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kpete

(71,994 posts) Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:13 AM Jun 2012

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Politico Suspends Report Over Race Remark

Politico Suspends Report Over Race Remark

Politico has suspended reporter Joseph Williams for saying Mitt Romney seems most comfortable around “white folks.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/06/politico_suspends_report_over_race_remark.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/politico-suspends-reporter-mitt-romney.php

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Politico Suspends Report Over Race Remark (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP

Williams was wrong BeyondGeography Jun 2012 #1

And this is inaccurate in what way? rfranklin Jun 2012 #2

I guess the truth hurts. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2012 #3

I'm just a caveman DefenseLawyer Jun 2012 #4

Would he have been suspended if he HADN'T been black? rocktivity Jun 2012 #5

Uh, wow. Lucy Goosey Jun 2012 #6

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

1. Williams was wrong

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:14 AM

Jun 2012

Romney is uncomfortable around humans generally.

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)

2. And this is inaccurate in what way?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:14 AM

Jun 2012

Seems obvious, but I guess he didn't get it corrobroated by a Romney staffer.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,703 posts)

3. I guess the truth hurts.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:16 AM

Jun 2012

In other news, the sun rises in the east.

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

4. I'm just a caveman

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:21 AM

Jun 2012

but what's the alleged offense here? There is a statement that involves race. Is that it? There is nothing disparaging said about "white folks" that I can tell, or is "white folks" considered a racial slur now?

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)

5. Would he have been suspended if he HADN'T been black?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:37 AM

Jun 2012

rocktivity

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)

6. Uh, wow.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:45 AM

Jun 2012

First thought: they suspended Williams for stating the plain truth.

Second thought: would they have suspended a white reporter for saying the same thing? (And I don't know the answer to that question, it's just what popped into my head - but it's a fair question, I think.)

Third thought: Romney singing* "Who let the dogs out? Who? Who?" to a group of Black children. *cringe*

*Okay, not quite singing, but you know what I mean.

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