BET anchor just laughs at Alan Simpson's blatant racism on LKL

[Feanorcurufinwe]

I can't blame her. What can you say? :shrug:

[BurtWorm]

1. Would you please fill the rest of us in?

Thank you.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

7. Well the discussion on Larry King Live,

Jacque Reid, BET anchor, with Cuomo and Simpson, she says Repubs talk in generalities at election time but when it comes down to specifics, like disenfrachisement - will they bring in election monitors, what about affirmative action, if repubs would step up

Simpson: The dems have told them that an never deliver, we get 9% every time so, you don't want to vote for us, you don't care

Larry king: don't beat up on alan

Reid: he's saying they're reaching out and we don't see the hands reaching out

Simpson: black people must be awfully tired of listening to the gibberish from the democrats about what they're doin and they don't do it

Reid: it's hard when a party embraces someone like Trent Lott it's hard for black americans to feel welcome

Simpson: How about Jesse Jackson? You want to talk about hypocrisy? Try Jesse, you got your own, try Sharpton

Reid: (reduced to laughing at him)



He seemed to me to be offended by the idea of these black men having a voice in the Democratic party. And he wonders why blacks don't vote for him. :freak:

[BurtWorm]

9. He fell into a pit of his own making, in other words.

He set out to make a case that Republicans had something concrete to offer African-Americans, and he wound up calling Jesse Jackson "your" hypocrite. Nice. :eyes:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

10. Yeah that about sums it up. nt

[JI7]

2. what was alan simpson's racism ?

[dennis4868]

3. he told the black....

BET reporter that "your people have hypocrites also like Jesse Jackson."

[mark414]

4. oh shit

he pulled out the "your people" thing??

[dennis4868]

5. Yep.....

I was like, "did he just say that?" And the BET reporter could not believe it....this is what we are dealing with here.....and the repubs wonder why they dont get the african american vote....hahaha

[bossfish]

6. Damn, switched the channel...

she should say and "...you people have guys like Tom Metzger..."

And Jesse, on balance, has been a positive force.

[Only Me]

8. I love Jesse Jackson. He has done great thing for this party. Plus he is

just a good man. Republicans act as though they have never done
anything wrong and even their wrongs were really right.

[Tomee450]

11. I saw that exchange.

I was so disgusted. Simpson has not changed a bit. I remember him from the Clarence Thomas hearing when he really went after Anita Hill.