Racist?

The flap over Harry Reid's 'racist' description of Obama during the 2008 campaign needs little explanation or comment from me. Do I believe he is a racist because of what he said?

I DON'T CARE.

The US Senate has a well known Democrat racist (Roberty Byrd D-Va, former KKK member) - what's one more? Has Byrd ever been called on the carpet? Was he ever censured for his Wh*te N***er comment during a TV interview. Nope .... what makes any of us think Democrats will do anything to Reid over this?

I have enough reason to despise Harry Reid without this episode. There is nothing this man can say or do that will make me think any less of him. This man is an incompetent fool - a far left wing kook running the US Senate, and running it very badly. His assistance to Obama in trashing our country is inexcusable, and he will pay for it with his job at the next election.

His statement about Obama enrages me not only for its 'racist' conotations, but because of the blatant two-faced double standard Democrats are using to address his comments. I could write for an hour about this, but suffice it to say that if Reid was a Republican and said exactly the same thing in the same context, he'd have been forced to resign the day it became public knowledge.

I personally think that African-Americans should be much more offended by the comments Bill Clinton made during the campaign (as reported in the same book). Those comments cannot be considered anything but 'racist'.

I also have a problem with those on the right who think we ought to take the high road, and let it be. They want us to show Americans how good we are by not complaining about Reid. Well, B.S.!!!! Someone would have to be brain dead to think that Democrats and independents will think of us in any higher way if we pretend Reid didn't get caught. Letting the comments pass will only tell America that we don't find them offensive. I can see it now ... "Republicans didn't complain about his comments, so they must think the same way he does". Only a fool would think that Democrats won't attack like a pack of pit bulls the next time a Republican steps in it - no matter what is said about Reid.