A Political Slap in the face!? It's Drama time!

[Zephyrus]

Clyburn: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face

• By PAGE IVEY, Associated Press Writer Page Ivey, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 20 mins ago

AP – Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. is shown in this August file photo at the Democratic National Convention in …



COLUMBIA, S.C. – The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is "a slap in the face of African-Americans."
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said he was insulted when the governors of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and his home state, which have large black populations, said they might not accept some of the money from the $787 billion stimulus package.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he would accept the money, and none of the others has rejected it outright. The Republican governors of Idaho and Alaska also said they had reservations about whether the money would come with too many strings attached, but Clyburn said he was particularly taken aback by southern governors who said they might decline it.
"These four governors represent states that are in the proverbial black belt," Clyburn said.
A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford accused Clyburn of playing the race card.
"Spending money at the federal level that we do not have represents a future tax increase on all South Carolinians, regardless of their color," Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said in an e-mail statement. "And in the process of doing so, he's ripping off everyone he claims to represent."
Speaking earlier Thursday on CBS' "The Early Show," Sanford said being against the stimulus plan doesn't preclude taking the money. He said he opposed President Barack Obama's economic plan because it's "a bad idea," but would look over it and decide whether some parts would work for South Carolina.
A message seeking comment was left with a spokesman for Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Kyle Plotkin, press secretary for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is the son of Indian immigrants, called Clyburn's comments absurd.
"Each state agency is reviewing the bill to determine what strings are attached to any funds coming to Louisiana," Plotkin said. "The governor has an obligation to look out for the interests of Louisiana's taxpayers and that is exactly what he will do."
Clyburn spokeswoman Hope Derrick later said Clyburn didn't mean he thought those governors were racially motivated in their opposition, but that rejecting stimulus money would hurt black residents.
Clyburn began his remarks to reporters Thursday by talking about the Juneteenth celebration, which marks when slaves in Texas finally learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation more than a year after it happened.
"Knowing my history and knowing Texas history, all of this, it was a slap in the face of African-Americans," Clyburn said.
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Associated Press Writer Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, La., contributed to this report

Is this drama really necessary to shore up political support for the stimulus bill?

[The Devil's Sergeant]

James Clyburn, race pimp.

[Zephyrus]

James Clyburn, race pimp.

And I've just noticed how similiar he looks like to Robert Mugabe!

[danzig]

Christ almighty so its just a slap in the face of black people? Sometimes I think the greatest tragedy of 9/11 was that Osama didnt seek to "teach us a lesson" by crashing planes into Capitol building instead. Yes I went there and if someone is offended oh well

[Da Skinna]

Christ almighty so its just a slap in the face of black people? Sometimes I think the greatest tragedy of 9/11 was that Osama didnt seek to "teach us a lesson" by crashing planes into Capitol building instead. Yes I went there and if someone is offended oh well

Only politicians are offended when politicians are being threatened.

If anything, or at most, 9/11 should have taught Americans that what they're government does overseas in far away lands can have far-reaching consequences even back home.

[Hunter Makoy]

James Clyburn, race pimp.

And I've just noticed how similiar he looks like to Robert Mugabe!

all so sadly true. I guess the race card is being used as much as it can now before it gets killed for good. He and Sharpton out to have a pow wow to figure out how to drain every drop of blood from it before its too late.

[Heinz Guderian]

Christ almighty so its just a slap in the face of black people? Sometimes I think the greatest tragedy of 9/11 was that Osama didnt seek to "teach us a lesson" by crashing planes into Capitol building instead. Yes I went there and if someone is offended oh well

i found that quite offensive.



The rays of light ascending to heaven represent the towers whilst Lady Liberty holds aloft a beacon of hope.

[Zephyrus]

i found that quite offensive.



The rays of light ascending to heaven represent the towers whilst Lady Liberty holds aloft a beacon of hope.

When I saw that pic and read your comment, I just kept hearing this heavenly choir echoing out the sky, with halos and butterflies and little angels swarming around and flowery stuff everywhere.

[danzig]

i found that quite offensive.

My comment was I would have preferred the planes hit the Capitol *rather* then WTC but as I said if someone is offended oh well.

[Nikos]

My comment was I would have preferred the planes hit the Capitol *rather* then WTC but as I said if someone is offended oh well.

I think Heinz was being a caricature of a stereotypical Uber patriotic American.

[danzig]

I think Heinz was being a caricature of a stereotypical Uber patriotic American.

Damn sometimes I miss the sarcasm

[The Big Red 1]

So now they begin judging white people by the color of their skin. Pathetic hypocrisy.

[jankren]

Democrat: In the last 8 years the tax cuts policy of the Republican administration had plunged USA into $1 trillion debt. Now we Democrats are going to spend a $1 trillion stimulus package in order to revive the economy and hopefully repay the debt in the future.

Republican: What? Are you kidding me? We are already $1 trillion in debt. Your plan is going to increase our deficit by another $1 trillion!

Democrat: Yeah but the the economy needs help badly.

Republican: You know what? We Republicans have a solution for the problem.

Democrat: What is it?

Republican: Tax cuts!

Democrat: Oh Jeezuz ...

[Zephyrus]

Democrat: In the last 8 years the tax cuts policy of the Republican administration had plunged USA into $1 trillion debt. Now we Democrats are going to spend a $1 trillion stimulus package in order to revive the economy and hopefully repay the debt in the future.

Republican: What? Are you kidding me? We are already $1 trillion in debt. Your plan is going to increase our deficit by another $1 trillion!

Democrat: Yeah but the the economy needs help badly.

Republican: You know what? We Republicans have a solution for the problem.

Democrat: What is it?

Republican: Tax cuts!

Democrat: Oh Jeezuz ...

I just saw my political system satirized accurately by a muslim! OMG!

[DJ Putin]

Uhhh Ohhh... Here comes the Drama Llama...

Last time I checked there were white people in those states too. Some people choose to see nothing but race, and Clyburn is indeed playing the mighty ace o' spades on a purely political disagreement about a valid concern over the future effects of the stimulus.

[jankren]

Al Sharpton is an idiot. But then again maybe all his hatred is influenced by his past memories during Segregation Era which he cannot forget even after the race situation has greatly changed. I guess American race relation will be much better in a few decades from now when the old generation already died out.

[danzig]

Al Sharpton is an idiot. But then again maybe all his hatred is influenced by his past memories during Segregation Era which he cannot forget even after the race situation has greatly changed. I guess American race relation will be much better in a few decades from now when the old generation already died out.

Sharpton was born in NYC, in 1954 making him 9 years old when racial segregation was outlawed...his personal experience with segregation would be very, very limited given his age and where he lived.

[jankren]

Sharpton was born in NYC, in 1954 making him 9 years old when racial segregation was outlawed...his personal experience with segregation would be very, very limited given his age and where he lived.

Didnt race relation remain intense well past the 70's?

[danzig]

Didnt race relation remain intense well past the 70's?

Of course though the bulk of the "fight" was in the 60s but he was in NYC....while not perfect was far better then say oh Condi Rice and her experiences growing up.

[antares24]

LOL this Clyburn is clearly and idiot in search of controversy. This is nealry as stupid as the scandal of the Obama "dead chimp" in the NY post.
MEH, it's just me or some black politicians as this one and "civil rights activists" as Sharpton are pretty desperate after Obama election to stir up as much racial related troubles as possible?

Al Sharpton is an idiot. But then again maybe all his hatred is influenced by his past memories during Segregation Era which he cannot forget even after the race situation has greatly changed. I guess American race relation will be much better in a few decades from now when the old generation already died out.

mmm i don't know, if the young generation grow listening the crap from these idiots the problems wouldn't pass.