Jenkins vote may contradict 'great white hope' claim

[deminks]

http://www.ottawaherald.com/story/082809jenkinsvote

via DKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/28/773716/-SHE-LIED:-Rep.-Jenkins-Knows-All-About-the-Great-White-Hope

The controversy surrounding U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins’ disclaiming of the phrase “great white hope” came less than a month after she had supported a resolution referencing that same phrase.

Jenkins, R-Kan., said Thursday she didn’t know “great white hope” had a negative connotation when she recently used the phrase to describe Republicans’ search for a new leader.

However, the freshman lawmaker supported a resolution that included that exact phrase last month when the House approved by unanimous consent a measure urging President Obama to pardon black U.S. boxer Jack Johnson. Johnson, who died in 1946, was the target of an early 1900s racist plot and convicted in 1913 of transporting a white woman across state lines for immoral reasons.

Within the resolution passed by the House July 29 was a passage that read, “Whereas the victory by Jack Johnson over Tommy Burns prompted a search for a White boxer who could beat Jack Johnson, a recruitment effort that was dubbed the search for the ‘great white hope.’”

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Bwahahahahaha. Despicable, pathetic, thuglican. Maxine Waters says just watch 'em. They will destroy themselves.

[TwilightZone]

1. So, not only is she a liar...

She's a little weak on originality, as well.