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wndycty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:14 PM
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Think about this: if Wing Nuts decry the use of the "race card" why do they keep refering to. . .
. . .Kenneth Gladney as a "Black conservative?"

Seriously, who is using and interjecting race into the St. Louis incident. Not the unions, not the left, but its the right, remember that.

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teranchala Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:16 PM
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1. Because it's pretty much an oxymoron?
Edited on Sun Aug-09-09 04:17 PM by teranchala
Can't imagine any other reason...

don't Ron Christie and Armstrong Williams fall into the same pot? They sure get their share of ridicule here on DU...
:shrug:

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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:17 PM
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2. Because they always love having the 1 useful idiot on their side to point at...
It helps with those who claim to be on our side, but really just wait for any small excuse to jump ship.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:19 PM
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3. They like playing the race-card card along with the race card.
Edited on Sun Aug-09-09 04:19 PM by JVS
It's like how in euchre there is the right and left bower, or how spades has the big and little joker.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:20 PM
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4. Projection Protection
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1handclapn Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:28 PM
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5. do ReThuglicans carry Lowes paint color cards to keep it all straight. do Tanning bed ReThugs get
an official "Pass" ...or carry the tanning bed shops receipts. ?? to get their "White Club Card".
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:42 PM
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6. they have to keep reminding the news agencies that
they've bought a handful ... quotas, you know ... without Affirmative Action, they wouldn't have to have any ...
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:48 PM
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7. IMO, it's their tactic
to keep racial injustice from being discussed.
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wndycty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 06:20 PM
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8. And to marginalize the issue
:kick:
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