Tim Scott rebuttal = the usual BS

[Buzz]

Hello??? That was some serious butt kissing....
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[bfd]

AllGold wrote:
When he said "job-killing tax hike" I couldn't help but blurt out "F___ YOU!!!!" repeatedly.

Well, a significant tax-hike on the ultra wealthy may well kill his job… by way of campaign contributions that suddenly vanish.

[deckeda]

“we are not a racist country,” Scott said. “We deal with racism because there is racism in the country. Both are true, not mutually exclusive.”

Word salad is not racist. We deal with word salad because there is word salad in the country. Both are true, not mutually exclusive.

Republicans regardless of skin color have the gift of never seeing context nor a bigger picture.

[sekker]

I heard his whining at the beginning, then he moved into the adults in a Peanuts cartoon.

Did he say anything useful or just the same old platitudes?

[PeterB]

deckeda wrote:
“we are not a racist country,” Scott said. “We deal with racism because there is racism in the country. Both are true, not mutually exclusive.”

Word salad is not racist. We deal with word salad because there is word salad in the country. Both are true, not mutually exclusive.

Republicans regardless of skin color have the gift of never wanting to seeseeing context nor a bigger picture.

FTFY.

[S. Pupp]

“we are not a racist country,” Scott said. “We deal with racism because there is racism in the country. Both are true, not mutually exclusive.”

OK, Scott - yes, we do have measures in place, such as affirmative action, laws allowing African Americans to marry whomever they want (since the 1960's) and live in the suburbs (1960's), and outlawing slavery of African Americans in all 50 states (since 2013 - thanks Mississippi).

However:
- SLAVERY WAS STILL LEGAL IN MISSISSIPPI 8 YEARS AGO.
- Look at the racial disparity in prisons, and consider the possibility that making African Americans do forced labor might just be a form of slavery.
- White supremacists still march through towns with the protection of police, under the banner of "free speech."
- There is, without question, systemic racism among the police force. I hardly need to outline my reasons for saying so.

Scott, you're splitting hairs for political reasons.
Careful - you'll lose the minority vote, leaving you reliant on South Carolina whites to vote for you.

[Numo]

Scott told white Republican voters exactly what they wanted to hear. He came across as a friendly, reasonable and non-threatening black person. In that sense, I think he gave a very effective rebuttal. As a Dem, I was disheartened by how well he sold he product.

[Lemon Drop]

I only heard criticism of Dem plans, no constructive alternatives. Party of no carries on.

[deckeda]

What was cute about Scott playing the race card was that Biden's speech really wasn't about race.

Christine Emba wrote:
What was so strange about this speech was that Scott didn’t even seem to believe many of the words he said — producing evidence against his claims each time he made one.

“It’s wrong to try to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present,” he said, which is why I’ll cite my cotton-picking grandfather as a reason we can no longer state that racism exists.

“I’m an African American who has voted in the South all my life. I take voting rights personally,” which leads me to grimace through the absurd claim that Republicans support making it easier to vote.

“Original sin is never the end of the story. Not in our souls, and not for our nation. The real story is always redemption,” which is why I will argue that we should stop trying to atone for racism, our original sin.

“Our healing is not finished.” But maybe everyone — especially Joe Biden — should shut up about it.

[PeterB]

Ammo wrote:
Scott told white Republican voters exactly what they wanted to hear. He came across as a friendly, reasonable and non-threatening black person. In that sense, I think he gave a very effective rebuttal. As a Dem, I was disheartened by how well he sold he product.

Unfortunately, I'd have to agree with your assessment, and especially about the selling of a product -- he did come across quite a bit as a salesman. The only advantage the Dems have with this is that the product is abhorrent and on its face a crock of shiznit, so in his selling it, it's only those who are willing to eat shiznit who will be willing to buy it. The rest of us see the shiznit for what it is. Putting icing on a dogshiznit cake doesn't change the fact that it's still a dogshiznit cake, and you wouldn't want to eat it.