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Related: About this forumPaul Ryan’s endless “I am not a racist” tour
If he wanted to prove his racial good will, why didnt Ryan object when OReilly called Barbara Lee a race hustler?
Joan Walsh
Paul Ryan, Bill O'Reilly (Credit: AP/Susan Walsh/Matt Sayles/photo collage by Salon)
Will Rep. Paul Ryan ever finish his self-serving I am not a racist tour? Maybe not, if he keeps coming up with new ways to be offensive. What was Ryan thinking Tuesday night, when he let Bill OReilly attack Rep. Barbara Lee as a race hustler, without even trying to come to her defense?
OReilly built a whole segment around Lees condemnation of Ryans comments about inner city culture as a thinly veiled racial attack. He invited Ryan on the show to talk about his conversation with Lee, and what he most wanted to know was whether the Oakland Democrat had apologized to Ryan. Ryan didnt exactly answer, but he used Lee to exonerate him from charges of racism.
She does not believe that I have these views, he told OReilly. She knows me well, and she knows that I dont have a racist bone in my body.
OReilly wasnt satisfied: Then why did she imply you did?
Well, youll have to ask Barbara that, Ryan averred. The host jumped in again:
Are you mad at her? I would be
No, Im not mad at her. Im a big boy. I understand that if you challenge the status quo sometimes youll be misinterpreted
And thats when OReilly got to the point of his segment: trashing Lee and other black leaders as race hustlers.
more at: http://www.salon.com/2014/03/27/paul_ryan%E2%80%99s_endless_%E2%80%9Ci_am_not_a_racist%E2%80%9D_tour/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)the most overrated congressman in the history of the state of Wisconsin, maybe the most overrated in the history of the country. Oh what the hell, history of the world!
This darling of the MSM has damn few accomplishments to show for his years collecting a check from the taxpayers. As of 2012 he passed two bills with his name on them, renaming a post office and adjusting the tax on arrows. Fooking arrows as in bow and arrows.
Janesville, you can do better than this.
Jeeeeez!
dragonlady
(3,577 posts)Rob Zerban came reasonably close last time and will win this year, with help from us. I really wish I could vote for him, but I can at least post his name here..
http://www.robzerban.com/
Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)n/t