Friday, May 29, 2009

Who's the real racist???

Since President Obama named Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court judge nominee the right wing has used various smears to discredit her record but since Wednsday one smear is becoming the right favorite one, that Sonia Sotomayor is racist because she takes account her experiences when she rules. But here's the funny part about this the two main people running around screaming she's a racist are Tom Tancredo and Rush Limbaugh. So in fairness I'm going to pick out quotes made by Tom Tancredo and Rush Limbaugh and you tell me what you think
  1. Tom Tancredo: "You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace," Tancredo said of Miami, according to the Web site WorldNetDaily. "You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country."
  2. Tom Tancredo: “So what may I ask are our presidential candidates doing participating in a Spanish speaking debate? Pandering comes to mind.” Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual but it has perilous consequences for a nation. As such, a Spanish debate has no place in a presidential campaign.
  3. Tom Tancredo also had a ad that gave the impression immigrants are rapists.
  4. Tom Tancredo:

    "Well, what if you said something like — if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.

    "You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.

    "Yeah," Tancredo responded.

  5. Rush Limbaugh: take on the NAACP, a group with a 90-year commitment to nonviolence: "The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."
  6. Rush Limbaugh:To a black caller"Take that bone out of your nose and call me back." A decade ago, after becoming nationally syndicated, he mused on the air: "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
  7. Rush Limbaugh: In 1992, on his now-defunct TV show, Limbaugh expressed his ire when Spike Lee urged that black schoolchildren get off from school to see his film Malcolm X: "Spike, if you're going to do that, let's complete the education experience. You should tell them that they should loot the theater, and then blow it up on their way out."
  8. Rush Limbaugh: in response to a caller arguing that black people need to be heard, Limbaugh responded: "They are 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
Yeah those champions of civil rights should know what a racist comment looks like. What is funny about this line of attack from the right is these are heavy champions of using racism to gin up their audiences. Sources: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5176541,00.html http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/08/tancredo-boycotts-tomorrows-univision-debate/ http://migramatters.blogspot.com/2007/12/tancredos-newest-ad-immigrants-are.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162795,00.html

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