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haaaylee
03-15-2009, 10:58 PM
wow.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyoda1zUuGA
FrankRep
03-16-2009, 12:10 AM
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FrankRep
03-16-2009, 12:27 AM
Rep. James Clyburn calls Gov. Mark Sanford a racist for rejecting the bailout money?!


Feb. 25, 2009

Representative James Clyburn held a roundtable meeting to discuss how the newly-signed stimulus package will affect South Carolina.
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Clyburn also had some strong comments for Gov. Mark Sanford on why he thinks he opposed the stimulus.

"The governor of Louisiana expressed opposition. Has the highest African-American population in the country. Governor of Mississippi expressed opposition. The governor of Texas, and the governor of South Carolina. These four governor's represent states that are in the black belt. I was insulted by that," Clyburn said. "All of this was a slap in the face of African-Americans. It had nothing to do with Governor Sanford."
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A spokesman from the governor's office says, "Representative Clyburn is no stranger to playing the race card, because he has no defense for the runaway spending and the deficits contained in this so-called stimulus bil that will hurt our economy. Spending money at the federal level that we do not have represents a future tax increase on all South Carolinians, regardless of their color - and in the process of doing so, he's ripping off everyone he claims to represent."
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Full Story:
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9874309
Knightskye
03-16-2009, 12:59 AM
Video was removed. Is there another version?
haaaylee
03-16-2009, 09:07 AM
that was taken done fast. weird. here is sanford's response:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9PfnTOfw-0
Dripping Rain
03-16-2009, 09:11 AM
Im not siding with anyone and I think its racist to call Sanford racist for this
but maybe part or most of the bailout was intended for poor inner city blacks and other colored minorities including poor whites?
even Dr Paul said that if hes president he wouldnt cut off those dependent on the government but he would gradually get them off government dependency and hed cut the spending overseas so that he could take care of people at home? am I missing anything here?
anyways it seems everyone's playing politics. why didnt Sanford refuse earlier bailouts when King Bush was in power? or was there no federal pork back then?