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Perriello Supporters Catch (and Use) the 'Racism As Political Weapon' Meme
Bearing Drift ^ | 10/31/2010 | Shaun Kenney

Posted on 10/31/2010 7:43:16 PM PDT by upstanding

I bring this particular video up for a reason — and not because of the “gotcha effect” but for two serious questions: (1) Here we go again with “racism as a political weapon” again — doesn’t the attack (or at best, baseless claim) in these instances cheapen what is still a very real problem? (2) If it was a Republican or Tea Party volunteer doing something similar in downtown Charlottesville that afternoon, would this have been headline news?

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: perriello; virginia
Perriello supporters get violent and cry racism... What will Wednesday morning be like?
1 posted on 10/31/2010 7:43:22 PM PDT by upstanding
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To: upstanding

its time


2 posted on 10/31/2010 8:05:35 PM PDT by FrankR (November 2nd is NOT an election - it's a RESTRAINING ORDER.....VOTE!)
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To: upstanding

Wait until they get a load of the new Black conservatives elected on Nov 2nd. That should spin them into a tizzy or two.


3 posted on 10/31/2010 8:24:11 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: upstanding

Racism-doesn’t fly anymore,I don’t give a damn who you are or what color you are-IT’S WHO CAN HANDLE THE JOB!!!!


4 posted on 10/31/2010 8:46:29 PM PDT by watchdogmom
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To: watchdogmom

Chilling video. How does one reason with someone so angry and irrational? If this were a Tea Party supporter you’d have the leftist media outlets playing it regularly.


5 posted on 11/01/2010 11:56:43 AM PDT by opus86
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