Current Events > Dude, Chinaperson is not the preferred nomenclature.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/us/politics/don-blankenship-china-west-virginia.html

Don Blankenship is running for the United States Senate as a proud West Virginian with Appalachian roots, but his primary residence is a $2.4 million villa with palm trees and an infinity pool near Las Vegas.

Mr. Blankenship, a Republican loyalist of President Trump, is running an America First-style campaign and calls himself an American competitionist, but he admires Chinas state-controlled economy and has expressed interest in gaining Chinese citizenship.

The former coal mining executive is widely known for spending a year in prison for his role in a mining explosion that claimed 29 lives. Yet he is running as a champion of miners and has bought TV ads that challenge settled facts about his role in the disaster.

And even as Mr. Blankenship seeks to join the Republican majority in Washington, a super PAC linked to the party establishment is attacking him as a convicted criminal and a hypocrite.

No Republican candidate in the 2018 midterms embodies so many contradictions as pointedly as Mr. Blankenship, who was found guilty of conspiracy to violate mine safety standards in federal court and yet has plenty of supporters in coal country.
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National Republican leaders are alarmed that Mr. Blankenship could emerge as the winner of the primary, which they fear would cost them a winnable seat in November against Senator Joe Manchin, a vulnerable Democrat.

In a highly unusual move, a super PAC linked to Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky senator and Republican leader, began saturating the West Virginia airwaves last week with an ad attacking Mr. Blankenship for poisoning local drinking water from his former coal mines. The nearly $745,000 campaign of TV and digital ads is meant to boost the chances of two conventional Republicans in the race, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Representative Evan Jenkins. A Fox News poll conducted last week found a fluid race, with Mr. Blankenship trailing his rivals but about one in four voters undecided.

On Monday, responding to the attack ads, Mr. Blankenship brought up Mr. McConnells marriage to Elaine Chao, the secretary of transportation, and questioned whether the majority leader faced a conflict of interest in foreign relations. Ms. Chaos father is a wealthy Chinaperson, Mr. Blankenship said, speaking on a West Virginia radio show, adding, And theres a lot of connections to some of the brass, if you will, in China.

I read in books that people think hes soft on China, he said of Mr. McConnell.

China, as it happens, is a topic of personal interest to Mr. Blankenship. His fiance, Farrah Meiling Hobbs, was born there. The two met on a flight from Atlanta to Las Vegas about eight years ago, Mr. Blankenship said. According to the website of an international trading company Ms. Hobbs founded, she is a former Chinese professional basketball player and part-time model who moved to the United States in 1996.

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8 year olds, Dude.
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bump
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Blankenship being culturally insensitive, if not out right racists, is like the least terrifying bit of information about him from that article.

That really says something.
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Is this supposed to be a step up from 'chinaman?' That's been a bit gauche since before any of us were born.

Hm, he's sixty-eight years old. Maybe he just hasn't been paying attention and has just been caught really off guard these past thirty or forty years.
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Antifar posted...

Don Blankenship

Literally 'Donny, you're out of your element!'
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We're talking about drawing a line in the sand.
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hollow_shrine posted...

Maybe he just hasn't been paying attention

If he wants to be a politician, he needs to pay attention.

masterpug53 posted...

Antifar posted...

Don Blankenship

Literally 'Donny, you're out of your element!'

lol
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Fucking fascist!
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Right you are, Don
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Gheb posted...

Blankenship being culturally insensitive, if not out right racists, is like the least terrifying bit of information about him from that article.

That really says something.

This, what the hell is wrong with this guy and why is he wasting his time running for office?
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chinaman is probably my favorite old time-y racially insensitive designation for a person
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super PAC

Are we still pretending that politicians aren't just blatant patsies?

hollow_shrine posted...

Is this supposed to be a step up from 'chinaman?' That's been a bit gauche since before any of us were born.

He must think the outrage is about the gendering of the term.
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Master_Bass posted...

why is he wasting his time running for office?

A lot of polls have him, at the very least, being a strong contender for the GOP nomination
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Each line of that shows him to be even worse scum.

Anyone that votes for him should be castrated.
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

Each line of that shows him to be even worse scum.

Anyone that votes for him should be castrated.

Translation:
"Agree with me, or get your balls cut off."

Anteaterking posted...

hollow_shrine posted...

Is this supposed to be a step up from 'chinaman?' That's been a bit gauche since before any of us were born.

He must think the outrage is about the gendering of the term.

At least he's trying?
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