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Virginia Dem. Rep Jim Moran doesn't have a clue

Ok, its getting a bit silly now... when will our more liberal friends figure out that the reason they lost so many spots in the last election was because of policy, not because the president is black. If so many people were racist, we wouldn't even be talking about a black president. Hopefully the fine people of Virginia will vote this twit out at the next opportunity.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia is saying his party's November election losses were partly due to voter antagonism toward a black president.

Moran, a 20-year House veteran, made the remarks Tuesday to the Arab television network Alhurra after President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Referring to widespread Republican wins in congressional and state contests, Moran said "a lot of people in this country, I believe, don't want to be governed by an African-American." He said that was particularly true of a liberal president.

As some groups criticized the remarks, Moran's spokeswoman Anne Hughes issued a statement defending him, saying it's no secret the U.S. "continues to struggle with racial equality." She says Moran thinks it's better to discuss than to ignore such issues.

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Permalink Reply by J.B on January 28, 2011 at 5:09pm

When will the far left understand. It is not because of Obama being black. It is because of what they are trying to do. They have to blame everything else but what the people want from them. Like the truth for one.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on January 28, 2011 at 5:11pm

Its like the old saying that if you tell people something enough, maybe they start believing it... problem is, I don't think people are nearly as dumb as Moran thinks they are. Voters know better, only thing he is doing is trying to push blame away.

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Permalink Reply by Willy on January 28, 2011 at 8:04pm

What folks should realize is that a lot of people in power must keep the idea of racism alive so they can make a living off of it. People like Moran, Hughes and most of the Democrats think they must keep the race card in play. They are the ones who are racists. Like Dave said, if this were a racist country we wouldn't have a black President. A lot of minorities use racism as an excuse for their own failures. How easy it is to blame whitey for your lifes problems.

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Permalink Reply by AQUAMAN on January 29, 2011 at 12:37am

Never even heard of this guy before, but after this, I truly think the only way to categorize Moran, is to say he's a Moron! and nothing less. How he got 20 years in Congress with this warped convoluted thinking is beyond me. Sounds more like a Goober Tuebor to me.

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Permalink Reply by XLFD on January 29, 2011 at 12:57am

One could easily point to two counter-examples of Moran's hypothesis. Newly-elected black Republican congressmen from the deep south, Alan West and Tim Scott, shows that Republicans are cool with 'being led' by black men-- or any other color of man whose ideas are sound and conservative.