Bloodthirsty Liberal

(You were almost right, Kanye.)

You know why Democrats are so popular?

Because they’re “thin-skinned” and can speak in an “ignorant” dialect when they want to.

Everybody knows about Harry Reid on President Obama (and he was a fan!).

Fewer may have heard of President Clinton’s remark:

“A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee,” the former president told the liberal lion from Massachusetts, according to the gossipy new campaign book, “Game Change.”

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After Kennedy sided with Obama, Clinton reportedly griped, “the only reason you are endorsing him is because he’s black. Let’s just be clear.”

And I haven’t heard a denial.

He’s never exactly been a fan:

Of course, the two did kiss and make up eventually:

“He’s saying he’s not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss my ass close quote, if he wants his support.

“You can’t talk like that about Obama - he’s the nominee of your party, not some house boy you can order around.

“Hillary’s just getting on with it and so should Bill.”

Evidently, “house boy” is exactly what Bill thought of Barack.

And we all remember how Hillary just got on with it.

“My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it.”

But that’s all in the past. I’m sure Democrats aren’t like that any more. I guess we’ll have to wait for reporters to publish more books, because nobody will actually write it in the paper.

But while we’re in the past, who can forget these Greatest Racist Hits From the Democratic Party?

“You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent.”
- Senator Joe Biden

Mahatma Gandhi “ran a gas station down in Saint Louis.”
- Senator Hillary Clinton

“You’d find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they’d just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva.”
- Fritz Hollings (D, S.C.)

“In the days of slavery, there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and [there] were those slaves that lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master … exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. Colin Powell’s committed to come into the house of the master. When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture.”
- Harry Belafonte

(On Clarence Thomas) “A handkerchief-head, chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom.”
- Spike Lee

“He’s married to a white woman. He wants to be white. He wants a colorless society. He has no ethnic pride. He doesn’t want to be black.”
- California State Senator Diane Watson’s on Ward Connerly’s interracial marriage

“Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”

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“I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County and the adjoining counties of the state …. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia …. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va …. I hope that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future possibilities.”

– Former Klansman and current US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who is referred to by many Democrats as the “conscience of the Senate”, in a letter written in 1946, after he quit the KKK.

“I’ll have those n***ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.”

– Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One according Ronald Kessler’s Book, “Inside The White House”

As good a place as any to stop, though there are many, many more to go. But the “plantation” mentality of the party has been in place from the start of the Great Society and before. (Need I remind anyone that George Wallace was a Democrat?)

And I don’t know how many times I will need to remind you that Republicans supported the Civil Rights Act in higher proportions than Democrats (80% to 61%).

Time and space do not allow me to explore the further statements from the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Jeremiah Wright. Democrats, liberals, whatever are obsessed with race—and it ain’t pretty (if that’s not too “Negro” for you).

Aggie’s already related Harry Reid’s “light-skinned, Negro accent” comment.

Turns out, he was not alone (I know, shocker):

[A]s Hillary bungled Caroline, Bill’s handling of Ted was even worse. The day after Iowa, he phoned Kennedy and pressed for an endorsement, making the case for his wife. But Bill then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy. Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.

Like this, Mr. President?

“I like my coffee the way I like my servants, black and sweet.”

And remember Vice President Biden’s appraisal of the man:

Chris Matthews recently described the Republicans as “the party of the Confederacy”—but I wonder if the Confederacy, for all its crimes and exploitations, wasn’t more honest in its dealings with African Americans. Is the Democratic Party now any different from a plantation, with President Obama as merely the HNIC (see the Urban Dictionary or the film Stand and Deliver for a translation—and I don’t mean Hockey Night in Canada)? And who reacts more strongly when they get “uppity”?

PS: It’s all cool, according to Reverend Al:

I have learned of certain unfortunate comments made by Senator Reid regarding President Barack Obama and have spoken with Senator Reid about those comments. While there is no question that Senator Reid did not select the best word choice in this instance, these comments should not distract America from its continued focus on securing healthcare or creating jobs for its people. Nor should they detract from the unquestionable leadership role Senator Reid has played on these issues or in the area of civil rights. Senator Reid’s door has always been open on hearing from the civil rights community on these issues and I look forward to continue to work with Senator Reid wherever possible to improve the lives of Americans everywhere.

Good to know we have a “get out of jail free” card for the next time we refer to a person’s skin color or ethnic accent as qualities to consider when choosing a president. Of course, it would be our first time.

PPS: Does President Obama break out into a cold sweat every time he caucuses with his own party? I would. Those folks are crazy-a** mother[bleepers].

Apart from the soft racism of low expectations, Harry Reid demonstrates the usual racism

Washington (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Saturday following reports he had privately described then-candidate Barack Obama during the presidential campaign as a black candidate who could be successful thanks in part to his “light-skinned” appearance and speaking patterns “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

Journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann reported the remarks in their new book “Game Change,” according to an excerpt published by The Atlantic late Friday.

“He (Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ as he said privately. Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama’s race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination,” they write.

“I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words,” Reid said in a statement to CNN.

“I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments.

- Aggie

Didja hear the one about the genocidal, racist killers who were nominated to head an anti-racism conference? It’ll slay you:

The Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on Durban Follow-up started its seventh session on Monday. The group was established following the 2001 Durban Conference with a mandate to implement its Declaration and Program of Action. Like many other ill-fated UN anti-racism initiatives, the IGWG it has been exploited by abusive regimes that are hostile to the very notion of human rights, seeking international legitimacy as they deny freedom to their people.

By the end of its second day, this week’s IGWG session has met for a total of 90 minutes, instead of the scheduled 12 hours. Why the delay? A stand-off over who will chair the group.

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Who will now lead the world effort to combat racism and xenophobia? Nigeria for the African Group made the only nomination: Sudan. Yes, the country whose ruler has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for its racist genocide in Darfur.

Only Sweden for the European Union dared to object. By contrast, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, Cuba, India, Iran, Sri Lanka and others all accepted the nomination. Some even demanded to know the grounds upon which the EU objected.

After having the racist regime of Libya chair Durban II’s Main Committee and its 2-year lead-up, why not have the racist genocidal regime of Sudan head the follow-up? At the UN Human Rights Council, it all makes perfect sense.

What’d I tell you, huh? You’ll laugh till you cry.

You know thew drill: what if a country club Republican had said this?

A top civil rights leader called Democratic controller nominee John Liu “the little Asian boy” who’s been “running around” with the NAACP for years, as Liu poked a bit of fun at his own heritage on Saturday.

Speaking before the Rev. Al Sharpton’s birthday party, Hazel Dukes noted that Liu - elected the city’s first Asian-American councilman in 2001 - was on hand for the festivities.

“I see John Liu here - he’s been the little Asian boy running around with us a long time [in] the NAACP,” Dukes, president of the NAACP New York State Conference, warmly said to laughter during Sharpton’s weekly radio broadcast. “But Rev. [Sharpton], he was a good guy, so we said, ‘Come on, come on, come on - we can make you what you want to be,’” Dukes continued to more chuckles and applause as Liu, 42, sat on the stage with a bemused smile.

The Taiwan-born, Queens-bred Liu, who came to the United States with his family at age 5, won the Sept. 15 primary and later defeated rival Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) in the Sept. 29 runoff. Liu enjoyed strong support from the Asian-American community and other ethnic minority voters.

Now, let me be fair to the big-haired African American woman—what’s that? Well, she is:

Which is my point: how would you describe this guy?

In libel law, truth is an absolute defense. If Ms. Dukes wants to describe a New York City councilman as a glorified houseboy or cabana boy, that’s just how she sees him.

Liu himself wasn’t bothered in the least:

Liu apparently was not overly concerned with Dukes’ comments. His spokeswoman said he “is a lifetime member of the NAACP. He has a great relationship with its leadership and many other prominent civil rights leaders.”

Bidding Sharpton a happy 55th, Liu also poked a little fun at his own heritage - or maybe just goofed on his own singing abilities. “You know the way Asian-Americans sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ right? They go, ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY,’” Liu jokingly boomed as the audience broke into laughter. “That’s about all you want to hear from me, okay? Happy birthday, Al Sharpton.”

Okay, so the LAB (little Asian boy) is no Chris Rock (or is that Chlis Lock?). As a NYC politician, he’s got access to riches Rock could never dream of. (Like I said, truth is an absolute defense.)

If Janeane Garofalo didn’t exist… could we just invent another Jessica Beal instead?

Please?

It’s obvious to anybody who has eyes in this country that tea-baggers, the 9-12ers, these separatist groups that pretend that it’s about policy – they are clearly white-identity movements. They’re clearly white power movements. What they don’t like about the President is that he’s black.

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But these people, who are also being led by the Glenn Becks, the Michelle Bachmans, the Rush Limbows [presumably Limbaugh], whomever, they are no different than any other white identify movement that’s part of our history. This has been going on since the founding of this country that white power movements have tried to establish themselves and hold onto power.

It’s very weird that whenever this comes up in conversation, so few people are willing to say that yes it is racism, straight up racism. And the Republican Party has been willing to carry water for racists in this country since about the 1950s. (Applause)

Electorally, these white power people don’t have their own party – maybe they will one day – so they are electorally-dependent on the Republicans. But also troubling, Fox News is happy to feed into this; AM radio is happy to feed into this.

Don’t forget us, Janeane! We may be inconsequential, but we try hard. I thought you libs liked the little people.

Oh please, lady. If your cries for attention were any more pathetic, you’d be Roseanne Barr.

I wonder if little Janeane paid attention during civics class? Does she know who voted for and who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for example?

House of Representatives:
Democrats for: 152
Democrats against: 96
Republicans for: 138
Republicans against: 34

Senate:
Democrats for: 46
Democrats against: 21
Republicans for: 27
Republicans against: 6

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The Congressional Quarterly of June 26, 1964 recorded that in the Senate, only 69 percent of Democrats (46 for, 21 against) voted for the Civil Rights Act as compared to 82 percent of Republicans (27 for, 6 against). All southern Democratic senators voted against the act.

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In the House of Representatives, 61 percent of Democrats (152 for, 96 against) voted for the Civil Rights Act; 92 of the 103 Southern Democrats voted against it. Among Republicans, 80 percent (138 for, 34 against) voted for it.

Who has been carrying the water for the racists?

The Democratic Party is a veritable Poland Spring delivery truck of racists—from the Grand Cyclops, Robert Byrd, on down (or on up, I suppose). I would argue they’re still hung up on race, which is why they nominated a black Abbie Hoffman to be their candidate for president. And it’s why he got elected, too.

Maybe now that we know there are black Jimmy Carters, we can get past race, and judge people on the content of their characters, not the color of their skin (or their bleached hair). As for you, Ms. G., isn’t there a Tuesday night sitcom with a vacancy—somewhere you can go where your—ahem—talents can be put to good use? This is America, girl, land of opportunity. Find one.

The indigenous peoples, first Americans, don’t want the environmentalists messing with them

It is pure evil that I enjoy this so much.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The leader of the country’s largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. and Hopi lawmakers say environmentalists’ efforts could hurt the tribes’ struggling economies by slowing or stopping coal mining.

Ya’ Think?

Shirley said Wednesday that he will stand in solidarity with the Hopi Tribe, and joined Hopi lawmakers in encouraging other tribes to re-evaluate their relationships with environmentalists.

“Environmentalists are good at identifying problems but poor at identifying feasible solutions,” Shirley said in a news release. “Most often they don’t try to work with us but against us, giving aid and comfort to those opposed to the sovereign decision-making of tribes.”

Huh, sovereign decision-making violated by mostly white, upper-middle-class snots. Who’da’thunk it? Sounds like colonialism to me. The environmentalists need to be re-educated about racism. Because I think that the Hopis and the Navajoes are politely telling the obnoxious environmentalist do-gooders that they are, clearly, (my favorite NPR word) racists.

heh.

- Aggie

What Mark Steyn tosses off the top of his head the rest of us would do well to pick up and keep pressed between the pages of a book:

This piece by Lloyd Marcus, a black conservative, is called “Stop Allowing the Left to Set The Rules,” and deals with the alleged racism of the anti-Obama opposition. As Mr. Marcus notes:

The Left published a cartoon depicting former black Secretary of State Condolezza Rice as an Aunt Jemima; another depicted Rice as a huge-lipped parrot for her Massa Bush. Neither were considered racist by their creators or publishers, or even widely condemned on the Left.

In opposition to black Republican Michael Steele’s campaign torun for U.S. Senate, a liberal blogger published a doctored photo of Steele in black face and big red lips made to look like a minstrel. The caption read, “Simple Sambo wants to move to the big house”. Not one Democrat denounced these racist portrayals of black conservatives.

True. Nobody minds liberal commentators expressing the hope that Clarence Thomas “will die early from heart disease like many black men,” etc. Contemporary identity-group politics are prototype one-party states: If you’re a black Republican Secretary of State, you’re not really black. If you’re a female Republican vice-presidential nominee, you’re not really a woman. What’s racist and sexist here is the notion that, if you’re black or female, your politics is determined by your group membership.

But, if we’re talking about letting the Left “set the rules,” Mr. Marcus’s column reminded me of a larger point: Don’t take your opponents at face value; listen to what they’re really saying. What does the frenzy unleashed on Sarah Palin last fall tell us? What does Newsweek’s “Mad Man” cover on Glenn Beck mean? Why have “civility” drones like Joe Klein so eagerly adopted Anderson Cooper’s scrotal “teabagging” slur and characterized as “racists” and “terrorists” what are (certainly by comparison with the anti-G20 crowd) the best behaved and tidiest street agitators in modern history?

They’re telling you who they really fear. Whom the media gods would destroy they first make into “mad men.” Liz Cheney should be due for the treatment any day now.

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The media would like the American Right to be represented by the likes of Bob Dole and John McCain, decent old sticks who know how to give dignified concession speeches. Last time round, we went along with their recommendation. If you want to get rave reviews for losing gracefully, that’s the way to go. If you want to win, look at whom the Democrats and their media chums are so frantic to destroy: That’s the better guide to what they’re really worried about.

Rush makes this point all the time, too. The talk about Sarah, they talk about Rush himself because they are terrified of them.

And not a stop to think:

We caught up with [Dave] Matthews just as news hit the Web that former President Jimmy Carter believed racism was the root of some of the negativity directed toward President Obama in recent weeks. The 42-year-old singer-songwriter offered a unique perspective, as a man who split his childhood between the United States and South Africa during apartheid. The following is an edited version of the interview.

CNN: President Carter said he thinks that a lot of the animosity directed toward President Obama is race related.

Dave Matthews: Of course it is! I found there’s a fairly blatant racism in America that’s already there, and I don’t think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it’s sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here — I just see it everywhere. There’s a good population of people in this country that are terrified of the president only because he’s black, even if they don’t say it. And I think a lot of them, behind closed doors, do say it.

Hang on a sec. I need to close the door.

There.

Shut yer effing pie-hole, unless it’s to sing—and even then, shut it. Who is he, Janeane Garofalo in drag? No, can’t be. Garofalo’s already in drag.

If we’re worse than South Africa (presumably apartheid South Africa), why is he here? Why doesn’t he boycott our blatantly racist nation? Or is green the new black?

We’re not racists, Dave. We’re idiotists: we cannot stand fools, dolts, imbeciles, and most of all preachy guitarists with hearing loss and receding hairlines. We are the most color-blind people you could imagine, and we have the courage to criticize a radical black president, knowing the inevitable taunts and insults from pustules like you (and your sister in tattooed arms, Janeane).

Cool name for a band, though. How did you come up with it?

America’s favorite parlor game - figuring out what is racist and what is not

Barack Obama has asked Governor Paterson of NY not to run again. Obama is a person of color, as is Governor Paterson. Obama is supposedly doing this because Paterson has low popularity ratings. But Wait! What if the low ratings have to do with Paterson’s race rather than his performance? How can we measure that? And let’s pretend that either Obama was not a person or color (variation 1) or Paterson was not a person of color (variation 2).

In (1) we can assume that the request was racism, covered by the excuse of low polling, or possibly a double case of racism on the part of both the public and the White House. In alternate (2) no racism would be involved, clearly.

Clearly. Let’s be clear.

WASHINGTON — President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New York Democratic operative with direct knowledge of the situation.

The decision to ask Mr. Paterson to step aside was proposed by political advisers to Mr. Obama, but approved by the president himself, one of the administration officials said.

“Is there concern about the situation in New York? Absolutely,” the second administration official said Saturday evening. “Has that concern been conveyed to the governor? Yes.”

The administration officials and the Democratic operative spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions with the governor were intended to be confidential.

The president’s request was conveyed to the Mr. Paterson by Representative Gregory W. Meeks, a Queens Democrat, who has developed a strong relationship with the Obama administration, they said.

The move against a sitting Democratic governor represents an extraordinary intervention into a state political race by the president, and is a delicate one, given that Mr. Paterson is one of only two African-American governors in the nation.

But Mr. Obama’s political team and other party leaders have grown increasingly worried that the governor’s unpopularity could drag down Democratic members of Congress in New York, as well as the Democratic-controlled Legislature, in next fall’s election.

So now I’m wondering if the Queens politician that carried the ugly message to the Governor is a person of color? But then we have to consider three variations on the theme, each of them interacting with the other how many times? And it is way too early for that math. We have a case where all three are people of color. And a case where all three are people of pallor. Then we get the mixed cases. We have to assume that Obama is a person of color but neither Patterson nor the Queens pol are. Then we try it with Obama + Paterson, but not the messenger. Then all three are people of color. Then not Obama… etc. See what I mean? What a headache. Each a little more nuanced than the last.

Clearly this is a complex problem. We need Frank Rich or Maureen Dowd to straighten us out.
Because on top of all that, the trigger for this is that the White House is nervous that Rudy Giuliani might decide to run for Governo supposedly. He’s a person of pallor, right? What does that do to the race debate?

Question: How many of you think I’m taking this race thing to a nonsensical extreme? That I’m making it up to poke fun at the media and the Democrat Party? Well, that can be fun, no doubt about it, but take a gander at how the NY Times finishes up the report:

The concerns of Obama aides deepened last month, when the governor, speaking on a radio talk show in New York, suggested that criticism of him was racially motivated and that Mr. Obama would soon suffer similar attacks. Mr. Obama’s advisers, who have long sought to defuse the issue of race, found the comments inflammatory and expressed their displeasure directly to the Paterson camp.

The move by the White House will probably bring new attention to Mr. Cuomo, now the most popular Democratic figure in the state. While only 30 percent of voters in a Quinnipiac poll last month approved of the job that Mr. Paterson was doing, 74 percent approved of Mr. Cuomo’s job performance.

The situation between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Paterson has been a complicated one. Mr. Cuomo is still haunted by the fierce backlash he stirred in 2002 when he decided to run in the Democratic primary for governor against H. Carl McCall, the first serious black candidate for governor.

Now, Mr. Cuomo effectively has the blessing of the nation’s first black president to run against New York’s first black governor. That will probably neutralize any criticism he may face among the governor’s prominent black allies, including Representative Charles B. Rangel of Harlem, who warned this year that the party would become racially polarized if Mr. Cuomo took on Mr. Paterson.

That’s politics in America today.

- Aggie