[WSJ] ‘If Elder Were a Democrat’ Without double standards, would the U.S. media have any standards?

Where did say anything of the sort? Go back and look at my posts. I know you love doing that.

 

You said you don't care to share your thoughts. You obviously came in to this thread hoping the narrative that "liberals are also racist towards black people" using this as a reference point would stick.

That is your obvious intention.

 

I have come to realize I could have made a lot of money if I had chosen to be a conservative pundit.

 

just to be factually correct.

Larry Elder has a history of defending whites making racial slurs against people of color, not just blacks.

in his previous talk of reparation to former slave owners, because their properties was taken away. there was lots of push-back from the Japanese American community.

pre-WW2, many Japanese Americans own farms / land in So Central LA.

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their farms / land were confisticated by the US Gov when the Japanese Americans were send to internment far away from LA.
The Japanese Americans argue that their ancestors deserve reparation, not the slave owners, as slave ownership is unconstitutional.

Elder, The Oreal from South Central LA, dismissed their claim w the ignorant claim that the Japanese are not Americans​

 

Yup. Me too as a child of Muslim immigrants. But charisma is another factor. I'm not that charasmatic. If I was I could make bank massaging the preconceived beliefs of white racists about the evils of Muslim immigration.

 

Many liberals are racist. Many are not. No one needs this thread to realize that. Many of your posts are racial.

 

That's cool. And some liberals are definitely racist. But your motivation to post here was to use this as a reference point for that narrative.

Yes many of my posts address racial issues. And?

 

Therefore racism doesn't exist right?

 

Is dinesh d'souza charismatic at all?

 

He doesn't deserve to be Governor.

He took a very hardline on masks and COVID restrictions, which were the proper thing to do.

He then decided that his restrictions did not apply to him or his friends, and he knowingly risked being discovered and exposed... and in doing so undermined the credibility of leaders requiring restrictions. Someone that would knowingly do that is not deserving of being a leader. He was born into an extremely wealthy and connected family. His first business was financed by a friend who has a trust from his grandfather worth in excess of several billion dollars.

He has a lot of connections to some sketchy people.... and look no farther than his ex-wife.

He is a product of the machine in California.... appointed to his first political job, then ran in a very liberal city.... and has just been pushed up the ladder.

 

Yeah, I don't know how sane McGowan is at this point ..... but I am not surprised that Newsome's wife (a lawyer) reached out to try and silence her. Newsome is California royalty and has been since before birth.... from his uncles and aunts at Stanford, to his Judge father and beautiful mother.... he went to the best private schools and his best friend has a trust worth in excess of two billion dollars...... Newsome IS good looking, charismatic, is very connected in California in business and politics... he IS the establishment and has great latitude in what he does.

Newsome never becomes Governor in a competitive political state. Having living in both solid Red and Blue states, I can tell you it isn't good... it leads to mediocre and corrupt leadership like we are seeing in Texas (Abbott and Paxton) and in California (Newsome) and have seen in Illinois (Blago/Ryan).

 

You are brown.... born Muslim.... a decorated veteran.... you could have cleaned up on Fox with a book deal..... especially if you converted to Christianity and married a big titted blonde from Alabama.

 

When Larry Elders legitimately runs for office democratically maybe we can have these character studies and think about things other than the Repugs finding loopholes in Democracy to game the system in order to get in complete power.

I’m sorry but Democracy crumbling before our eyes at the hands of nutcase billionaire funded horse paste promoting war lover insurrectionists is a bigger story than whatever character building distraction Rupert Murdoch wants to us to talk about.

We should NOT be taking the bait from the Foreign Billionaire who is hell bent on destroying Democracy so him and his buddies can pay a little less in taxes.

 

fwiw,

his father was the judge for this infamous kidnaping case in Chowchilla, CA in the 1970s. 2 brother, and a friend, in their early 20s kidnaped a school bus of 27 elementary school kids at gun point

the 2 brothers, older than Gavin by ~ 10 yrs, were Newsom's neighbor and play pals. after serving a relative short time in prison, the 2 brothers were released. the third kidnapper, from a family not rich enought to be Newsom's neighbor, has been denied parole 17 times.​

 

Right.

While I support some of the policies that Newsome supports, I do not believe that he or his family are deserving of the power that they wield. Simply because they are good at socially networking should not mean that they have rule over 40 million Californians. The Chinese Laundry incident is just indicative of the problem with Newsome.... he is at the most prestigious restaurant in the USA (and one of the most expensive) in the middle of a pandemic, throwing a party without masks... laughing and appearing carefree AFTER telling his citizens to wear masks, avoid gatherings and in some cases to stay home........ this isn't rocket science.... California is a majority Democratic as voters, and there are plenty of other Democratic candidates that support the same political positions as Newsome and they can do the job........ having said that, if in 2024 Newsome faces competition from other Democrats and is still re-elected, then that is what California wants.... it isn't as if he is a felon or facing state or federal charges.

I just think we deserve better.

 

I guess you missed the gorilla mask.

 

I did miss that. So all of you are jumping into it's racist? Even if it is, and I'm not going to assume, why is that mass media mania worthy?

There is too much of this push for mass media attention on the stupidest thing.

 

Republicans acting like they genuinely care about racism because of an incident that happened to one of their props…lol

 

No, they don't care any more or any less. They are complaining about the mass media.

 

One interesting detail that doesn't get enough press is that Newsom was having dinner with a PG&E lobbyist that fateful evening at the French Laundry. Yes, the same PG&E that Newsom's office protected after their role in the 2018 Camp Fire that killed 84 people.