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The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
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Yes, that part of it matters, the rest of it does not. I think this whole thing is stupid, I thought it was stupid in aught-two when the last Majority Leader was being boiled in oil over it.
But this part of it does matter.
Top Republicans called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to step aside Sunday — and accused the Democrats and the media of holding the GOP to a double standard on matters of race.
In an interview with POLITICO, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (R-Texas) said it would be “entirely appropriate” for the Nevada Democrat to relinquish his leadership post over comments about Barack Obama’s skin color and lack of a “Negro dialect.”
And like Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and Senate GOP Whip Jon Kyl — both of whom also called for Reid’s resignation Sunday — Cornyn suggested that any Republican who said what Reid said would be under attack from Democrats, leading African-Americans and the media.
“There’s a big double standard here,” Steele said during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“What’s interesting here, is when Democrats get caught saying racist things, an apology is enough. If that had been [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) saying that about an African-American candidate for president of the president of the United States, trust me, this chairman and the [Democratic National Committee] would be screaming for his head, very much as they were with Trent Lott.”
The double-standard doesn’t injure just the one political party upon which it is so clearly focused. It is toxic to the entire issue. It reveals that showing respect to a particular ethnic group, and driving from the seat of power anybody who can never show that respect — has nothing to do with anything. The whole exercise in phony righteousness is just a way to push favorite political agendas.
Al Sharpton, the vocal civil rights leader who has inserted himself in the middle of many of the biggest racial fights over the past 25 years, said that while Reid “did not select the best word choice in this instance,” the Nevada Democrat should not be forced to step aide.
Surely the power to dictate unilaterally who will & won’t be unmade by such a thing, is at least as formidable a weapon as the power to determine who will be made.
What’s the very best argument anyone, anywhere has to declare that Reverend Al is worthy of kingmaker stature? The very best one? Can’t wait to see it.
Update: As Lee Doran points out, all these reports that President Obama has accepted Reid’s apology, shouldn’t matter for squat. Obama was not the sole target of Reid’s racist comment.
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Yeah.
The Rah-verand Al Sharpton….isn’t offended by Reid’s remarks, the way NOW wasn’t offended when Clinton raped Juanita Brodderick and called Monica Lewinsky a stalker. When its one of theirs on the hot seat, suddenly the perpetually-offended grievance groups fall silent. Suddenly it’s no big deal. If episodes like this don’t expose the naked hypocrisy (not to mention the true agenda) of these so-called advocacy groups, I don’t know what will.
My only question is: how much longer are members of the general public – ones who by roll-of-the-dice at birth might identify with one of these groups – going to continue to allow themselves to be used, spoken-for by hustlers, and otherwise taken advantage of?
- cylarz | 01/11/2010 @ 00:33Here is why I think this a good thing.
I want Harry to be fired, not allowed the dignity of a resignation. And when Nevada retires him, the Democrats won’t be able to blame the Republicans for it.
- Gonzman | 01/12/2010 @ 10:56BULLSHIT!
Mr. Sharpton makes a living inserting his unsolicited self in the middle of many of the the biggest fights, and invents a racial spin for the convenience of his employers.
For some inexplicable reason, his ilk have done well since the dawn of time, or at LEAST since Marvin Zindler, or Jerry Rivera.
Everyone needs a reason for being I suppose….
- CaptDMO | 01/13/2010 @ 11:06