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Dan Payne and The Boston Globe

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I thought I posted this the other day but I cannot find it. So if this a duplicate please ignore.

Anyway, in the June 19th op-ed section of the Boston Globe, Dan Payne, Dem Consultant, was supporting US Senator James Webb for BO’s VP. One of Payne’s comments was “…I am the only personal the history of Virginia to be elected to statewide office with a union card, two purple hearts, and three tattoos,” The Payne adds… “White guys like talk like that.”

Now, everyone knows I am over sensitive about racial comments from ANYONE. I usually limit my comments on this page to slurs against white people because most public figures and the news media would NEVER EVER EVER say anything even close to racially insulting to a black person, ask Don Imus.

So, if we change WHITE TO BLACK, and change the stereotypic subjects (union card…) to black centric things would that be a racially insensitive??? Was Payne???

PS If anyone can find that I already posted this, could you please tell me where it is and how you found it? Thanks.

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  1. The article by Dan Payne is here. The material you quoted in more context:

    The Audacity of Webb. Meeting Bush in a receiving line for new senators, Webb was asked by Bush, “How’s your boy?” Webb shot back: “I’d like to get him out of Iraq.”

    He delivered a forceful, polished, and much-applauded response to Bush’s state of the union speech in 2007. “The president took us into this war recklessly,” he declared. He condemned the Republicans for the huge gap in pay between CEOs and average workers.

    Webb on Webb: “It’s pretty safe to say that I am the only person in the history of Virginia to be elected to statewide office with a union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos.” White guys like talk like that.

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