Cardin Calls ‘Em Out

1:11 pm EST November 16th, 2005 | Politics | 2 Comments

Ben Cardin, Democratic candidate for senate, calls out the GOP’s race game

Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin said yesterday that the Republican Party is using the issue of race to distract Maryland voters from other matters that “actually divide Republicans and Democrats” in next year’s U.S. Senate campaign.

“The Republican strategy has consistently been to use these issues to divert our attention,” Cardin (D) said in an interview after addressing a small audience of black church leaders in Baltimore. “I would hope the Republicans will show the same passion for concerns about social security, the budget deficit and the war in Iraq.”

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2 Responses to “Cardin Calls ‘Em Out”

  1. Tuco Ramirez the Rat says:
    November 16, 2005 at 1:11 pm

    Which Maryland Democrat, member of Congress, and former Black Caucus chairman said this?

    My plan is to meet with them and ask them to stop this [making racial comments about Michael Steele] at once, said U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Baltimore Democrat and former Black Caucus chairman.

    Which African-American Democratic Representative admonished Baltimore lawmakers who were making racial comments about Michael Steele, even calling him

    a likable guy.

    Read this quickly, before Oliver deletes it.

  2. Quaker in a Basement says:
    November 17, 2005 at 6:11 pm

    What a bunch of hooey.

    The quote Tuco cites is from the latest installment from the Washington Times. Once again, the reporter telling these breathless tales is the same one who reported over and over that Steele was “pelted” bla, bla, but whose boss now says he wasn’t even at the event.

    In this latest article, the reporter, S.A. Miller, tells us:

    On the program, Mr. Dean avoided questions about racial attacks on Mr. Steele, a candidate for next year’s Senate race in Maryland, who has been smeared as an “Uncle Tom” and an “Oreo” — slurs that some Democratic lawmakers contend are fair comment because Mr. Steele is a conservative black Republican.

    My. That really is terrible behavior. One would think Mr. Miller would be quick to name names. Just which Democratic lawmaker is calling Mr. Steele these ugly names?

    Miller forgets to say.

    Anybody else wonder why?