Posted on 01/30/2012 8:18:33 PM PST by chessplayer
So a guy whose contract was terminated by NPR on a phony pretext for not toeing the liberal line enough, including writing a book ("Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It") which indicted the modern civil-rights movement for, well, undermining Black America, now appears to want eliminate "Constitution" and "Founding Fathers" from the lexicon of Republican candidates -- and possibly, it would appear, from political discussion in general -- because, well, they're racial code words. How ironic.
Two weeks ago at the Fox News/Wall Street Journal debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., I asked each GOP presidential candidate some pointed questions about the racial politics that will play a big role in the presidential campaign.
Race is always a trigger in politics, but now a third of the nation are people of color — and their numbers are growing. With those minorities solidly in the Democratic camp and behind the first black president, the scene is set for a bonanza of racial politics.
"The language of GOP racial politics is heavy on euphemisms that allow the speaker to deny any responsibility for the racial content of his message. The code words in this game are “entitlement society” — as used by Mitt Romney — and “poor work ethic” and “food stamp president” — as used by Newt Gingrich. References to a lack of respect for the “Founding Fathers” and the “Constitution” also make certain ears perk up by demonizing anyone supposedly threatening core “old-fashioned American values.”
Two generations have experienced life after the Civil Rights Act was passed. An objective person would look at the issues:
Has the plight of the African American improved?
Would spending another 12 Trillion make any difference?
That objective person would have to conclude:
That the programs don’t work, more money spent would be fruitless.
Giving someone the trappings of middle class does not make them middle class. It is the hard work, saving, planning and self-discipline that create the middle class. (thoughts from a Glenn Reynolds quote at instapundit.com).
Jobs would build self-esteem, an independent spirit, the satisfaction of a job well-done. Pride. Dignity. Independence.
Jobs not Programs Obama!
Two generations have experienced life after the Civil Rights Act was passed.
I wish the hell somebody would burn the race card. I am sick and tired of hearing “racisim” every time somebody doesn’t get what they want. Are they “Thin Skinned”? you betcha!
What about racisim agains’t whites and other people?
The hell you say.
Amen, bro. Nobody plays the race card as well as Juan Williams. He's a master baiter.
It's true! All the browns, tans and whites are all SEPARATE in a Moon Pie. Look it up!
Juan is simply a ridiculous man.
I could never feel sympathy for him during his very public troubles.
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