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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:31 PM Original message |
Pat Buchanan: Slavery Best Thing Ever to Happen to Blacks |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. So this was on Buchanan's blog but not on MSNBC? |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Because he's spewing hate and racial division on MSNBC. Constantly. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Did he say these things on MSNBC? |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Olbermann would have punched his teeth out! |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Freedom of speech doesn't prevent a private employer from firing an employee |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No but that would be one hell of a lawsuit |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. won on what grounds? |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. You are correct |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I suppose it's MY freedom of speech to call for it! |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. If you want to get some doddering old fool fired for what he writes |
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ariesgem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. If it were say, Roland Martin of CNN who wrote a blog advocating |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Well, I'm not sure Al Campanis made his comments while on the pitcher's mound at Dodger Stadium. |
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Monty__ (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Simple response |
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buff2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh please.. |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. So you agree with Buchanan? |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The poster didnt say that |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Perhaps some black folk, like me, cares. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. He's an old fool with a national audience |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. he should not be a panelist when discussing race: |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. If I'm understanding this correctly...Pat Buchanan must be right if Jeremiah Wright was wrong. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
84. . |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Along the lines of the racism we saw here that was going after Obama |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. My e-mail |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
71. thanks for writing them i do every day |
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guyanakoolaid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. "No people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans." |
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surfermaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Considering their own people captured and sent them here |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. That's both dumb and ignorant... |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. Of course! Europe invaded itself to start WW2! so clear now... |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Nice. And why, pray tell, did they do that. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. That's like blaming all American Indians for their own genocide |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Spoken exactly like a CCC member. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. you disgusting pustule. |
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ORDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. Thanks! I hadn't put another bigot on the Ignore list for a while. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Pat speaks for that whole bunch of white people who lack the empathy gene |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Unfortunately I think he speaks for a large amount of voters. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Like I said, it's a whole bunch |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I'm afraid you're right! We haven't come as far as we'd like to think |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. Not west of the Mississippi |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ah Pukecannon!! The one that wanted to be ambassador to South Africa |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. I suppose that doesn't include |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. And take his little dog Joe Scarborough too |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wonder how all of the black people who died on the slave ships coming over |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. The only other time I heard that said |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sadly enough, those words coming out his mouth... |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Excellent letter. |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Thanks! Don't know abt petitions, don't think they do much. |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Well, we'll just have to get these fingers typing away. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. I did my part. I wrote MSNBC *again* this morning. Twice. |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
93. ha -- guess he knows he's a racist! lol |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. Apparently, Buchanan went to the same school of empathy that |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. Be sure to catch Pat next week as he discusses: "Those ungrateful Injuns" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:58 PM Original message |
And then continues with "Israel is lucky the Holocaust happened, or they be part of Jordan today" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. I emailed MSNBC last week after about the 20th consecutive |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. Don't fire him! |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. If you actually look at the history of African nations, the genocide against themselves, oppression, |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I think he could have made that point |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Perhaps he could say it better, or perhaps we could interpret it better. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I don't see how anyone could possibly interpret his complete lack of condemnation |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Of course you don't, but others might be able to. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. People who see slavery and its legacy as a thoroughly positive matter? |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. But it is your interpretation the he is touting slavery, I don't read that in any quote of his. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. He's ignoring slavery - that's the point |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I see your point, but it is still interpretation of his words, I don't share your interpretation. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. The only problem is that Africa has gone through centuries of colonization |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Consideration, sure; but it doesn't change that the USA is one of the best places for blacks to live |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. It's one of the best places for anyone to live |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Uhm, you make it sound like there are no blacks in Africa. They were sold by their own tribesmen. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. "Left Alone", those are the operative words |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Are they not being left alone now? Aren't the still killing each other in droves in many African |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I think you are purposely missing the point, Wow |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. "Centuries of abuse" doesn't justify what they are doing to each other in my mind. I was |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I'm glad you were able to overcome your abuse |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I am not ignorant of African history. And NO, prior abuse is NEVER an excuse for anything except |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I believe you are |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Then your belief would be wrong. 'nuff said. g'night. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. cya |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. What a stupid thing to say. Revolting and stupid. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. I never said that, you are strawman'ing my stance. I said that it is, not it was. |
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MS Liberal (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. Pat is Right |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Was Pat right about women staying at home and out of the workforce? |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Wow, talk about changing the subject. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. Pat Buchanan created the dirty tricks strategy Nixon used to win in 1972 |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
58. Have a little sympathy: Buchanon's father died in the Holocaust. |
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TheWatcher187 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Good One lol |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
66. Pat Buchanan is what is known as a piece of human garbage. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
72. Yes. He's MSNBC's newest "Race Expert"... |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
77. Pat Buchanan has a point. |
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oviedodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. My family is from jamaica, ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT FROM AFRICA!! |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #79 |
92. I am not defending all of his comments |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
82. Wow. That guy is truly a racist. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
83. Wow that is just unbelievable. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
86. POINT OF ORDER, MR. SPEAKER! Most of the social welfare programs Pat mentions were for whites |
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NoBushSpokenHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
87. Best thing that could happen for America is for people like |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
91. Newsflash for Pat Buchanan: Why Obama Stands With His Church by Colbert I. King |
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