What do you think of Republican lawmakers allegedly seeking a tax probe on the NAACP?
604513
there are lots of groups that are too political for tax exempt status on both sides.
623750
The employers are the real felons!\n\nIt's just slavery! Tax all Slavery!
609965
Has somthin' to do with things like - \n\nTyson Foods was indicted on 36 charges of conspiracy to recruit and transport undocumented workers from Mexico to 15 of its 57 plants across the country. \n\nTyson continues to hold U.S. government contracts worth more than $200 million a year.\n\nTyson don't want Bushies little plans, see how insignificant you and the other racists who are against immigration rights are?  Even your buddies don't listen to you people.  \n\nCorporate rule is here to stay, go away bigots, go away!
755387
Racism is alive and well in the Tennesse GOP.\n\nDid you see those ads they ran against Ford? They played the race card.
1130381
The Congressional Black Caucus is actually only for blacks. I asked a black congressman for help one time and he was concerned about my race. As soon as he knew I was White, with American Indian, I was omitted.\n\nThe CBC claims to be for everyone. However, their actions speak louder than words. As for Jackson, he is just as guilty as the whites who have done wrong; but since he is black the CBC and the NAACP will call it discrimination./ Just think about that; black congressmen who can only see black.\n\nAs for the Latinos, Asians, and any other ethnic group, don't look for help from the CBC; try to contact the other congressmen who don't have a hidden agenda that does not include non-blacks.\n\nHere is the story:\nBy DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent \n47 minutes ago\n \n\n\nWASHINGTON - A drive by the Democratic leadership to strip embattled Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) of his committee post triggered a backlash Thursday as the        Congressional Black Caucus opposed the move and said the Louisiana lawmaker deserves a "presumption of innocence." \n\nADVERTISEMENT\n \nThe caucus chairman, Rep. Melvin Watt (news, bio, voting record) of North Carolina, told reporters that some black voters might ask why action was sought against "a black member of Congress" when there was neither precedent nor rule for it.\n\nJefferson has not been indicted and has denied all wrongdoing in connection with a federal bribery investigation that has netted two convictions. He has rebuffed repeated calls from Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and others to step aside until any involvement is clarified.\n\nWatt spoke after a Democratic leadership group voted to strip Jefferson of his committee post, at least temporarily. The entire rank and file was then summoned to debate the issue but postponed a vote until next week.\n\nA vote by the full House would be required to force Jefferson to step aside.\n\n"I can guarantee" he will not voluntarily step aside, said Melanie Roussell, Jefferson's spokeswoman.\n\nThe maneuvering came as part of a determined attempt by Pelosi, D-Calif., to ease Jefferson from his position. "I feel he should step aside," the minority leader told reporters. She declined further comment, but spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said any charge that race was involved was "absolutely untrue. This is about upholding the highest ethical standard for every member of the Democratic caucus."\n\nDemocrats intend to campaign against Republicans this fall by accusing them of presiding over a "culture of corruption." Jefferson's continued presence on the committee presumably would allow Republicans to blur the issue in the midterm elections.\n\nSeveral officials said Watt had spoken up at the meeting of the rank and file to invoke a rule that provides for a five-day delay.\n\nEmerging from the session, he distributed a statement that said the Congressional Black Caucus perhaps has a "unique appreciation of our nation's constitutional guarantee of the presumption of innocence."\n\nThe statement added the group "therefore opposes suggestions that some have made to force Rep. Jefferson to resign from Congress or to remove him involuntarily from his position on the Ways and Means Committee in the absence of precedents that have been historically applied and will be consistently applied in the future."\n\nSpeaking for himself, Watt was more pointed.\n\nHe said the leadership was open to a charge that it was acting out of political expedience. "It's about to blow up in their face," he added.\n\nReferring to black voters, who are among the most loyal Democrats in the electorate, he added, "You've got a whole base of people out there who believe that the Democratic Party takes them for granted already."\n\nIf action is taken only against someone who "is a black member of Congress, then our community wil
990073
Even if they did fingerprint them,you'd have the ***hole ACLU filing a lawsuit,saying you are RACIALLY PROFILING them!! WHOEVER came up with all this political correctness shit,should be shot!!!!!!!
763139
Democrat Principles and values? thats an oxymoron. I dont want to be paying for abortion through my taxes, I dont need my taxes raised up high, I dont want the economy to start to crumble, I dont need for the next 2 years nothing to be dont, because they are so busy investigating just one party over another. They need an outside non corruptable source to investigate everyone on capital hill, then maybe because their is a little fire under their butts then we will see some issues actually worked on and not manicures and pedicures (I am not talking about just the women either...)
955743
I think that they should both be investigated, taking us to war for their own personal gain. I hope the democratic congress has several investigations into their wrong doing. We will see what comes out of that.
781810
It is a red herring.  The Republican agenda of late seems to have origins deeply rooted in fascist ideology and several blogs and radio shows have recently made mention of this. Thus the Republican spin machine is trying to divert attention away from their own faults and accusing their perceived enemies as being fascist.  Classic Republican strategy, when you are guilty, accuse someone else.
372156
Jesse Jackson is the biggest liar I have ever heard or seen in my life. Racism is no longer a problem in this country. People that are still raciest, we cant change their minds. So theres no reason to keep stirring things up. Whats the point of feeding the fire. The NAACP is the same way as Jackson. Here in my home town it stands for Niggers Always Causing Problems. Whites don't care about racism anymore. Why can`t this political Black man put this behind him and forget it. He could work on other things besides Racism. Poverty is one, I can think of off the top of my head.
764675
There is plenty of time to do both; abuse power by calling for arbitrary investigations and resignations while simultaneously punishing success(raising taxes) and rewarding failure(giving money to those without the work ethic to earn it themselves).  don't forget, these people don't belong to an organized political party, they are democrats.
819560
I asked a fellow attorney today if the ACLU would be defending that father of 5 out in CO who got ratted out on by the drug-dealing prostitute.  \n\nInterestingly, he dissed the ACLU (a first), so I think the DNC is distancing themselves...
838041
This is an excellent question that would take me a few paragraphs to answer but it is late so I will try to summarize.\n\nIn brief, it has to do with being uneducated and easily manipulated by propaganda that targets their downcomings and prejudices.\n\nBelieve it or not, Rove has been quoted as using prejudices to manipulate votes of the poor. \n\nYou see, it is like this: if you can keep the poor ppl angry for being poor then they want to blame someone... then you convince them that the liberal socialist democrats just want to use all their hard earned tax dollars to pay for the 10 kid black family on welfare... things like that.\n\nReality is that more white poor on on welfare... it is because of the midwestern states.\n\nAnyways that is only one example but the bottom line is that their prejudices have been manipulated. Btw, I know this from first hand experience having been raised in a bigoted, Southern Repoublican family.\n\nI wish we could sit everybody down that makes under $250k per year and make them watch congressional debates of that past 15 years... they would see that it is the democratic party up there in Washington fighting for them, not the Republican party.
831400
I had not heard this but what makes you think it's republicans?\n\nThere are people who take any opportunity to harass. Could this be one?\n\nRegardless any republican has to be doing some serious soul searching right now. To give republicans control again will have far reaching consequences that you may not find out about until you retire. At that point you better have plenty of money.
1175788
If I knew it was going to be like this, I would not have purchased slaves from the BLACK Africans who were selling their brothers and sisters for profit.  But since I am a conservative Repbulican, and NOT a Democrat "party of the old south slave owners " Look at the history of the Republican Party vs the Democrat Party, it was the southern Dems that WANTED TO KEEP SLAVERY(States rights) and the Republican party was formed to STOP slavery.  Slavery is STILL going ON today, in \nAfrica, and the Arab "states".  So, I agree, why are they all whining and expecting a hand out??  \n\nAnd yes, I would and STILL pick my own cotton!
334728
J.C. Watts was the last one elected, remember.But, how many black republicans running for congressional office do you see? Blacks are statring to ebb away from the democratic party slowly, but they have to endure cultural pressure everytime they think outside of the democratic box. They get called things like "uncle tom" and "traitor" because they have a different political philosophy. To me that is not only a shame for the black culutre, but it hurts diveristy of thought. \n\nAnd the funny thing is that most blacks are conservative and are more inline with Republican values. Everything from the sanctity of marriage to school votures. On more issues then not, the black culture can be found in agreement with conservatives. \n\n But placing color (and gender) aside, we should NEVER vote for people based on their skin color. As a great man once said, we shouldn't judge people by the color of their skin, but on the content of their character. Is that so bad, or is King wrong? Republicans have voted for black people, they have held offices in the senate and in congress, and they have held some of the offices in the white house (Rice and Powell). Making such uneducated statements about half the country only makes you a bigot (and PLEASE look up the definition of the word bigot, it may change your life).\n\n\nGodspeed
1149559
From an archived news story reported by the AP: For the second time in two months, Ohio Rep. James Traficant took to the House floor to allege a connection between organized crime and the FBI. He also repeated a prediction that he will be indicted as part of a Justice Department corruption investigation.  \n\n"There may be an indictment any day," the eight-term Democrat said Monday [June 26, 2000]. "But during this period of time where I have been targeted, I have been investigating the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department in the northern district of Ohio.\n\n"FBI agents in the northern district of Ohio have been on the payroll of the mob," Traficant charged. "They have been bankrolled by the mob."\n\nTraficant also repeated his allegation that an FBI informant in Ohio once told him the agency had asked the informant to commit murder.