Posted on 05/06/2003 5:58:32 PM PDT by faithincowboys
Tonight, Bill has continued his jihad against Georgia Republican Governor Sonny Perdue. O'Reilly, who recently made what many considered an anti-black remark, has launched a full frontal assault on Perdue.
Inexplicably, Bill O blames the GOP Gov for an all-white private prom that recently occured in Baldwin County Georgia. Of course, if the Governor could prevent the white kids from having a private prom, we would be living in a totalitarian state.
Bill is clearly seeking to destroy Perdue to deflect from his racially insensitive faux pas.
Perdue's Black Female Press Secretary was on The Factor tonight and Bill was rude and hostile to her, it kinda made you think that if Bill were throwing a private party at his big Long Island digs (why doesn't he live closer to work in a more diverse area?) he wouldn't invite her unless she agreed to hold a serving tray all night.
Georgia is all ready in a state of racial tension, due to the flag issue, Bill's attempt to destroy Georgia's first Republican Governor since Reconstruction is, without a doubt, an assault on the GOP.
We should all let O'Reilly know how we feel about this. Also, when O'Reilly's young daughter becomes school age, we must demand that he sends her to a school in Harlem. The white kids who went to that prom attend a 55% African American majority high school and live more racially integrated lives than O'Reilly and his wealthy Long Island elitists ever have.
Were the kids morally wrong to exclude their balck peers from their private prom? Yes. Were they legally wrong? No. Does Sonny Perdue bear any culpability in the matter? Absolutely Not!
O'Reilly is now demanding that Perdue hold a press conference, go on The Factor, and/or go to this week's integrated prom.
I find O'Reilly's stance on this untenable and grotesque. Hobbling a Republican Governor (unfairly) driving up anti-Republican sentiment in the South (a region integral to Dubya's re-election) and galvanizing Southern Democrats is a clear sign that Bill is not on our team.
Maybe he's not on the D team either, perhaps, he is on his own team-- in a very Clintonian way. His jihad against Georgia's Governor is to appease the NYC, DC chattering class who think he is a racist and suspect his Jesse Jackson fixation is rooted in racism.
In a suck up to his critics, Bill O has thrown an innocent man to the wolves. This is outrageous!
and persecuting 18 years olds that
Or, perhaps I've seen enough of this PC BS to have a good hunch of why the kids did what they did. Or do you prefer to prejudge the white kids?
Frankly, I doubt if a bunch of high school students elected Georgia's governor. Are you prejudging the voters of Georgia?
Your prejudice is showing.
Does a PRIVATE prom, organized by high school students rise to the level of the Klan marching through Atlanta? I don't think so.
Besides, the governor was elected to, among other things, uphold the constitution of the United States which mentions something about the freedom of association. These kids have as much right to invite whomever they choose to their PRIVATE event as you and I have to invite whomever we choose to our own party.
The Governor has much more important things to do with his time than scold a bunch of high school students on their choice of guests at a private event.
Your prejudice is showing
What's the matter? Cant you read either. I just said above I didnt think it was the heritage of rural whites in Georgia to be racists. I always thought it was a tiny minority but given some of the reaction on this thread from incensed Georgians I may have been wrong. Maybe its not just a handful of kids.
And what did these kids have to do but show up where they were told to attend school? Whoopy ti-do, I'm just overwhelmed with their commitment to equal rights.
I link Mr. O'Reilly and you to the story of Sen. Byrd who loves the Klan more than he loves our Great Republic.
This gets more bizzare by the minute. What does that old fart have to do with this thread. That is unless you want to adopt him as Grand Marshall of your prom.
You never proved your integration bona fides to me. So you don't want to talk to me anymore?
What do I have to do prove that Im disgusted with your attitude, get down and kiss your ugly ass. You asked what my neighborhood was like and what my school system was like and I told you. If your memory is that bad that you cant remember, maybe you should be treated for Alzheimers. This thread isnt that long. Look it up GRand Wizzard. Maybe your bud Byrd can give you some pointers.
Sorry to take so long getting back. Had to get to bed last night.
I absolutely believe that a parent has the right to teach their children that. We're not talking about unfairness in labor practices or preventing them access to the same goods and services, opportunities or education as anybody else. We're talking about personal beliefs and families. Not everybody believes that inter-racial marriage is healthy or right. They have a right to believe that as long as that belief doesn't carry over to unlawful discrimination based on race.
As far as what I taught my child, I said that it wasn't my personal preference but that I was much more concerned about a partner being a good and decent and loving person with a comittment to God....however....I also believe strongly in respecting your elders and my father is adamantly opposed to black/white race-mixing and had made it clear in no uncertain terms that any child or grandchild of his who did such a thing would be disowned. (I've never made a secret of having Archie Bunker for a dad). I do not agree with him, but I personally would not go against his wishes because he does believe so strongly and because I respect him. I encouraged my daughter to always keep that in mind as well.
For what it's worth, one of my Godchildren has mixed parents. It doesn't make any difference whatsoever to me but I do respect the right of others to believe differently and certainly do not think that it is an unpardonable sin. Personally, I am much more comfortable being around people who freely say what's on their mind, even if it is offensive, within reason and appropriateness of setting. At least they're being genuine, which is a quality I value highly in others. People who are slaves to the PC god, are phonies at best and tyrants at worst and I have have no use for either.
Sounds like my Senior Prom many moons ago. Same facility, the black students congregated in one room with the music we wanted while the white students were in another room with the music they preferred. Some black and white students mixed and chatted in the hallway, and I recall getting a compliment and a hug from a white classmate, though we were in separate rooms. Nobody had a cow over it, though neither room was advertised as the "black" room or the "white room."
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