Rep Jenkins Says That The Republican Party Needs "A Great White Hope" To Defeat Obama's Agenda!!!!

I do not believe for one second that U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins was misunderstood when she chose to use the phrase "a great white hope".The woman is a racist.Plain & simple!

She was talking about finding someone who could stop President Obama's agenda when she said that.Now, she has issued a statement saying that she didn't mean to "offend" anyone.Is that so?

Well,if you believe that you are one gullible fool!Rep. Lynn Jenkins has shown her true colors.And if I were a minority who was a member of the Republican party,like Michael Steele,I would truly be offended & appalled.Because she is telling folks like Bobby Jindal that their party needs "a great white hope." And we know that neither Jindal or Steele fits that description.

Here's more from Yahoo News:

"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."

Patrick Leopold, Jenkins' chief of staff, said her office in Pittsburg received a death threat Thursday, but he didn't know whether it was connected to any specific issue. He said the matter was being turned over to police.

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.

The Democratic National Committee in Washington declined to comment on Jenkins' remarks. Officials at the Washington offices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People did not respond to a request for comment.

"I saw that report," White House spokesman Bill Burton said at a briefing on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, where Obama is vacationing. "I also saw that her spokesperson backpeddaled and said that was a poor choice of words. We obviously give congressman Jenkins the benefit of the doubt."

Jenkins said she wasn't aware that the phrase had a negative connotation. She noted that she used it when answering a question from an audience member who began by noting the GOP's success in taking control of Congress in 1994 after drafting a "Contract with America."

"I got a question one day from someone regarding the future House leadership. I made a reference to him not giving up hope, that we had some great bright leaders in our future," she said. "I apologize if anyone misunderstood my intent."

At the Hiawatha event, Jenkins mentioned three House colleagues as future party leaders: Eric Cantor of Virginia, Kevin McCarthy of California and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. All are white, as is Jenkins; Obama is the nation's first black president.

"Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope," Jenkins said last week. "I suggest to any of you who are concerned about that, who are Republican, there are some great young Republican minds in Washington."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.