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The "net effect" was to keep blacks on the Democrat plantation. The scumbag Democrats obviously realized that Reid had flubbed big-time and if his flub turned off even a small percentage of the Democrats' black base, then that is serious business. They cannot afford it. Race runs thicker than political party and Reid forgot that.

This letter from Watt (who probably lost a coin toss) was simply an appeasement effort.

"Reid had flubbed big-time and if his flub turned off even a small percentage of the Democrats' black base, then that is serious business."

True - but considering the trash that they (white or black Dems) were able to stick on Thomas during the confirmation, and the trash that they have stuck on other black conservatives, what made this comment by Reid anything special - after all, it wasn't racist or even inflammatory.

It was totally wrong and inaccurate (as anyone who's read Justice Thomas's opinions would have to agree with), but it was mild compared to what other Dems have gotten away with in the past.

I'm tending to think that the black community (as a whole) is starting to get a bit sick of this treatment and the CBC is being forced (very reluctantly) to take steps to bring things back into order.