[doug from upland]

I love to see the RATS fight. I guess they would say in Al Campanis-like fashion that Jefferson just didn't have the necessities for the job. Tell me again. Which party is racist?

[BenLurkin]

The democrat party survives by keeping African-Americans in perpetual servitude. It's that simple.

[timestax]

I love to see the RATS fight. I guess they would say in Al Campanis-like fashion that Jefferson just didn't have the necessities for the job. Tell me again. Which party is racist?

Yeah . like, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk ,NYUK

[kayak]

A Handy Visual Aid for Explaining the Democrat's Position on Race Relations

See #9 as well as the original post. And the following addendum is appropriate.

[Mark17]

I love to see the RATS fight. I guess they would say in Al Campanis-like fashion that Jefferson just didn't have the necessities for the job. Tell me again. Which party is racist?

Yes, it's great, but I always thought the Rats were a bunch of racists, bigots, sexists and heterophobes anyway.

[WaterDragon]

Most of what is being said by the Black caucus is to pressure the Democratic leadership. The Democrats can never win an election if they lose the black vote.

The Democrats fought against ending slavery; they fought against ending Jim Crow. They finaly figured out a way to keep blacks "in their place and in service".....by convincing blacks to place themselves on the auction block, for sale to the highest bidder. The black caucus is just letting Democrats know the bidding isn't looking very attractive at the moment.

All the Republicans have ever wanted is that blacks enjoy full citizenship rights including access to economic opportunities. As equal human beings. Not as slaves nor as servants selling their loyalties.

[WaterDragon]

Most of what is being said by the Black caucus is to pressure the Democratic leadership. The Democrats can never win an election if they lose the black vote.

The Democrats fought against ending slavery; they fought against ending Jim Crow. They finaly figured out a way to keep blacks "in their place and in service".....by convincing blacks to place themselves on the auction block, for sale to the highest bidder. The black caucus is just letting Democrats know the bidding isn't looking very attractive at the moment.

All the Republicans have ever wanted is that blacks enjoy full citizenship rights including access to economic opportunities. As equal human beings. Not as slaves nor as servants selling their loyalties.

[sweetliberty]

Rats fighting is one thing, but in my opinion there are a couple of things wrong with this story. Of course, when Rats are involved that usually goes without saying. In the first place, while I do not like Pelosi, she apparently has the authority to choose who she wants as the campaign leader. I am assuming that is one of the perks of her position. When one person "wins" it generally means that others lose. Disappointment is part of life and they need to accept that.

The other issue I have with what was said by the Black Caucas member, an unnecessary and racist "clique" that should have no place in a government which supposedly considers all men equal, is the revealing gall of this statement:

"If our leadership doesn't think we have juice to make their lives hard, then they are wrong."

That is exactly the problem with these black "interest" groups. They think they have the right to call all the shots and consider it perfectly okay to make anyone's life "hard" that doesn't fall in step with their will. It is like an infection that, left unchecked, spreads and festers throughout our society and generates the kind of racist hatred that it CLAIMS that it exists to prevent.

I cannot think of any good that Pelosi will do for any but the whining liberal contingent, but that aside we have to consider, does our congress exist to serve ALL the people or just the black caucas and their clearly racist interests?