SheliaJacksonLee plays the race card.

[Horn6721]

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"Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Friday strongly suggested that members of Congress are making it difficult for President Obama to raise the debt ceiling because of his race.

"I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness [toward] this president,” said Jackson Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. “Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community that is question that is being raised. Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully? Why has the debt limit been raised 60 times? Why did the leader of the Senate continually talk about his job is to bring the president down to make sure he is unelected?”


Earlier in her speech, Jackson Lee said Obama has been targeted unlike any other president.

"I am particularly sensitive to the fact that only this president — only this one, only this one — has received the kind of attacks and disagreement and inability to work, only this one," said Jackson Lee from the House floor.

"Read between the lines," she continued. "What is different about this president that should put him in a position that he should not receive the same kind of respectful treatment of when it is necessary to raise the debt limit in order to pay our bills, something required by both statute and the 14th amendment?"

Jackson Lee concluded by saying that she hoped someone would step up and say that what appears obvious to her is not in fact true.

"I hope someone will say that what it appears to be is not in fact accurate," said Lee. "But historically it seems to be nothing more."
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[Sangre Naranjada]

What a racist POS Sheila Jackson Lee is. Maybe she should hook up with John Wylie Price and produce Satchel's dream child.

 

[Horn6721]

I wonder if she thought all the vicious crap thrown at Bush because he was white?

 

[Rex Kramer]

What people like SJL and JWP don't realize is that people with half a brain roll their eyes at their comments. They are a joke. A punchline.

 

[Oilfield]

Sheila is the poster child for putting an end to jerrymandering.

 

[BrothaHorn]

Never leave home without it..

 

[Satchel]

The Anasognosiac always ignores obvious instances of racism within the dominant culture in order to be accepted by it.

 

[Oilfield]

Satchel, please elaborate on what racism you see in the debt ceiling debate. Do you generally agree with Sheila Jackson-Lee?

 

[zork]

It would probably be racist to suggest that Obama isn't capable of providing an actual budget to discuss if his administration had not put one forth. Wait, his hasn't and probably won't. Incompetence is not derived from racist means. It should be called incompetence no matter what race we are dealing with.

 

[BrothaHorn]

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[HornHuskerDad]

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[dheiman]

Must she die? Must her child die before we take her seriously?

She would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad that her district blindly re-elects her every time.

 

[HornsForever'93]

People in Texas blindly re-elect their leaders. It applies to both parties and political stripes. Jackson and Perry are perfect examples

 

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[RomaVicta]

She's an idiot who obsesses the radical right. The only reason she is not obscure is that she provides the red meat that the rad right loves. I wouldn't know her name if it weren't for right wing posters on WM starting threads like this.

It is an insult to Perry to compare him to her. Pretty surprising you could get under that very low bar, but sure enough. I also don't think that is what dh meant to do. I think he was merely talking about voter laziness which favors those already in office.

 

[dheiman]

As posted many times, some of it is laziness but very often it is simply the lack of option. I am not a Perry fan but was forced to vote for him in the last election. I was hopeful that a tea party representative would emerge until one did. That Medina woman just lobbed her campaign over the cliff with her ridiculous "truthers" theory. After that it was sleezy Rick or sanctuary spender Bill White.
Decision:

 

[Oilfield]

She's a racist who is offensive to any thinking person.

 

[general35]

If you are in Houston and in an area where its unsafe to get out of your car at night, you have about an 80% chance of being in SJL's district.

 

[Roger]

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[Oilfield]

She represents my hometown is an embarassing way. If she represented California or Now York I would write it off accordingly.

 

[RomaVicta]

There's every reason for you to know about her if she comes from your city. No argument there.

 

[AustinBat]

When I was teaching the most racist person I have ever come across was black. She once told us at a meeting that she would trust ANY black, whether she knew them or had never seen them before, before she would trust ANY white. I had worked closely with her and was stunned by that. If I had said the same thing - which I cannot imagine every thinking or saying - I would have been considered a KKK racist. She thought it made perfect sense.

 

[YouTeeAye]

<quote>The Anasognosiac always ignores obvious instances of racism within the dominant culture in order to be accepted by it. </quote>

Way to poison the discussion! Yeah, let's shame the other person to submission.

 

[Crockett]

"She's an idiot who obsesses the radical right. The only reason she is not obscure is that she provides the red meat that the rad right loves. I wouldn't know her name if it weren't for right wing posters on WM starting threads like this. "

RV -- she was so out of touch on this one she received attention from Jon Stewart and the Daily Show!

 

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[theiioftx]

Her district is much like the south side of Chicago. If she only dabbled in community organizing, she could be President!