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Clinton went on Arsenio Hall. He didn't need tokenism. If you want to claim there's no undercurrent of racism in standard Republican messaging, well, I can't

• gaius 14y ago
  I don't know what that means, but the accomplishments of Powell and Rice stand on their own. It is ludicrous to deem them mere tokens. In fact if Bush was a dumb as the haters say, Condi was to all intents and purposes both the first black and the first female President...
  • jbooth 14y ago
    Their accomplishments do stand on their own. You were using them as tokens in the above post, and I called it out. A couple of public figures don't undo an entire culture and electoral strategy.
    • gaius 14y ago
      Not at all. Just demonstrating the falseness of the assertion that Republicans don't represent or respect blacks. Once again: The world is not as simple as that. Oh, and while I am here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the American South. In the 19th century, they were the definitive pro-slavery wing of the party, opposed to both the anti-slavery Republicans (GOP)
      • jbooth 14y ago
        The 19th century, thanks. Pretty disingenuous. You already know the content of these links before clicking them, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_rights_(speech) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_rights_(speech) http://newsone.com/16051/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/ http://newsone.com/16051/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/ (just for fun) For what it's worth, I don't think President Bush the person was particularly racist. But he was definitely the #1 candidate among racists.
        • davidw 14y ago
          You know a story probably wasn't HN material when you end up discussing racism and recent US presidents:-/