CNN Only Took Hours To Play Race Card.....

[Obama 2012 1,714]

They really are getting sad..........

[Danno 1,228]

No surprise there.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

And their point is... ?

[luckytxn 2,264]

Blacks rode the losing pony this time.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

here's the article for shits and giggles...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/02/no-african-americans-in-next-u-s-senate/?hpt=T2

No African-Americans in next U.S. Senate

By: CNN Special Correspondent Soledad O'Brien

New York (CNN) – Despite record election achievements by African-Americans in the House, the United States Senate will not have an African-American in its ranks.

All three black Senate candidates, Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Alvin Greene (D-SC) and Mike Thurmond (D-GA) are projected to lose tonight. The only incumbent black senator, Roland Burris (D-IL), is retiring.

Only six black senators have served: three Republicans and three Democrats, including the future President Barack Obama (D-IL).

There have been 118 voting members of Congress who are African-American. This year the GOP has 14 African-Americans on the ballot, any one of which could become the first black Republican in the house since 2003.

There are 41 African-American Democrats in Congress of which most are running in majority black districts. CNN projects Alabama sent its first African-American woman to Congress tonight with the election of Terri Sewell in the state's 7th district. She is a Democrat.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Well. duh, CNN: the secret is to find a black candidate for whom 50.1% of the people want to vote, si man.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So what's the racial motivation behind this story?

It points out a state of affairs, it doesn't attempt to explain it.

[SMR 368]

So what's the racial motivation behind this story?

It points out a state of affairs, it doesn't attempt to explain it.

The racial motivation is that they are dividing people based on the color of their skin. I thought the dream was to live in a society where people are "not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

You could also do a news story on the height, weight, eye color, or hair length of senators. But the editors at CNN would likely deem it a bunch of irrelevant information. But when you do a story about the amount of melanin in the skin of senators, it becomes front page worthy. That's the racism. Although there is a small reference to the party of the congressmen and senators in question, there is no reference to any of their platforms. So CNN is judging solely by the color of the skin, not the content of character.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

This is what happens when the Blacks ALLOW the Dems to shove them around and put them in their little Gerrymandered boxes.

Blacks in congress have no real power. That was the plan. The Dems promote this idea that "only a black person can represent black people" and Gerrymander these little "reservations" which is, exactly, what they are. This relieves white politicians of the responsibility to care for black issues. After all, "those people" have their own representatives and the white politicians do not need the vote of "those people". Obama was elected by WHITE people, not black people. ALL of the blacks could have voted for McCain and Obama would STILL win.

The Dems PUT the blacks in the back of the bus, their bus, and then crashed the bus! And someone is suprised?

But Alabama elected its first black representative, a Democrat, against the trend and Republicans elected 3 blacks. So who is a racist?

when blacks decide that they are through being used by the Dems they will advance in this country. Amazing that the Hispanics who have far less representation in government have far more power becasue they have few (if any) Hispanic Gerrymandered districts. The WHITE politicians that run the show NEED Hispanic votes and respond to Hispanic concerns.

For the most part, white politicians do not need black votes. Dems made sure of that.

The DEMs are the party of slavery, the party of segregation, the party of the KKK. They did NOT change, they merely wised up. They found ways to oppress blacks while appearing to "help" them. Kind of like how we "helped" the native Americans by putting them on the reservation. I wonder when we will have "black casinos"?

Edited November 3, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The racial motivation is that they are dividing people based on the color of their skin. I thought the dream was to live in a society where people are "not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

You could also do a news story on the height, weight, eye color, or hair length of senators. But the editors at CNN would likely deem it a bunch of irrelevant information. But when you do a story about the amount of melanin in the skin of senators, it becomes front page worthy. That's the racism. Although there is a small reference to the party of the congressmen and senators in question, there is no reference to any of their platforms. So CNN is judging solely by the color of the skin, not the content of character.

You don't think it should be of interest that blacks are under represented in the senate?

There are any number of reasons for it but the fact remains that it is a very real disparity.

[Jenn! 918]

Judging people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin does not mean that everyone suddenly becomes blind. Not that I think this story is particularly newsworthy, but the assertion that acknowledging that people have different skin colors is racism is just ridiculous.

Edited November 3, 2010 by Jenn!

[SMR 368]

You don't think it should be of interest that blacks are under represented in the senate?

There are any number of reasons for it but the fact remains that it is a very real disparity.

It should only be of interest if you think it makes a difference whether people are black or white. If you chose to judge people based on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin, that means it doesn't make a difference to you what color their skin is, which means you couldn't care less how many people with certain colors of skin are in the senate.

In short, blacks are not underrepresented in the senate. Everyone is represented by the senators from their state. I don't know why you seem to think that white senators don't represent black people or vice versa. It's as ridiculous as suggesting a person with black hair can't represent blondes.

Judging people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin does not mean that everyone suddenly becomes blind. Not that I think this story is particularly newsworthy, but the assertion that acknowledging that people have different skin colors is racism is just ridiculous.

Naturally, acknowledging people have different skin colors is not racist. It's a fact of life.

But when you start counting and grouping people based on skin color, that is racist. That is exactly what the article did. Why, when there are dozens of issues, scores of physical features, and hundreds of representatives, did CNN chose to break the house down by skin color? No other reason other than the fact that they are stuck on racism. The physical features of the members of the house and senate are irrelevant to their ability to effectively govern the country.

[_Simpson_ 250]

You don't think it should be of interest that blacks are under represented in the senate?

There are any number of reasons for it but the fact remains that it is a very real disparity.

Their not underrepresented, candidates need the black vote and they will pander.

Edited November 3, 2010 by _Simpson_

[Obama 2012 1,714]

You don't think it should be of interest that blacks are under represented in the senate?

There are any number of reasons for it but the fact remains that it is a very real disparity.

So blacks are different than whites?

Wow, and here I thought we were being taught all about how people are people....

Of course, that doesn't work for the liberal agenda goes it. Talk out your butt, but don't mean a damn word you say.

[Dan J 277]

So blacks are different than whites?

Wow, and here I thought we were being taught all about how people are people....

Of course, that doesn't work for the liberal agenda goes it. Talk out your butt, but don't mean a damn word you say.

You are pretty ignorant if you think African Americans are the same as Caucasians in every way but the color of there skin. You only see a distinction in skin color, but there are other cultural and economic distinctions as well. There are definitely issues that are important to African Americans that may not get much attention from other demographic groups.