Comments on: Cubs patriarch Joe Ricketts is in need of “a literate” black man

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:36:44 +0000

As compared to…what? He spends less on the poor and taxes far less than Carter, Johnson, Truman and Roosevelt…or all of Europe.

By: iruletheweb

iruletheweb — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:44:42 +0000

Liberal no. Socialist extremist yes.

By: skids003

skids003 — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:13 +0000

Oh, so that makes it Ok. Now I understand, I thought it was just because he was liberal it was OK.

By: dadawg77

dadawg77 — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:15:33 +0000

That is the story which they are telling now after the NYT placed sunshine on the issue. They realize they had to run away from it. Not necessarily the truth. Someone leak this to the Times for some reason. Could have been they were strongly considering it but someone strongly disagree so they leaked it and killed the plan with minimum damage, That is how that game is played.

Also Romney didn’t emphatically repudiated anything, he said it was off limits then started to backtrack when he said he stood by his comments on Wright on the Hanity show.

By: wlschneider09

wlschneider09 — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:32:00 +0000

And have you seen his picture?

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:35:15 +0000

I’m available. Except I want to play catcher under the name “Cur “El Gaucho” Molina68″ as payment for doing this. Think he’ll bite?

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:32:40 +0000

Like I said, to people like Calcaterra issues of race are purely political.

By: simon94022

simon94022 — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:56:25 +0000

So it turns out Ricketts had nothing to do with this strategy — it is a proposal made TO him, which he came out and rejected today. Romney for his part emphatically repudiated an ad strategy based on Jeremiah Wright.

This whole non-story is intended to reassure the Left that opponents of Obama are basically racists. The reality is that he has presided over 4 years of economic stagnation, pursuing policies such as the health care law and the 2009 stimulus which are broadly and deeply unpopular. He was elected as a messianic figure on the strength of a quasi-religious movement for Hope and Change that now looks ridiculous in hindsight to anyone outside the Left wing cocoon.

The last thing Republicans want to do is distract people from Obama’s record in office and the economy. The Democrats are the ones seeking distractions about treatment of pet dogs, high school pranks, “war on women” and other gibberish that plays only to their base.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:51:10 +0000

In other words, Rickettsiae is looking for what relict Knigts Templar Hinckle von Vampton in Ishmael Reed’s ( a “very literate Black person” indeed) great wonderful awesome novel Mumbo Jumbo referred to as “the Talking Android.”

No worries. Papa La Bas is paying careful attention to this entire fiasco. He will act when the time comes.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:43:43 +0000

Are you stalking Craig?

By: kopy

kopy — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:24:10 +0000

I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. Conservatives are stupid? Conservatives think liberals are smart? Liberals are smart? They’re all terribly broad generalizations, and bipartisanship is ruining this country.

By: OchentaYcinco

OchentaYcinco — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:01:06 +0000

Yeah, Joe Biden putting his foot in his mouth – that’s news. On the other hand, Biden didn’t want to spend $10 million of his own money to say it to the world. Didn’t try to hide it behind a spokesperson, either.

By: pjcostello

pjcostello — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:58:05 +0000

No, I don’t think it’s a cover. He’s trying to lend credence to his position. It’s done every day, with every ‘group’. And very often it’s just stereotyping — like the commercials for fast food chains that feature 90% black customers, or the ad for a Mexican food item featuring an Hispanic spokesperson. It’s at once a way to tell your audience, “People just like you think or act in this way, and since they buy my product or service, you should, too!” and to lend a sort of ‘ethnic authenticity’ to your message.

You can call it racist, or bigoted, or just ethnically insensitive, and you may be right. I shake my head over all of these types of messages every day. But that’s the point: It’s done every day.

By: pjcostello

pjcostello — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:52:50 +0000

Just to be clear: Most of you think that Ricketts’ comment is racist? That’s fine, I wouldn’t argue the point, or presume to know the man or his heart… but I wonder if you think that Joe Biden is also racist? I don’t, but he used quite similar language.

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” Biden said.

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-01-31/politics/biden.obama_1_braun-and-al-sharpton-african-american-presidential-candidates-delaware-democrat?_s=PM:POLITICS

By: comeonnowguys

comeonnowguys — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:05:07 +0000

I know so many people with ideals different than my own, and I enjoy their company.

But to take it back to this level, spending personal money to drag back up this kind of muck with one hand to “end spending,” while simultaneously asking for taxpayer money with the other, it’s almost indefensible.

I’ve watched a lot of terrible Cubs baseball (redunancy) throughout my life, but I’ve never been ashamed of the team like I am right now.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:01:09 +0000

You’re right. I withdraw my offer of Ralph Ellison.

Nyuknyuknyuk….

By: nworca

nworca — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:48:24 +0000

You’re getting this all wrong. Rickett’s isn’t implying that that blacks are not literate. He just knows that conservatives are not extremely literate, because if they were, every other conservative would call them a liberal. David Brooks faces this problem all of the time.

By: comeonnowguys

comeonnowguys — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:44:42 +0000

You may be missing some facts (not wrong, just missing).

– The report itself is calling for a very incendiary attack against a Democratic president.
– The Mayor of Chicago was his former chief of staff.
– Chicago is a heavily Democratic city.
– The Cubs are asking for public money to renovate Wrigley.
– The person that was tapped by the Cubs to be the public face of the renovation campaign has ties to Obama.
– Said mayor is the ONLY high-ranking politician who has expressed active support for the Wrigley renovation.

This has everything to do with baseball as it likely puts in jeopardy the Cubs plans to get public money to improve Wrigley.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:42:38 +0000

Craig: “You honestly think that a campaign to tar Obama with an association with a black church leader who has an allegedly radically-pro black agenda is designed to appeal to the black population?”
Please don’t intentionally missinterpret or otherwise take what I said out of context Craig. You put words in my mouth. No…I didn’t say that.
What I said was very simple. Having a Black Man serves as the spokesperson for this particular agenda will carry far more weight with the Black population.

By: nworca

nworca — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:47 +0000

Yes, and any person intelligent enough to be called “extremely literate”, would immediately be considered a liberal by conservatives.

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:52 +0000

As long as we can all agree that philadelphia is a Hell hole…..

By: nworca

nworca — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:24:48 +0000

The problem they face is not finding a literate African American, it’s finding an “extremely literate” conservative. Conservatives usually fall into the category of barely literate, with some in moderately literate, a few even just plain literate. But when a person becomes extremely literate, the rest of the conservatives label that person a liberal.

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:24:13 +0000

Well you sure showed him.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:24:07 +0000

It’s fine TCM. I did the same thing right above your post. I wish we could remove the comments when these things happen.

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:22:48 +0000

Tragically, New Jersey is real.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:17:09 +0000

Just because one does not believe in the things you believe in does not mean that one must disrespect what you believe in.

Besides: Heaven is a proper noun. I mean, I don’t have to endorse the existence of New Jersey in order to capitalize it.

By: nworca

nworca — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:13:41 +0000

I think the real problem they face is to find an “extremely literate conservative”. An extremely literate African American should not be a problem, but you can bet the person found would not be conservative.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:12:23 +0000

You honestly think that a campaign to tar Obama with an association with a black church leader who has an allegedly radically-pro black agenda is designed to appeal to the black population? Really?

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:12:08 +0000

Judging by the comment section activity, everyone disagrees with you.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:10:26 +0000

Still illegal Sandy. Sigh…