Politics

Angle to Hispanic Students: ‘You Look a Little More Asian to Me’

LAS VEGAS (The Blaze/AP) — Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle is seen in a new video making an unusual comment about race, telling a group of Hispanic students that some of them look “a little more Asian.”

In a meeting with Hispanic students Friday, Angle defended campaign ads that lean on images of dark-skinned men to blast rival Harry Reid’s record on illegal immigration. She claims she didn’t know the people in the TV spots were Hispanic.

A new video of the meeting released by the Las Vegas Sun on Monday shows the Republican candidate arguing that it is difficult to pinpoint someone’s race.

She tells the Hispanic students that some of the students look “a little more Asian” and says she herself has been called Nevada’s first Asian legislator. Angle is white:

Transcript via the Las Vegas Sun:

So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. [Note: it's the Hispanic Student Union. The whole room is Hispanic teenagers.] What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.

Sun Reporter Jon Ralston says he has “no idea what she is talking about” regarding the Asian legislator comment. However, as Angle seems to be making the point that it is easy to confuse people’s looks with their ethnicity, she could be commenting that others have said she looks like an Asian.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Comments (121)

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  • chkiaar
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:08pm

    What’s the big deal? If the boy-king can get his education paid for by claiming he’s a foreigner…

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  • Bryancpe
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:01pm

    I am Hispanic. A girl friend of one of my good friends thought I was Asian for about 3 months. Who cares.

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  • snuss
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:01pm

    I think Sharron Angle’s point was you cannot always identify race by appearance which is true.

    Race also should not be a pony to be ridden by hate monger liberals at every turn, anymore anything the liberals disagree with is racist, they need to give it a rest.

    I often wondered how the divide and conquer democrats came to the conclusion Mexicans are a race to begin with.

    IMO they certainly are not since their are only three races in the world, Caucasian, Asian and *****.

    Mexican Hispanics are Caucasian a mixture that in most cases includes Spanish and native central American Indian.

    Get race out of politics period.

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  • Ozzie
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:58pm

    The #1 issue for me as an American of Hispanic origin is AMNESTY. No way, no how. If Conservatives cave on this issue and give amnesty to the illegal invaders, they will never get my support again.

    Let immigrants come through the front door like I did, we are a nation of laws! I am sick and tired of Republicans caving to socialist scumbags like “La Raza.” They do not speak for me!

    God bless America, the best country in the world. Proud to be a naturalized citizen for over a decade now. It is one of the best things to ever happen to me, right below the birth of my son.

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  • Dotprince
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:55pm

    It’s not the tea party putting up morons, it’s the way the MSM portray these people as idiots. They are NOT. They are average Americans trying to make a difference. The elite politicians are so ensconced in their various offices that it is going to take a miracle to get them out — they are going to see to it — and if that means they have to totally destroy the credibility of good, concerned citizens who just want to see their country run better, then so be it. They don’t really care about America. The elites just want to maintain their status and they will stoop to any level to do it. Sharon Angle is a good woman who wants to make a difference. Harry Reid is doing everything he can to make sure that doesn‘t happen and he doesn’t CARE if it is moral, ethical, or honest. He‘s a disgrace and I can’t wait to see him lose.

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  • plaidness
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:55pm

    One more reason to be sick and tired of identity politics.

     
  • avdefender
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:53pm

    Politicians are so mindful of being politically correct that they end up sounding plum stupid, especially conservatives. You could hear those in this gathering trying to work up indignation at being called “Asian.” (I don‘t really know what’s so offensive about that as I am Mexican American and I’ve been told that I look like an Indian, Iranian and an idiot.)
    You have here a crowd of kids, who more than likely don’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain, not because they are Mexican American but because they’re kids, who came into this meeting influenced by the liberal one world socialist communistic anti-American factions, looking for someone or something to point their racist fingers at in blame for all the evils of capitalism and success in America. All the while they blame the Tea Party protesters for bigotry they themselves are the prime example of successful bigots. Although I’m not a big proponent of Dr. Martin Luther King he longed for the day that our children would not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character. The liberals are good about pretending that this is their creed while teaching their children that conservatives are incapable of being anything but lily white former slave owners who owe reparations to the long past relatives of slaves.

    Stop it! We need to have the common sense to be color blind and the wisdom to stick to the issues in spite of the provocations of those attempting to suffocate our Constitutional freedoms in trade for the chains of Chairman Mao and his murderous hordes. These are the battle lines. We must define them eloquently and defend them sacrificially.

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  • HippoNips
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:53pm

    She said to the room of Hispanic student, “I don’t know if all of you are latino , some of you look more Asian
    Some of them are of Filipino descent, hispanic , yes, lationo yes, Asian , no
    However doesn’t know these distinctions already might be a bit stupid
    Angle was right, her critics wrong.

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:02pm

      errr, correction
      Hispanice yes, Latino NO Asian YES
      Filipinos are a mixture of an Asian people and Spanish

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  • dmhirman
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:50pm

    my question is: who cares about ethnicity, race, sexuality, and so on any way? whatever happened to “judge a man by his character and not by the color of his skin”? stop all this nonsense already. this type of division must stop now.

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    • YellowFin
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 12:58am

      You are so right, I for one is sick and tired of all this obsession over race. Stop it!

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  • Ozzie
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:46pm

    American of Cuban origin here, I am so tired of the racial card Democrats pull all the time, and for a Republican to be playing the racial card (as seen in this video) it’s very disappointing. Let’s here more about the real issues, and less about race, please!!! We are all Americans.

    Second, if RINO Republicans try to support Amnesty, you will loose the support of Conservative Americans of Hispanic origin, such as the Cuban community here. You’d be surprised how many legal Hispanics do not want amnesty. All you will do by supporting Amnesty is to make Conservative Hispanics run away, and you’ll be left with 0% Hispanic support, because the “La Raza” socialist scum will not vote Conservative.

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  • benbeaird
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:43pm

    Beginning to wonder about “the blaze”

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  • NHABE64
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:43pm

    As much as I support Angle, that was a stupid thing to say. Although normal people will give the comment a miss, no doubt Obama’s media henchmen that are always on skid patrol will make it into a major slight against hispanics. Sad but true we live in such a world when I would just say if they don’t like it screw them. However, I do not care about political correctness but SHE is the one running on the ballot. Dumb thing to say, she has to think smarter on her feet than that in this kind of world.

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  • Independent thinker
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:28pm

    Actually Angle is correct in her observation. What she is pointing out is that just by looking at someone features, it might be difficult to determine what kind of ancestry they have. A lot of Latinos have Malay roots. A big number of Southeast Asians have Malay roots as well. While the audience may be tagged as Hispanic Student Union, they could have Malay roots. Just by looking at them they may look Asian. It is not an issue so maybe this does not belong in the “news” section. Seems to me that whoever is trying to sell this bit is trying to portray something that it is not.

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  • abc
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:25pm

    If the Tea Party movement is filled with people who have above-average wealth and intelligence, then why do they put up such terrible candidates? Harry Reid is less popular than Hitler in his home state, and this woman is in a statistical tie. What is wrong with the Tea Party that they keep putting up morons?

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    • Rapunzel
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:20pm

      Your thinking that our intelligence is above average is a perfectly understandable and logical inference, (especially for you!) but what makes you think our wealth is above average?

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    • abc
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:42pm

      See, I actually read stuff. So I have come across articles referencing studies of people who go to Tea Parties, who self-report educational attainment, income and wealth. Assuming that they are not all liars or lie more than the average person, people in the Tea Party movement apparently have higher educational attainment, income and wealth than the average American. Apparently, you are not part of that group–or are at least skewing the first of those averages down…

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  • 1776Federalist
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:24pm

    Asian adventurers and traders are known to have visited this continent centuries before white man ever sailed its shores. It would be inconceivable to think that some asian blood would not be in the native populations from Mexico. I have seen Mexicans with almond shaped eyes and lighter skin that looked to be at least partially asian. I am sure the Dems will try to say she is racist for this, when she is only being aware of the truth.

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  • mhannah.vera
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:20pm

    There is nothing here! So her grandchildren are not all white, and she’s not all white…so what!!!!! Big deal!

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:15pm

    It is hard to tell some people’s race. Americans are so mixed there is no way a person could tell the exact race of many of us. I’m part American Indian and Irish and who knows what else. People need to get over this race thingy.

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:21pm

      Understand – mix of Hindi and American here myself!

      And proud of it too!!!

      That mix of heritages with the American part the common bond that makes our land the greatest in the world – the true “Great American Melting Pot”

      Mix a lot of stuff togeather and the greatest results ever come out.

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  • john seven eighteen
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:15pm

    Note to potential political hopefuls: Know where you are and to whom you are speaking. Might be kinda important.

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    • DSN397
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 5:36pm

      yeah, then you can do like Barry and Hillary and change your accent to suit the crowd your lying to.
      I would not only be insulted but I’d also be pissed off if anyone tried that crap on an audience that I was a part of, especially if it were my accent that they were being huge failures at trying to ape.

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  • M31Sailor
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:12pm

    How is the MSM gonna play this one?

    Latino’s that are insulted by being called Asian?

    Asian’s that are insulted by being called Latino ?

    Whites that are insulted by appearing to be Asian?

    Asian‘s that are insulted by White’s that appear to be Asian’s?

    Latino’s that are insulted by Asians that appear to be White?

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    • Miami
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:21pm

      That is about the size of it…

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    • JGP
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:21pm

      Since or before obama, has this country ever been more divided by groups?

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  • snowleopard3200
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:12pm

    Once again when one side has run out of ideas, time, support, luck and soon out of office, they seem to always resort to desperation and final stand tactics in effort to lie and distort the opposition in any way possible.

    Reid will soon face his Last Stand as did General Custard, only this time it will be by voters in nevada going to the polls on Nov 2nd.

    Mr Reid all I can say is this “ADIOS!!!”

    God help us in the coming lame-duck session from the Progressives soon to be defunct administration.

    http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)

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    • Miami
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:37pm

      I just pray we don’t lose the US

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    • YellowFin
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 12:48am

      Miami, you have to know that the USA is melting away just like the Roman empire did. I heard that the average life span (it’s viability) of any one nation throughout the last 4-5,000 years is 200 years. Lets see…1776 to 2010 is 234 years.

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  • Miami
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:10pm

    What is the big deal about this video…?

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    • GardenoftheGods
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 5:33pm

      I think the importance is that Sharron Angle (who I would much rather have in the Senate) can sound like a loon on occasion…She says some of the dumbest things! But Lord, please NV, she’s gotta be better than that ******* Harry Reid!

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    • CommonSenseConservative
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:16pm

      Well said Miami. In context she said nothing wrong, I am with some of the others…..Blaze you can do better than this. Did another outlet report this as news?

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    • Pericles
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 11:56pm

      What’s the big deal? This is just one of many idiotic this woman has said. Up until the debate she refused to hold interviews, other than on Fox and with Christian broadcasters, and it is very apparent why. As a constituent of Harry Reid the only criticism I have is that I wish he would be more aggressive in showing how crazy and inept Angle is. When he is re-elected I hope that he will really push for single payer health care, and crack down on big banks.

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    • The Tao
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 12:50am

      LOL It just highlights Angle’s ignorance. I hope the voters elect her! That way at least Nevada will quickly learn the of the moronic quality of Glenn Beck Conservatives.

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    • MichiganPatriot
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 6:07am

      Just more smoke from the fire, My opinion is nobody is perfect. The biggest quesrtion when it comes time to vote is who will do the most good and do their best to represent the people. It is very obvious that Harry doesn’t speakfor the people or ever will so I have to say this video is just bs. I feel Sharon does have a better grasp on that and will serve the people better. we can debate he said she said…but when all th bs is put to the side the biggest question is who will serve the people better.

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:07pm

    Sounds like anothernon-issue to me! Much ado about nothing! Makes me question The Blaze editors’ content judgment.

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    • akamaikamaaina
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:16pm

      the blaze is now a tabloid. all the profundity of the national enquirer. vapid and inane silliness.

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    • szilard
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:29pm

      Yes! Glenn Beck promised to never waste my time. The Blaze frequently fails to meet that standard.

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    • IGRAMAF
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:34pm

      I too have wondered about The Blaze and some of the things they cover. I had hoped that we would get good information from them not all of this B—–S they have been putting on lately

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    • TinSoldier
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:25pm

      C’mon Blaze. This is a story?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 1:45am

      It was a very ignorant statement and her race with Reid is too close for her to be making stupid remarks like that – telling Hispanic that they look Asian. She needs to keep her foot out of her mouth for the next two weeks. http://wp.me/pYLB7-gd

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on October 22, 2010 at 12:35am

      It’s a candidate in a tight race making a complete ass of herself just before the election – of course it’s a story. The only thing that’s surprising about the Blaze running it is that it reflects badly on the candidate the editors would probably prefer to see win, but it’s been so widely reported in other outlets by now that to not report it would look like deliberate suppression.

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  • angrymob
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:07pm

    Huh?!

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:50pm

      One of my friends and her late husband are from India. Their two sons were born here and are now in college. However, they speak Hindi and regularly visit family in India. The youngest was visiting a college friend in Texas. As they were leaving a restaurant one night, a fight was underway in the parking lot. The next thing anyone knew, Sanjay was thrown up against a police cruiser, handcuffed and taken to headquarters. It wasn‘t until his buddy and the cashier at the restaurant showed up at police headquarters that anyone bothered to check his license or realize he wasn’t Hispanic. The officers apologized and said that in a poorly lit parking lot with an ongoing altercation, they mistook him for one of the combatants.

      So, I can easily understand what Sharon Angle was trying to convey.

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  • jeffk83
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:06pm

    Check out this video of the One NAtion Rally on 10.2.10! See any radicals? http://vimeo.com/15540464

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    • Miami
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:17pm

      Time to wake up before this is our future.

      As a Cuban who lost his home land to this Crap trust me they are Marxist…!

      If you want to see your future under their ideology just look at Cuba.

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:23pm

      @Miami

      Sorry for the loss of your homeland, hope some day you and the Cuban people can reclaim it for yourselves.

      God willing the Cuban people will soon be free again.

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    • Republic Under God
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:43pm

      @Miami, yes. Most of the Cubans in my neck of the woods (especially the older ones) smelled Obama coming from a mile away. My father is Chilean and they had a huge surge of socialism/hyperinflation in the late 60′s/early 70′s. (Allende). So he was also very suspicious of Obama from the beginning.

      Cuba, is a BEAUTIFUL land and I pray that one day she is freed from socialism. God Bless.

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    • Oh, God!
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:18pm

      My hubby and his entire family fled Cuba in 1960. To this day, my father-in-law says he will never go back. He knew that what he left would be gone forever. He sees it happening here today, except without the Che.

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    • DRAIN_THE_CESSPOOL
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:56pm

      It’s amazing to see how these people are so brainwashed. My family esaped Cuba and lost everything to Communism. They just have no clue how worthless Socialism is. It never works, it has never worked, never will.

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  • Danglinbags
    Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:05pm

    Harry Reid is asian, and he knows everything about colonoscopies. He is the boss in this race.

    Snowleotard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • Miami
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:11pm

      ? are you on drugs

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:18pm

      @Miami

      Wondering the same too.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • 1776Federalist
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:18pm

      Just ignore danglingbags, he’s just an agitator.

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    • titan
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:40pm

      Reid is also known as SKELETOR! he will fit right in on the 31st of this month.

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    • DrammyCoke
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:41pm

      It’s not an agitator, just an idiot.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:42pm

      He is high as a kite!!! dood, ease up on the kool-aid, it is impairing more than your judgement these days, LOL.

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    • Piva
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:58pm

      Don’t you guys realize, Dangles is Beck in disguise! He likes to do a little trolling now and then ;) .

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    • A Extremist
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:10pm

      Time to cut back on that medical Marijuana.

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    • Rogue
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:11pm

      See, D-bags, this is why you need to stick with just calling Harry “Hawt” and “Seksie”. Critical thinking is not your strong point.

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    • heavyduty
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:17pm

      Yeah, and I am 10 foot tall and bulletproof.

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    • McMags2002
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 5:59pm

      Reid should know all about colonoscopies since he so closely resembles that part of the anatomy

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    • cruisemates
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:33pm

      So – it proves that when it comes to “seeing race” Sharon Angle is honestly color blind-

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 8:16pm

      Hey ya gotta love horsepuckey Harry. He lies even when the truth would serve him better.

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    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:22pm

      Warning!!!! Anyone who respinds in any way to Dangling posts is in danger of being removed from the Blaze

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    • Right-Wing Ron
      Posted on October 18, 2010 at 11:24pm

      I just had a colonoscopy on Saturday :P

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    • Joseph_Plumb_Martin
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 12:23am

      I thought Reid was a mormon

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    • FIRED UP FREE MAN !
      Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:42pm

      Mr. SOROS is an international criminal. Any government official taking money from this monster or those he supports should be brought up on treason charges. Anybody who takes money from this monster has sold his soul and our government to HELL ! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE LIGHT OF DAY! For only TRUTH and the light of day is what this country DESERVES. Democrats seemed to have been infected by this DEADLY parasite and his minions. This country will NOT rest until SOROS is in prison orange and handcuffs standing in front of a military tribunal in Guantomino Bay, Cuba

      If you have any complaints about Mr. SOROS here are the names and addresses, maybe you can send them a line.

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