(07-29-2019 09:01 AM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  Well this isn't going too well for the MSM and the democrats. Sometimes the truth hurts.

IMO, that's the issue. We've entered a time when merely pointing out the deficiencies of city's operations is now considered racist. We all know this only works one way. It's asinine and for some reason the MSM keeps running with it even though it's only going to hurt their cause in the long run. They'll never learn.

(07-28-2019 07:51 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  What I don't understand.

You have these democrats like Cummings and Maxine Waters who are minority representatives of minority districts where conditions are frankly deplorable. They obviously aren't helping their constituents, but those districts keep sending them back. So why can't republicans make inroads? There has to be a way to say, "Hey, we've got a better deal for you," So why don't they?

Why can't Republicans make inroads?

Because the culture of the demographic is so opposed to Republican anything.

Last week I was watching a video of a FOX News segment where two black guys were debating the accusation of Trump being racist for calling out Cummings. One guy was a conservative while the other was a liberal.

The liberal guy called the other guy a "sellout" a few times during the discussion.

Name-calling works against little kids on the playground and it continues to work against adults.

Alinksey's Rules For Radicals 5 and 13:

5. Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.
13. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

(07-29-2019 10:44 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 09:01 AM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  Well this isn't going too well for the MSM and the democrats. Sometimes the truth hurts.

IMO, that's the issue. We've entered a time when merely pointing out the deficiencies of city's operations is now considered racist. We all know this only works one way. It's asinine and for some reason the MSM keeps running with it even though it's only going to hurt their cause in the long run. They'll never learn.

Good!

They don't know what to do with Trump since he FIGHTS BACK! Any other Republican would have slunk away by now and the D's would never change their policies or ways. 50+ years of this. I am wondering what took the black population this long to stop wholly supporting the D's.

(07-29-2019 09:01 AM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  Well this isn't going too well for the MSM and the democrats. Sometimes the truth hurts.

They never learn.

Bernie Flips Out After Trump Quotes His Past Comments About Baltimore

(07-28-2019 07:41 PM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-28-2019 03:53 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(07-28-2019 03:50 PM)Chappy Wrote:  Everyone knows it’s racist to criticize politicians of color.

That certainly seems to be the direction in which we’re going.

You will get the world you tolerate. Don't sit down. Don't shut up.

Donald? Is that you?.....

(07-29-2019 08:10 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-28-2019 07:51 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  What I don't understand.

You have these democrats like Cummings and Maxine Waters who are minority representatives of minority districts where conditions are frankly deplorable. They obviously aren't helping their constituents, but those districts keep sending them back. So why can't republicans make inroads? There has to be a way to say, "Hey, we've got a better deal for you," So why don't they?

They are majority reps. Certainly Cummings district is overwhelmingly not white. Not sure about Waters.

Understand this: no black democrat from a majority white democrat district has been elected to the House. All black republican representatives come from majority white republican districts. Imagine that.....

(07-29-2019 01:39 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 08:10 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-28-2019 07:51 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  What I don't understand.

You have these democrats like Cummings and Maxine Waters who are minority representatives of minority districts where conditions are frankly deplorable. They obviously aren't helping their constituents, but those districts keep sending them back. So why can't republicans make inroads? There has to be a way to say, "Hey, we've got a better deal for you," So why don't they?

They are majority reps. Certainly Cummings district is overwhelmingly not white. Not sure about Waters.

Understand this: no black democrat from a majority white democrat district has been elected to the House. All black republican representatives come from majority white republican districts. Imagine that.....

OK, well that's just racist.

But that's what Dems have been, are, and apparently always will be.

(07-29-2019 01:39 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 08:10 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-28-2019 07:51 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  What I don't understand.

You have these democrats like Cummings and Maxine Waters who are minority representatives of minority districts where conditions are frankly deplorable. They obviously aren't helping their constituents, but those districts keep sending them back. So why can't republicans make inroads? There has to be a way to say, "Hey, we've got a better deal for you," So why don't they?

They are majority reps. Certainly Cummings district is overwhelmingly not white. Not sure about Waters.

Understand this: no black democrat from a majority white democrat district has been elected to the House. All black republican representatives come from majority white republican districts. Imagine that.....

That would not surprise me.

(07-29-2019 10:44 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 09:01 AM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  Well this isn't going too well for the MSM and the democrats. Sometimes the truth hurts.

IMO, that's the issue. We've entered a time when merely pointing out the deficiencies of city's operations is now considered racist. We all know this only works one way. It's asinine and for some reason the MSM keeps running with it even though it's only going to hurt their cause in the long run. They'll never learn.

Considering Bernie said the same thing in 2015... I guarantee you if they go after Trump on this still, that quote from Bernie is going to haunt Democrats for even longer..

Quote:"But anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you were in a wealthy nation, you would think that you were in a Third World country," Sanders says in the clip from the press conference.

"But today what we're talking about is a community in which half of the people don't have jobs. We're talking about a community in which there are hundreds of buildings that are uninhabitable. We're talking about a community where kids are unable to go to schools that are decent." - Bernie Sanders 2015 Campaign

I really think I am reasonable when it comes to racist / non racist stuff. There are many comments that can be construed as racist even if they are not. I get that.... shades of gray....

"As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place"

I have read what DJT posted a few times and I am really struggling to see where what he said is racist in any way? He has called Representative Cummings out for not doing anything for his district (which sounds like a dilapidated and declining dump). He did not use one personal derogatory word, he did not refer to race, economic disparity, or even use the words minority district..... It IS dangerous, and IT IS rat infested..... those are not race related words either?

What did he say that had any race related inference?

(07-29-2019 02:39 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  I really think I am reasonable when it comes to racist / non racist stuff. There are many comments that can be construed as racist even if they are not. I get that.... shades of gray....

"As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place"

I have read what DJT posted a few times and I am really struggling to see where what he said is racist in any way? He has called Representative Cummings out for not doing anything for his district (which sounds like a dilapidated and declining dump). He did not use one personal derogatory word, he did not refer to race, economic disparity, or even use the words minority district..... It IS dangerous, and IT IS rat infested..... those are not race related words either?
What did he say that had any race related inference?

Nothing.

(07-29-2019 02:39 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  I really think I am reasonable when it comes to racist / non racist stuff. There are many comments that can be construed as racist even if they are not. I get that.... shades of gray....

"As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place"

I have read what DJT posted a few times and I am really struggling to see where what he said is racist in any way? He has called Representative Cummings out for not doing anything for his district (which sounds like a dilapidated and declining dump). He did not use one personal derogatory word, he did not refer to race, economic disparity, or even use the words minority district..... It IS dangerous, and IT IS rat infested..... those are not race related words either?

What did he say that had any race related inference?

What Trump said is obviously NOT racist. However, given that the mayor is not Caucasian the MSM obviously spun it to add race to the discussion. It's pathetic to do so but to be expected.

(07-29-2019 02:39 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  I really think I am reasonable when it comes to racist / non racist stuff. There are many comments that can be construed as racist even if they are not. I get that.... shades of gray....

"As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place"

I have read what DJT posted a few times and I am really struggling to see where what he said is racist in any way? He has called Representative Cummings out for not doing anything for his district (which sounds like a dilapidated and declining dump). He did not use one personal derogatory word, he did not refer to race, economic disparity, or even use the words minority district..... It IS dangerous, and IT IS rat infested..... those are not race related words either?

What did he say that had any race related inference?

Trump says a lot of things that are at least racially insensitive. This was not one of them. The democrats should pick their battles. I think Trump has realized they are incapable of doing that.

(07-29-2019 12:37 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  Bernie Flips Out After Trump Quotes His Past Comments About Baltimore

Bernie who refuses to give his staff a living wage and when he does he cuts their hours?

(07-29-2019 03:14 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Left's new tactic.. Lose argument, claim racism. Can't back up argument, claim racism.

(07-29-2019 03:15 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 03:14 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Left's new tactic.. Lose argument, claim racism. Can't back up argument, claim racism.

That is coming from twitter, politicians, left MSM. They can scream this 24/7 but people who use to believe it...more centered democrats and Indy's are starting to see through it.

When I see something like this on yahoo with a linked article. The first thing I do is scroll to the comments. Those are changing and that means people are not believing the sky screamers on the left.

As I said up above 12 to 18 months ago you read a comment of someone supporting the President for what he said that the media called racist. The voting up or down was a lot closer to 50-50. Yesterday on one article linked to CNN I would bet most comments was in support of the President and the up down voting was 75 to 90% in all of them.

Honestly yahoo is a shithole but you can get a view on what people are thinking and its a 100x more sample size than a board like this. With a lot more democrats and Indys doing the thumb up or down.

Crap like this is going to get him 4 more years

Quote:Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was touring some of the congressional district of Elijah Cummings in 2018 when she said:

…”What the hell – we should just take all this **** down. Ooh, you can smell the rats”…

Link

(07-29-2019 03:15 PM)gdunn Wrote:  [quote='CrimsonPhantom' pid='16215277' dateline='1564431265']

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Left's new tactic.. Lose argument, claim racism. Can't back up argument, claim racism.

The race hustlers and the poverty pimps have been using the term Racism as a club to shake down corporate America for decades. The Leftists, along with their MSM lapdogs are using the same strategy. It is all Racism, all the Time....Sun comes up, that's racist. Sun goes down, that's racist. You can shake a tree and racism will fall out. I think the vast majority of folks in fly over country have thrown the bullsh!t flag on this whole everything is racist thing.