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Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran is blaming his party's losses last November in large part on voters who "don't want to be governed by an African-American."
"It happened ... for the same reason the Civil War happened in the United States," Moran said. "Southern states, particularly the slaveholding states, didn't want to see a president who was opposed to slavery.
Originally posted by Kangaruex4Ewe
The good old fall back excuse once again. Second verse same as the first...
Statements from this Rep. were given after Obama's SOTU speech:
Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran is blaming his party's losses last November in large part on voters who "don't want to be governed by an African-American."
The old "race card" never really gets boring.
"It happened ... for the same reason the Civil War happened in the United States," Moran said. "Southern states, particularly the slaveholding states, didn't want to see a president who was opposed to slavery.
Please. How does this man think Obama got elected? It wasn't just all the other colors in the rainbow. Yet this excuse tends to come up anytime a few folks express discontent. Give it a rest already. It's old, ridiculous, and embarrassing IMHO.
You can see the rest of the article here FOX NEWS
I did a search first and didn't see this. It is indeed political madnesss.edit on 1/29/2011 by Kangaruex4Ewe because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by John_Rodger_Cornman
Despite never seeing me, knowing me, just based on my words, can you tell what colour I am?