No mention of his nut-right tea party ravings. No admission of his regular appearances on wing-nut radio and his tacit (or express) endorsement of all their often racist arguments and campaigns. No mention of the fact that Clarke's expensive billboard advertising is underwritten by the usual Republican and right-wing moneybags who have poisoned the political dialog in Milwaukee and nationally for decades.See also: "Running as a Democrat"
If African-American Democratic voters knew Clarke's record, affiliations and the substance of his political grandstanding better, they would never return him to office. But Clarke is going to make sure they know he's African-American, as he has every right to do. But, alongside every one of those billboards should be a disclaimer: *NOTE: David Clarke is NOT a Democrat. More about that in a future post.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
If They Only Knew
Mike Plaisted on Sheriff David Clarke's bid on retaining his tin star:
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"If African-American Democratic voters knew Clarke's record, affiliations and the substance of his political grandstanding better, they would never return him to office."
ReplyDeleteOhh, so African American voters are stupid.
Nice racism there, capper and Plaisted.
Plausted, I expect to be racist, but you, capper?
No one said that African-American Democratic voters were stupid, but you, Dan.
ReplyDeleteWhat Plaisted wrote was that they were being lied to by Clarke.
For you to read that into Plaisted's words would indicated that perhaps you feel that they are stupid, and hence, the racist.
Sorry, capper, read what he wrote again. Plaistad clearly says if they only knew, he implies they were too stupid to know. Purely racism.
ReplyDeletePlease, don't defend racism, capper.
Again, Dan, you are reading the racism into what Plaisted wrote.
ReplyDeleteYou presume that the phrase "if only they knew" means that the African-American voters are stupid.
I read into it that Clarke is not being honest and forthcoming.
My interpretation is more consistent with the facts than yours. So, no, I won't defend your racism, unintentional as it appears to be.