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Liberals Are Racist, Too
A few days ago in the Washington Post, Colbert King asks the question: Why the Crass Remarks About Rice?
Despite being a Black man, Colbert is no Rice apologist.
...Saddam Hussein clearly was not the threat Rice had proclaimed. Her paper trail of misstatements virtually invited a congressional attack on her record...
...My disagreement with the Bush administration on Iraq has been spelled out in past columns. I'm also a member of an editorial board that has been critical of administration policies -- and by extension, Rice -- on several foreign policy fronts...
...A senator who believes the Bush administration lied about the war, made a mess of postwar reconstruction and ruined relations with long-standing allies would be justified in holding Rice accountable, and in my view, in voting against her confirmation. Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Boxer and John Kerry did as much...
So what does he find offensive? Barbara Boxer implies that she thinks Condi is an idiot who mindlessly parrots Bush's position.
It's hard to imagine a more demeaning and offensive caricature of a prospective secretary of state, let alone the most senior official on the national security staff. It's equally difficult to understand what prompted Boxer to imply that Rice is little more than a diligent echo of Bush's thoughts. There's nothing in Rice's background or in her performance to suggest that she is a mindless follower of presidential orders. In fact, Rice comes across as just the opposite.
As I was leaving a Post dining room after participating in my first off-the-record session with Rice and other Post editors and reporters a couple of years ago, it struck me that Rice could be where Bush gets it from. Subsequent meetings only have reinforced that supposition. Rice's notions of preemption, unilateralism and America's responsibilities as the dominant power in the world are not hand-me-downs from Bush. They strike me as very much her own.
Wonder why Rice stayed close to Bush's policies in her hearings? Consider the possibility that the administration's policies happen to be hers too. Consider too the likelihood that years of study and work in foreign affairs, both as an academic and as a senior foreign policy wonk, are what inform her views -- not George W. Bush.
Colbert, I am also a Black man. And it's about time we stop dancing around the issue. The evidence is piling up and the answer is obvious. Liberals are racist, too.
Over the last few years, I've become quite disappointed with the Democratic party on a number of fronts. I believe the party is too reactionary and offers up no ideas of its own. They more or less just oppose whatever the Republicans want to do. I believe the party is too soft on national defense, and is more worried about opinion polls in France than defending the country. I believe that the Democrats are more worried about pleasing certain special interest groups than implementing worthwhile ideas (teacher's unions vs. school vouchers). And so forth.
But nothing has surprised or saddened me more than to see the overt racism from the left.
Examples? Fine. Let's start with Pat Oliphant's cartoon. It's pretty clear that Oliphant believes that Rice is a brainless step 'n fetch it Black.
Here's a good one. Jeff Danziger portrays Condi Rice as the stereotype of an uneducated Black woman who has too many children. Oh, and she can't speak properly. Somehow, this cartoon is supposed to be about the aluminum tube controversy.
Ted Rall had the best one, however. He called Condi Rice a "house ******". Ted Rall, who I've heard say he is offended by anti-French commentary- I guess he's of French descent- apparently sees nothing wrong with calling the National Security Advisor and future Secretary of State a "******". Kind of reminds me of a joke I used to hear in the 70s:
Q: What do you call a Black person with a PHD in Physics from MIT?
A: A ******!
manu1959 said:wait till they all notice that the liberal leaders are all rich spoiled brats...kennedy, kerry, boxer....exploited the poor to get rich....and now exploit them to get elected
kewlhand said:Condi Rice is what we used to call a 'token'. The Reds use her to show they're not really racist. Same for Linda Chavez, Michele Malkin, and Uncle Clarence Thomas. He's the worst. Black people know who're they're voting for. The Hispanic vote went Blue also. What is Du?
kewlhand said:Condi Rice is what we used to call a 'token'. The Reds use her to show they're not really racist. Same for Linda Chavez, Michele Malkin, and Uncle Clarence Thomas. He's the worst. Black people know who're they're voting for. The Hispanic vote went Blue also. What is Du?
Avatar4321 said:Do you Democrats really think minorities are that stupid? Did you really think sending Senator KKK Byrd out to oppose the appointment of the first Black woman as secretary of state wasnt racist? Do you really think continually telling minorities they cant succeed in life without government handouts isnt racist? When are you guys going to stop being so damn self righteous and see how degrading you people are to minorities?
kewlhand said:Jim Crow segregationists who became Republican icons. I don't think minorities are stupid which is why they're Dems. What happened to the Democrat Party in the South is Stroms Dixicrats became Repubs. Tricky Dick Nixon developed a 'Southern strategy' to pull the Confederates in. It worked and now the Party of Lincoln is the Party of Jeff Davis. Condi is a prostitute, sellout just like Armstrong Williams.
kewlhand said:Jim Crow segregationists who became Republican icons. I don't think minorities are stupid which is why they're Dems. What happened to the Democrat Party in the South is Stroms Dixicrats became Repubs. Tricky Dick Nixon developed a 'Southern strategy' to pull the Confederates in. It worked and now the Party of Lincoln is the Party of Jeff Davis. Condi is a prostitute, sellout just like Armstrong Williams.
kewlhand said:Jim Crow segregationists who became Republican icons. I don't think minorities are stupid which is why they're Dems. What happened to the Democrat Party in the South is Stroms Dixicrats became Repubs. Tricky Dick Nixon developed a 'Southern strategy' to pull the Confederates in. It worked and now the Party of Lincoln is the Party of Jeff Davis. Condi is a prostitute, sellout just like Armstrong Williams.
Avatar4321 said:You can deny it all you want. Republicans are the ones who freed the slaves. Republicans are the ones who pushed forward the Civil rights movement while prominent Democrats like Al Gore Senior and Clintons mentor fought against it. Republicans are the ones who want everyoned judged by their merits not their race. Republicans are the ones who put well qualified minorities in high positions of government. Democrats lead by the Klansman are the ones fighting it. And minorities are dumb enough to ignore whats going on.
kewlhand said:He turned to an aide and said, "I just made the South Republican for the rest of this century."
kewlhand said:He turned to an aide and said, "I just made the South Republican for the rest of this century." Strom led his DixieCrats out of the Dem Party when Harry Truman integrated the American Military. Remember Trent Lott saying we wouldn't have all these probelms if we had elected Strom president. The two parties switched places. The South was solidly Democrat, except for Black voters, now it is solidly Republican, except for Black voters. I call this the Big Switcheroo.
kewlhand said:as National Security Advisor what would you describe as a howling failure? She was part of the Big Lie of WMDs. She told the Intelligence community to ignore bin Laden because Dubya wanted to focus on Saddam. Condi is playing Sally Hemmings to Dubyas Tom Jefferson. By the way I'm a natural born Southern White man and a Viet Nam veteran. So don't give me a lot of Texas Nationa Guard patriotism.
kewlhand said:Yes you are but that's not my problem. There was a man named George Wallace who ran for President once. Nixon probably had him shot and then suckered his followers into the Repub. party.
