I actually agree with you. I remember Juan from his days on Crossfire. Perhaps he is lying as he moved to Fox, but I actually believe that he is being honest in what he thinks. One can only hope that he is right.
My personal feeling is that we need to find more Juan Williams. A black liberal who is willing to be honest on race issues. Conservatives do not have to be weak kneed like Jack Kemp without preferring that racial issues be discussed about opportunity and responsibility. Do you really want to avoid the fact that Blacks have opportunity now in America? They need to do like everyone else. Go to school, work and stay in a stable family environment.
I do not fear Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, etal. I would gladly live in an America that were governed by such men. I am tired of whites having to excuse the behavior of “gangsta” blacks and their women who continue to have children without concern to the welfare of them.
Juan Williams wrote a book a couple years ago about race and politics - not the one he has out now. Basically stop blaming white people for everything. He was pilloried by other journalists and black leaders. He was a friend to Tony Snow. Last night I heard him on John Gibson (not knowing who it was) and the person was so reasonable sounding, that when John said it was Juan I thought, oh NOW that makes sense. He is not a knee jerk politician. He said say what you like about President Bush, but under that man’s leadership, we did not have another attack like Sep 11th, and we owe it to him.