Posted on 12/02/2004 12:39:11 PM PST by zetapsi
Colin Powell ran for president?
Okay, I'll "insinuate" it. CMB used race, rather than substance, to get what she got.
There is the double standard problem again. If you do not appoint minorities, you are a bigot. When you appoint them they are tokens. When are we all going to just stop this. It really gets us no where.
I hope Hannity hit back at Braun for this ridiculousness.
This is clear evidence of what's wrong with affirmative action. The same people who trumpet it are willing to use it to cast doubt on the abilities of those it supposedly helps. Not only is it revoltingly bigoted, it proves that aa perpetuates racism. The democrats have been on the wrong side of the race issue since the republican party was created.
We don't even need to go into the sexual harrassment allegations brought by her former campaign staff against her "fiance."
Not to mention that when she got elected to the Senate, rather than going to the introductory meetings that other new Senators went to, she went to Africa!
Almost as bad as a Kerry appearance.
Nice pic! Didn't exactly (1) person show up to this rally??
Over the course of a tumultuous six years, the Senator was tangled in a number of controversial situations: an unusually personal relationship with her campaign manager, a trip to visit the Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, as well as personal misuse of campaign funds. With the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Mosley-Braun was torn between her devout support of the President and her responsibility to her constituents to denounce his misogynistic escapades.
On planet liberal no one qualifies as a minority unless they can pass a liberal litmus test. The true racists in this country are people like Jesse Jackson who won't celebrate the success of a minority such as Condi Rice because she doesn't bow to his liberal gods.
I almost didn't get the title.
The Clintons had to ship her to New Zealand (about as far away as it is possible to get) to allow the stench to die down.
I hear you, I just wanted to paint a virtually objective picture of CMB to even further the lunacy of their statements.
very articulate take. Using race to cast doubt is deplorable, and exactly why I posed the question at the end of what CMB would do if the tables were turned.... tell me what you think of my column on Affirmative Action/Welfare....etc.. http://www.davidehrlich.com/archives/WellFair.html
I was hoping it wasn't misleading. Not that anyone would take it literally, I think its a clever way of asking why he doesn't stand up for black conservatives.
Not only is it deplorable to use race to cast doubt, it is entirely reasonable in our political culture. The issue of race has been made so divisive and important that, as Jersey Republican Biker Chick said - "If you do not appoint minorities, you are a bigot. When you appoint them they are tokens."
I think that your article begins awkwardly, and this sentence doesn't make sense - "However, what if that person believes in society holding higher standards on its citizens as a yearning for their education?" but warms as it continues. The last part captures very well the truth that the conservative viewpoint has greater faith and esteem for minorities than the liberal view. As you can see, I can't say it very well myself.
I am flattered at your invitation to comment. If you would like, perhaps this thread could be used as a constructive comment board about your writing?
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