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	<title>Comments on: Hank Johnson should apologize &#8212; or, at least, retract</title>
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	<description>Political commentary from Pulitzer Prize winner Cynthia Tucker of The AJC</description>
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		<title>By: gail hair</title>
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		<dc:creator>gail hair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve repeatedly asked Hank Johnson for an apology.  Doesn&#039;t answer mail and I see he&#039;s now concluded that no apology is necessary. 

He has made a public fool of himself and I&#039;d put money on his losing the next election.  I met with a group this afternoon that is looking for someone to oppose him.  How bright can he be to say something guaranteed to anger people in his district.   Shame on him.  He needs to get over his own racism if he&#039;s going to represent a diverse district such as the fourth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve repeatedly asked Hank Johnson for an apology.  Doesn&#8217;t answer mail and I see he&#8217;s now concluded that no apology is necessary. </p>
<p>He has made a public fool of himself and I&#8217;d put money on his losing the next election.  I met with a group this afternoon that is looking for someone to oppose him.  How bright can he be to say something guaranteed to anger people in his district.   Shame on him.  He needs to get over his own racism if he&#8217;s going to represent a diverse district such as the fourth.</p>
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		<title>By: Obama, Dems Move From Carter Race Statement</title>
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		<dc:creator>Obama, Dems Move From Carter Race Statement</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Democrats have agreed with Carter&#8217;s assessment, including congressman Hank Johnson, who evoked images of the Klu Klux Klan, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said a &#8220;climate of fear&#8221; was being created that [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Democrats have agreed with Carter&#8217;s assessment, including congressman Hank Johnson, who evoked images of the Klu Klux Klan, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said a &#8220;climate of fear&#8221; was being created that [...]</p>
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		<title>By: It was Whitey! I seen him do it!</title>
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		<dc:creator>It was Whitey! I seen him do it!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Miss Terry:

What an observation to make...right after you yourself COMMENT ON AN EDITORIAL. Why don&#039;t you go spit on the biggest hillbilly you see in YOUR local Cracker Barrell...PLEASE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Miss Terry:</p>
<p>What an observation to make&#8230;right after you yourself COMMENT ON AN EDITORIAL. Why don&#8217;t you go spit on the biggest hillbilly you see in YOUR local Cracker Barrell&#8230;PLEASE.</p>
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		<title>By: It was Whitey! I seen him do it!</title>
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		<dc:creator>It was Whitey! I seen him do it!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah...mum&#039;s the word on that one. Her lawyer is doing his best to keep her and the video out of the media, because when you find out that she spit on the white dude to provoke him, you&#039;ll probably be less sympathetic...unless you&#039;re black, of course. Then the guy deserved to be spit on, just for being white and in Georgia. Truth is, she thought he was Kenny Rogers, and figured if she got this guy to beat her, she&#039;d at least get a few rotisserie chicken restaurants out of the deal. But he was just some poor redneck, so the free ride search continues...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah&#8230;mum&#8217;s the word on that one. Her lawyer is doing his best to keep her and the video out of the media, because when you find out that she spit on the white dude to provoke him, you&#8217;ll probably be less sympathetic&#8230;unless you&#8217;re black, of course. Then the guy deserved to be spit on, just for being white and in Georgia. Truth is, she thought he was Kenny Rogers, and figured if she got this guy to beat her, she&#8217;d at least get a few rotisserie chicken restaurants out of the deal. But he was just some poor redneck, so the free ride search continues&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Terry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara Terry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The only people who comment on editorials are people that are incapable of forming their own opinions.&quot;  

Surgeons can do amazing things with transplants these days. However, if you do want a sense of irony implanted, or even minimal self-awareness, which is a less complicated procedure, you may want to get on the waiting list, as I&#039;m told it is long line and growing rapidly every day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The only people who comment on editorials are people that are incapable of forming their own opinions.&#8221;  </p>
<p>Surgeons can do amazing things with transplants these days. However, if you do want a sense of irony implanted, or even minimal self-awareness, which is a less complicated procedure, you may want to get on the waiting list, as I&#8217;m told it is long line and growing rapidly every day.</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Terry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara Terry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of racism, on Tuesday in a Cracker Barrel in Morrow, some white man beat the living daylights out of a black woman in front of her daughter. I&#039;m scanning the AJC to find coverage of it. Why the silence on this story Ms. Tucker? Since it couldn&#039;t possibly be AJC racist bias, I&#039;m curious about your paper&#039;s explanation for the omission.

Also, Hank Johnson is co-sponsoring a bill to start drawing attention to the possibility of rescinding the anti-trust status of the private health insurance scoundrels. 

Frankly Ms. Tucker, I think it is you who need to apologize to Mr. Johnson.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of racism, on Tuesday in a Cracker Barrel in Morrow, some white man beat the living daylights out of a black woman in front of her daughter. I&#8217;m scanning the AJC to find coverage of it. Why the silence on this story Ms. Tucker? Since it couldn&#8217;t possibly be AJC racist bias, I&#8217;m curious about your paper&#8217;s explanation for the omission.</p>
<p>Also, Hank Johnson is co-sponsoring a bill to start drawing attention to the possibility of rescinding the anti-trust status of the private health insurance scoundrels. </p>
<p>Frankly Ms. Tucker, I think it is you who need to apologize to Mr. Johnson.</p>
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		<title>By: It was Whitey! I seen him do it!</title>
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		<dc:creator>It was Whitey! I seen him do it!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>C.P said: &quot;I agree 100% that there is definately something wrong….racism or just plain stupid, whatever it is ? All I know is that if either one of those white m______f_____’s would have slapped my child or beat and kicked me….Walmart and Cracker Barrel would have been tore the F___ up and the world would be rid of two crazy mf’ers. And that go for anybody black or white. Put your hands on somebody child, disrespect somebody child and beat them in front of there child. F___ing crazy!&quot;

This is the mentality of what we&#039;re dealing with here, folks. Off subject, chimping out at the drop of a hat, welfare moms who think we owe them the world. If somebody would have done that to her child, realistically, she&#039;d have been calling Johnny Cochran&#039;s ghost looking for the next free ride. That&#039;s what they&#039;re looking for now. On election night last year in a Buffalo Wild Wings (it was Wing Tuesday...you can&#039;t make this up), the crowd went crazy when Obama&#039;s victory was announced, jumping around and screaming out things like &quot;we own this b**ch!&quot;. I really think the majority of them thought reparations were coming, or maybe Obama was going to call Rent-A-Center and get their outstanding debts wiped clean, or something. Instead, he gave billions to the banks that they owed money to. I didn&#039;t hear about any &quot;free rent&quot; programs. The changes he&#039;s making are gonna squash a few federal aid programs, too. I personally think that&#039;s awesome. I&#039;m tired of seeing these unemployed fat women whipping out EBT cards all of the time. These idiots complaining about racism need to see the big picture and realize that socialism is going to make us all equal, and not in a way they want it to be. I can&#039;t wait &#039;til that waste of space in front of me in line is having to share her cut of the dole with me. They&#039;ll probably love it too, &#039;cause it&#039;ll give them something else to chimp-out about, and we all know they love the attention.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C.P said: &#8220;I agree 100% that there is definately something wrong….racism or just plain stupid, whatever it is ? All I know is that if either one of those white m______f_____’s would have slapped my child or beat and kicked me….Walmart and Cracker Barrel would have been tore the F___ up and the world would be rid of two crazy mf’ers. And that go for anybody black or white. Put your hands on somebody child, disrespect somebody child and beat them in front of there child. F___ing crazy!&#8221;</p>
<p>This is the mentality of what we&#8217;re dealing with here, folks. Off subject, chimping out at the drop of a hat, welfare moms who think we owe them the world. If somebody would have done that to her child, realistically, she&#8217;d have been calling Johnny Cochran&#8217;s ghost looking for the next free ride. That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re looking for now. On election night last year in a Buffalo Wild Wings (it was Wing Tuesday&#8230;you can&#8217;t make this up), the crowd went crazy when Obama&#8217;s victory was announced, jumping around and screaming out things like &#8220;we own this b**ch!&#8221;. I really think the majority of them thought reparations were coming, or maybe Obama was going to call Rent-A-Center and get their outstanding debts wiped clean, or something. Instead, he gave billions to the banks that they owed money to. I didn&#8217;t hear about any &#8220;free rent&#8221; programs. The changes he&#8217;s making are gonna squash a few federal aid programs, too. I personally think that&#8217;s awesome. I&#8217;m tired of seeing these unemployed fat women whipping out EBT cards all of the time. These idiots complaining about racism need to see the big picture and realize that socialism is going to make us all equal, and not in a way they want it to be. I can&#8217;t wait &#8217;til that waste of space in front of me in line is having to share her cut of the dole with me. They&#8217;ll probably love it too, &#8217;cause it&#8217;ll give them something else to chimp-out about, and we all know they love the attention.</p>
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		<title>By: The Truth</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When Sharpton said &quot;These people&quot;, it was kind of like saying &quot;You people&quot;...and he&#039;s talking about white people. We&#039;ve got to remember, however, that it&#039;s not racist when black people say these things about white people, because the race card is the only one they have to play. I mean, God forbid anyone say anything bad about or disagree with the President of the United States. He&#039;s black, and anything short of obedience without question is RACISM, folks. It&#039;s RACIST to question policy, RACIST to ask if this will cost us too much money, and RACIST to assume when it&#039;s written there in black and white (watch out!!), that there will be death panels and people denied care due to age or other criteria. RACIST, RACIST, RACIST. Don&#039;t you know that you should be thanking President Obama for putting up with pre-1964 America for, like, three or four whole years!?! And think of what his mom had to go through--oh yeah, she was white. But what about his fath--Oh yeah, he didn&#039;t really spend too much time here, did he? But just think of all of that time he had to spend in his formitive years, in the Deep South...Pacific. It&#039;s really sad. When MLK said &quot;I have a dream...&quot;, I don&#039;t think he was talking about this mindless counter-bullying we&#039;ve seen from liberals in recent weeks. I can&#039;t wait until Obama gets run out of office in &#039;12, because every time someone disagrees with our next president, &quot;us people&quot; can just cry &quot;RACISM&quot; like a collective bunch of big babys. Oh yeah, if you can listen to Hank Johnson and not feel like your watching the least-funnyest episode of Chappelle&#039;s Show, you&#039;re in DENIAL. The only white sheets that guy has to worry about are the ones on the beds with the leather straps in the padded cell.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Sharpton said &#8220;These people&#8221;, it was kind of like saying &#8220;You people&#8221;&#8230;and he&#8217;s talking about white people. We&#8217;ve got to remember, however, that it&#8217;s not racist when black people say these things about white people, because the race card is the only one they have to play. I mean, God forbid anyone say anything bad about or disagree with the President of the United States. He&#8217;s black, and anything short of obedience without question is RACISM, folks. It&#8217;s RACIST to question policy, RACIST to ask if this will cost us too much money, and RACIST to assume when it&#8217;s written there in black and white (watch out!!), that there will be death panels and people denied care due to age or other criteria. RACIST, RACIST, RACIST. Don&#8217;t you know that you should be thanking President Obama for putting up with pre-1964 America for, like, three or four whole years!?! And think of what his mom had to go through&#8211;oh yeah, she was white. But what about his fath&#8211;Oh yeah, he didn&#8217;t really spend too much time here, did he? But just think of all of that time he had to spend in his formitive years, in the Deep South&#8230;Pacific. It&#8217;s really sad. When MLK said &#8220;I have a dream&#8230;&#8221;, I don&#8217;t think he was talking about this mindless counter-bullying we&#8217;ve seen from liberals in recent weeks. I can&#8217;t wait until Obama gets run out of office in &#8216;12, because every time someone disagrees with our next president, &#8220;us people&#8221; can just cry &#8220;RACISM&#8221; like a collective bunch of big babys. Oh yeah, if you can listen to Hank Johnson and not feel like your watching the least-funnyest episode of Chappelle&#8217;s Show, you&#8217;re in DENIAL. The only white sheets that guy has to worry about are the ones on the beds with the leather straps in the padded cell.</p>
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		<title>By: Color-blind</title>
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		<dc:creator>Color-blind</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am color-blind.  I see President Obama&#039;s agenda and beliefs the same way I view Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#039;s agenda.  I disagree strongly with both of them on their priorities, methods, budgets, and perceptions. Actually, I have far more respect for President Obama.  Vice President BIden&#039;s contributions are less impressive. In Frm. President Bush&#039;s second term, I lost respect for his decisions as well. So am I quadruple predjudice (racist):  against man, woman, non-caucasion, and caucasion?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am color-blind.  I see President Obama&#8217;s agenda and beliefs the same way I view Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s agenda.  I disagree strongly with both of them on their priorities, methods, budgets, and perceptions. Actually, I have far more respect for President Obama.  Vice President BIden&#8217;s contributions are less impressive. In Frm. President Bush&#8217;s second term, I lost respect for his decisions as well. So am I quadruple predjudice (racist):  against man, woman, non-caucasion, and caucasion?</p>
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		<title>By: Ruhie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ruhie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ms  Tucker:
When will you blog to tell Saxby Chambliss to apologize for all but calling the POTUS a “boy” when he says that “Obama better show some humility.”  
 From Talking PointsMemo.com:
“Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) said today that, because of angry town hallers and the like, President Obama should show &quot;humility&quot; when he speaks to Congress Wednesday night.   --Josh Marshall”

Isn’t that what some white folks wanted from the Black people who lived in Alabama and Georgia in the days when they covered their heads with hoods and sheets?  The difference in what Sen Chambliss said last week and what the KKKers said when you were growing up in Alabama is that now they are just bold enough today to take off their sheets.  Why is it that you cannot decipher what is going on in this country?  Did you not receive a Pulitzer?
Hank Johnson was correct.  It is you who should apologize to him, and you should also thank Cynthia McKinney for helping you win the Pulitzer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ms  Tucker:<br />
When will you blog to tell Saxby Chambliss to apologize for all but calling the POTUS a “boy” when he says that “Obama better show some humility.”<br />
 From Talking PointsMemo.com:<br />
“Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) said today that, because of angry town hallers and the like, President Obama should show &#8220;humility&#8221; when he speaks to Congress Wednesday night.   &#8211;Josh Marshall”</p>
<p>Isn’t that what some white folks wanted from the Black people who lived in Alabama and Georgia in the days when they covered their heads with hoods and sheets?  The difference in what Sen Chambliss said last week and what the KKKers said when you were growing up in Alabama is that now they are just bold enough today to take off their sheets.  Why is it that you cannot decipher what is going on in this country?  Did you not receive a Pulitzer?<br />
Hank Johnson was correct.  It is you who should apologize to him, and you should also thank Cynthia McKinney for helping you win the Pulitzer.</p>
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