Also, with the “backpedaling” theme, Gingrich all but apologizes for his role in NY-23:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/04/gingrich-on-ny-23-conservatives-have-every-right-to-be-angry-at-me/

“I think the entire Scozzafava candidacy was a mistake. I regret deeply that she was chosen by the local county chairs. It’s clear that in NY state, Republicans have to get in the habit of coordinating with… the Conservatives [Party]“, he says. Significant because it affirms the interpretation that conservatives were right, Scuzzyfavor and her ‘moderate’ supporters wrong.

Steele also agrees that NY-23 was a highly regrettable mess-up, blaming it on lack of a Republican primary:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/04/steele-on-hoffmans-defeat-it-was-a-botched-process/

Good thing they gradiated from skule with jernalism degrees.

Carter eventually got around to tell Americans….
it’s over, the days of American greatness is over, get used to it.
Some problems we can’t solve, so settle in for mediocrity.
Reagan proved Carter was wrong and America became great again.
Obama has got to go. And sweep all his leftists with him.

I don’t believe that “race is…” To accuse me of that is slander.

To be clear for the record: I didn’t accuse you of believing it. I only accused you (and correctly) of -practicing- it, in comment #24 and certain other comments I’ve seen you make.

I do appreciate all the backpedaling that you are doing.

I don’t think skin color has anything to do with anything. I think we need to get past skin color. I am against people forming subcultures based on the color of their skin or their sexual orientation or whatever. It upsets me when such arbitrary groups seem to vote as a bloc, as they did in this election.

Main Entry: rac·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi-\
Function: noun
Date: 1933

1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

Thinking that Ugandans, or any blacks, act wrongly toward gays on account of the Ugandans’ perceived *race*, is racism. Oh, yeah – It’s also stupid. (The two go hand in hand. Racist thinking is invariably stupid.)

Many White persons get huffy when gay people compare their rights struggles to the civil rights movement.

Why didn’t Magic Johnson say, “You know, it’s cool if you think I’m gay–but really, I’m straight.” Why did he get so mad that people thought he got AIDS through gay sex?

Yes, it would have been nice if Magic Johnson said that. Many White celebrities do the same. Actually, I find it humerous when a gay person says, “You know, I think it’s cool if you think I’m gay, but really, I’m straight.”

Why didn’t Magic Johnson say, “You know, it’s cool if you think I’m gay–but really, I’m straight.” Why did he get so mad that people thought he got AIDS through gay sex?

*hyperbole alert. This does not refer to each individual of African descent.

Believe it or not, there really are issues at play in these states, and voters choose their governors based on who they want governing their states.

Is that a universal truth worthy of all men to be received and valid in all elections in all states at all times?

I went to the polls in Virginia and we hammered the Democrats by historic proportions. Even the Democrat strongholds carried the Democrats by historically much smaller margins.

Guess the Old Dominion voters just have some loopy reason to be so certain they want a break from Democrats and the cutting edge of progress and green tea with a heavy dose of hopenchange.

I wonder how an advisory question on the ballot concerning Obamacare would have fared.

I know not what course the liberals may take, but as for me and my conservative buds give us 2010 as fast as possible.

Sorry your guys are waffling on Obamacare. The tension must be unbearable.

Please look at the black voter turnout in those states compared to when Obama was on the ballot.

That’s a different argument. Now you’re just saying that the rate of black voting may have been lower in this election. That’s very likely true. Different from #21, where you had claimed of *all* blacks, sweepingly and without qualifiers:

blacks don’t vote unless the candidate is black

As for this bit:

And I’m bit teed-off about the Ungandan government’s decision to give gays the death penalty, so, maybe I’m a bit race-aware at the moment.

Fight the urge, Ash. Fight it. Race has nothing to do with it. Culture/philosophy does.