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Subject: Re: Closeted Racism in the G.O.P.

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Dan

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Date Posted: 05:03:50 12/14/02 Sat
In reply to: sammy 's message, "Re: Closeted Racism in the G.O.P." on 21:12:52 12/13/02 Fri

I wholeheartedly agree that it sucks anyone would not be interested in the inner workings of THEIR government. I also believe it sucks that these people are the ones who generally complain most about the system.

Now, for the sake of everyone else, I will keep this exceptionally short. So, if you think it sucks that I am cutting this debate off in favor of continuing it at Christmas dinner Friday, I am sorry.

I'm going to quote Joe Souceray here. "Lott does not represent the typical Republican attitude on racial harmony any more than Bill Clinton represents the typical Democratic attitude on marital fidelity.

Both parties have their share of morons, and we're sure getting to know quite a few of them lately."

They both brought discredit to their party and the nation. Some housecleaning needs to be done, yes. But this is not a focused effort of the party.

The rest of the column published in the Pioneer Press Friday can be found here: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/columnists/joe_soucheray/4726922.htm
Whatever your thoughts on him, its a pretty good article.

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sammy
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Date Posted: 12:21:13 12/14/02 Sat

i'm sorry, but i can't completely hold back on all of this until friday. dan, you are now focusing on trent lott, when i have brought up two other examples of questionable (at best) decisions by republican leaders, as they pertain to race in the united states. it sucks that you, apparently, didn't respond to any of my points in my last two posts (example: why did george w. bush go to bob jones university if, in fact, the republicans don't go to "them"?). and soucheray's quote is all well and good, but are we trying to equate racism with infidelity?? that analogy is completely rediculous, if only because BOTH parties have had their share of infidelity scandals amongst their leaders (the names gingrich and giuliani come to mind), but the republican party seems to have a monopoly on the racists (in leadership positions). your whole argument seems to be that both parties have morons, but that does nothing to explain WHY the republican morons are racist, and why those racists have been able to rise to positions of power. in other words, you are looking at the effect, and trying to deal with/explain that, instead of dealing with the cause. i think that sucks.

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