Black Caucus Warns Harry Reid

NewsMax ^ | 12-30-04

[BobL]

That's a new one - the Black Caucus defending a black conservative. Something tells me that there's an earth movement under these guys (the caucus).

They, no doubt, are able to sense political realities, and with the Dems comparing gay marriage to their legitimate struggle against discrimination, this partnership with them (the Dems) is getting harder to maintain.

Throw in school vouchers and start rumors that abortion is simply a way to control the black population, and you may start seeing more black votes up for grabs.

It's got to be getting very hard for these guys (the caucus) to go back into their districts and explain why they support the party on these far-left kooky ideas. Maybe the defense of Thomas is a first step in trying to restore some degree of credibility with their voters.

[swheats]

"I should be expecting similar statements from the CBC about ...Aaron MacGruder?"

It'll never happen...liberal whites think he's hip. Must be that Condi thing.

[rdb3]

It'll never happen...liberal whites think he's hip. Must be that Condi thing.

It probably is. Figures.

But how've you been, sista? Haven't seen you around in a month of Sundays!

[winner3000]

(However - what if someone thought he was? How is that racist? If I thought someones opinions were poorly written, how exactly is that about race?)

Because a lot of bigots believe that blacks are inferior. It's a stereotype, an assumption that Reed, by not mentioning any example (especially since most people assume he never read any of CT's opinions) falls for head first. Another reason is that for a good percentage of Supreme Court decisions that lean Conservative are written by CT (the other judges elected to let him write them for good reason, one assumes).
The reason Reed dislikes CT is politics. Even in that vein, he could have criticized Scalia. He didn't. He instead decided to pick on the black guy.

[Duchess47]

Reid is an embarrassment to Nevada.

[hope]

I think it's racist to use race for your gain. That is what the democrats do every day.

Now when the opposition to the dems nominate a bright and well qualified person who happens to be a minority they show their true colors by calling them stupid and unqualified...You can't get anymore racist than that.

[cfhBAMA]

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D) Nevada is a big time racist. And a odd ball in general. Harry Reid

[CFC__VRWC]

Maybe the defense of Thomas is a first step in trying to restore some degree of credibility with their voters.

It took them almost a month to come out with the most unapologetic "apology" I've seen since Dan Rather "apologized" to George Bush for using forged memos to smear him. This is about nothing but the CBC telling conservatives to "quit 'cher bitchin'."

[AM2000]

Because a lot of bigots believe that blacks are inferior.

Ok, I'm starting to see why you (and others) think he's a racist. But I'm just deeply uncomfortable with calling anyone that based on what we think he was thinking, or based on what we think motivated him. It's the same kind of logic that goes into hate crime legislation, which so many of us are against.

Having said all that, I do understand why you'd think he's racist. I'm just not prepared to say it myself.

[BobL]

I won't argue your point much. But after the way they treated Thomas during his confirmation hearings, something must be up.

If they were fully secure with their base, they would never give him the respect of defending him, especially at the expense of beating up a fairly reliable Dem.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

You have great insight. The "Black" political "Sea Change" is now in progress and well underway. Look for the Pubbies to get about 20% of the "Black" vote in 2006.
As the "Black" vote shifts, the Democrat Party will become a permanent "minority" political party. The winds of change are blowing, and you are very perceptive in picking up the tide of the future. The only folks that don't get it are the Democrats. Liberals and the MSM. Mel Watt may be a left-wing, liberal Democrat, but he is not either a fool or an idiot. He sees the handwriting on the wall. I'm sure if you cornered him in private, he would wish that Jesse Jackson, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Julian Bond would crawl back into the black holes they emerged from.

[Dan from Michigan]

Translation - "Don't do that!!!!" (Hey...keep it up)

[AM2000]

I think it's racist to use race for your gain. That is what the democrats do every day.

I agree.

Now when the opposition to the dems nominate a bright and well qualified person who happens to be a minority they show their true colors by calling them stupid and unqualified...You can't get anymore racist than that.

Well... what if the Dem truly beleived he was unqualified? I can bet you can find someone most Dems would consider "bright and well qualified", who is staunchly pro-choice. Now, many GOP Senators would consider him (based on his stance on abortion alone) "unqualified" for many positions. Would that make those Senators racist, if the candidate in question happened to be African-American?

[mabelkitty]

Liars.
They did no such thing.
This is cover cuz their constituents are p1ssed.

[Pharmboy]

Yep...that's how Reid's comments struck me. Poorly written?? The Supremes have brilliant clerks do the actual writing--they put down what the Justices think; I bet Judge Thomas has 20 points in IQ over Reid...

[cyborg]

A rock would have 20 more IQ points than Reid. Reid strikes me as someone falling off the left end of the bell curve.

[mabelkitty]

One more thing - Cynthia McKinney is back.
She will be a member, and I think they are very concerned about that on a national level.

[hope]

Do you suppose Reid was speaking of what he knows about Clarence Thomas or was it more like what he and his colleagues in the senate believe? I suspect the latter since nothing he said could be any further from the truth. More like a matter of opinion.

Not only do they fear Clarence Thomas for his race, but they fear him because he is a man of God and a conservative. Such is bigotry.

[hope]

That's what I was thinking also.:)

[BobL]

"You have great insight..."

Thanks very much for the compliments, but some of this insight wasn't mine. I've heard the 20% number (up from 10%) and also the disconnect on social issues between blacks and Dems - mainly thanks to this website.

But I will take credit for linking this to Justice Thomas. Things don't happen in a vacuum and those comments directed at Senator Reid were, no doubt, well thought out in advance, and had to be based on something new.