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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:45 AM
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"People are trying to make the Bill Bennett comment about race!"
Bennett's little sidekick is nearly crying right now on the radio program.

Little Seth is outraged that the critics are trying to make this about race!
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:46 AM
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1. I thought Bennett was the one making it about race.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:47 AM
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2. You can't make comments like that and not have them be
called racist.

No matter how out of context you take a comment like that it still reeks of racism.
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:47 AM
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3. MAKE it about race???
When the whole thing he said had to do with aborting black babies?

:rofl: Sometimes I don't think Saturday Night Live has been as funny in years as some of these guys.
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:50 AM
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4. liberals make EVERYTHING about race
even comments like "you could abort every black baby and you would reduce crime."
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:53 AM
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7. Damn libruls...
:sarcasm:
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Tesla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:50 AM
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5. Hannity was backpedaling for him last night...
Said ,"He was wonderful how he articulated his explanation"
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:12 AM
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14. Saturday Night Live has not been funny for years...
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Cassius23 Donating Member (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:51 AM
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6. What more do they need?
Would he have had to said, "We just have too many of them negras is what the problem is" been enough to have been about race? I can't even jokingly repeat his comment to people without feeling massively uncomfortable. Good Gawd!
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reprehensor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:54 AM
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8. Lil' Seth, the irony escapes you... doesn't it?
"They're trying to make the Indian Wars about Indians!"

"They're trying to make Roe v. Wade about choice!"

"They're trying to make Hitler out to be a Nazi!"
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 05:56 AM
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9. Fleetwood Mac sang "White Rabbit?"
I don't know why they were talking about "White Rabbit" just now, but Boss Bill wanted to know who sang it, and little Seth's guess was Christine McVie.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:02 AM
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11. And I thought that was Jefferson Airplane
I guess it really is 'morning in America'.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:06 AM
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12. It was, thats an example how they fuck up History!!!
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:01 AM
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10. I think Bennett is a leech that should shut up about, Drugs, people and ..
Edited on Fri Sep-30-05 06:01 AM by orpupilofnature57
Media And speak to the fact that ,like Shrub, he has failed at every assignment Handed to him. He's A NEO-CON cheerleader through and through.
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:09 AM
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13. hah! Bennett prefaced his comment with "I know this to be true"
can't wriggle away from the racist implications when one starts off with the "THIS IS FACT" statement before uttering it. Indicates this is believed at the core by ole values billyboybennett. Doesnt it make you feel warm and fuzzy that this bigot still garners huge speaking contracts to talk about "moral values"? Heck I bet what he can charge just increased for the CCC crowd.

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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:23 AM
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15. The problem with the comment is Bennett doesn't get what the problem was
He thinks it was the implication of uegenics. But his statement carries with it the simply discrimination he represents. Round up the blacks and crime rate goes down. A blanket assertion that blacks cause crime. Nothing more bigotted than that.
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:24 AM
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16. black caller testifies that Bennett has soul
thanks Armstrong, check's in the mail!
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bos1 Donating Member (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:39 AM
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17. Please Help Get Bennett Fired
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 06:58 AM
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18. kick
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bos1 Donating Member (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 07:23 AM
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20. Contact Bennett's sponsors
Links to emails and comment forms at http://firebennett.cjb.net

1. Tell Salem Radio Network to give him the can:

Go here and demand that Salem Radio Network (SRN) do the right thing and take Bennett off the air.

SRN's phone number is 972-831-1920. Ask for Charles Mefferd, Operations Manager.
Call the sales department at 972-402-8800, fax 972-402-8200.


2. Contact his sponsors and politely ask them if they endorse Bennett's bigotry:
Proflowers tel. 1-800-776-3569 WeCare@ProFlowers.com
Verbal Advantage tel. 888-263-1012 email customerservice@verbaladvantage.com or productspecialist@verbaladvantage.com
Crosley Radio Co. tel. 1-866-CROSLEY Media contact: Liz Braun - 502.212.4283 prinquiries@crosleyradio.com FAX 502.584.8531


3. Contact William Bennett directly and tell him to apologize and resign.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 07:07 AM
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19. The caller didn't inject race into the discussion
just abortion.

Bennett was the one who brought up race . . .
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