Posted on 01/27/2011 2:18:47 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Jim Moran: Racism fueled Democrats' midterm losses
By: Jennifer Epstein January 27, 2011 04:43 PM EST
A Democratic congressman is attributing his party’s losses in the 2010 election cycle to the fact that President Barack Obama is black.
Speaking to Arab television network Alhurra, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) said Republicans made big gains in November because “a lot of people in this country … don’t want to be governed by an African-American.”
Even more objectionable to some Americans, he said, is that Obama is a black president “who is inclusive, who is liberal, who wants to spend money on everyone and who wants to reach out to include everyone in our society — that’s a basic philosophical clash.”
Moran’s remarks came Tuesday in an interview conducted after Obama delivered his State of the Union speech. Democrats, Moran said, lost for “the same reason the Civil War Happened in the United States … the Southern states, particularly the slaveholding states, didn’t want to see a president who was opposed to slavery.” Virginia, of course, is one of those Southern, formerly slaveholding states.
Moran has gotten in trouble for his off-the-cuff remarks in the past. In 2007, he alleged that the “extraordinarily powerful” pro-Israel lobby played a major role in promoting the U.S. war in Iraq. A strong supporter of his district’s Muslim community, Moran faced criticism from Jewish groups in 2003 for saying that then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was visiting Washington “probably seeking a warrant from President Bush to kill at will with weapons we’ve paid for.”
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What ever happened to "politics ends at the water's edge?"
This traitorous b@stard should be kicked hard and frequently in his groin.
Note that the only politicians and pundits who slam the USA to and/or from abroad are liberals.
We have one running the muni bus and transit system in San Francisco, my 40 minute commute is only about 1 hour.
Obama has done more to screw up race relations than any person in American history. It is sad that he has messed up things to the point that there will be no more black or partially black presidents for generations. What an opportunity he had but it turns out he was nothing more than a thug who could read and speak.
Obama, or whatever his name is, will be a one term president.
Obama has done more to screw up race relations than any person in American history. It is sad that he has messed up things to the point that there will be no more black or partially black presidents for generations. What an opportunity he had but it turns out he was nothing more than a thug who could read and speak.
Obama, or whatever his name is, will be a one term president.
Oh, put it back in the deck, you clown (Moran).
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There, fixed it for you.
Moran? Or Moron?
But only if you're a govt employee or a member of a labor union.
Jim Moran is certifiably insane.
Virginia must be proud.
He slams the same “racists” that voted for sh!thead Oblama in the first place.
If America is so “racist” Oblama would never have been elected.
Filthy democrap scumbag argues like a 2 year old. “Wahhhh! You don’t kiss my a$$ so you’re racist! “ Clown needs his front teeth loosened.
Sure, that’s why Lt. Colonel Allen West got elected. Uh huh.
If only he could have emerged a little sooner. If he ever runs for higher office, I’m all in.
Just wait until they lose the senate too.
Actually, racism was the reason for Obama’s election, many voted for him because of his race.
Does he realize that slavery is still legal in the Middle East and many other Countries?
Of all things to do, go to an overseas news outlet slamming his country for past slavery when there is slavery going on in the world today potentially among the readers of that news outlet.
Moron
NOT
I know it is the belt way bunch, the morons he represents.
Gee, I wonder who was the party in favour of slavery. Does that explain why the South was entirely democrat for so long? ;)
“Someone should call him on this garbage....... “
I can help you here. Those same RACISTS that voted Republican in 2010 (or at least many of them) voted FOR Obama in 2008, over a MUCH BETTER qualified candidate.
If anything, those people should be called “anti-racists”.
House Republicans should censure Rep Moran!
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