The Congressional Black Caucus: Fifth Column in Congress?

Various ^ | September 7, 2003 | nwrep

[donmeaker]

Mark Twain said it well: "Congress has no native criminal class, excepting Congress."

[nwrep]

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[Mark was here]

So is this MLK's legacy?

I'll bet a good portion of the CBC claim to be following in MLK's footsteps...

Reminds me of Coleman Young's early days...

[Riverman94610]

Yet every two years their constituencies have the right to kick them out of office if their views are too extreme or anti-American.
Yet they re-elect most of them every election.Even in the two exceptions,Hilliard and Mc Kinney,it took another BLACK opponent who was also a liberal Democrat,to upend them.
I think the masses of black people in this country see themselves as oppositional to the "white establishment"while not completely grasping that the Democratic party is the epitome of this same"white establishment"
Ironies abound.
Riverman

[Salvey]

An old Pentagon hand told me, during Jimmy Carter's term, that if too many of these anti-American CBC members took over chairmanships of important congressional committees, the military would send the congress home til the madness was sorted out. I don't see that happening today, thanks to the capons which Clinton has installed into high military offices.

[jigsaw]

nwrep, thanks for a very interesting analysis.

Makes me sad to think what black members of the military must think of their
so-called black congressional leadership. We all know who the real heros are....I hope
they know there are millions of us out here - black and white - who love them for
their dedicated service to our country.

[Williams]

How about calling the murderer of a NJ State Trooper a "freedom fighter" and OPPOSING his extradition from Cuba back to the U.S.?" (Maxine Waters) They are an absolutely radical left wing fringe and they are allowed to operate without consequence by a cowardly Republican party and a sympathetic press.

[river rat]

One could make the argument, that Americans should be just as suspect of the blacks that by their silence and votes support the CBC, as we should be of Muslims who by their silence or inaction, support the militant Islamists amongst them..

Personally, I have made a concious decision to be distrustful of both groups..

The Nation and our fundamental characteristics at risk from both groups...

Proverty pimping and welfare leaching blacks being championed by their race baiting CBC - and radical Islamists....

Semper Fi

[river rat]

"The majority of welfare recipients are rural whites."

Even if true -- I would suspect they represent a far larger segment of the population in the United States, versus city/rural blacks. ...

The pertinant statistic would be what percentage of Blacks receive welfare, versus the percentage of whites on welfare...
Do YOU have that fact in your mind?

Plus --- I doubt many of the "rural whites" are voting for the jerks that make up the BCC..

Semper Fi

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

For months, I have struggled with a hypothetical question, a thought experiment if you will: If the enemies of the United States, such as Al Qaeda, had a political wing in the US Congress, how would their votes differ from those cast by the most liberal group in the House, namely, the Congressional Black Caucus, who are all members of the Democrat party?

Einstein was famous for his thought experiments. He would lay out the prevailing scientific theory and then set out to logically demolish it. Now the author wants to set blacks apart from other democrats. He then proceeds to list the voting practices of blacks but fails to supply the comparative voting habits of other democrats. But never mind the lack of rational analysis, because blacks are like Al Qaeda because Al Qaeda is like the blacks, so therefore the blacks are like Al Qaeda. Beware of those who lead off with their ideas as a though experiment. It really takes genius to pull it off.

[nwrep]

First of all, I only limited my analysis to the CBC, not "the blacks". Their race is not my issue, rather, they make an issue out of it by calling themselves "black", whatever that means.

Secondly, let us debate the facts mentioned in the piece. The conclusions are something a reasonable person would draw.

Thirdly, I chose to highlight the CBC because 2 of their most prominent members, Conyers and Rangel, are in line for important Chairmanship positions should the rats take control of the House. They are 2 of the most senior Democrats in the House, and one of them would become Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

Through this article, I want to warn people of the consequences of letting the Democrats take control of the House.

[nwrep]

the military would send the congress home til the madness was sorted out.

How would he do that?

[driftless]

Every Black Dem I've seen is an irresponsible scoundrel or scoundrelette. But they have great company in all the numerous White Dem scoundrels in congress. Who are bigger scoundrels than Sens. Schumer and Kennedy?

[SwinneySwitch]

The CBC is racist.