Friday, November 16, 2012

The White Party

Charlie Webster, the chairman of Maine’s Republican Party, was shocked to find that there are black people in his state.

In some parts of the state — for example, in some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens — dozens of black people who came in and voted election day. Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in town knows anybody that’s black. How did that happen? I don’t know, but we’re going to find out.

No racism there, no sirree!

Later, in a chat with TPM, Mr. Webster tried to clarify his remarks by grabbing a shovel and digging deeper.

“If you live in a town of a few hundred people and you go to the post office every day, if there’s someone who doesn’t look like you, you usually know that,” Webster said. “And that’s why when folks called me and said, ‘Where did this Chinese man come from? We don’t have any Chinese people here. Where did they come from?” Well, I don’t know! It’s a good point.”

Webster said he wasn’t racist and that he had several black friends.

“There’s nothing about me that would be discriminatory. I know black people. I play basketball every Sunday with a black guy. He’s a great friend of mine. Nobody would ever accuse me of suggesting anything,” he said. “What I do suggest is that same-day voter registration without voter ID is pretty hard to police, and it’s odd that hundreds of people in a small town would show up.”

See, he mentioned a Chinese guy.  That makes it totally not racist.  So there.

3 barks and woofs on “The White Party

  1. Yep, I am sure black folks targeted Maine with their 4 electoral votes, and since they almost always go for the Democrat. That is what I would do if I wanted to win the election.

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