Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Republican Spokesman Wesley Pruden Suggests That Obama's Blood Is Not Authentically American
In other words, he is saying that Obama is not a real American and doesn't have "real American" values. If you have read my Republican media page, I explain that "real American" and related code language simply means "White American"....and in the case of Wesley Pruden, it likely means White Southerner.
Pruden made his incendiary comments in a new Washington Times column, which has been highlighted by Media Matters. In the column, Pruden also takes a swipe at Obama's mother for being with a Black man. Based on the reactions expressed in the comments on the Media Matters page, I see I was not the only one left numb by this story. My jaw hit the floor. I guess Stormfront commentary has gone mainstream. Republicans/Conservatives are becoming less and less inhibited when it comes to expressing their racism.
Pruden - bigot extraordinaire - is the former editor of the Washington Times, and has an interesting history.
Learn more about Pruden here, and here. Also see a related article at the Southern Poverty Law Center website.
no, you were not the only one left numb by this obvious racism. it's disgusting. but, they are who we thought they were.
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