To Be Fair to Rachel Maddow . . .

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. . . it was hard to tell exactly what the sounds coming from the MSNBC host meant. They were sort of a little bit muffled by, you know, the pudding in her mouth:

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Maddow’s quote:

Just for reference here, when Tom Tancredo talks about literacy tests, that’s what they used in the south to keep black people from voting before civil rights legislation and court rulings put a stop to that.
So the convention opened with a clarion call to bring back the literacy tests for voting. And as you could hear, the tea party convention crowd erupted in cheers at the suggestion, although, to be fair, it was sort of hard to tell exactly what the sounds coming from the crowd meant. They were sort of a little bit muffled by, you know, the white hoods.

Hat-tip to Ed Driscoll, who explains more. And kudos to the brilliant mind who produced this aphorism: 

“Breitbart said reporters put all news involving conservatives into two basic buckets: ‘racism and Watergate.”

Amen.

22 comments

  9. Mark Steyn wrote a great column about Declinistan, and I think the literacy of the average voter dovetails with our slide.

    I get the feeling that voters who are tax-eaters are more likely to vote themselves a bigger piece of pie, rather than if a candidate only wants to protect their freedom to go bake their own pie.

  10. Mark Steyn wrote a great column about Declinistan, and I think the literacy of the average voter dovetails with our slide.

    I get the feeling that voters who are tax-eaters are more likely to vote themselves a bigger piece of pie, rather than if a candidate only wants to protect their freedom to go bake their own pie.

  11. I hate to be the one to say this Mr. McCain. But I agree with Maddow. Tom Tancredo is a flat out racist bigot.

    and I’ll explain why, Mr. McCain. My Father is 63 years old. He hails from Middlesburo, Kentucky. He is, as you know, white. My Father has an 8’th Grade education. My mom says he is, but never diagnosed, dyslexic. My Father can barely read. He does not write that well either. If something like this was passed, MY DADDY would not be able to vote either.

    So, yeah, the dude is a racist; he is also a god damned Anti-Semitic jack wad too. Neo-Con = JEW… remember that.

    I’ll tell ya…. if that is what the Republican Party is headed toward. I want zero to do with it. I believe illegal immigration is wrong as hell. But racism towards ANY minority is wrong too. Can’t find evil with evil. and Tom Tancredo is damned Evil.

    Here’s my Blog posting on it:

    http://www.politicalbyline.com/2010/02/06/tom-tancredo-calls-for-the-bringing-back-on-jim-crow-era-laws-insults-jews/

  12. I hate to be the one to say this Mr. McCain. But I agree with Maddow. Tom Tancredo is a flat out racist bigot.

    and I’ll explain why, Mr. McCain. My Father is 63 years old. He hails from Middlesburo, Kentucky. He is, as you know, white. My Father has an 8’th Grade education. My mom says he is, but never diagnosed, dyslexic. My Father can barely read. He does not write that well either. If something like this was passed, MY DADDY would not be able to vote either.

    So, yeah, the dude is a racist; he is also a god damned Anti-Semitic jack wad too. Neo-Con = JEW… remember that.

    I’ll tell ya…. if that is what the Republican Party is headed toward. I want zero to do with it. I believe illegal immigration is wrong as hell. But racism towards ANY minority is wrong too. Can’t find evil with evil. and Tom Tancredo is damned Evil.

    Here’s my Blog posting on it:

    http://www.politicalbyline.com/2010/02/06/tom-tancredo-calls-for-the-bringing-back-on-jim-crow-era-laws-insults-jews/

  15. Ronnie Manilow is the stupidest guy on television next to Matthews and Olbermann. They are msnbc’s answer to the ‘Three Stooges’.

  16. Ronnie Manilow is the stupidest guy on television next to Matthews and Olbermann. They are msnbc’s answer to the ‘Three Stooges’.

  17. So Patrick, you’re telling us that dyslexic is a race? “Racism towards any minority is wrong too.” Who said otherwise?

    Let me ask you a question. Are you a liberal “concern troll,” posing as a conservative in order to get your dumbass positions through without any rebuttal?

  18. So Patrick, you’re telling us that dyslexic is a race? “Racism towards any minority is wrong too.” Who said otherwise?

    Let me ask you a question. Are you a liberal “concern troll,” posing as a conservative in order to get your dumbass positions through without any rebuttal?

  20. “…when Tom Tancredo talks about literacy tests, that’s what they used in the south to keep black people from voting”

    The “they” she’s talking about is the Democrat party.

    BTW, the KKK was the terrorist arm of the Democrat party.

    The Democrat Party has always been the party of the four S’s: slavery, secession, segregation and socialism.

  21. “…when Tom Tancredo talks about literacy tests, that’s what they used in the south to keep black people from voting”

    The “they” she’s talking about is the Democrat party.

    BTW, the KKK was the terrorist arm of the Democrat party.

    The Democrat Party has always been the party of the four S’s: slavery, secession, segregation and socialism.

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