Behar Suggests Republicans Too Busy at 'Klan Meeting' to Attend Minority Debates

Published: September 19, 2007, 1:17 pm

Tags: 2008 presidential election, race issues, republicans, joy behar, tavis smiley, pbs, the view

A presidential election must be approaching: liberals are playing the Republicans-are-evil-racists card. People will recall the notorious NAACP commercial from the 2000 campaign suggesting that, for the sin of failing to adopt a hate-crimes law to its liking, George W. Bush was the equivalent of someone who dragged a black man behind his car on a chain. On today's "View," Joy Behar [file photo] offered a similar slur: GOP = KKK. Talk had turned to the fact that most of the Republican presidential candidates declined to participate in two Latino-oriented debates held earlier this year. The leading candidates have now indicated that they will also be taking a pass on a September 27th debate at Morgan State University organized by Tavis Smiley and to be broadcast on PBS. That's when Behar offered her pearl of wisdom. JOY BEHAR: Scheduling conflict? What, were they at a Klan meeting at the same time? H/t Diego and Jim Pinkerton.

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