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Thursday, May 20, 2004
Just imagine if it were the other way around.
Republicans complain Democrat-sponsored billboard is 'race-baiting'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A billboard in Kansas City sponsored by Democrats has state Republicans riled because of what they are calling "race baiting."
The billboard near downtown pictures a black man next to the words "Missouri Republicans Have a Plan. You Are Not Part Of It."
The media company Viacom backed out of a deal in February to sell billboard space for the same ad in Kansas City and St. Louis, saying it did not meet the company's standards. But a different media company sold billboard space to the Democrats for the message.
Democratic Party executive director Jim Kottmeyer said he didn't know what company sold the space. The Kansas City billboard is the only one in the state with that message displayed, Kottmeyer said.
"Even after they were rejected by one of the state's largest advertisers, Democrats continued to press forward with a campaign that targets African-Americans in a hateful and vile manner," said Ann Wagner, chairwoman of the Missouri Republican Party.
Kottmeyer argued that the advertisement "has nothing to do with race."
He said Democrats have prepared similar billboards featuring other groups with the same wording, though the party is assessing whether to continue the campaign.
"We stand very much with what's behind the billboard," Kottmeyer said.
He said the message applies to other groups, such as young people and senior citizens.
"They do have a plan," he said of Missouri Republicans. "Average Missourians are not part of it."
Republicans complain Democrat-sponsored billboard is 'race-baiting'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A billboard in Kansas City sponsored by Democrats has state Republicans riled because of what they are calling "race baiting."
The billboard near downtown pictures a black man next to the words "Missouri Republicans Have a Plan. You Are Not Part Of It."
The media company Viacom backed out of a deal in February to sell billboard space for the same ad in Kansas City and St. Louis, saying it did not meet the company's standards. But a different media company sold billboard space to the Democrats for the message.
Democratic Party executive director Jim Kottmeyer said he didn't know what company sold the space. The Kansas City billboard is the only one in the state with that message displayed, Kottmeyer said.
"Even after they were rejected by one of the state's largest advertisers, Democrats continued to press forward with a campaign that targets African-Americans in a hateful and vile manner," said Ann Wagner, chairwoman of the Missouri Republican Party.
Kottmeyer argued that the advertisement "has nothing to do with race."
He said Democrats have prepared similar billboards featuring other groups with the same wording, though the party is assessing whether to continue the campaign.
"We stand very much with what's behind the billboard," Kottmeyer said.
He said the message applies to other groups, such as young people and senior citizens.
"They do have a plan," he said of Missouri Republicans. "Average Missourians are not part of it."
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Think the newspaper would neglect to identify Senator Hollings if he were a Republican?
Sen. Hollings defends column labeled "anti-Jewish" by some
(Columbia-AP) May 19, 2004 - Senator Ernest Hollings is defending statements he made in a newspaper opinion article he wrote that said President Bush went to war with Iraq to protect Israel and appease American Jews.
Hollings refused to talk with The State newspaper in Columbia about the article on Tuesday, but his office released a letter the retiring senator sent a constituent as a statement.
Hollings wrote that he could provide quotes from Jewish leaders in the United States and Israel to support his position. Hollings says characterizations of his comments as "anti-Jewish" are ridiculous.
Hollings column appeared in three South Carolina newspapers earlier this month.
Abraham Foxman, president of the Anti-Defamation League, asked Hollings to retract his comments.
Sen. Hollings defends column labeled "anti-Jewish" by some
(Columbia-AP) May 19, 2004 - Senator Ernest Hollings is defending statements he made in a newspaper opinion article he wrote that said President Bush went to war with Iraq to protect Israel and appease American Jews.
Hollings refused to talk with The State newspaper in Columbia about the article on Tuesday, but his office released a letter the retiring senator sent a constituent as a statement.
Hollings wrote that he could provide quotes from Jewish leaders in the United States and Israel to support his position. Hollings says characterizations of his comments as "anti-Jewish" are ridiculous.
Hollings column appeared in three South Carolina newspapers earlier this month.
Abraham Foxman, president of the Anti-Defamation League, asked Hollings to retract his comments.
Monday, May 03, 2004
Democrat Senator Christopher Dodd:
Had a Republican praised a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, the Democrats would have been up in arms. But when one of their own makes racially-insensitive remarks, they avert their eyes. Some things should not be ignored. Some things should not be subject to the whims of partisan politics. When our elected leaders spew racist remarks, they need to be held accountable - regardless of their political affiliation.
It would be nice if the party that demanded Sen. Lott's ouster for praising a former segregationist could be equally outraged when one of their own praises a former Klansman. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the Democrats to end their double standard on race.
Had a Republican praised a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, the Democrats would have been up in arms. But when one of their own makes racially-insensitive remarks, they avert their eyes. Some things should not be ignored. Some things should not be subject to the whims of partisan politics. When our elected leaders spew racist remarks, they need to be held accountable - regardless of their political affiliation.
It would be nice if the party that demanded Sen. Lott's ouster for praising a former segregationist could be equally outraged when one of their own praises a former Klansman. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the Democrats to end their double standard on race.
Democrat Representative Corrine Brown:
The incomprehensible conditional. Rep. Corrine Brown recently called U.S. policy on Haiti a racist policy concocted by a Âbunch of white men. When a Mexican-American assistant secretary of state objectÂed, Brown issued a conditional apology to Hispanics, saying that she meant to indict whites only, adding, ÂYou all [nonblack people] look the same to me. Luckily for her, Brown is a DemoÂcrat so her remarks went nowhere in the media.
The incomprehensible conditional. Rep. Corrine Brown recently called U.S. policy on Haiti a racist policy concocted by a Âbunch of white men. When a Mexican-American assistant secretary of state objectÂed, Brown issued a conditional apology to Hispanics, saying that she meant to indict whites only, adding, ÂYou all [nonblack people] look the same to me. Luckily for her, Brown is a DemoÂcrat so her remarks went nowhere in the media.
