Comments on: Why There Are So Few Black Republicans http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Buck http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-644844 Buck Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:49:25 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/#comment-644844 But wait, there's more! Republicans are rallying around ol' Chip, coming to his defense with some pithy quotes on <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html" rel="nofollow">Politico</a>: “When I heard about the story, I had to figure out what was going on for myself,” said Mark Ellis, the chairman of the Maine Republican Party. “When I found out what this was about I had to ask, ‘Boy, what’s the big deal here?’ because there wasn’t any.” Alabama Republican Committeeman Paul Reynolds said the fact the Saltsman sent him a CD with the song on it “didn’t bother me one bit.” “Chip probably could have thought it through a bit more, but he was doing everyone a favor by giving us a gift,” he said. “This is just people looking for something to make an issue of.” “I don’t think he intended it as any kind of racial slur. I think he intended it as a humor gift,” Oklahoma GOP Committeewoman Carolyn McClarty added. “I think it was innocently done by Chip.” But wait, there’s more! Republicans are rallying around ol’ Chip, coming to his defense with some pithy quotes on Politico:

“When I heard about the story, I had to figure out what was going on for myself,” said Mark Ellis, the chairman of the Maine Republican Party. “When I found out what this was about I had to ask, ‘Boy, what’s the big deal here?’ because there wasn’t any.”

Alabama Republican Committeeman Paul Reynolds said the fact the Saltsman sent him a CD with the song on it “didn’t bother me one bit.”

“Chip probably could have thought it through a bit more, but he was doing everyone a favor by giving us a gift,” he said. “This is just people looking for something to make an issue of.”

“I don’t think he intended it as any kind of racial slur. I think he intended it as a humor gift,” Oklahoma GOP Committeewoman Carolyn McClarty added. “I think it was innocently done by Chip.”

]]> By: George Q. Public http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-644226 George Q. Public Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:40:30 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/#comment-644226 Also interesting is the change over the past few years I've seen in Miami/South Florida in the Cuban attitude toward Republicans...as Buck knows, the older generation of Cuban-Americans would, almost to a person, blindly cite the failure of Kennedy to support the Bay of Pigs invasion as their reason for voting/supporting Republicans. I'd try to reason until blue in the face with those I'd engage on the subject, but they couldn't/wouldn't get past that issue. But the NEW generation of Cuban-Americans down here don't see it that way. They've grown up as Americans first, and after witnessing what Bush/Cheney have wrought upon America...they lean Dem and independent now. Maybe these comments by Saltsman will amplify that! Also interesting is the change over the past few years I’ve seen in Miami/South Florida in the Cuban attitude toward Republicans…as Buck knows, the older generation of Cuban-Americans would, almost to a person, blindly cite the failure of Kennedy to support the Bay of Pigs invasion as their reason for voting/supporting Republicans. I’d try to reason until blue in the face with those I’d engage on the subject, but they couldn’t/wouldn’t get past that issue. But the NEW generation of Cuban-Americans down here don’t see it that way. They’ve grown up as Americans first, and after witnessing what Bush/Cheney have wrought upon America…they lean Dem and independent now. Maybe these comments by Saltsman will amplify that!

]]> By: George Q. Public http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-644225 George Q. Public Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:30:47 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/#comment-644225 What amazes me even more than why there are so few is: why are there any at all?? What amazes me even more than why there are so few is: why are there any at all??

]]> By: nikolai http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-644126 nikolai Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:05:37 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/26/why-there-are-so-few-black-republicans/#comment-644126 Sure republicans have a sense of humor; a mean-spirited, dull-witted condescending one. Barack the magic negro??? What a envious, petty, shameless bunch they are! Sure republicans have a sense of humor; a mean-spirited, dull-witted condescending one. Barack the magic negro??? What a envious, petty, shameless bunch they are!

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