Friday, September 19, 2008
Diversity, GOP-Style
The Virginia Republican party has decided to have George Allen speak at a rally to reach out to minorities. Allen, of course, went down to defeat in the 2006 U.S. Senate race in no small part because of his use of the slur "macaca" for an Indian-American at one of his campaign events. I totally, get this. The GOP is a big tent. It isn't enough for them to rely on anti-black prejudice or even anti-Latino sentiments. Allen helps them respond to a more diverse America by including prejudice against Indians and Pakistanis.
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It was the Democrats who opposed ending slavery. It was the Republicans who had the courage to agree to send their children, black and white, to their deaths to end it. At the time of the war that ended slavery, Democrats ran against our president in the middle of the war, saying the war was not worth the cost and even unjust. Sounds familiar. I’d rather be on the right side of history, even if it doesn’t help white families in America.
OF THE 2 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, IT IS ONLY BARACK OBAMA WHO HAS MADE A RACIST COMMENT, REFERRING TO HIS GRANDMOTHER AS A "TYPICAL WHITE WOMAN." IT'S A VERY SAD GLIMPSE INTO THE MIND OF SOMEONE WHO HARBORS RACIAL PREJUDICE AGAINST WHITES. AT LEAST, AGAINST THE “TYPICAL WHITE.” HIS WORDS, NOT MINE.
To the first poster:
(Rolls eyes) Ah, yes, because the parties today are exactly the same as they were 150 years ago.
Get a clue. If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be a Democrat. Examine the principles Lincoln stood for and compare them to the Republican's, and you won't find much in common. The whole "state's rights" thing is an obvious starting point.
To the second poster:
I know you're probably only 12 years old, but please don't type comments when the little "Caps Lock" light is on. Go back to your video game now.
I'm sad to see such a post on this blog. Anyways, maybe he will talk about not being able to go anywhere without talking in an Indian accent (Joe Biden), or throw Oreos at people (the Dems treatment of Michael Steele was a discgrace), or bust out the N word like ex-Klansman Robert Byrd. I wouldn't think that a party with such racists would be so quick to point out the speck in other's eyes when they themselves have a log in their own.
To the Eye Roller Poster:
You’ve got a great point. And here we are again, 150 years later, in yet another war we can’t afford, costing American lives, to free another group of people that we as a Nation don’t even care about. Oh, wait a minute, now I get it. P.S. Not only was Lincoln a Democrat, Clinton was the first Black president!
Let's all take pride in the fact that we have the highest ranking African-American woman in our nation's history as Sec. of State. She follows the highest ranking African-American man in our nation's history (Colin Powell). Who was joined in Bush's cabinet by the first cabinet-level Asian-American (Norman Mineta), and the second (Elaine Chao) who is also a woman. And there's Carlos Gutierrez, a Latino, and the fourth Latino in the Bush cabinet. There are four women, plus three more in the first term. It's the most diverse White House, by far, in history. Let us all celebrate that, even if they are Republicans.
Just some quick quibbles re: the last post...
Mineta first served in Clinton's cabinet and is a Democrat.
Clinton's cabinet officers included
just as much, if not more, diversity, both ethnic and gender. W is hardly a trend-setter here.
That's factually incorrect. Bush's cabinet has included 3 more minorities and 4 more woman than Clinton's. In order of rank (or presidential succession), Clinton's cabinet had an African-American as 11th most important person in the U.S. government. Bush has, for 8 years, had an African-American as 5th most important person. That's the same for a woman. Clinton had a woman no higher than 8th.
But, let's just talk about perception instead. I feel Clinton was more diverse.
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