Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
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Aug 11, 2010 at 5:08pm
We've known for quite some time that Harry Reid has an obsession with race. When the book Game Change was published earlier this year, we learned that:
[Harry Reid's] encouragement of [candidate] Obama was unequivocal. He...believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a "light-skinned" African American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,"...Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination.
It turns out, Harry's obsession with race extends to an obsession with ethnicity, as evidenced by remarks he made yesterday:
Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio responds:
(h/t John McCormack at TWS)
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Jun '10
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
I remember watching a civil rights documentary with film clips from the 1960s, and an interviewer was talking to a well-dressed white Southern woman about the black marchers protesting Jim Crow, and she said something like, "I talked to my maid about this yesterday, and she agrees with me, this is just craziness. She doesn't know what's gotten in to these people." Yeah, riiiiiight. I think just like that woman, Harry's been talking to his Hispanic gardener, and found out that in business, the customer is always right no matter how wrong they are.
May '10
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
Pitch-perfect response by Rubio. Don't screw this up, Florida.
Jul '10
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
There are clearly many things that Senator Reid doesn't know. I'm pleased that he honestly admitted his ignorance in this instance. I just wish he had been as forthright while peddling bailouts, stimuli, and Obamacare.
Jun '10
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
I've got a lot of emotional investment in Rubio. If he loses to Charlie "I'll Caucus with the People of Florida" Crist (surely the oiliest politician since Obama), I can't be responsible for what I might do to myself or any kicks I might aim at the family dog (and he's a good Republican Scottish Terrier).
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
tabula rasa
I've got a lot of emotional investment in Rubio...
Rasmussen has a nerve-racking poll out on the Florida Senate race. If Congressman Kenrick Meek is chosen as the Democratic candidate, the poll shows Marco Rubio winning with 38%, while Charlie Crist trails with only 33%. But if Jeff Greene is chosen as the Democratic candidate, Crist wins with 37% of the vote and Rubio falls behind with only 36% of the vote. We've still got a few months to go, but how do we make sense of these numbers?
May '10
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
Numbers that tight bode well, I think. Over time, it will become more and more clear that Crist is now for all intents and purposes a Dem, and the split-allegiance factor will become more prominent. Also, Rubio endears over time, while familiarity with Crist 2.0 breeds contempt.
Re: Harry "Race-Obsession" Reid
Scott Reusser
Numbers that tight bode well, I think...
I'm coming to appreciate optimists like you more than ever, Scott! I just read Tom Sowell's newest book, Dismantling America (we had Sowell on Uncommon Knowledge last Friday -- show will be up over at NR on Monday) which thoroughly depressed me and convinced me that the end is nigh. But if we're able to elect a bunch of folks like Rubio this November, maybe we can hold our demise at bay.