chenny have brought on us. I will ruffle some feather here by saying this but I really don’t like Hillary Clinton because she is a part of the Washington “elite” crowd and I don’t think that Barak Obama is.
I have mixed emotions about universal health care. On one hand there is no way that the average person can afford health insurance and drugs. The medical profession has created a monopoly by the use of licensing. For example, I am diabetic. The drugs that I require would have no value as a street narcotic but I still have to pay extorsion to a doctor to prescribe these drugs to contol glucose levels. I can not just walk into a store and buy these drugs. On the other hand if we have universal Healthcare the Rebuplicans will use this as an issue to further destroy the Constitution of the United States. I really doubt that the average United States citizen can afford the average $200.00 for a 45 minute doctor visit and on top of that the inflated cost of any drugs required.
Just to show you how corrupt the Republicans have become I will refer you to a post on the Time Magazine website:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731247,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
In which commentator Jack Cafferty called the government of Hu Jintao and Communist China a bunch of goons and thugs. Mr. Cafferty also called Communist Chinese produced goods “junk”. China of course demanded an apology from CNN. We need to keep a close eye on Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao the next few days and dilligently search the internet for any of their comments.
Oh by the way Amendment 5 of the United States Constitution plainly says that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process but if a person can not afford medal care they have been deprived of life in some cases. The way that the Republicans have exported jobs is a shame and many of the jobs afforded Healthcare.
I live in an apartment and I doubt that I will ever be able to aford a house unless we elect someone that will be totally loyal to the United States. You take care of your own kind first. We are a diverse people in the United States. Our ancestry comes from many places but the average citizen is an AMERICAN no matter what color he is. Citizens of the uinited States are our own kind and need to come first.
Sorry about any typos but I am on my Lunch Break.
Was Davis’s statement an intentional racial slur? I guess it depends on who you ask or what you decide to believe. According to Jim Bunning, it was just “an unfortunate slip”. Bunning said: “I have no reaction to it other than the fact that I was at the function along with about 410 other people, if you weren’t paying close attention, you could have missed it.”
There’s a reality that Davis wasn’t exactly chit chatting in a calm and friendly demeanor about Obama. When one is challenging another’s credibility, integrity, and ability in the manner that Davis did, well, you could replace “boy” with the “n” word and it equates to the same meaning. Imagine Davis calling Hillary a “slut” at a political dinner. It’s not far from the same.
Ironically, at the end of the day, it raises the debate on this talk about elitism.