You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

James Watt: Ironically it's come to that for Republicans! [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU
StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:47 PM
Original message
James Watt: Ironically it's come to that for Republicans!
Advertisements [?]
Qualified people are important no matter where they come from. But to purposely select dangerous, incompetent toadies just to appear "color blind" is the height of racism.

Rice, Gonzales and Chertoff were long ago selected on a Rove plan to take "Equality" and smash Dems with it.

When Reagen's man James Watt made the following attempt at humor the irony isn't lost on me today:

We have every mixture you can have. I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent. -- James Watt, describing his staff to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on September 21, 1983; this comment led directly to his forced resignation; quoted from Bartlett's Online
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC