Oooooooooh my

[bronwynrh]

I'm laughing at this, but it's terrible. Holy cow, I wonder if Mississippi's Democrats know about this - especially Mississippi's non-white Democrats. George Dale is the speaker in this lovely little piece. He's the Mississippi Democratic state insurance commissioner, which means that he's a party official, involved in making big decisions - such as who will be chair of the MS Dem. Party.

Are Democrats going to hear this and rip his head off the way they did (and rightly so) Republican Trent Lott's? If I had the time, I'd find a clip of Lott's comment for your personal enjoyment and effective comparison. . . if any of you find it, or a transcript or quotation, let me know and I'll post it.

(Hat tip to The Agitator and to Liberty and Power)

Comments

[ex-friedrich47.livejournal.com]

He did say that a black would be OK as vice chairman.

[repoman.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm speaking from ignorance from never living there, but drawing from my limited experience in the state I can't say I'm surprised...

[wistfulunicorn.livejournal.com]

I missed that one. Another idiot helping Mississippi maintain it's bad rep.

In Trent's case he was just trying to make an old man feel good - a stupid remark but...

[frank-n.livejournal.com]

Hey, no party holds exclusive domain on racists. Some parties just like to excuse their members quicker than others. Can you say Senator Byrd?

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Oh I know! When the whole Lott thing was blowing up, I was busy wondering why the hell no one said anything about Byrd.

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