I Guess It Depends On What The Definition Of Plantation Is

Polipundit ^ | Jan. 17, 2006 | Lorie Byrd

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There is a great roundup of links to stories, pictures, video, and reaction to Hillary’s MLK Day statement that the GOP House of Representatives is “run like a plantation” at Michelle Malkin.com. According to the NYT, “she suggested that things had changed in recent years with the Republicans in control of the White House and Congress.”

Hmmmm. President Bush appointed Condi Rice, Colin Powell and Rod Paige (respectively) as the first black National Security Advisor, Secretary of State and Secretary of Education. I guess that pales in comparison to the great strides blacks made under her husband. After all, the man hailed as the first black president, Bill Clinton, appointed Betty Currie, his personal secretary, and Vernon Jordan, his very influential friend, as the first black … well, he used them to attempt to clean up his messy little intern problem. And Hillary has the nerve to talk about plantations. She says she compared the House to a plantation because no dissenting opinion is allowed, but she made the comment on MLK Day in a speech about progress in America for blacks. Yeah. I am sure she never meant to imply that Republicans were modern day slave owners or anything like that.

Update: A Polipundit reader reminded me that Bill Clinton also appointed the Rev. Jesse Jackson as his spiritual advisor to help him through his intern troubles.

[kublia khan]

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