Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:15 PM
TerrapinFlyer (277 posts)
Scalise must be pressured to resign
If the Democratic Party can't stand up to someone who spoke at a KKK Rally, then we have no hope for winning anything in the future.
It doesn't matter how long ago it occurred, it is unacceptable. There needs to be a mass effort to put pressure on this fucker!
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TerrapinFlyer | Dec 2014 | OP |
Turbineguy | Dec 2014 | #1 | |
onecaliberal | Dec 2014 | #2 | |
spanone | Dec 2014 | #3 | |
Boomerproud | Dec 2014 | #4 | |
madville | Dec 2014 | #5 | |
moondust | Dec 2014 | #6 | |
LincolnsLeftHand | Dec 2014 | #8 | |
moondust | Dec 2014 | #10 | |
LincolnsLeftHand | Dec 2014 | #12 | |
Kingofalldems | Dec 2014 | #14 | |
JaneyVee | Dec 2014 | #16 | |
JaneyVee | Dec 2014 | #17 | |
Octafish | Dec 2014 | #7 | |
gratuitous | Dec 2014 | #9 | |
tularetom | Dec 2014 | #11 | |
1step | Dec 2014 | #13 | |
Orsino | Dec 2014 | #15 |
Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:18 PM
Turbineguy (32,191 posts)
1. I think that the GOP ralleying around this POS is a good thing.
because is says.... "GOP=KKK"
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Response to Turbineguy (Reply #1)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:27 PM
onecaliberal (19,653 posts)
2. The GOP IS the KKK
Have you been listening to them for the last 8 years. They are racist hating pigs and don't give a rip who knows.
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Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:32 PM
spanone (125,582 posts)
3. Republican leaders back lawmaker who spoke at white supremacist event in 2002
Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:35 PM
Boomerproud (4,384 posts)
4. He'll probably raise millions for his next campaign.
That's where this country has been and that's where we're headed. Democrats will say nothing.
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Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:35 PM
madville (5,205 posts)
5. He just won his district with about 80% of the vote
After this news he will probably win 2016 with 90%.
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Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:38 PM
moondust (16,761 posts)
6. Two words:
Robert Byrd
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Response to moondust (Reply #6)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 10:08 PM
LincolnsLeftHand (43 posts)
8. My thoughts exactly
Response to LincolnsLeftHand (Reply #8)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 10:16 PM
moondust (16,761 posts)
10. I've already heard a Repug use it.
This afternoon on Joy Reid's MSNBC show.
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Response to moondust (Reply #10)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:18 AM
LincolnsLeftHand (43 posts)
12. So
That doesn't make it any less valid. Hard for the Dems to argue that a Repub congressman should be run out of town for speaking to a white supremacy crowd (which he may or may not have realized was the case) 12 years ago when the longest serving Dem senator -- who served until 2010 -- was an actual KKK member in his early days.
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Response to LincolnsLeftHand (Reply #12)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:14 PM
Kingofalldems (33,488 posts)
14. Not hard at all. They campaign on white supremacy
code words. Good try though.
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Response to LincolnsLeftHand (Reply #12)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:52 PM
JaneyVee (19,877 posts)
16. Except Byrd called his one year in the KKK...
The biggest regret of his life and then worked to champion civil rights for the rest of his life. That was in the 40s, Scalise spoke in 2002.
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Response to moondust (Reply #6)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:57 PM
JaneyVee (19,877 posts)
17. Robert Byrd denounced racial intolerance...
Still no word from Scalise.
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Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:53 PM
Octafish (55,745 posts)
7. Would make some political points, too.
Then, that's not what the Washington Generals do.
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Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 10:12 PM
gratuitous (73,092 posts)
9. He'll be gone as soon as Boehner gets the Speaker's gavel again
Until then, the Weeper of the House can't afford another schism in his caucus.
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Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 11:40 PM
tularetom (23,664 posts)
11. Who do you think should pressure him?
The people who voted for him? They were probably the audience at that KKK rally.
Boner and the republican leadership? - They're scared of the wack jobs who support guys like him. "Moderate" republicans? - Good luck finding one. Congressional Black Caucus? - Give me a break. The Obama Administration? - Yeah, like that's gonna happen. The liberal media? - ![]() ![]() |
Response to TerrapinFlyer (Original post)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 02:43 AM
1step (380 posts)
13. No
He must resign, period.
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Response to 1step (Reply #13)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:48 PM
Orsino (37,416 posts)
15. From Congress? Not gonna happen.
Stepping down as whip for optics sake, also a mixed bag for the GOP.
But they have a couple of weeks to decide on how much they think they can get away with. |