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Herman Cain
The latest installment in the Democratic Partys attempt to divide the country came this week when their favorite daughter, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D NY), used the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to stem the decline of Black people voting for their candidates. Democrats are justifiably frightened over the fact that in 2004 President Bush received between 12 to 16 percent support from African-American voters in battleground states such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Speaking this week at Harlems Canaan Baptist Church of Christ, Mrs. Clinton stated, When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what Im talking about.
Allow me to decipher what Clinton was talking about in that insulting statement, largely unexplained by media outlets and pundits from across the ideological spectrum. Mrs. Clinton attempted to explain her statement as a reference to recent allegations against members such as Reps. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Bob Ney (R-OH). No, Clintons use of the word house was torn straight from the chapter in the Democrats political handbook titled Race-bait when speaking before African-American audiences.
You see, to African-Americans of a certain generation, the word house, when used in conjunction with the word plantation, carries a sinister and derogatory connotation, recalling the era of legalized slavery through the years of legalized segregation mid-way through the last century. The house is where the master lived, and the plantation is where the slaves worked, largely powerless to challenge their conditions.
Mrs. Clinton subtly attempted through her comments to equate House Republicans to white slave owners and the U.S. House of Representatives to a 19th century southern plantation. She may have hoped that her divisive analogy of the U.S. House to a plantation would slip past her critics and political opponents, but it didnt work.
Mrs. Clintons remark goes against everything Dr. King represented, no matter how you interpreted her comments. If she was pitting Black people versus White people, thats race baiting. If she was talking about the haves and the have-nots, thats inciting class warfare. If she was talking about Republicans versus Democrats, then she was playing party politics on a day of recognition that should be about unity.
Democrats have not the desire or the will to change their divisive tactics. To them, its all about attempting to win the next election. Even if their negativity threatens national security or economic prosperity, to them its all about the next election, even on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Our grandchildren deserve more than terminal status quo. The only effective strategy toward expelling divisive Democrats from Congress, as history has shown, is greater involvement by we the people. Its not enough to just vote on Election Day. We must make our voices heard in between Election Days.
We the people have got to stop being we the stupid and we the forgetful when politicians pander to gain our applause and votes. Comments like those made this week by Mrs. Clinton will destroy our nation, instead of uniting it as Dr. King dreamed.
President Bushs support in 2004 among African-Americans indicates that when voters hear the truth, versus distortion and lies, they are willing to support conservative candidates. Some of us are thinking for ourselves. Mrs. Clinton and the Congressional Democrats will discover in 2006 and 2008 that many of us have already left their plantation.
You know what Im talking about.
Herman Cain is host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Bottom Line with Herman Cain and a contributing columnist on Townhall.com.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/HermanCain/2006/01/20/183313.html[/url]
The latest installment in the Democratic Partys attempt to divide the country came this week when their favorite daughter, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D NY), used the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to stem the decline of Black people voting for their candidates. Democrats are justifiably frightened over the fact that in 2004 President Bush received between 12 to 16 percent support from African-American voters in battleground states such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Speaking this week at Harlems Canaan Baptist Church of Christ, Mrs. Clinton stated, When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what Im talking about.
Allow me to decipher what Clinton was talking about in that insulting statement, largely unexplained by media outlets and pundits from across the ideological spectrum. Mrs. Clinton attempted to explain her statement as a reference to recent allegations against members such as Reps. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Bob Ney (R-OH). No, Clintons use of the word house was torn straight from the chapter in the Democrats political handbook titled Race-bait when speaking before African-American audiences.
You see, to African-Americans of a certain generation, the word house, when used in conjunction with the word plantation, carries a sinister and derogatory connotation, recalling the era of legalized slavery through the years of legalized segregation mid-way through the last century. The house is where the master lived, and the plantation is where the slaves worked, largely powerless to challenge their conditions.
Mrs. Clinton subtly attempted through her comments to equate House Republicans to white slave owners and the U.S. House of Representatives to a 19th century southern plantation. She may have hoped that her divisive analogy of the U.S. House to a plantation would slip past her critics and political opponents, but it didnt work.
Mrs. Clintons remark goes against everything Dr. King represented, no matter how you interpreted her comments. If she was pitting Black people versus White people, thats race baiting. If she was talking about the haves and the have-nots, thats inciting class warfare. If she was talking about Republicans versus Democrats, then she was playing party politics on a day of recognition that should be about unity.
Democrats have not the desire or the will to change their divisive tactics. To them, its all about attempting to win the next election. Even if their negativity threatens national security or economic prosperity, to them its all about the next election, even on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Our grandchildren deserve more than terminal status quo. The only effective strategy toward expelling divisive Democrats from Congress, as history has shown, is greater involvement by we the people. Its not enough to just vote on Election Day. We must make our voices heard in between Election Days.
We the people have got to stop being we the stupid and we the forgetful when politicians pander to gain our applause and votes. Comments like those made this week by Mrs. Clinton will destroy our nation, instead of uniting it as Dr. King dreamed.
President Bushs support in 2004 among African-Americans indicates that when voters hear the truth, versus distortion and lies, they are willing to support conservative candidates. Some of us are thinking for ourselves. Mrs. Clinton and the Congressional Democrats will discover in 2006 and 2008 that many of us have already left their plantation.
You know what Im talking about.
Herman Cain is host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Bottom Line with Herman Cain and a contributing columnist on Townhall.com.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/HermanCain/2006/01/20/183313.html[/url]
