Originally Posted By Beaumandy << Why is "scalito" any more offensive than, say "bennifer" for j-lo and ben affleck? >> I agree.. who cares.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Gotta love the attempt of even some on here to marginalize some voices by calling it "the noise machine". >>> And love it you will! I'll have a lot more to say about the noise machine sometime soon.
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Try not to put me to sleep SuperDry. Oh, and here is some fresh meat for the Dems to worry about. On Drudgereport there is a link to a story about Black Democrats throwing Oreos at Republican Democrats. This is acceptable how?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Define "Republican Democrats." I take it you meant throwing oreos at black Republicans. Obviously, that would not be acceptable, but it's also obviously the actions of a handful of people and therefore why Democrats should "worry about it" (not to mention how it relates to the Alito nomination) seems tenuous at best.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "Oh, and here is some fresh meat for the Dems to worry about. On Drudgereport there is a link to a story about Black Democrats throwing Oreos at Republican Democrats. This is acceptable how?" The link on Drudge didn't work so maybe you could explain further? The best I could determine from googling it was that some local Baltimore pols were passing out oreos. Not quite the level you imply. But back to Alito. While on Drudge, I found this link. It's possible Alito isn't quite the lock on abortion his mother thinks he is. <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1102/p01s04-usju.html" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/ 1102/p01s04-usju.html</a>
Originally Posted By TomSawyer There are black Republicans? At least they only needed to buy one bag of Oreos.
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Nice job at dignifying the subject with an appropriate response Tom. Glad to see that you approve of racism. It degrades any further comments you have to make on the subject.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer But your #2 response to RoadTrip's post in which you play the same rhetorical trick is okay? And you've apparently decided to be offended by anything I write, so pretending that you're suddenly deciding that my future comments are degraded in your eyes is a little disingenuous.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer And how do you mean "approve of racism" - are you saying that I'm in agreement with what RoadTrip cited? I'm not. Don't bear false witness.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47145" target="_blank">http://worldnetdaily.com/news/ article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47145</a> >>MSNBC reporter Chris Matthews today hammered the Democratic Party, claiming it was circulating a document that emphasizes the fact Samuel Alito, President Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee, failed as a prosecutor to win a case against Italian mafia figures, suggesting the issue was highlighted because Alito is an Italian-American. "I'm sitting here holding in my hands a pretty disgusting document," Matthews told viewers of "MSNBC Live." "This is put out not for attribution, but it comes from the Democrats. They're circulating it; I can say that." In what he describes as a Democrat "complaint sheet," Matthews says, "The first thing they nail about this Italian American is he failed to win a mob conviction in a trial … way back in '88. "In other words, they nail him on not putting some Italian mobsters in jail from the [Lucchese] family. Why would they bring up this ethnically charged issue as the first item they raise against Judge Alito?" Continued Matthews: "This is either a very bad coincidence or very bad politics. Either way it's going to hurt them. … Not abortion rights, not civil rights but that he failed to nail some mobsters in 1988 – this is the top of their list of what they've got against this guy. Amazingly bad politics." <<
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Alito is going to win the nomination. He's a well qualified judge. What's the point, Darkbeer, what's the point?
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Actually Tom, I am interested why you don't come out hard on Democrats who make racist or insensitive statements. Honestly, I could care less about Alito being called Scalito, as I was just having fun with that. But on the other hand, I am interested by the blatant racism of Democrat Blacks towards Republican Blacks, and I am amazed that someone who is usually so even handed and reasonable such as yourself does not come out and condemn such actions and attitudes. The racist statement was probably a bit underhanded and I apologize, but I am still curious why you do not blast such opinions and statements as you would if the speaker was a Republican.
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 But it isn't funny. If I had made a similar joke during the whole Bennett gaffe posts you and Tom would have flayed me whole. I am not trying to be contentious here, but there should be some accountability for some things.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<you and Tom would have flayed me whole.>> I'd never flay anyone, whole or otherwise, for a comment on these boards. The boards are for amusement. The day I start taking them seriously enough to want to flay someone over something said is the day I stop coming here.
