Reid - The Perfect Example of Liberal Double-Standards

Published on January 10, 2010 By Island Dog In Politics

Many of you might have missed this story since it was "released" over the weekend, typical when it's something involving a democrats. Harry Reid stuck his foot in his mouth again, but this time with a racist twist!

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) apologized today for referring to President Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect" in private conversations during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Just imagine for one second if Reid was a republican. He would be forced to resign, but since Reid is a democrat the media ignores it, and he won't take much heat from it.

Comments (Page 4)

CharlesCS

on Jan 14, 2010

It is strange that i have to tell people that i am black, because when they listen to me on the phone or read my words they assume i am white.

You're Black? Who would have thought it was possible.

I'm of Hispanic roots but I'm an American. I have always considered myself an American and the day I travel outside the US and would happen to break a law in some foregn country, they will address me as the American not the Puerto Rican.

have you sat and listened to young white kids lately? The rap culture and Ebonics are rubbing off on them more than good grammar and speech habits are. I is not kidding.

My son likes using those dam ebonics words and sometimes it drives me nuts. I have no problem telling him and reminding him how silly he sounds. My wife use to talk that way to when I first met her but now she barely talks like that, except maybe with old friends. I do my best to make sure he does talk properly around family members.

Dr Guy

on Jan 14, 2010

My son likes using those dam ebonics words and sometimes it drives me nuts.

That is why he does it! Just remember, we were doing the same to our parents when we were young!

Adventure-Dude

on Jan 14, 2010

I have always considered myself an American and the day I travel outside the US and would happen to break a law in some foregn country, they will address me as the American not the Puerto Rican.

You mean they don't address you as the Puerto Rican-American? tsk tsk tsk

Nitro Cruiser

on Jan 14, 2010

I'd bet bottom dollar any US citizen that found themselves in trouble in another country would be banging on the US Embassy's door, screaming that they are an American. It's funny the hyphenation only means something here in the US.

Dr Guy

on Jan 15, 2010

It's funny the hyphenation only means something here in the US.

I am in no way fully cognizant of all cultural idiocyncracies in all countries, but it seems to me that the North American hemisphere (specifically the French and English settled areas) are the only ones that practice hyphenation. I guess we have it so easy, we have time to complain about stupid things like what 2 mongrels got together and bred us.

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