'Buckwheat' Pol Crushed in Landslide

Talk to you later, Carla.

Most incumbents seeking re-election held onto their jobs. At least one House member was ousted, state Rep. Carla Dartez, D-Morgan City, who angered civil rights leaders after she ended a conversation with the mother of the NAACP's local president by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat."

Buckwheat, a black child character in the "Little Rascals" comedies of the 1930s and '40s, is considered a racist stereotype. Dartez said she regretted the comment, but local NAACP leaders asked voters to cast ballots for Dartez's opponent, Republican Joe Harrison.

Dartez's re-election bid already had been troubled because she was given a summons for improper lane usage after hitting a pedestrian with her vehicle. She failed a field sobriety test but passed a later Breathalyzer test. Meanwhile, Dartez's husband was indicted for allegations that he hired illegal aliens to work for his construction business.

Dartez's seat once had been considered a safe win for the Democrats, but the incumbent representative lost to Harrison, a Napoleonville Republican.

"We were disappointed. Carla faced an uphill battle for several different issues," Ford said.

Official tally here.

H/T: Hot Air.

Previously.

Louisiana Democrat: 'Talk to you later, Buckwheat'

Those wacky Democrats are at it again.

La. pol's 'Buckwheat' remark sparks ire

HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," prompting the NAACP to urge voters to kick her out of office.

Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat, acknowledged that she ended a Thursday night conversation with Hazel Boykin by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat." Dartez had been thanking Boykin for driving voters to the polls.

Buckwheat, a black child character in the "Little Rascals" comedies of the 1930s and '40s, is viewed as a racial stereotype.

Boykin, 75, helped desegregate restaurants and the parish school system in the 1960s. Her son, Jerome, is president of the Terrebonne Parish chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"I've never had no one talk to me that way and I considered it a racial slur," Hazel Boykin said. "I know the meaning of it, it's just like the N-word."

Jerome Boykin said Monday he planned to ask voters to cast ballots against Dartez, who faces Republican Joe Harrison in Saturday's runoff.

"At this point, the NAACP is not concerned about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. If a Republican is elected because of her racist remarks, that's her responsibility," he said of Dartez.

Speaking of slurs, what the heck is Bill Clinton babbling about?

In South Carolina this morning, Bill Clinton said his wife can handle the criticism by her presidential rivals. "Even though those boys have been getting kinda tough on her lately, she can handle it."

UPDATE: Also at Hot Air.

UPDATE II: Instapundit links. Thanks!

UPDATE II: Many others have now weighed in. Those who screamed for two months last year about macaca are apparently unavailable for comment.