If a conservative had said it- they would demand his head

Nephythys · 02-18-2005, 08:47 AM

The Dean comment may be a non-issue, the fact that it would have been blown up into a major issue had a conservative republican said it, is not. There is a clear double standard, and it's insulting and wrong.

SacTown Chronic · 02-18-2005, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nephythys

The Dean comment may be a non-issue, the fact that it would have been blown up into a major issue had a conservative republican said it, is not.

You know this for a fact, do you?

Nephythys · 02-18-2005, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

You know this for a fact, do you?

yep- given historical behavior and events it is blatantly clear there are different standards and acceptable behaviors for liberals/dems vs conservatives/repubs.

Yes.

SacTown Chronic · 02-18-2005, 09:49 AM

During Bush's Privatize Social Security World Tour 2005 he told a black crowd that Social Security was inherently unfair to black men because their expected life span was shorter than that of white men.

Now this was intentionally misleading because Bush knows just as well as I do that the shorter life expectancy data of black men is skewed by the disproportionately high murder rate of black males under 30. Bush also knows that there is nothing he could do to Social Security that would allow black men under 30 to start receiving benefits.

This gibberish, this playing the race card when there is no issue (With regards to retirement. The high murder rate of black men is most certainly an issue.) is offensive to me. I find intentional deceit to be worse than an ill-advised joke. But I don't have the morals and values of our friends on the extreme right (Actually I do. I just refuse to play the whole "do whatever I want to my fellow man and repent to my lord and I'll be okay" game) so what do I know?

02-18-2005, 08:47 AM	#1
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	The Dean comment may be a non-issue, the fact that it would have been blown up into a major issue had a conservative republican said it, is not. There is a clear double standard, and it's insulting and wrong.
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02-18-2005, 09:49 AM	#4
SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	During Bush's Privatize Social Security World Tour 2005 he told a black crowd that Social Security was inherently unfair to black men because their expected life span was shorter than that of white men. Now this was intentionally misleading because Bush knows just as well as I do that the shorter life expectancy data of black men is skewed by the disproportionately high murder rate of black males under 30. Bush also knows that there is nothing he could do to Social Security that would allow black men under 30 to start receiving benefits. This gibberish, this playing the race card when there is no issue (With regards to retirement. The high murder rate of black men is most certainly an issue.) is offensive to me. I find intentional deceit to be worse than an ill-advised joke. But I don't have the morals and values of our friends on the extreme right (Actually I do. I just refuse to play the whole "do whatever I want to my fellow man and repent to my lord and I'll be okay" game) so what do I know? __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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