GOP Candidates Making A "Stupid Decision" Avoiding Black Voter Debate

ABC News   |  Jake Tapper   |   September 25, 2007 09:10 AM


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A former member of the House Republican congressional leadership -- and the last African-American to serve as a member of the GOP in Congress -- harshly criticized Tuesday the decision of the Republican presidential front-runners to not attend a debate focused on minority issues.

"I think the best that comes out of stupid decisions like this," said former Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts, is "that African-Americans might say, 'Was it because of my skin color?' Now, maybe it wasn't, but African-Americans do say, 'It crossed my mind.'"

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J.C. you have no credibility...and you can't go home again. You are like Armstrong Williams and cannot be trusted!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:58 AM on 09/26/2007

The Republicans don't have to worry about the black vote because they'll just keep blacks from voting like they did in 2000 and 2004 with bogus felons lists, "caging" lists, and inadequate number of voting machines in black neighborhoods. Plus, they're angling to steal a share of the California electoral vote so they put another popular vote loser in the White House.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:13 PM on 09/25/2007

Buy Naomi Wolf's new read, and spit on rebuplicons, and some democrats as well! Better take it back, or lose it all! See www.buzzflash.com

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:46 PM on 09/25/2007

PLEASE J.C.,WAKE UP FOR GOD'S SAKE,"THEY DON'T WANT YOU,THEY DON'T LIKE YOU,THEY HAVE NEVER LIKED OR WANTED BLACKS",this is your gop,this is your crap party j.c.,you are irrelevant,EXCEPT TO GET VOTES FROM DUMB SUCKERS WHO "PRETEND" THEY ARE WHITE AND OTHER FOOLS.the gop has NEVER,EVER STOOD for the middle class,or ANY minority,thank you.any idiot who thinks he will get their big tax cuts better be making around 250,000 dollars,YEAH,THAT'S THE TYPICAL BLACK IN AMERICA!!!,absolute stupidity

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:29 PM on 09/25/2007
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Watts skipped out on Blacks decades ago.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 PM on 09/25/2007
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JC Watts = Naive decendant of "house negroes"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:54 PM on 09/25/2007

JC, listen to your father:

"Yo're runnin for WHAT? Son, voting for Republicans is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders". True story.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:42 PM on 09/25/2007
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I do believe it, ... LOL, ... but we all make our way as best we can. J C Watts is a good man with bad friends. I bet his father even forgave him, ... some. We'll give him a second chance, ... if he'll just swear off appearing with any of those demented old men his party is pushing on us all. Talk about "Night of the Living Dead"! These guys even make Freddie Kruger look healthy!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:02 PM on 09/25/2007

Gee, who woke up JC to his party's truthiness, maybe those darned Log Cabiners.

Nah, it can't be...they're all in denial!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:16 PM on 09/25/2007

I wonder how much Richard Mellon Scaife paid Alan Keyes to run so the debates wouldn't look so white.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:13 PM on 09/25/2007

So this is so obvious that even J.C. Watts gets it.

Who's going to be next?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:04 PM on 09/25/2007
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J C, ... You are a faithful Republican, same as my dad from Ponca. But "if it smells like a dead duck, and you find it in the middle of the road, ... don't keep eatin' the damn thing."

The Party you joined left you behind, ... but not you alone. I was Republican until the War started, ... but I won't be part of a war-mongering, bigotted, obstructionist party that tears apart the Constitution in the name of control and caging votes.

Plenty of space in American Politics for Ex-Republicans, J C!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:45 PM on 09/25/2007

Watts has always struck me as a guy who always would defend the indefensible in the name of partisan loyalty. I wonder why he suddenly decided to wake up now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:05 PM on 09/25/2007


The GOP candidates' snub was too stupid to ignore.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:08 PM on 09/25/2007


I think Repugs though are just too damned scared to aliente the only base they have left - redneck white bigots.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:11 PM on 09/25/2007

Jesse Jackson was the real deal. He was there when they shot MLK. Took ballz to stand beside that man. Is he still for real or did he go Hollowood I don't know.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:03 PM on 09/25/2007

Truly, you jest.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:22 PM on 09/25/2007

As far as Al Sharpton goes - if he was white he'd be Jim Bakker. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw his fat azz.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:01 PM on 09/25/2007

Nope Sharpton is Heterosexual

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:09 PM on 09/25/2007

woooowwww

hold on. it is one thing to call black republicans house negros and stuff like that because they sold out. but al sharpton is a democrat, so unless you are black you can't possibly know what it is like to be him.

you don't get to sit in judgement of him.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:14 AM on 09/26/2007

SydsDad (See profile | I'm a fan of SydsDad)
Sixhandicap is not me but would be appropriate. Maybe 7.5handicap would be better

Yeah, but mental handicap would be best of all. Couldn't resist that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:59 PM on 09/25/2007
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