bendog
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I think you need to work on a new set of comparisons.
Again, gop pols are rightly moving as fast as they can to distance themselves from Bundy's bigoted beliefs, while at the same time saying the issue of control of public lands is an issue they want to look at.
And note the posters here denying bundy's staements were bigoted.
the posters here? Bendog...there are a select few posters on this board that have any credibility with me...from both sides. Most on here will argue just for the sake of arguing.
Bundy is a racist. There is no doubt about it. The GOP politicians are forced to run from the Bundy issue thanks to his asinine remarks.
Why forced?
Because the left will jump all over them if they don't....and say they are "supporters of racists"
But like I said earlier....wanting to address state rights vs large federal government should have nothing to do with the racial sentiments of the man at the center of the topic.
And my analogy is ideal....
Should a politician be obligated to "run" from a police brutality story because the one who was beaten was a criminal? Should he have to worry about his political opponent calling him a "criminal lover"?
If the criminal was a pedophile, would it be OK for the politicians opponent to say "he took the side of a pedophile"?
Well if you're a black lawyer you better not be representing any unsavory characters, but if you're white, it doesn't matter because everyone deserves competent legal representation.
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I didn't see Jarhead's post.
I tried to differentiate every gop pol I've seen rightfully distanceing themselves from Bundy's racism, while at the same time saying the land use issue has nothing to do with race FROM some of the posters here.
My point was there is a racist element in the gop. You can't get away from the birthers, and the fact that no gop candidate in 2012 could just say "it's racist bs, and I'm not part of it." That was a sure way to not be nominated. There was no sistah soldja moment in the gop. And the sad fact that there wasn't prevented affirm action from being any issue.
If the board wants to discuss race and the gop, it'd have to ignore certain posters, like shootspeeders and mcgarret.
But, both Paul and Ryan are trying to explain how their positions are not racist on things like charter schools/vouchers and taxes.