GOP hoists sail on Steele ship of racial denial

Jaundice James

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Sat Jan-31-09 10:32 PM
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GOP hoists sail on Steele ship of racial denial

For a party that’s supposedly against affirmative action, there sure are a disproportionate number of African American conservatives on the airwaves arguing for the Republican side of the issues...

African Americans make up about 12% of the general population. This past election cycle, 95% of those voted Democrat with the other 5% voting Republican. You can extrapolate that African American Republicans make up about one half of one percent of the general population. So...

One of the many despicable things Karl Rove was known for was hand selecting people of color and strategically positioning them in view of the cameras during Bush’s political rallies to make the audience appear more racially diverse than it actually was. Now, it seems...

http://www.examiner.com/x-1470-DC-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m1d31-GOP-hoists-sail-on-Steele-ship-of-racial-denial

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BlooInBloo

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Sat Jan-31-09 10:36 PM
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1. That's not affirmative action - that's lipstick on a pig.

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Jaundice James

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Mon Feb-02-09 11:34 AM
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2. Yeah, blue lipstick. n/t

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