Posted on 08/04/2010 4:36:03 PM PDT by PROCON
WASHINGTON (AP) - These were supposed to be heady days for African-Americans in Congress, with President Barack Obama occupying the White House and a half dozen blacks holding powerful committee chairmanships and leadership jobs. Yet the past two weeks have been more of a nightmare.
Two of Congress' most senior African-Americans, Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel of New York and Maxine Waters of California, are fighting to save their reputations and quite possibly their jobs over ethics allegations. On Tuesday night, seven-term Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Michigan was ousted in the Democratic primary, and several other lawmakers have lost bids for higher office or struggled to get traction.
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Dr. King was right.
We’re starting to look at the content of some of these people’s character.
And not liking it.
Until there were black committee chairmen, even a black President—few dared take serious shots at these folks.
Now they have been elevated, and they are prime targets.
Fine by me.
“You can’t assign “character” to a “group””
That’s kinda the point. And I think MLK knew that, too.
It’s all about individual responsibility, not “collective redemption.”
“It was their apparent LACK of character that did them in.”
Exactly right.
Years ago I watched a young black kid go into the neighbors garage while they were gone and come riding out on one of the kids bikes. I called the police and “detained” him with idle chit-chat. When the police arrived and I told them what I saw, the kid screamed at me “you’re only saying that cuz I’m black! I told him I was only saying that because I saw him do it.
But I was appalled that at such a young age he had already been taught to play the race card. Disgusting.
This would be the perfect time for CWC with a black president!
“Why isn’t there a congressional freckled caucus? “
“The Congressional Skin Color Caucus: Now In White!”
Why do we need a Black Caucus to begin with?
We don't, apparently race is important to some, the true racists!
Commies come in all colors, but they be RED inside.
LOL, you must save it for the truely moronic...ROFLOL!!
Why shouldn't they be? They're shenanigans are just like any Liberal policy: Comes back to bite them in the ass.
heheheheheheh
I would prefer the CBC or Criminal Black Caucus. Seems fitting to me.
Now that the cracker Marxists have taken total control of the country, it’s okay to throw their minorities under the bus. Hitler got rid of the “gay” Ernst Rohm and his homonazis when they were no longer useful to him.
they’re=their
A black caucus IS RACIST......
We should start referring to it as the "Black Racist/Criminal Caucus".
To the MSM crime is a natural and beneficial component of Social Democrat governance and thus nothing to worry about. The ethical problems of black legislators are are the racism of their colleagues. It is those who make charges against black Congressmen who are unethical by racism.
black caucus this Govt is racist go after them
ARF
if we want to be all together as Americans then stop this black this and that and stop the far left racist policies
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