[Dem Congressman] Clyburn: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face (of African-Americans)

The International Herald Tribune / The Associated Press ^ | February 20, 2009 | Melinda Deslatte

[2ndDivisionVet]

COLUMBIA, S.C.: The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is "a slap in the face of African-Americans."

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said he was insulted when the governors of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and his home state, which have large black populations, said they might not accept some of the money from the $787 billion stimulus package.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he would accept the money, and none of the others has rejected it outright. The Republican governors of Idaho and Alaska also said they had reservations about whether the money would come with too many strings attached, but Clyburn said he was particularly taken aback by southern governors who said they might decline it.

"These four governors represent states that are in the proverbial black belt," Clyburn said.

A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford accused Clyburn of playing the race card.

"Spending money at the federal level that we do not have represents a future tax increase on all South Carolinians, regardless of their color," Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said in an e-mail statement. "And in the process of doing so, he's ripping off everyone he claims to represent."

Speaking earlier Thursday on CBS' "The Early Show," Sanford said being against the stimulus plan doesn't preclude taking the money. He said he opposed President Barack Obama's economic plan because it's "a bad idea," but would look over it and decide whether some parts would work for South Carolina.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Need any more proof that the Porkulus is (at least in part)a stealth slavery reparations bill?

[mkjessup]

Clyburn = Clymer

[Darkwolf377]

Well, they got a trillion bucks in payback for one slap, so they can shove it.

[WKUHilltopper]

“The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is “a slap in the face of African-Americans.”

Oh...eat me!

[rightwinggoth]

yes they’re doing this specifically to hurt black people

[Cowboy Bob]

I have a feeling that Obama and his Homeys will do more to destroy Political Correctness over the next 4 years than any of us could have hoped.

[GVnana]

I'm so done with the "racist" thing. This country bent over backwards to elect a black president. Well, guess what?

It's over. Done. Finito.

Take the racist label and stuff it, and while you're at it, get a real job.

[Apercu]

Stealth reparations.You ain't seen nothin’ yet.

[4rcane]

If voting against is a vote against African Americans
Then, this bill must be pretty racist as it reward African Americans only apparently

[XR7]

http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/chimp.attack.protest.2.938780.html

[CapnJack]

“THis is the first and LAST black president we will ever have.”

I don't know about that one. Think of a candidate like Thomas Sowell or a Walter E. Williams. Someone like either of these two men would go far.

[TurtleUp]

And support for the “stimulus” is a slap in the face of those who follow the Ten Commandments: “Thou shalt not steal.”

[SkyPilot]

It is evil and horrible people like Clyburn that place their race above all (Über Alles). Race is more important to them than God, and His love.

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Here is one of the most brilliant and poignant things ever written regarding the evil that is "Black Identity."

Because it so well served their purposes of self-advancement, the liberal black elite became adept at exploiting the fear of perceived racism so prevalent since the Civil Rights movement's conquest of America's conscience in the 1960s. In the process they actually strengthened and perpetuated negative stereotypes, to such a degree that black Americans fell into the trap of seeing their ethnic identity in almost entirely negative terms.

Years ago, in my essay Masters of the Dream, I described the tragically self-defeating nature of the liberal black establishment's negative pre-occupation with racism....the belief that the black identity has no positive content means that, in dealing with the problems of the black community, one neglects to think about policies based on the community's internal values, institutions and resources. Instead, one assumes that the solutions must come from without. The passive victims of history become the passive beneficiaries of philanthropy, the passive clients of bureaucracy, the passive subjects of the domineering welfare state. Despite all good intentions to the contrary, this type of liberalism pushes black Americans back toward a condition of endless childhood, servitude and subjection. Liberal hope becomes liberal slavery.

In reaction against racial prejudice the black elite unwittingly embraced race and racism as the defining preoccupation of the black American identity.

This leads them to be blind to the development of a distinctly positive black American identity, rooted in the assumption that personal moral and spiritual worth persist despite all the demeaning assaults predicated on racial inferiority. The history of that moral identity reveals an incessant spiritual guerrilla war against the devaluation of their humanity that centered ultimately around a simple and unyielding faith in God as the true standard of human worth, and Christ as the one whose suffering, sacrifice and resurrection validated the Godly dignity of every human being willing to put their faith in Him.

Alan Keyes

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"No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!"

Matthew 6:24

[whatshotandwhatsnot]

Alan Keyes “gets it”! He’s quite brilliant and a newer saying, “free your a** and your mind will follow”, crudely sums up what he’s saying beautifully here.

Clyburn is one of those black politicians (most seem to be) who count on the plantation mentality to keep him in office. It’s almost as if his type is jealous of any success other blacks may have and want to keep it all for himself being seen as a hero of some sort.

When will black people realize that many of those with the same skin are color the ones who benefit by keeping their minds in chains to the government?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said he was insulted when the governors of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and his home state, which have large black populations, said they might not accept some of the money...

This blistering RAT moron is the one who hurled the insult. He just stereotyped all black people as deadbeats.

[wombtotomb]

Don’t forget Allen West. One of the good things to come from Florida lately. Hopefully he will consider a run for FL governer. Would be nice to have a REAL republican in that office.

[bert]

Slap, Slap, slap...

I find you offensive boy.

[mewzilla]

The Racist History of the Democratic Party

[Allegra]

Hey, Clyburn, you can't whine about racism anymore...you got your socialist in the highest office in the land.

Now, you're complaining about those of us who opposed his furhter bankrupting our country.

Dry up, huh?