Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP)
Rep. Jim Clyburn charged that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has little regard for a piece of landmark civil rights legislation because he’s “white and proud.”
The longtime South Carolina Democratic congressman told the Huffington Post Friday he was “absolutely shocked” to hear the conservative justice describe to a key section of the Voting Rights Act as a “perpetuation of racial entitlement” earlier this week. The court heard arguments about the provision that requires the federal government to sign off on voting system changes in certain states that have a history of discrimination.
“I’m not easily surprised by anything, but that took me to a place I haven’t been in a long time,” Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House, told the Huffington Post. “What Justice Scalia said, to me, was, ‘The 15th Amendment of the Constitution ain’t got no concerns for me because I’m white and proud.’”
South Carolina and Texas were both blocked from implementing new voter identification laws because they fall under the Voting Rights Act.
“When you have in 2012…states making changes to their laws that you can look on their face and see that these changes will make it harder for minorities to have their votes affect the results that they intend, you say that we don’t need [the Voting Rights Act] anymore? Is this some kind of entitlement?” Clyburn said. “Well, the Constitution of the U.S. is an entitlement for everybody.”
He said the law “had a positive impact on the voting rights of people traditionally denied the right to vote. To ignore that, to me, is beyond the pale. It means you went to the bench with an agenda.”
Clyburn added, “Playing around with the Voting Rights Act is playing with fire.”
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Tri-ox
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:31pmRace. Card. Yawn.
Clyburn is a mindless, soulless zombie – and a raging racist – the race card is all he has and all he knows.
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Balpit
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:55pmNowadays, Race Card Sharks are like car alarms: they’re false most of the time, and they go off at the slightest bump.
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Independent4233
Mar. 2, 2013 at 12:29am“Rep. Clyburn: Scalia Doesn’t Care About the Voting Rights Act Because He’s ‘White and Proud’
He’s an excellent example of why pluralistic societies are total failures. He’s a braying racist who is steeped in racism, but he’s too dimwitted to see it, and wouldn’t care if he could.
This is the same miscreant who whines and bellyaches whenever he perceives black entitlement to be in jeopardy, because he knows “his people” wouldn’t have squat if the playing field were levelled.
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starman70
Mar. 2, 2013 at 8:27amI’m sorry to say that this idiot represents my state South Carolina. Thank goodness he is not in my district. He may be upset that photo IDs may soon be required and that he may lose illegal votes from those who vote more than once. He may just be trying to protect his re-election chances with those who vote more than once.
If Mr. Clyburn is so unhappy with America, maybe he should pack up his bags and move to some other country.n He might fit right into the Zimbabwe political scheme.
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G-WHIZ
Mar. 2, 2013 at 9:40amHEY KILLBURNOUT….idiots come in all colors…YOU just happen to be “BLACK”!!
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wardance
Mar. 2, 2013 at 10:53amI am Whte and proud..get over black people.
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Jim in Houston
Mar. 2, 2013 at 11:13amScalia may be White and Proud, by Clyburn is Black and Loud.
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MIBUGNU2
Mar. 2, 2013 at 8:56pmClyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House..
Doesn’t say much for the rest of these BOZO’s,
HUH ??????? GOOD GAWD !!!!!!
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Jake Dog2
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:29pmSo it is ok to be black and proud but it is racist to be white and proud.
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demsrtraitors
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:38pmExactly!
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:41pmYou have grasped the lesson, chela.
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midnightvelvet
Mar. 2, 2013 at 1:59amI am counting the SECONDS until this race baiting crap stops working. I see a glimmer of hope here and there. Still waiting….
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MIBUGNU2
Mar. 2, 2013 at 9:15pmThat’s the way it is with the White/Black guy in charge,
All these dumb BOZO’s think he is really Black, shows
just how F’N stupid they are..
AGWWW !!!! If youre an old White Guy, that’s BAD !!!
four more years of this BULLSHI*………………………….
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:27pmGood thing this ain’t Italy, eh, Vrear?
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Patriot Z
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:23pmhmmm then clyburn should be on holder for not enforcing the voting rights act against the black panthers
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:21pmThis reminds me of a Building Super refusing to lock the entrance to the Residents’ Storage Area and issue keys because: “50 years ago the Black Lady in 3b got locked out”.
I say “but it makes it EASY to STEAL MY stuff!’ He says “I will not let her get locked out again.”
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HumbleMan
Mar. 2, 2013 at 8:39am… Clyburn’s Lady’s been dead for 150 years.
By the way Mr. Clyburn, when you say “Well, the Constitution of the U.S. is an entitlement for everybody.” you show your utter ignorance. The Constitution of the United States of America is about freedom from tyranny. I don’t care what color you are, tyranny is what you are. Your “party” is the party of government. I don’t have a party anymore.
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BlackCrow
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:16pmHe’s there for life, deal with it.
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Exrepublisheep
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:07pmDems are in charge. Obama is the president. Deal with that.
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Godknowseverything
Mar. 1, 2013 at 11:46pmDems suck! Obama sucks! Deal with that…….
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Stoic one
Mar. 2, 2013 at 10:25amEXREPUBLISHEEP
Thank You for acknowledging the dems ARE IN CHARGE. By your own admission here, the sequester is the responsibility of the dems. I appreciate some honesty !
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MIBUGNU2
Mar. 2, 2013 at 9:25pm@Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:07pm
Dems are in charge. Obama is the president. Deal with that.
Hard to deal with a Lying POS…Food prices up 60% and
Gas up over 100%..This BOZO is over his head, NICEEEE !!!
I BLAME the DUMB TUR*S that voted for tis AH………
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sparkyrules
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:16pmRep. Jim Clyburn,Rep. Maxine Waters and Rep. John Conyers are old black has- beens.Still living in the past.They all attended Sen. Robert ‘sheets’ Byrds funeral.What a weird and strange alliance these DemocRats have.
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DIR
Mar. 2, 2013 at 5:18amRobert Bird was incompetent. He didn’t linch these a.h.s (clyburn, pelosie and the entire lib crew)when he had the chance. What kind of a crummy KKK loser was he anyway. If the roles were reversed Clyburn and his henchmen would have had old sheets hanging from a tree. I wounder if he was burried in his ceremonial kkk costume.
Clyburn apparently is a member of Dionne Warwick’s psychic friends network. He thinks he can read Scalias mind. As good as he thinks he is he can’t read one of his fellow dems. minds. They don’t have one because they are all missing brains. They are to busy using their heads as sewage storage faclities. I’d say Clyburn’s psychic powers are not up to speed anyway. He should keep his day job, shining shoes and fencing rolaflex watches. Maybe he can add cleaning passing car windows to his repertoire and ultimately become some white guys hood orniment.
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media-bias-steals-elections
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:02pmEnsuring we are not able to use modern technology that does not hinder the ability to vote, but makes it impossible to commit voter fraud, that, is playing with fire?
If I was a narcisst Democrat (I am not), convinced you were all devoid of ethics, and I should seek political office to bring “social justice” to the world, do you know what I might say? As soon as you elect me to Congress, I am going to write the following legislation to vote on:
Anyone engaged in financial vehicles involved with real estate, who sells private property to an individual who then later forecloses on that property, will pay 70% of the amount paid during the mortgage to the individual who defaulted, no later than 2 years after the property is resold, minus local, state, and government taxes (the tax returns would be amended by the IRS to negate any gains). Until the foreclosed owner is made whole, they hold a partial trust in the property to block or negotiate any sales below market value.
1. Whoever sold the property, gets their income tax money back from Uncle Sam.
2. Whoever sold the property, can optionally choose to return 100% of the profit to the previous mortgage holder who defaulted, and claim that tax benefit.
3. Whoever defaulted on the mortgage, gets some of their money back, and perhaps rebuild their credit or avoid bankruptcy.
A fool and his money are quickly parted, or does a man go out of his way to help his brother?
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MrKnowItAll
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:59pmThe Party of….”I Voted for Obama SIX TIMES!”
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jorskippy
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:19pmThis guy is a racist…. It does work both ways. He is always make derogatory remarks about ‘WHITE PEOPLE”. Thank you very much, I am a Caucasian. He is Black not African-American.
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:23pmI guess each “white” vote is now only worth 1/6 of a “black” vote.
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PlanetReality
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:53pmOh brother!!! There u go folks your tax dollars at waste!!!! Funny how low the black vote was in prior elections now all of a sudden it front and center with some african americans proudly admitting voting 6 times in one election!!!!! HMMMMMMM!!!!!
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UNALIEN
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:04pmRep Clyburn I see your race card and raise you a discrimination card…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba2kfIc4Ttg
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wilbstal
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:41pmif Ids are okay for fire arms, drivers liscence. gov jobs, and many others why not for Voting. Voater fraud is what elected obama in 2012 in all the battle ground states. NC is investigating Obamas 11,000 illegal voter registrations, hmmmm and you blacks dont want voter Ids. eheheheh we caught all of you Acorn cheaters
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drewpreston
Mar. 2, 2013 at 4:47amThere is only 1 reason for NOT having a legally obtained ID card. Irresponsibility.
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ares338
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:40pmGawd what an ignorant old shoe shine boy!
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SpankDaMonkey
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:40pm.
So where is the next Klan Rally? Jim needs an invite…..
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CatB
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:50pmHe should ask some of his Democrat buddies .. they are the party of the K K K
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sparkyrules
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:38pmI like being White and Proud.I also don’t mind being called ‘*******’,a or a ‘mick’.I’m an American 1st.Matter of fact,thats all I am.A white Irish immigrant through my ancestors.
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:58pmErin go Braugh, Sparky!
We REDEEMED that term, didn’t we? And we don’t owe “the blacks” a d amned thing.
Our kin came here fleeing State Sponsored GENOCIDE by Starvation as Public Policy. We weren’t met by signs in Gaelic “por espanyole marke el dos” but rather “No Irish need apply” right UNDER the “No Dogs” sign.
We were caricatured in the News as APES–google “The Yellow Kid” Cartoons and note how WE were LOWER than the blacks, Chinese and Jews in the same frame. We took jobs TOO DANGEROUS to give to a valuable black slave. As one primary source account put it: “If a mick gets his back broke ain’t nobody out nuttin.” And we learned AMERICAN English, and Enculturated and carried the hods that built America’s cities, laid the rails that connected them, furnished half the cops that policed them and 1/3 of the Troopers on the frontier that protected them.
Jimmyboy here can kisz my asz, THE LYING CHEATING THIEIVNG Bastid.
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:01pmErin go Braugh, Sparky!
We REDEEMED that term, didn’t we? And we don’t owe “the blacks” a thing.
Our kin came here fleeing State Sponsored GENOCIDE by Starvation as Public Policy. We weren’t met by signs in Gaelic “por espanyole marke el dos” but rather “No Irish need apply” right UNDER the “No Dogs” sign.
We were caricatured in the News as APES–google “The Yellow Kid” Cartoons and note how WE were LOWER than the blacks, Chinese and Jews in the same frame. We took jobs TOO DANGEROUS to give to a valuable black slave. As one primary source account put it: “If a mick gets his back broke ain’t nobody out nuttin.” And we learned AMERICAN English, and Enculturated and carried the hods that built America’s cities, laid the rails that connected them, furnished half the cops that policed them and 1/3 of the Troopers on the frontier that protected them.
Jimmyboy here can kisz my asz, THE LYING CHEATING THIEIVNG POblackS.
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vic138
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:37pmkeep you outdated voting rights act but add an amendment to it requiring voter id, for everyone. Isn’t this the guy who pretended to be spat upon? This country is supposed to be a melting pot, but how can we be when we have ‘leaders’ who specialize in division?
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CatB
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:48pmThe RACE CARD … is all they have to play … no new ideas ..
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ladyda
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:33pmAnd Clyburn does not care about the black people, because he is a dishonest crook who will always want “his” people kept down and dependent on Big Government. Voter fraud is the Democrat’s friend, where they quietly encourage to vote early and vote often. Shameful.
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civilwarcometh
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:39pmAll the commies were given these talking points by the head master… http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-sotomayor-kagan-ready-for-battles/2013/02/27/ee1fa09e-812f-11e2-a350-49866afab584_print.html
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lbesq
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:31pmhere is a novel idea, how about mandatory ID cards to Vote, 1 card 1 vote NO duplicates allowed!
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Fubared
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:53pmWay too much personal responsibility for an individual voter. Then they have to be free id’s, you have to provide travel to get the free id, and a free lunch must be provided on the id acquiring day too. Clyburn has said his constituents could not accomplish this. None of his constituents have personal checking accounts, nor do they get checked for id when buying booze or smokes, or credit, and not a single one ever travels where they would have to show id. He states in so many words his constituents are mushrooms and calling them personally responsible is racist.
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drewpreston
Mar. 2, 2013 at 4:58amAgain, there is only 1 reasone for NOT having an ID card. Irresponsibility
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Micmac
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:31pm“When you have in 2012…states making changes to their laws that you can look on their face and see that these changes will make it harder for minorities to have their votes affect the results that they intend”, ….. BY VOTING AS MANY TIMES AS 6…
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cloudsofwar
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:29pm@ rep clyburn…. i’m so tired of your old azz crying all the time whitie is against me.
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The-Monk
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:27pmWhat a racist…
“White and proud” verse “Black and loud”…
Get a Life and move from SC to Detroit you racist CBC ID 10 T.
Live the “Dream” of those who support you.
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Jenny Lind
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:27pmReally? Really? What a perpetuated lie, it is about showing an id of some sort, and not a person in this country gets medical care, booze, or foodstamps and aid of some sort without an id. I can’t do a lot of things without an id, and they make it easy to vote. You can show a utility bill for heaven’s sake, or any county, state or fed id. It is the kind of lie they tell enough that you believe it, but we just do not anymore, we know we live in an info age where your id is used everywhere. The only reason they hate new laws is they can;t cheat as easily.
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theBru
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:26pmDude, you have more voting rights now than whites…an example is that how many blacks voted more than once in the last election…you have to an ID to get food stamps, don’t you?
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progressiveslayer
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:26pmAnd you’re black and a racist big government POS now what. Yeah it’s racist to properly identify yourself to vote? Tell it to your POS Obamazombies they’ll believe all your BS.Your welfare state is crumbling and when it finally collapses it’ll be a great day indeed.
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toiletclogga
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:25pmIt’s difficult to give up the government cheese even when you’re in Congress.
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Uechi
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:21pmAnother qaulity example of Progressive Black Marxist politicians. What a POS!
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drs1969
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:26pmYea, they couldn’t implement their agenda w/o affirmative action candidates or w/ voter id.
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RamboTheDog
Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:28pmThese Marxists won’t be happy until there’s Civil War or the country breaks apart.
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The Big Mick
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:26pmRAMDOG.
Walter Williams wrote in April 7, 2010 that the country SHOULD “part company” or “divorce” because we have “irreconcilable differences”.
I personally am looking forward to American Revolution v3.0.
If you got another way to save your Sacred Liberties, trot er out, but I don’t think any person NOT in denial can believe you can OUTVOTE the Obamoids any more.
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