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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Mary Landrieu Bravely Calls Out Southern Republican Obama RACE BASED HATE
In the middle of a tough reelection campaign, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) bravely told the truth about the race based reasons why Southern Republicans hate President Obama. In an interview with Chuck Todd, Landrieu was asked why President Obama has struggled in Southern states.
She answered,
There are any number of reasons. You know, one of the main reasons is because his energy policies are different from ours. I mean, we are a pro-production state
.He put the moratorium on offshore drilling, and our state was furious about that. Now he could have shut down the BP operations, but he didnt. He shut down the whole Gulf. When you shut down the whole Gulf of Mexico, it puts a lot of people here at risk and out of business. Thats number one.
And number two, Ill be very, very honest with you. The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. Its been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a positive light as a leader. Its not always been a good place for women to present ourselves. Its more of a conservative place, so weve had to work a little bit harder on that. But the people trust me I believe, really they do, to trust me to do the right thing for the state.
And number two, Ill be very, very honest with you. The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. Its been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a positive light as a leader. Its not always been a good place for women to present ourselves. Its more of a conservative place, so weve had to work a little bit harder on that. But the people trust me I believe, really they do, to trust me to do the right thing for the state.
Sen. Landrieus honesty immediately caused Republican heads to explode.
FAUX NEWS responded with this:
Fox News, the home of racist and sexist political coverage, sounded the breaking news alarm to immediately tell their viewers that Mary Landrieu thinks that Louisiana voters are racist and sexist. Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is suffering from the delusion that the party of race based hate will make him their presidential nominee in 2016, said in a statement, Senator Landrieus comments are remarkably divisive. She appears to be living in a different century. Implied in her comments is the clear suggestion that President Obama and his policies are unpopular in Louisiana because of his ethnicity. That is a major insult by Senator Landrieu to the people of Louisiana, and I flatly reject it.
It takes a serious leap of logic to go from the fact that the South hasnt always been friendly to African-Americans to Mary Landrieu thinks Louisiana voters are racist. Sen. Landrieu stated a fact in the gentlest way possible. The South was the home of slavery and Jim Crow. It hasnt been friendly to African-Americans and legacies from those policies still exist today. Southern Republicans have been especially hostile towards President Obama from the moment that he was first elected. Has everyone forgotten Southern congressman Joe Wilson screaming, you lie at President Obama during the State Of The Union? The American people and the media claim that they want to hear the truth from their leaders, but when Mary Landrieu told the truth, she was immediately vilified.
It took a lot of courage for Sen. Landrieu to answer Todds question honestly. She could have pandered to voters by endlessly bashing Obama. Instead, she pointed to a real source of policy disagreement (energy), and a cultural reality (race). Sen. Landrieu is widely expected to lose her Senate seat in a runoff, but she is not going down without a fight.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/10/31/sen-mary-landrieu-bravely-calls-southern-republican-obama-race-based-hate.html
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