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Republican House Representative Lynn Jenkins from Kansas `Great white hope' to defeat the Democrats
Even if Lynn Jenkins was naive or innocent .... this gaffe defeats all the contestants of Super Imbecility !!
"Great White Hope" is also a White Horse that is expected to be another Seabiscuit hero, the horse that everybody loved in the 1930s .... the "Great White Hope" Horse is very White ... and that name was given to White Boxers that were supposed to defeat a tough Black Heavy Champion in the 1920s ....
Jenkins may be a nice human being but she is today a "White Elephant" !! ....
Jenkins: `Great white hope' remark not about Obama
Some excerpts :
By JOHN HANNA (AP) – 1 hour ago
OTTAWA, Kan. — A freshman Kansas congresswoman said Thursday that her remark about fellow Republicans seeking a "great white hope" was not a reference to someone who could challenge President Barack Obama or his political agenda.
Rep. Lynn Jenkins said she was instead making a comment about GOP leaders in the House and was trying to reassure Republicans that the party has bright leaders there. She used the phrase during an Aug. 19 forum in Hiawatha and someone in the crowd recorded it and gave the video to the Kansas Democratic Party.
Both she and an aide apologized Thursday if the comment offended anyone. But when she was asked about the remark after a town hall meeting in Ottawa, Jenkins also suggested it had been taken out of context.
"Let's remember the context of this situation," she said. "I don't know how the president got injected into this debate."
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The phrase "great white hope" often is associated with pre-civil rights-era racism and is widely believed to have entered usage in the U.S. when boxer Jack Johnson, who was black, captured the heavyweight title in the early 20th century. Many whites reacted to Johnson's achievement by trying to find white fighters — or a "great white hope" — who could beat him. The boxer's story inspired a play, then a movie, with that title, both starring James Earl Jones.
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Republican House Representative Lynn Jenkins from Kansas `Great white hope' to defeat the Democrats
Even if Lynn Jenkins was naive or innocent .... this gaffe defeats all the contestants of Super Imbecility !!
"Great White Hope" is also a White Horse that is expected to be another Seabiscuit hero, the horse that everybody loved in the 1930s .... the "Great White Hope" Horse is very White ... and that name was given to White Boxers that were supposed to defeat a tough Black Heavy Champion in the 1920s ....
Jenkins may be a nice human being but she is today a "White Elephant" !! ....
Jenkins: `Great white hope' remark not about Obama
Some excerpts :
By JOHN HANNA (AP) – 1 hour ago
OTTAWA, Kan. — A freshman Kansas congresswoman said Thursday that her remark about fellow Republicans seeking a "great white hope" was not a reference to someone who could challenge President Barack Obama or his political agenda.
Rep. Lynn Jenkins said she was instead making a comment about GOP leaders in the House and was trying to reassure Republicans that the party has bright leaders there. She used the phrase during an Aug. 19 forum in Hiawatha and someone in the crowd recorded it and gave the video to the Kansas Democratic Party.
Both she and an aide apologized Thursday if the comment offended anyone. But when she was asked about the remark after a town hall meeting in Ottawa, Jenkins also suggested it had been taken out of context.
"Let's remember the context of this situation," she said. "I don't know how the president got injected into this debate."
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The phrase "great white hope" often is associated with pre-civil rights-era racism and is widely believed to have entered usage in the U.S. when boxer Jack Johnson, who was black, captured the heavyweight title in the early 20th century. Many whites reacted to Johnson's achievement by trying to find white fighters — or a "great white hope" — who could beat him. The boxer's story inspired a play, then a movie, with that title, both starring James Earl Jones.
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