[.cnI redruM]

You mean the color of someone's skin is more important than the content of their character? Say it ain't so, Mel. Say it ain't so.

[rottndog]

The whole idea of the CBC and CHC is rascist. Where's the CWC or the CAC? Racial identity politics is as rascist as those who practice it.

[SunTzuWu]

--noting that it was "critical" that "membership remain exclusively African American"

Now that's the definition of racism.

[Txsleuth]

I remember reading that when Denise Majette took Cynthia McKinney's job...the FIRST time she was not reelected...the CBC told Majette that the only way she would be welcome (she was black)...would be if she voted exactly how they TOLD her to vote.

I noticed she only lasted one term...and then McKinney was back...so, she must not have minded the bosses.

[Christian4Bush]

BTTT

[CharlesWayneCT]

I think the Republicans changed THEIR rules so seniority wasn't enough, something about term limits on chair positions.

The CBC has so many senior people because they are sequestered into districts where there is never any competition, and nobody has any interest in democracy so there are only rare primary challenges, like with Cynthia McKinney.

And the black leaders have absolutely nothing else going for them in life, so they are NEVER going to retire, unlike a lot of senior white congressmen.

[VeniVidiVici]

Two years ago, when Cynthia McKinney--the recently defeated Georgia congresswoman

You know, this has got to be one Democrat that is seriously hating life right now.

And that puts a smile on my face.

[twonie]

The CBC has, as have labor unions, proved redundantly that they are no better, and in most cases worse, than the people they have gathered against.

[linn37]

In other words the CBC has Pelosi by the balls.

[NeoCaveman]

"The Caucus stood firmly behind Representative Jefferson,"

That's just OJ jury thinking.

[sig226]

"Just as fast as Cohen floated the idea of signing up, an internal CBC strategy memo obtained by The Washington Times--noting that it was "critical" that "membership remain exclusively African American"--torpedoed it. According to Dandridge and others, Cohen met with caucus members when he was in town last week, and is now "no longer interested in becoming a CBC member."

What is the ACLU's position on this? Have they adopted a stance? Is it silence?