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Subscribe to RSSSo now Republicans say Romney wasn’t specific enough.
But, the Wall Street Journal reports: “Two weeks after their presidential election defeat, Republican Party leaders are falling into roughly two camps as they struggle to explain what happened and devise ways to broaden the party's base. Some top GOP officials worry their message is wrong for a rapidly diversifying population, and that fundamental shifts in policy may be required. But the more dominant voice, and the one gaining currency within the center of the party, says such drama isn't necessary. It asserts that Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama was primarily a tactical failure….”
The Maine Republican Party Chairman claimed in an interview with NBC affiliate WCSH: “In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day. Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in town knows anyone who’s black.”
Despite defending his comments yesterday, he later apologized. In defending his comments, he said this: “There’s nothing about me that would be discriminatory. I know black people. I play basketball every Sunday with a black guy. He’s a great friend of mine.”
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OK, that's embarrassing.
Last time,Charlie Webster claimed it was college students who voted fraudulently in the election. An investigation by the Republican Attorney General of Maine found no basis for the allegation.
Why is it that people state that they are not racist because I know a black person? That is a dead give away that you are a racist!!
The only way you can defend against a charge that you are a racist is to STOP BEING A RACIST.
Maine is one of those very white states (95% N. European caucasion, I think) where people can live their whole lives and never see a person of color.
The key is, don't make any claims based on race. If people were voting in various towns who didn't live there, say that, not “In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day. Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in town knows anyone who’s black.”
The color of the skin of the person who voted has NOTHING to do with whether or not they have a right to vote in a specific town.
This guy is just like so many in the Republican party, a bigot and an idiot.
Tommy, Such an idiot should never be allowed to speak so dumb as you have done. Put some thought into it before you open your mouth!!
Tommy's right. I couldn't count the number of times I've heard ignoramuses defend their prejudice by
stating that they "know a black person".
I once had a white friend. So that qualifies me as a person who knows what it is like to be white; right? Well doesn't it???
Heaven help us ALL!
Right on...
The majority of the GOP still does not get it. It is not the messenger or the method of delivery, it really is the Republican message of hate that the majority of Americans don't want.
We just don't want that crap anymore! We are a nation made up of immigrants; geeez!
Right on...
Too bad the "tactical failure" cannot be remedied by bringing back Old Testament cool aid drinkers from the dead. The new voters coming on line are internet savy and don't believe the Reefer Madness propaganda still being promoted by the government as the truth. The GOP will increasingly become irrelevant if they think they can fix it with "tactics."
It was also reported that the hundreds of blacks boarded buses, drove out of town, put on sombreros, and drove back into town and voted again. They moved in a caravan westward all through the day voting in every small white town where they knew that they would go undetected.
ROTFLMBAO!!!
Right on...lol
Bob, Tommy is right. I can't count the number of times I've heard ignoramuses defend their prejudice with the
statement that they "know a black person".
lol