"I don't vote for black people…They got their place, I got my place. That's the way I was raised."

[kpete]

On NPR this morning, in a story about Sen. Landrieu's re-election, a Louisiana voter (Broussard) said "The dealbreaker for him was when she voted for the Affordable Care Act." This man has a good job in the oil industry where he gets good healthcare through his employer. The ACA doesn't affect his coverage, so why is he so adamant about Obamacare. Later he says, ""I don't vote for black people … . I don't vote for black people. They got their place, I got my place. That's the way I was raised." That kind of says it all.

Broussard has all kinds of problems with the law itself — that it's wrong to force people to buy insurance, that it will make businesses hire less. But there's something else that bothers him: The law is the signature achievement of a man Broussard never wanted to see become president.

"I don't vote for black people, lady," he says. "No, ma'am. I don't vote for black people. They got their place, I got my place. That's the way I was raised."

Broussard says Landrieu votes too much in line with the president's agenda -– he calls her "Obama Lady." But he insists that he might still have voted for her this November if she hadn't supported the Affordable Care Act, because he acknowledges Landrieu has helped the people of her state tremendously since she became a senator in 1997.

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/25/281396562/democratic-sen-landrieu-walks-a-fine-line-in-red-louisiana


"That's the way I was raised."


what a lame excuse...

[n2doc]

1. Whatever. He will never vote for a Democrat

So why bother even listening to him. His mind is closed and full of hate.

[AAO]

40. If there was a test to get into the Democratic party, he would fail BIGTIME!

[Control-Z]

2. Disgusting. (nt)

[Mister Ed]

68. And yet, he's right: "they" do have their place, and he has his.

For example , Barack Obama's place is in the Oval Office, where he holds the most powerful and prestigious position in the world.

Mr. Broussard's place, in contrast, is in his own shallow little cesspool of ignorance and hatred, where he will most likely wallow until he draws his last breath.

[Control-Z]

69. Excellent point.

And the perfect way to agree with this particular pig.

Thank you for pointing out the silver lining!

[alp227]

3. SMH is it still 1954 in some parts of Louisiana?

Mr. Broussard, stop being a little coward and say that word you're REALLY thinking about!

Still guessing? See this Nation article about Lee Atwater.

[11 Bravo]

6. It is still 1854 in some parts of Louisiana.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Welcome to post-racial America where whites experience more racism than blacks:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11874874

[LuvNewcastle]

5. There's always idiots to contend with.

You never know what they'll choose to find significant when they decide who to vote for. It's hardly worth trying to get their vote. Obamacare will hurt her, but I think she's got enough juice to squeak by again, that is unless some unforeseen problems arise between now and November.

[Sweet Freedom]

7. I'm so sick of the "this is how I was raised"

bullshit excuse.

So were lots of other people but they managed to grow up, use their own brain and not be an asshole.

[get the red out]

19. Me too

Like being a fucking asshole is a genetic disease or something.

[Enrique]

8. Reince Priebus will demand an apology from NPR n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. Meanwhile, I bet he loves Diaper Dave Vitter nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. I heard that.

To think that someone in 2014 would say this into a microphone is amazing.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

13. Amazing, or revolting? nt

[theHandpuppet]

11. Mouth open. Mind closed.

The anatomy of the GOP.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

12. This man is the epitome of white trash. Seriously. nt

[Orrex]

14. It would be nice if he only lived in Louisiana

Sadly, he lives all over the country.

[Orsino]

15. "That's the way I was raised" is indeed among the weakest of excuses.

Funny how he felt the need, at the last moment, to pin the blame for his attitude on someone else. Something in him recognizes a wrongness, and seeks to deflect.

I see a bit of hope in that.

[lapislzi]

17. Wonder where he stands on Piyush Jindal

Or is Piyush the Anchor Baby some kind of honorary white guy?

[KamaAina]

29. Shhhhhhhhhh!

Louisiana repukes call anyone who uses Gov. Jindal's birth name a big, fat racist. Srsly.

[lapislzi]

46. Ooopsie.

My bad.

But I'm confused now. Is he OK because he's Republican? Voting is hard!

[KamaAina]

47. Apparently.

Or maybe Indians are okay because Louisiana isn't overrun with them the way it is with those people.

[MrScorpio]

18. Old ways die hard nt

[napkinz]

20. tell me again, Republicans, how your party isn't racist ...

[napkinz]

21. Video ...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

22. NC is full of Broussards as well, and Sen. Kay Hagan is vulnerable.

Obama and the Democratic Party need to make sure the non-Broussards are voting this November. The rest of us are trying to do our parts...

[Jamastiene]

23. Have you ever noticed that the more ignorant a racist is,

the more proud of their ignorance they are? I have. It irks me. These are the same kinds of people who "brag" that they don't read books after they quit school. I have met quite a few like that.

[LittleGirl]

39. I have a sibling that says she doesn't read books

she's as racist as they come. And we haven't spoken in 3 yrs.

[eppur_se_muova]

24. "That's the way I was brainwashed, and I refuse to question it."

Same thing.

[jsr]

25. "That's the way I was raised"

[liberal N proud]

26. Hate is a terrible thing and it destroys so much

[BlueStreak]

27. It was in the middle of yet another NPR hit piece on "Obamacare"

[Dawson Leery]

28. Why do think Rand Paul won?

Jack Conway was ahead of Paul on every issue, including personalpositive/negative ratings, yet Conway lost by 12.

51% of the state wanted to vote against the black President.

[frylock]

30. yeh well fuck you and your family..

because that's how I was raised.

[jollyreaper2112]

31. Ugh

The problem with waiting for these people to die off is they keep breeding.

[LittleGirl]

41. +1; it's inate. They can't help themselves n/t

[lunasun]

52. and they make sure to teach their children well !Racism number one subject to master in

those households
- Math Science Grammar not so much ..
Racism ironically often along with Religion are prime subjects

[DFW]

32. "That's the way I was raised." It's not an excuse. It's probably a grim truth we dare not ignore.

It is passed from one ignorant generation to the next, and the more red states try to either control education or stamp it out entirely, the more that will continue to be the way people are raised.

In the thirty years from 1935 and 1965, Germany pretty much learned (albeit the hard way) to stop raising people like that. We haven't learned how to stop raising people like that in 150 years.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. +++ sad truth n/t

[Solly Mack]

33. There are political "announcements" running in Louisiana against Landrieu over the ACA.

During the evening they're running about twice an hour. I got curious after a while and started keeping tabs.

They're playing on more than one channel, multiple times during popular shows, and far less during the mid morning hours and early afternoon hours.

Heavy rotation.


"That's the way I was raised."

Disgusting.

[Heidi]

35. But racism in our country is a relic of the past!!!!

Nothing to see here, folks.

[Mr Dixon]

36. SMH

[aikoaiko]

37. forgive my ignorance, but what is SMH?

[Mr Dixon]

42. SMH

Shaking my head

[aikoaiko]

45. Thank you.

[LittleGirl]

43. SMH - shaking my head n/t

[aikoaiko]

44. Thank you.

[taotzu]

48. SMH

SMH = Shaking My Head

[aikoaiko]

49. Thank you.

[Tikki]

38. I wonder how he feels about the people who have lost their lives or health while...

working for the for the oil industry, especially when it is the oil company's fault or negligence, and about
the pollution the oil company has caused to the exact land and water he lives on or near to.
He can over look this damage while worrying about how someone might get well!!!

He has sold his soul to the oil company. I bet it is more about who he
feels allegiance to than worrying about a person's race.

I think he was raised up to be a lackey to the Louisiana oil business.

Tikki

[packman]

51. Typical Repuke

I got mine, I want it all, if you get any of mine thru taxes, welfare, whatever - you're not worthy of breathing the same air as me.

Sadly, my parents, especially my grandparents thought this way. Yet I remember them many times welcoming blacks into our home, sitting around for shared meals, telling storys of growing up togerther on the poor side of a poor town. I still remember them saying that Blacks are OK, if they stay in their place.

[bkanderson76]

50. Hopefully this guy isn't responsible for 'raising' anything short of goats and rabbits.

[Thor_MN]

53. This is why it takes generations to effect change.

This dumbass stopped being able to learn while a child. He will go to his grave bearing the hate he learned as a youth.

We can strive for faster change, but due to dinosaurs like this, it takes probably about three generations to remove the bulk of a problem.

[oldandhappy]

54. That is the way I was raised.

sigh Tis Ok to grow up and think for yourself!! I questioned my dad on a few things late in his life and he said, but that is what I learned in school. I try to catch myself if I do this. Need to use all the information I can find!

[DonCoquixote]

55. and this is why everybody, including Obama and Hillary

need to take a sharp LEFT turn.

The folks in Dixie, and those places up north that might as well be Dixie, will never ever support you, even if the GOP sells their jobs and water to the Billionaires. Landrieu bent over backwards for Oil, yet when Katrina came, and when Deepwater Horizon blew, the oil companies treated her as a used toy. We need to stop begging for the "angry white men" to stop hating us, and instead rally the real majority, i.e. people of ALL colors AND genders who are just sick and tired of the GOP.

[erpowers]

56. Taken Out Of Context

I realize some people will disagree with me, but his quote was taken out of context. His quote did not really have anything to do with whether or not he was voting for Senator Landrieu. It also had nothing to do with his lack of support for the ACA. His quote comes from the reporter asking him if he voted for Obama. He answered no. When asked why not he gave his quote.

[bullwinkle428]

62. But he DID say he was okay with Landrieu before she voted "yes" on Obamacare.

I listened to the whole segment this morning, and her support for his proposal was what made him change his mind regarding his vote for her.

[sadoldgirl]

57. Watching the video of #21

I saw a lot of younger people as well as some children. That is scary! Has anyone here a guess about the percentage of the population that is infected with this virulent hatred?

[wandy]

58. Strange thing about some folk who have a little bit.............

a Louisiana voter (Broussard) said "The dealbreaker for him was when she voted for the Affordable Care Act." This man has a good job in the oil industry where he gets good healthcare through his employer. The ACA doesn't affect his coverage, so why is he so adamant about Obamacare.

Retired, I still get a pension "kick in" on health insurgence.
At the moment,The ACA doesn't affect me. In truth currently I may be locked out.

Still, even if modest, what type of slime would deny others what they have.

What in all hell is wrong with these people.

[SouthernGirl2]

59. OMG! What stunning ignorance. Wow!

"That's the way I was raised."



He's too far gone to change. There is nothing one can do about it except to keep it moving.

[Cha]

60. Poor little sheltered brainwashed bigoted racist.. Little does he

know just how pathetically ignorant he is.

Obama Lady.. like it's a bad thing. rofl.

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[Auntie Bush]

61. I can't wait for people who think like that to die off.

Unfortunately I'll be gone too!

[Populist_Prole]

63. They're dying off at a faster pace than they're being replaced by new blood

That's why they're so vocal now; and so desperate. They're goners....dinosaurs....lame ducks. They just want to go down sporting middle finger salutes since in their mind, all is lost.

[Hissyspit]

64. LOL "That's the way I was raised."

Well, maybe you were raised shittily?!

It does happen, you know!

[demigoddess]

65. Reminds me of Mississippi in the 60s

I went to school there for a while and they kept declaring that God meant the races to be separate because... apparently they could read God's mind. They were so smart our spelling lists for seniors was:
to, too, there, their, etc.

[kiva]

66. I heard that interview too.

Just about rear ended the car in front of me because my instinct was to headbang the steering wheel

[Skittles]

67. he was raised by racist parents

my parents certainly never taught me such trash