Rep. Jenkins: GOP looking for "great white hope"


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<ABBR class=timedate title=2009-08-27T06:33:51-0700>Thu Aug 27, 9:33 am ET</ABBR>
<!-- end .byline -->TOPEKA, Kan. – U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins told a recent gathering in northeast Kansas that the Republican Party is looking for a "great white hope" to help stop the political agenda of the Democratic party and President Barack Obama.
Videotape shows Jenkins, a Republican, making the comment at an Aug. 19 forum. She was discussing the Republican party's future after Democrats took control of the House and Senate in the 2008 elections, when the presidency went to Obama, the nation's first black president.
A Jenkins spokeswoman told The Topeka Capital-Journal Wednesday that Jenkins apologized for her word choice and did not intend to offend anyone.
Kenny Johnston, of the Kansas Democratic Party, says Jenkins' statement was regrettable and that she should stick to discussing solutions.
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Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com
 
I think this one is being blown out of proportion.. seriously... I hope we don't become this sensitive.
 



jsupop33 said:
I think this one is being blown out of proportion.. seriously... I hope we don't become this sensitive.
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So I guess if she called you the N word it would be to sensitive too? That woman knew what she was saying and what she meant. It's not about being sensitive, it's about the truth finally coming out. These folks do not like it when they aren't in control. It really bothers them for a brother to be in control of there life issues.
 
CEE DOG said:
So I guess if she called you the N word it would be to sensitive too? That woman knew what she was saying and what she meant. It's not about being sensitive, it's about the truth finally coming out. These folks do not like it when they aren't in control. It really bothers them for a brother to be in control of there life issues.
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Cee,
Great White Hope is a general term. Seriously, there are a million worse things she could have said that I would been like "hold up."
 
jsupop33 said:
I think this one is being blown out of proportion.. seriously... I hope we don't become this sensitive.
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:noidea: What else would one mean they stated that they are looking for the 'The Great White Hope' (Not trying to be mean).
 
It's a general term now because it has no meaningful effect anymore but in this case I have to agree with CEE DOG. She's using it for a rallying cry just the same as "We want our country back".

People don't pay much attention when it's use in the sporting arena (where it originated) because minorities have since debunked the stupidity of it all, but to be use in this time and this political environment is the same as you saying black power at an Ole Miss game after an athlete scores.

The Great White Hope tells a fictional idealised life story of boxing champion Jack Johnson, here called Jack Jefferson.[2] Acting as a lens focused on a racist society, The Great White Hope explores how segregation and prejudice created the demand for a "great white hope" who would defeat Johnson and how this, in turn, affected the boxer's life and career.

While the play is often described as being thematically about racism, this is not, it seems, entirely how Sackler viewed his work. Though certainly not denying the racist issues confronted in the play, Sackler once said in an interview, "What interested me was not the topicality but the combination of circumstances, the destiny of a man pitted against society. It's a metaphor of struggle between man and the outside world. Some people spoke of the play as if it were a cliché of white liberalism, but I kept to the line straight through, of showing that it wasn't a case of blacks being good and whites being bad. I was appalled at the first reaction."[3]

In a comment reflecting on both the racist theme dealt with in the play and Sackler's notion that the play is about a man fighting society, Muhammad Ali, greatly impressed with James Earl Jones' performance in the play, apparently commented to the actor, "That's my story. You take out the issue of white women and replace it with the issue of religion. That's my story!" Ali was fighting being drafted into the army at the time on grounds of being a conscientious objector.
 
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Olde Hornet said:
jsupop33 said:
it is a general phrase... I have heard it plenty of times..[/QUOTE
Have you heard that term about you? Have you heard it in reference to someone other than a white person? If, so please share the context.
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Yes I have. I have heard used in sports conversations repeatedly. Most of the time referring to a player as the last hope or resort. I have also heard it used to describe under dogs.. Maybe it is just where I grew up, but I have heard it used to describe black people..
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jsupop33 said:
Yes I have. I have heard used in sports conversations repeatedly. Most of the time referring to a player as the last hope or resort. I have also heard it used to describe under dogs.. Maybe it is just where I grew up, but I have heard it used to describe black people..
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Come on now Pop. You know damn well you have never heard someone say that about a black person.
 
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jsupop33 said:
Styles said:
Styles, I have no reason to lie. Seriously, it was not that uncommon of a phrase where I came from. Same as a White knight in shining armour. I am not saying that it did not derive those very meanings but it became a staple in my hometown..
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Wow - I have never heard the term white knight in shinning armor, only knight in shinning armor. I understand about how you grew up and live, that explains a lot.

I did googled the term and found a few references, they seem to around corporate takeovers. It was mostly used as white knight (not in heavy use) and it was rarely used as "white knight in shining armor".
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