Joe Lowery: Republicans were ‘uncouth and unkind’ to Barack Obama
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Rev. Joe Lowery, the 90-year-old dean of the Civil Rights movement, is also chairman of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
Lowery is somewhat frail, and his tuxedo-clad figure was surrounded by a phalanx of caretakers at Monday night’s black-tie bash for the delegation. But he’s still sharp.
WSB Radio’s Jamie Dupree talked to him at the vent, and sent along the raw audio in which Lowery gave his take on last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa and GOP attacks on President Barack Obama. Said Lowery:
”I thought it was a very, very, very irresponsible convention. I think Clint Eastwood’s shameful. I think they live in the past. I think they were uncouth and unkind to the president.
“I understand they are in opposition, but I think it was a little too much for me. When you consider the fact that the country needs the kind of leadership that the president’s been giving. And I think he needs to be commended for it, though I understand they have a right to shoot holes whenever they see him.
“But I think they did it with not a good sense of balance.”
Lowery, you’ll recall, was one of Obama’s first Georgia supporters in 2008. He continued:
”I think people recognize that it’s not good to change horses in the middle of the recovery stream. I think the closer we get to the election, the more people are going to recognize that what [Republicans] are talking about is rather dangerous. And we don’t want to risk it.”
Lowery flew back to Atlanta for a speech he’s scheduled to give. He’ll be back in North Carolina tomorrow.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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td
September 4th, 2012
2:53 pm
Throwing out the race card with nothing to back it up. The Dems have been and will continues to be more nasty about Romney then the Republicans will ever be about Obama.
What a freaking loser.
SCY
September 4th, 2012
2:53 pm
“Uncouth and unkind” that’s an accurate description of the American left when you disagree with them. After all we are all automatons, I how dare we think for ourselves
Toes The Line
September 4th, 2012
3:00 pm
td – your comment says more about your racism. Lowery didn’t offer a single word or nod to race, but you can’t help hearing his color in his words.
Loser? That man will have more courage 50 years after passing than you will ever muster, bud.
EFS
September 4th, 2012
3:03 pm
So the party that ranted and raved the most venemous things, including about killing Bush for 8 years thinks the GOP has been uncouth? Sorta like the firing squad calling the axman a murderer. Get off your high horse and quit drinking your own koolaid.
dd
September 4th, 2012
3:09 pm
aww….poor baby. I’m guessing good ole Joe would’ve cheered on the Titanic captain as he backed up and ran over the iceberg again, as well……. Need the leadership we’ve been getting? Only if you have a death wish for our country.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
September 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
Amen for Rev. Lowery.
Though Pres. Obama is clearly a product of the CIA, his mother and grandmother both in their money operation in Hawaii (Viz. “Crimes of Patriots,” Kwitny), with a phony birth certificate and SS number, his complexion at least lends America the appearance of yet being the Promised Land, and Romney is a person with a transparent lack of that which the Bible terms “natural affection,” with a conformed liar and hypocrite for a running mate, leading a faction unwilling to allow the traitors of their last executive administration a respite, from what Jon Stewart called a “witness protection program,” to stride their national stage at Tampa to stand as proof of the evil all Americans must openly seek to abolish, by G-d.
KID
September 4th, 2012
3:15 pm
“Uncouth and unkind”
It’s what Rush Limbaugh instructed them to do!
East Lake Ira
September 4th, 2012
3:28 pm
The GOP supporters sure have thin skin. What a bunch of babies.
Man up you little panzies.
East Lake Ira
September 4th, 2012
3:28 pm
The GOP supporters sure have thin skin. What a bunch of babies.
Man up you little panzies.
tim
September 4th, 2012
3:39 pm
Lowery is an old f***** hasbeen. Get lost OLD Joe.
Uncouth and unkind describes Lowery the way he treated Bush at Coretta Kings funeral.
HoppedUpOnClarity
September 4th, 2012
3:51 pm
@Toes
I was just about to post a response to @td after reading the article, because I couldn’t help but notice that NOWHERE in the article did Rev. JL make a mention to race. Yet, somehow @td was able to deduce that the “race card” was being played. I guess the mere fact that RJL is a “Civil Rights Leader” automatically places him in that category of “race hustler” in people like @td’s mind. Heaven forbid someone has humanity enough to stand up in this world and demand equal treatment for a fellow human being. The resentment lasts beyond 30, 40 years. It lasts one’s lifetime. It goes to show you though, the sickness of racism and bigotry runs deep within people, and there really is no cure…and they cannot conceal it, no matter how hard they try to disguise it. I’m glad I am not the only one who noticed this gross and rather idiotic distortion on td’s behalf.
yuzeyurbrane
September 4th, 2012
3:57 pm
td, I know your level of intellect can rise above the Tea Party mantra of “race card, race card.” I do not know you well enough personally to judge but for most of your mantra shouters, a banana is just a banana. Race is the subtext in racist politics and to deny it is really sticking your head in the sand. Romney knows that, too, or else he would not be running ads with racist code words. I don’t know if he is a racist or just a politician who panders to racists but morally it is really a distinction without a difference.
td
September 4th, 2012
4:04 pm
HoppedUpOnClarity
September 4th, 2012
3:51 pm
What a pile of horse hockey. Anyone that has heard Lowery speak for more then 5 minutes knows exactly what he was talking about and since he is just like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton the unsaid theme was that Republicans are racist.
td
September 4th, 2012
4:08 pm
yuzeyurbrane
September 4th, 2012
3:57 pm
And I know Lowery is just like Jackson and Sharpton and they are all race pimps. They only survive calling everything out in shades of color. These three are just as bad as any member of the Klan in MHO.
GaBlue
September 4th, 2012
4:11 pm
Please give td half a point for clarifying with “MHO.” Once one rejects facts and reason, all one has left is his “humble”opinion. He’s doing the best he can with what he’s got left. Bless his tiny little heart.
Kris Jones
September 4th, 2012
4:11 pm
That old fool needs to be put out to pasture.
Road Scholar
September 4th, 2012
4:18 pm
I didn’t know td was old! Or were you referring to the manner-less hoard from the right?
Baron DeKalb
September 4th, 2012
4:21 pm
Don’t you love it when white people try to dictate to black people what they should or shouldn’t feel, think or say about race or racism? As if 400 years of slavery and Jim Crow wasn’t enough, now they want to rob black people of their collective memory and their common sense. The “race card” is not going to go away just because you’re sick of hearing about it. Between the policies advocated by the Republicans and the (often blatantly racist) rhetoric of the grassroots tea party folks, there is plenty to talk about as far as race and racism is concerned.
td
September 4th, 2012
4:30 pm
Street vendors across downtown Charlotte are selling posters and artwork depicting President Obama as Jesus Christ and a fulfillment of prophecy.
One poster features an image of the president in prayer with the headline, “Prophecy Fulfilled.”
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2012/09/04/artwork-portrays-obama-jesus#ixzz25XEW4kcR
HoppedUpOnClarity
September 4th, 2012
4:37 pm
Aside from the fact that this man JL is not a racist, may a please have a John Stewart moment…
(td) “Anyone that has heard Lowery speak for more then 5 minutes knows exactly what he was talking about…”
Yes!!!! Even though NO SUCH THING came out of RJL’s mouth in this interview!
Like I said, it is a sickness.
Arrest your development fool.
aps
September 4th, 2012
4:41 pm
GOP living in the past? Pot meet kettle. Lowery’s been living in the past for 40 years.
Daniel
September 4th, 2012
4:46 pm
Hey T.D. Lowery did not mention race at all. YOU are the racist!
John Ellison
September 4th, 2012
5:00 pm
I’ve noticed that everyone thought Clint Eastwood’s performance was funny and entertaining except Obama supporters. Ask an objective reporter what he/she thought of Eastwood’s performance and you will quickly see his/her political bias.
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
5:13 pm
Rev. Lowery is speaking from a place of Wisdom. Many of the commenters here were not around in 1964 and have NO knowledge of what happened that year. That was the last time a Republican Vice-Presidential candidate was chosen from the House of Representatives by Sen. Barry GoldWater. A Republican ticket that was just as hostile to the American people as this one is today!
The result was a LANDSLIDE defeat by LBJ. A Defeat of that size has never been repeated since. The Republican Party through its archaic conservative policies have isolated itself in a corner politically. where in order to WIN in November, Mitt & RYAN must carry at least 61% of the White population to garner a WIN.
Normally that would be a much higher concern for those on the Left. However Because of the current Republican platform and the passing of many Republican Led STATES. The Republicans have managed to offend, alienate and discourage support of a sizable portion of the FEMALE vote.
Women being Largest voting bloc in our Electorate view the enacting and passing of
Laws restricting the rights of A woman’s right to choose as OFFENSIVE and DOWN RIGHT MEAN & NASTY. Many of these Republican State Led Legislators openly mocked and joked about the American Women as being STUPID & IRRESPONSIBLE every day on the evening NEWS and radio.
Now Its PAY BACK TIME!
There is nothing any Republican can say or do to reverse the damage and harm they themselves have caused. Then to add insult to injury to have a standing Congressman as recent as a few weeks ago, parse the definition of what is considered RAPE.
Finally the selection of PAUL “LYING RYAN as the Vice Presidential choice. Then to learn Paul was the Congressman’s CO-AUTHOR and CREATOR of one of the most OFFENSIVE RECENT Legislation against The American Woman’s right to DECIDE.
I do NOT have to EXPLAIN any Further!
The American WOMAN is NOT DUMB & STUPID as most Republicans would have ALL of US to think. She is smart and Listening intently. She will not raise her voice
or scream and yell. She is willing to show her anger in ACTION! BEWARE!
She is willing to SHOW The Republican PARTY and its Leadership just how UPSET& ANGRY she is about Her TREATMENT at the hands of these STATE Republican Leaders!
One thing for sure, I would NOT want to be a Republican running for any OFFICE this November! We must always remember, a WOMAN scorned is not one can expect much support in time of NEED!
Mitt,ANN & PAUL will have to go home licking their wounds wholly created of their own doings. It will happen in November with a RECORD Turn out of Americans.
However, Women will be voting against The Republicans because of their CALLOUS and FOOLISH behavior. The rest of US will Vote because of other issues including those of support of a Woman’s right to choose.
I WILL BE ONE OF THEM!
td
September 4th, 2012
5:24 pm
Newt was right, Obama is the Food stamp President”
“Food stamp use reached a record 46.7 million people in June, the government said, as Democrats prepare to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term with the economy as a chief issue in the campaign. ”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-04/food-stamp-use-climbed-to-record-46-7-million-in-june-u-s-says.html
td
September 4th, 2012
5:28 pm
Great way to start the DNC.
“The United States Treasury reports that the total public outstanding debt is: $16,015,769,788,215.80. This is the first time in American history debt has eclipsed the $16 trillion mark.”
The debt has increased approximately $5.4 trillion since President Obama took office on January 20, 2009.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/1601576978821580_651649.html
Miltonite
September 4th, 2012
5:30 pm
Baron DeKalb and others: Yeah, de Brothers ought not listen to dem white folks. Dey should listen and od like we want them to do: Abolish the new cities of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton, Chattahoochee Hills. Why? Because “dey be super-majority white” so claims The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus in a lawsuit file in March, 2012. Brother Lowery was on of the plaintiffs. Luckily the suit was not viewed as being racist because all the plaintiffs were African. What a coincidence!
Bro. Lowrey he have used the race card so much he done wore out a pack and is on a brand new one.
John Ellison
September 4th, 2012
5:30 pm
Bernie is a funny name for a woman.
Miltonite
September 4th, 2012
5:31 pm
Bernie: I’m waiting for an answer! If you have forgotten, I will re-post.
I can see you now: Sneaking off to her closet to get her thoughts together before she contacts “The Man.” Her conversation goes something like this: “Lord, I don’t want to get into a discussion with you about the sanctity of life and my feelings about abortion.” “You know me, and after all, I am a woman and I have RIGHTS!” The Democratic Party endowed me with them (uh, I guess you can do that too, you know, ‘Endow Rights’, can’t you?). But we’ve got a leader that is showing us the light and really I wish I didn’t have to choose.” “He is giving us free abortion-inducing pills, free birth-controll pills, free mammograms and all those goodies we deserve – at someone else’s expense, of course, but, that’s life.
“Lord, please don’t take what I say so hard, you’ll get over it.”
td
September 4th, 2012
5:32 pm
And you religious minded African Americans still support this party:
“Guess what? God’s name has been removed from the Democratic National Committee platform.”
This is the paragraph that was in the 2008 platform:
“We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.”
Now the words “God-given” have been removed. The paragraph has been restructured to say this:
“We gather to reclaim the basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth – the simple principle that in America, hard work should pay off, responsibility should be rewarded, and each one of us should be able to go as far as our talent and drive take us.”
http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2012/09/04/democrats-drop-god-from-party-platform.aspx
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
5:39 pm
The Republican Party’s Funeral Will be held in November…..EARLY service is expected.
There will Big Party Afterwards! Come as You are!
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
5:40 pm
Correction:
The Republican Party’s Funeral Will be held in November…..EARLY service is expected.
There will Be A “HUGE” Party Afterwards! Come as You are!
Retired Soldier
September 4th, 2012
5:43 pm
Bernie-
Yoy really need to calm down, this is the stuff heart attacks come from. Also, if you want to look at pro-life objectively, a majority of Americans are pro-life, every poll shows that. Secondly, many like me believe life begins at conception, that is a valid belief, don’t berate folks that have a different but equally vaild opinion.
Finally, if you think 2012 will be a repeat of 1964 you need to go back to PS 101. I remember LBJ, and I assure you, Obama is no LBJ.
Seriously????
September 4th, 2012
5:44 pm
Well said, Bernie!! And @ td, I’m sure your Unclecousin Billy Bob is elited to be receiving that Food Stamp Card every month.
I’d truly like to see a President, any President try to abolish the Food Stamp Program. You think the economy is bad now….There are entirely too many Americans (un-employed and under-employed) relying on the program to feed their children; as well as the Elderly who also rely on the program. So, for you to single-out President Obama as the “Food Stamp President” like Newt Gingrich is IGNORANT of you; because this program has been in place and has been utilized under every President prior to Obama; since its inception in 1964.
But, GOD FORBID you ever lose your cush-cush job or life-savings; and need to apply for Food Stamps in order to eat. Oh yeah, I forgot you’d kill yourself FIRST (literally)!!!!
Seriously????
September 4th, 2012
5:46 pm
correction, elited s/b elated
Retired Soldier
September 4th, 2012
5:52 pm
Seriously??-
The point is under the Obama Aministration the numbers receiving food stamps are way up, highest ever. Only under Obama has the Dept. of Agriculture advocated having “food stamp” parties in order to increse enrollment.
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
6:10 pm
Here Are few of the Many Reasons “Women” will NOT SUPPORT The Republican Party in 2012.
1. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
2. Karen Handels actions at The Susan G. Komen Foundation
3. Rush LimBOUGH – “enough”
4. Rush Limbough Characterization and Sliming of SANDRA FLUKE
5. Republican State Houses enacted Laws restricting A Woman’s Right to choose.
26 states passed laws
6. 400 bills introduced by Republicans in Congress in 2010 restricting women’s
rights
7. Rick Perry (r) – Gov. texas
8. Rick Perry (R) – intent to close planned parenthood and reduction of Medicaid
services – women primary users
9. Gov. Mcdonald – Gov. ULTRASOUND Invasive Ultrasound planner and Author
10. Virginia State Legislators – Joked openly about women and ultrasounds and
passed laws restricting.
11. Mitt Romeny – “Planned Parenthood, We are going to shut that down”
12. Paul Ryan – Author of forcible Rape vs Rape definition
11. Todd akin (r) – “Women know how to shut down during rape”
12. Republican Party Platform 2012 – No exceptions for ABORTION.
13. Republican support of Birth Control coverage to be determined by employers
14. Person hood laws and rights to the FETUS.
These are just a few I can think of off the top of my head at the moment. The list could easily top 50 good reasons to withhold support of the Republican Agenda.
This is truly the REAL Opponent of the REPUBLICAN PARTY!
Women of America……everyone else are just mere spectators!
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
6:11 pm
Retired Soldier @ 5:43 pm – A comment from ONE who is without a VAGINA!
cc
September 4th, 2012
6:18 pm
Joseph Lowrey is a has been from the 1960’s. After the civil rights movement, he morphed into a race baiter, and has functioned as such since that time.
Bernie: Instead of wasting all that time typing, merely say, “This is Bernie with the same inane BS that I post every time.” We will all know exactly what you mean . . .
yuzeyurbrane
September 4th, 2012
6:47 pm
td–I respect your intelligence so let’s stop the sloganeering about food stamps. It obviously goes up in economically stressed times. That is what a social safety net is. Even Reagan was for a social safety net. People on food stamps are not stuffing themselves with caviar. They are simply not starving to death; particularly children and single moms who are main beneficiaries. Just ask anyone who runs a church sponsored food bank. They will tell you that their backs are to the wall and that it would be total disaster without food stamps. Just ask the formerly middle class white suburbanites who quietly stop by food banks because they feel shame. Why should they feel shame for something beyond their control? I feel certain you did not think about insensitivity of your words but words of this type lead to the shame that these formerly middle class people feel. Let’s keep our debate focused on who has the better vision for the US’s economic future and not make war on the weak.
cc
September 4th, 2012
6:56 pm
“A majority of voters believe the country is worse off today than it was four years ago and that President Obama does not deserve reelection, according to a new poll for The Hill. Fifty-two percent of likely voters say the nation is in “worse condition” now than in September 2008, while 54 percent say Obama does not deserve reelection based solely on his job performance.”
Source: http://thehill.com/conventions-2012/dem-convention-charlotte/247263-hill-poll-voters-think-second-term-undeserved
td
September 4th, 2012
6:58 pm
yuzeyurbrane
September 4th, 2012
6:47 pm
As you may know, I worked for DFCS for a couple years after college and my wife has worked for them for more then 20 years. I am all for a safety net but I am also all for personal responsibility. I also know there is a ton of fraud and abuse of the system set up by the Obama administration. Since Obama took office the DFCS workers “accept clients statement” on all income and do not count resources. The only thing they have to verify is citizenship and residency. Let me give you an example, one can have a $100,000 in the bank (resource) but if you got laid off from a job then you can get Food stamps. This is the reason Food stamps usage is at an all time high.
cc
September 4th, 2012
7:08 pm
Note the Obama daughters listed as “Senior Staff”, and also note that this information would not have been release if ‘Judicial Watch’ had not forced the issue . . .
“Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained mission expense records and passenger manifests from the United States Air Force related to the June 21-27, 2011, trip taken by First Lady Michelle Obama, her family and her staff to South Africa and Botswana.”
“On June 28, 2011, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA request seeking the mission taskings, transportation records, and passenger manifests for Michelle Obama’s Africa trip. Documents were only provided after Judicial Watch filed suit:”
“The passenger manifests confirm the presence of Obama’s daughter’s, Malia and Sasha on the trip. The two girls are listed as “Senior Staff.” The manifests also list Mrs. Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, and niece and nephew, Leslie and Avery Robinson, as well Mrs. Obama’s makeup and hairstylist (Carl Ray and Johnny Wright).”
Source: http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-documents-detailing-the-cost-to-taxpayers-for-michelle-obama-s-family-trip-to-africa/
Mild Mannered Moderate
September 4th, 2012
7:08 pm
Both sides are bad. The Republicans were so mean to him in the convention ot males me sad. Td is the meanest of them all though. I pray to God for his soul.
Mild Mannered Moderate
September 4th, 2012
7:11 pm
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Mild Mannered Moderate
September 4th, 2012
7:14 pm
@cc – THANK YOU. That was a great link.
It isconservatives like you that should teach td how to behave. I was particularly glad to know that Rasmussen owned the group that did that poll. Since they’re the most accurate pollster we know we can trust what they say. Obama habetter listen to us moderates and explain why he deserves to be hired more than mitt Romney. Mitt might put his dog on the roof of his car and laugh about it, but at least he’s honest.
hat
September 4th, 2012
7:31 pm
If even CNN releases a poll that doesn’t have Obama in the lead for the national vote, then it is time for the blues to be frightened.
I think what td is saying is that even though food stamps are important for those who really need it, the system gets abused by people who are looking for free food courtesy of the taxpayers.
@Joesph Lowry
I think that the democrats have been uncouth and unkind to Mitt Romney.
hat
September 4th, 2012
7:34 pm
@Bernie
Please explain why 40% of women are still planning to vote for Mitt Romney this election, or were those numbers fabricated by the “archaic” Republicans. I’m pretty sure that women care about the economy and foreign policy too.
cc
September 4th, 2012
8:15 pm
I’m watching the DNC tonight and just saw a tribute presentation on Senator Edward Kennedy. Funny, but there was no mention of Mary Jo Kopechne or Chappawuiddick. I guess it must have slipped the dim minds . . .
cc
September 4th, 2012
8:36 pm
I watched Carter’s endorsement of the Kenyan with glee! The fact that Carter endorsed him is worth a million votes . . . for Romney!