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Fri Aug 22, 2014, 01:32 PMStar Member alp227 (27,108 posts) Reid apologizes for Asian jokesSource: The HillSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday issued an apology for cracking two Asian-themed jokes during a speech Thursday night at the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce. "My comments were in extremely poor taste and I apologize. Sometimes I say the wrong thing,†Reid said in a statement to The Hill. The Democratic leader issued the apology after a video surfaced online of him joking with the crowd in Las Vegas about their ethnicity. "The Asian population is so productive. I don't think you're smarter than anybody else, but you have convinced a lot of us you are," Reid said to the audience at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, garnering laughter.Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/215763-reid-apologizes-for-asian-jokes#ixzz3B8uQNyFi
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 01:42 PMEnrique (24,951 posts) 2. harmless jokes, imho n/t
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 02:28 PMlouis-t (13,735 posts) 3. Two things, maybe three.These were not offensive jokes. His apology was not "I apologize if I offended anyone", it was a real apology. Of course, a conservative organization was asked not to video, they did it anyway. No one was 'offended' except the conservative organization.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 02:38 PMmainer (7,844 posts) 4. Frank DeLima says a lot worse in his jokesAnd everyone loves him in Hawaii. I hardly think these qualify as offensive. If the Asian audience laughed, then they must have thought it was funny, too.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 02:38 PMGeorge II (4,536 posts) 5. He was speaking to an Asian group, and apparently they enjoyed it......the one posted above isn't insulting, in fact it isn't even a "joke". In fact, it's more of a compliment than an insult. Of course, as noted already, the only people offended are conservative republicans and the one who posted the video, which he promised not to record. Much ado about nothing.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 03:06 PMStar Member deutsey (18,177 posts) 6. What a complete non-issueKudos to Reid for at least making an apology that takes responsibility, even though I don't think any apology was necessary at all.
Response to Plucketeer (Reply #7)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 03:58 PMStar Member deutsey (18,177 posts) 9. YepI'm not a fan of Reid, either. Not in the slightest. I just don't think this story even amounts to the proverbial tempest in a teapot. As for the mid-terms: I hope the Senate won't go Republican, but I'm not very optimistic at the moment. I'm not very optimistic about many things lately, however.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 05:22 PMStar Member JI7 (47,896 posts) 13. those are not "asian jokes" , this is him talking to a group of Asians and joking with them
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God, I hate him. And why the hell does he get away with all of this? That famous quote about the negro dialect, "clean" and all. Saying the tourists in Washington were smelly. Can't even tell a decent joke, either.
Response to Plucketeer (Reply #7)Fri Aug 22, 2014, 03:58 PMStar Member deutsey (18,177 posts) As for the mid-terms: I hope the Senate won't go Republican, but I'm not very optimistic at the moment. I'm not very optimistic about many things lately, however.
