Should Rep. Carolyn Maloney get away with using the N word? It's clearly a everyday word with her because she says it with ease.


Carolyn is another Cruz Bustamante. It's not ok for Whites or Mexicans
to use the N. Word. Lieutenant Governor Uses Racial Slur in Black History Speech




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Rep. Carolyn Maloney to continue plans to run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, despite N-word flap

By Michael Saul DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 1:38 PM
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney, holds a press conference on the Equal Rights Amendment on Capitol Hill, Tuesday.
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Maloney apologizes over use of N-word
Rep. Carolyn Maloney is charging full speed ahead with plans to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, convinced voters won't hold her use of the n-word against her.
"There is no impact," Maloney's senior aide Paul Blank said.
"She apologized. She said she repeated a word that shouldn't have been repeated," he added. "That's the end of the story. She has a long record in support of civil rights and racial justice issues."
Blank said Maloney will officially announce her Democratic primary campaign against Gillibrand on Monday or Tuesday.
Her campaign got off to a rocky start when she scrambled to say sorry Monday for using the n-word during a recent interview.Blank said Maloney won't allow the n-word incident to detract from her focus on the issues.
"What matters in elections is the candidates' records and where they stand," Blank said. "This campaign is going to be a debate about real issues that are important to real New Yorkers."
Maloney made the slur while criticizing Gillibrand to City Hall, a biweekly publication and political Web site.
She was relaying a conversation she'd had with someone disappointed in the new senator's stance on English-only education - a hot-button issue in the Hispanic community.
"I got a call from someone from Puerto Rico, said [Gillibrand] went to Puerto Rico and came out for English-only [education.] And he said, 'It was like saying n----- to a Puerto Rican,'" she is quoted as saying, using the full racial slur.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, a Gillibrand supporter, expressed outrage at the remark. Maloney quickly apologized for repeating "a word I find disgusting."