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If by "double standard" you mean... Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/01/2010 10:03:35 PM
that not all "racially insensitive" remarks are viewed the same way, then sure, there's a double standard. Most people would just call that common sense, though.

If you really think that a remark like Reid's is in the same category as Lott's back then, you must not remember Lott's words very well (to freshen up your memory: "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years." ). Or just trying to twist political advantage from the situation. :P The difference between commenting (in private) on whether a black candidate has characteristics that might make white voters in certain areas uncomfortable, or declaring in a speech that if the segregationist candidate had been elected in 1948, the US would be a better place now, is rather large.
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Republicans cite Lott in calling for Reid to quit - 11/01/2010 07:26:24 PM 630 Views
They aren't the same, at all. - 11/01/2010 09:12:57 PM 429 Views
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If by "double standard" you mean... - 11/01/2010 10:03:35 PM 446 Views
Not sure how any of that changes the facts - 11/01/2010 10:53:49 PM 372 Views
Re: Not sure how any of that changes the facts - 12/01/2010 12:02:34 AM 438 Views
Perhaps this is a case of actions speaking louder than words. - 12/01/2010 02:29:48 AM 471 Views
that is my point - 12/01/2010 02:43:49 PM 408 Views
Geraldine Ferraro - 12/01/2010 01:29:19 AM 517 Views
Or they could have used the Clintons - 12/01/2010 02:50:24 PM 388 Views
Honestly - 11/01/2010 11:05:03 PM 392 Views
Re: Honestly - 12/01/2010 03:50:35 AM 386 Views
Reid's comments were as racist as they come..... - 12/01/2010 04:03:02 AM 422 Views
harry reid is a moron and should probably be replaced anyway.... - 12/01/2010 04:18:51 AM 451 Views

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