Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologizes this weekend for 2008 remarks in which he did his best Samuel L. Jackson/Pulp Fiction impersonation (link below) and referred to Obama as "light-skinned" and as having "no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." First, let me say, in the whole scheme of Harry Reid's complete sliminess as a human being, particularly that which has been on display in recent vintage through the "health care reform" process, his 2008 comments referenced above register pretty low on the proverbial totem pole. Plus, unlike with his more-recent behavior, Reid has actually apologized for the 2008 remarks. So you're not going to hear me ranting about those remarks tonight.Second, and with that being said, doesn't the "Negro" reference tend to exhibit just how completely out of touch with the country this Reid goof really is? I mean, Good Grief! In my almost four decades on the planet, the word "Negro" has never been commonly used nor considered appropriate to use. You would have to go back to at least the 1960's (before my time) to find an era where that word was in widespread and accepted use. Jeezal Peezal, even if Reid had used the word "colored," at least then he would have only been dating himself by about 35-40 years. The dude's simply out of stride with America, and apparently by a very significant measure. And this, along with radical left progressives like Pelosi, and progressive wannabes like Obama, are the folks that completely control our federal government? As I like to say, Scary Days. Very Scary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paw_2EJBzFs
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