tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post8252660626085694881..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: GOP Joins Thought PoliceGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-84851119655573344372010-01-14T22:25:04.056-06:002010-01-14T22:25:04.056-06:00Ah. True. I stand corrected, sir!Ah. True. I stand corrected, sir!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-91650655121109118632010-01-14T21:10:21.385-06:002010-01-14T21:10:21.385-06:00Yo, Gus, you write: "the Republican attempt ...Yo, Gus, you write: "the Republican attempt to impeach Bill Clinton..." Just to be persnickety about it, the Republicans <i>did</i> impeach Clinton; they didn't <i>convict</i> him, however.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-60625705295657437712010-01-14T18:43:04.854-06:002010-01-14T18:43:04.854-06:00Madmax,
I am inclined to think -- although I do n...Madmax,<br /><br />I am inclined to think -- although I do not know for a fact -- that Reid was simply stating the truth. <br /><br />Your mention of the Republican attempt to impeach Bill Clinton is an excellent example of the same pattern of behavior in the past. Thanks for mentioning it.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-71951870748437408702010-01-14T12:48:23.917-06:002010-01-14T12:48:23.917-06:00I have had mixed reactions to the Reid affair. Whi...I have had mixed reactions to the Reid affair. While I am no fan of Reid, I don't understand the context of his statements. If he was saying that only a light-skinned black man who spoke without an ethnic tone - ie without ebonics - could get elected then he was just stating the truth. I don't see why he should be criticized for stating the realities of current politics. If he was stating that light-skinned was better than dark-skinned or that a black man didn't have the ability to be articulate than that would be racist. <br /><br />But more importantly, I find it distressing that the conservatives are making such a big issue of this. Taking any statement concerning race and denouncing it as racism is the Left's game. The Republicans shouldn't be playing it. There are a thousand things to lambaste Reid for. This is the least of them. It seems to me to be the same pattern of when they went after Bill Clinton. Instead of the many things they could have focused on (selling nuclear technology secrets to hostile enemies for campaign funds for example), the Republicans focused on sex. They really are the party of stupid.madmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375140131881725965noreply@blogger.com