[StopGlobalWhining]

Why does the left have so much hate for blacks and Hispanics (Cubans for example) who achieve success on their own without becoming dependant on government programs?

[Askel5]

Ding dong ... it's celebrating the "diversity" of the Bush cabinet -- announcing this Hispanic or that Woman or this Black who's got laurels galore -- which only PERPETUATES the "diversity" agenda of the left whereby folks are judged FIRST and FOREMOST by whether they fit a quota.

Merit hasn't got anything to do with it. You'll notice this is the case when folks shrug off the more excellent also-ran by observing that with a [black|woman|Hispanic|homosexual] Bush'll be in a better position to beat the left at their own game.

This is not quite as breathtakingly transparent as a Lillian Hellman "recollection" of riding the streetcar up front WITH her black maid but it's still a nice way to appeal to those very folks and that very mindset that judges FIRST and FOREMOST by externals.

Don't we have any white guys on the cabinet who've a civil rights past suitable for feature or is this -- quite naturally -- left for the Black Woman who was, what, ten years old in '64?

Quite the prepubescent civil rights warrior compared to the Old White Men who evidently did nothing to end segregation, much less slavery. Black Women are just superior that way, I guess. I'm so glad we have a black woman on our cabinet. Maybe she can teach these guys a thing or two when she's not body-blocking Rooskies in the basement.

[steamroller]

Because they are hypocritical racists.The only Blacks and Latinos that are welcome in the homes of these limousine liberals are the cleaners and cooks.Condoleeza Rice is an intelligent,no-nonsense person who got where she is by becoming among the best in her field.I would hope that she runs for elective office in the near future.