Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) was interview by an Arab network called Alhurra. He was asked about why the Democrats lost so many seats and he responded:

“It [the Republican successes in the 2010 elections] happened for the same reason the Civil War happened in the United States. It happened because the Southern states, the slaveholding states, didn’t want to see a president who was opposed to slavery.

“In this case, I believe, a lot of people in the United States don’t want to be governed by an African-Amerian, particularly one who is liberal, who wants to spend money and who wants to reach out to include everyone in our society….”

(Source: Washington Examiner)

Here’s the video. There is an arabic translator but you can make out some of what he says. This particular part comes around 2:50.




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19 comments
Marie
Marie

Americans don't want to be led by a black man?

Oh PLEASE!!

Does the name Allen West mean anything?

enufisaenuf
enufisaenuf

A liberal's mind is a deep, dark, sinister place.

enufisaenuf
enufisaenuf

A liberal's mind is a deep, dark, sinister place.

mbw
mbw

The irony is that it was the democrats before, during, and after the Civil War that were the ones interested in maintaining slavery. The Ku Klux Klan killed thousands of blacks and whites to prevent them from voting republican. Just sayin'....

B-Funk
B-Funk

Moran... An idiot every day of the week.

shorthorn
shorthorn

Why do people elect these fossils?

Do they just go to Washington and eat money?

Steprock
Steprock

Uh. Wow. I'm from the south and I can tell you this guy does NOT speak for all of us. I know you've heard this already, but when people can't win on policy, we're already well aware that they're just going to stoop to this kind of disgusting accusation.

Racism, and flippant accusations of it, is despicable. This man needs a new job.

Goldni007
Goldni007

This guy is a major league loser!! What a complete embarrassment.

JP4
JP4

Does one have to live in a delusional world to be a democrat? The sad thing is that this man is a US Senator. He isn't fit to be a street sweeper.

gut_check
gut_check

i guess age isnt always a correct indicator of wisdom

ron8072
ron8072

I've listened twice and cannot make out enough of what moron said. Bummer.

Susannna
Susannna

Then that would explain the new black tea party.

Susannna
Susannna

Then that would explain the new black tea party.

Susannna
Susannna

Then that would explain the new black tea party.

Susannna
Susannna

Then that would explain the new black tea party.

Diamondback
Diamondback

What does it say that the already existing tea parties weren't good enough that the blacks had to create their own?

I've seen several people of color at various Tea Party events and at The Restoring Honor Rally on 8/28 in D.C.

I'm quite disappointed that now there's ALSO a BLACK Tea Party vs just the Tea Party.

But, it appears, that's just me.

ron8072
ron8072

What a misstatement of what happened in November. America, if it had a problem with a black president, wouldn't have elected him in the first place. America's problem is with his failed policies. The Civil War had nothing to with it.