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jimnyc
03-17-2012, 09:48 AM
If this were a republican, he'd be out of office by days end. When it's a democrat, it's simply another word (which it is BTW).


It’s a word that has caused job-ending consequences in the past for politicians and others in the public eye because of its similarities to a racial slur.

However, that didn’t deter Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown from using it during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Dylan Ratigan Show” on Thursday, to describe how he thought some of his colleagues were acting toward veterans.

“Of course we’re falling short,” he said. “There’s plenty of people, as you know Matt, in this Congress that will always send a blank check when it comes to spending money on defense, on war, but are a little bit more niggardly, if you will, on spending money on the actual veterans when they come home. And that means we don’t greet them well enough in terms of getting them the right testing when they’re back in Coshocton, or Cleveland, or Lima, Ohio.”

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/15/sen-sherrod-brown-denounces-niggardly-colleagues/

fj1200
03-17-2012, 10:13 AM
... it's simply another word (which it is BTW).

You're right it is. Someone got in trouble for using that word like 10 years ago. A DC official iirc.

Thunderknuckles
03-17-2012, 11:59 PM
if this were a republican, he'd be out of office by days end. When it's a democrat, it's simply another word (which it is btw).



http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/15/sen-sherrod-brown-denounces-niggardly-colleagues/
truth