Anchor Campbell Brown’s show on CNN is subtitled “No Bias, No Bull,” but the show displayed plenty of bias during a Wednesday night segment about Attorney General Eric Holder calling America “a nation of cowards” on race issues. Brown praised Holder for “cutting through the bull,” and a panel discussion was utterly unanimous: Gloria Borger, Soledad O’Brien, and Roland Martin all toed the liberal line and praised Holder for lambasting the nation. Martin wholeheartedly agreed with Holder’s characterization. Borger defended the first black attorney general, stating that he was “trying to be provocative on purpose,” while O’Brien thought the Obama appointee was trying to start a “honest conversation” on race.
As for ‘cutting through bull,’ Brown should have corrected O’Brien when she repeated the old radical line that somehow Black History Month is the shortest month on the calendar due to some racial slight, which completely mangles the facts. It began as “Negro History Week” and was founded by African-American historian Carter Woodson in mid-February to honor Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, whose birthdays are on the 12th and the 14th respectively.
Brown introduced the topic with her praise of Holder and with excerpts from his speech: “On this program, we are all about ‘Cutting Through The Bull,’ and, for once, somebody in Washington is, too. Today, Attorney General Eric Holder went well beyond paying lip service to the nation’s annual observance of February as Black History Month. It would have been easy for him to simply praise African-Americans...But, instead, Holder used his speech at the Department of Justice to demand that Americans confront our unfinished business on the uncomfortable subject of race.”
After playing the excerpts, she introduced her guests, and directed her first question to Martin: “What did you think of what he said? Are we a nation of cowards?” Martin replied, “Absolutely....We have segregated schools. We have -- in terms of neighborhoods, churches, and so we have this nice little coexistence. But he’s right. We don’t want to be forcefully honest about where we stand when it comes to issues of race.”
The anchor then asked O’Brien, “So, how do you break that cycle? I mean, you can’t legislate it, Soledad.” The CNN special correspondent agreed with Brown’s assessment, and began her answer with her rant about Black History Month:
O’BRIEN: No, and I don’t think he’s asking to legislate it. I think what he was saying was -- take this Black History Month, which, frankly, I think a lot of people roll their eyes and say, oh, the shortest month of the year actually gets to be the month devoted to black people -- and let’s actually have an honest conversation, where you can say what you’re really thinking and I get to say what I’m really thinking, and we can talk about some of the issues that are out there. I think what he was saying was, this is an opportunity. It’s going to be painful and it’s going to be awkward, to quote him from his speech, but you really can’t make progress. And you’re looking at demographics, where -- let’s throw Latinos into the mix, too -- the country is not going to be
majority white in the year 2050. So, we’re going to hit that moment and not too far in our future, and if we don’t start having some real conversations -- you know, people will often say, I don’t see color, and they think that that’s a compliment in some way, and I think, why not? Why don’t you see color? What you need to do is see color and respect people for who they are, regardless of color. I don't see color means you have very bad eyesight and you have a problem visually, truly.
Brown then turned to Borger, one of CNN’s senior political analysts, and made the point that Holder’s remarks were “all the more surprising” because he is a “consummate Washington insider.” In her reply, Borger focused on how whites apparently reacted to his use of the word “coward” versus how blacks reacted to them:
BORGER: You talk to a lot of white people today, and in response to the word coward -- okay, and they will say that it was needlessly provocative, and that he shouldn’t have used the word coward, that maybe he should have used the word fearful. And then you talk to a lot of African-Americans, as did I around our office today, who said, well, that’s exactly the word he should use, because he was trying to get people to pay attention, and we wouldn’t have paid attention if he had used the word fearful, because that's a
word we use all the time --MARTIN: Thank you. Correct.
BORGER: So, I think he was trying to be provocative on purpose. He now has a platform. He is the first African-American attorney general. He is going to have a very aggressive office of civil rights in his department, and I think what Eric Holder was trying to do -- yes, he’s a careful man; yes, he’s an insider -- but he also comes to this job as a bit of an outsider, and wanted to start that conversation.
At the end of the segment, the panel turned to the recent New York Post editorial cartoon which referenced the chimpanzee in Connecticut that was shot and killed by police after mauling a person. All three guests agreed that it really was a “clear” racist attack on President Obama:
BROWN: What did you think when you saw it, Soledad?O’BRIEN: I think it is clearly racist. I think that think that they’re -- anytime somebody wants to portray a black person as less than human -- and this is done historically, from early days of the nation -- of this nation -- you portray them as a chimpanzee. That is so classic. So -- and that not only is that -- that cartoon is not even clever. It is not even clever. So, it’s clearly -- it’s not sort of racist. It’s just clearly racist.
BORGER: Stupid.
BROWN: And we’re almost out of time, guys, but that was what struck me about it. I mean, it’s not like people didn’t think of this reference or recognize this reference or understand it, Roland.
MARTIN: Right. It’s because we know our history. Now, he had put Congress on the chimpanzee’s chest and further explained it. But to say, well, it’s a chimp and the Congress and the stimulus. Sorry, we’re not buying it. We know it when we see it, and so people need to understand it. And The Post, they continue to make excuses.
BORGER: I found it offensive, Campbell, to me. It was offensive to me.
BROWN: Across the board.
BORGER: Bad.
BROWN: All right, guys, to Gloria, Roland, and Soledad, thanks so much. Appreciate it.
—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Four bobbleheads all in a row
February 19, 2009 - 13:53 ET by SickofLibsEARTH TO O'BRIEN: calling people cowards is NOT a good way to "start an honest conversation."
Black History Month
February 19, 2009 - 14:00 ET by JimboSo February is Black History Month.
Anyone know when White History Month is?
Liberals would contend...
February 19, 2009 - 14:20 ET by ckbennetttn...like spoiled children, that the rest of the time has been about Whites. That history has been all about whites and western civilization and its advances, all the while they completely ignore ancient history and study of Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, the Chinese, Incas, Mayans, etc.
When will we see Greco-Roman History Month?
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
Holder is corrupt
February 19, 2009 - 14:01 ET by Lord ErondWhat a piece of S--t. This SOB who was the architect of the Marc Rich pardon is going to call me a coward? How about I come over your house, Holder, urinate in your cornflakes and make you eat it? That's the equivalent of how you are treating the American People.
Wow, if I saw him being hit by a car, instead of calling an ambulance I'd laugh.
"What you can not enforce, do not command" -Sophocles-
Racial
February 19, 2009 - 14:43 ET by JDWHow many blacks did he pardon?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Whatever else you think, your mother and my mother are both mothers
→ It's business
February 19, 2009 - 14:55 ET by Cool ArrowHow many blacks had the money to buy a pardon.
Nothing personal, it's business.
The Money
February 19, 2009 - 14:59 ET by JDWHow many of the terrorists had it?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Whatever else you think, your mother and my mother are both mothers
→ That's easy JDW
February 19, 2009 - 15:05 ET by Cool ArrowHillary's plan to run for Senate NY involved garnering n avalanche of Puerto Rican support.
Just the facts, she had her husband engage in the politics of American destruction to suit her own end.
Sometimes it's hard to remember details.
Pardons
February 19, 2009 - 15:15 ET by JDWYou are making my point in regard to Holder and the cowards.
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Whatever else you think, your mother and my mother are both mothers
Correcting her wouldn't suit their purposes
February 19, 2009 - 14:12 ET by ckbennetttnBrown should have corrected O’Brien when she repeated the old radical
line that somehow Black History Month is the shortest month on the
calendar due to some racial slight, which completely mangles the facts.
Why correct Soledad when you can perpetuate the hate?
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
The Obammunists
February 19, 2009 - 14:16 ET by 10ksnooker"Get even with them" ism administration.
Otherwise known by Rev Wright as "get whitey".
ERIC HOLDER: At least one
February 19, 2009 - 14:26 ET by Jack BauerERIC HOLDER: Hey I'm cool. One of my best friend's is white. And one is half white.
Unbelievable
February 19, 2009 - 14:24 ET by exLibWas there a panel discussion on CNN when all the Bush as chimp stuff was going around? (crickets...)
Bush was repeatedly compared to a chimp and, in the word s of rev wright, no one batted an eye.
Then, Ann Coulter goes out and is provacative and the media all together gang up on her and label her offensive and challenge her for using inappropriate language. Yet, as they say above, no one pays much attention to those of use who say things politely. Ann gets the publicity because he's provocative, but not in a PC way.
Clearly, the chimp was Racists? They read minds now do they? This is going to be a rough 4 years if every time someone tries to lambast this administration they are branded racists.
Finally, the only "discussion" on race that is acceptable to these libs are when they lead the discussion and hand out the talking points. Did Holder leave an Ip address to get the talking points memo?
Holder and the crew O has
February 19, 2009 - 14:26 ET by bigtimerHolder and the crew O has nominated are some of the most dangerous people we have in the Justice Dept., which I have said numerous times.
To call us a nation of cowards is far past infuriating....I cannot even go into all of this, I get too angry.
For Bolger to say the things she does is mind-numbing...
The only thing that has happened to this nation is white people are fearful to say anything anymore with our own opinions, or else we will be called racist.
I have watched all of this go on for the majority of my life, and if anyone thinks for one second this wasn't intended, and still isn't...well, I have some beach front property for sale on the high desert in Ca.
The people in power are the very ones who are using race...intentionally...and we are cowed.
bt -- have you heard how
February 19, 2009 - 14:29 ET by Jack Bauerbt -- have you heard how many of the Bush Justice Department have been fired by Obama so far?
Jack... No I
February 19, 2009 - 14:34 ET by bigtimerJack...
No I haven't...but I imagine there will be a lot if there hasn't been already. I remember well what the Clintoons did. Fill me in if you know more...please. (I usually am up to date on stuff like this, but things happen in life, and I haven't kept up as much as I usually do) ;-)
Holiday
February 19, 2009 - 14:27 ET by Gothampc"the old radical line that somehow Black History Month is the shortest month on the calendar"
Yet Martin Luther King is the only person to have a personalized holiday. Two of our greatest Presidents, Washington & Lincoln, have to share one day called "President's Day".
Worse than that,
February 19, 2009 - 14:33 ET by motherbeltWorse than that, gothampc...it's now been corrupted to a day celebrating "all" Presidents...they don't even get honorable mention!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
mb... I have been nothing
February 19, 2009 - 19:42 ET by bigtimermb...
I have been nothing but disgusted with what they have done with this Presidents Day BS.
No honorable mention indeed...as was intended.
Gothampc-They would say
February 19, 2009 - 19:33 ET by ConservativeRexGothampc-They would say that. Hell, every month has 28 days ;)
The always predictable
February 19, 2009 - 14:32 ET by SickofLibsThe always predictable Sharpton is of course now calling for a boycott of the NY Post's advertisers over the 'outrageous' cartoon.
I don't think it's going to be that effective, as pet chimpanzees do not wield too much purchasing power as a group. Except for maybe the diapers, bowties and suspenders.
Two Points
February 19, 2009 - 14:35 ET by GothampcDid anyone explain to Sharpton that the POTUS does not write bills? The cartoon is probably more directed at Pelosi.
Over the last eight years, how many cartoons showed George W. Bush as a chimp? Many did. It's not a racial issue.
As a truthseeker and overall
February 19, 2009 - 15:01 ET by SickofLibsAs a truthseeker and overall enlightened being, Sharpton does not worry himself with the difference between the functions of the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
In that same speech, Holder
February 19, 2009 - 14:34 ET by motherbeltIn that same speech, Holder said......wait for it.....get your duct tape on....OK...
We don't talk enough about race!!
Good ever-loving grief!! Where does this man live???? I think most of the country is SICK of talking about race!!
However, that's not the money quote; this is:
we must feel comfortable enough with one
another and tolerant enough of each other to have frank conversations
about the racial matters that continue to divide us." (emphasis added)
Um Mr. Holder, you might want to address that comment to your friends
in the black community. For too many of them "frank conversation"
means blacks air a list of grievances against whites, and the whites
whimper "Yes, you're rithgt; I'm sorry; what can we do to make you
feel better?"
No negative comment about black behavior is tolerated; it is met with cries of Racism! and Hate Speech!
A two-way conversation means that blacks might have to hear a thing or two that they don't like.
Heaven forbid!
(Cross-posted from "Post-racial Glow" thread.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Public Policy
February 19, 2009 - 14:40 ET by GothampcDon't forget the part where he said on weekends, whites don't socialize enough with blacks.
One of the points of Affirmative Action was that the races would intermingle at work. Look out, public policy is about to be made forcing white people to go babysit for single black mothers. You heard it here first.
~My next door neighbors
February 19, 2009 - 14:57 ET by choselife3xAre black. We hang out with them all the time. Especially on the weekends. We have literally borrowed sugar from each other!
(yeah, we all got a kick out of that.:))
We couldn't ask for better neighbors.
Holder is acting like a jerk.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Racial Credits
February 19, 2009 - 15:44 ET by GothampcI guess liberals will have to buy "racial credits" toward offsetting racism in America. Patterned after Al Gore's "carbon credits" it allows guilty, rich liberals to say they are doing their part.
~Wow Gotham!
February 20, 2009 - 08:47 ET by choselife3xYou just reminded me of a post I made when the Obama's went to Hawaii for Christmas.
Let's see, how did that go.....
Al Gore brought us carbon credits, the Obama's bring us..drumroll please....Caring Credits!!!
Yes folks, you too can pretend to care about poor people! For the exceptionally low price of your eternal soul, self-respect AND dignity, you too can loll in self-indulgence and pomposity while your Caring Credits purchase the adulation of idiots everywhere!
Available exclusively from ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and other FINE bullsh!tters!
(void where prohibited by common sense, logic and the ability to think your way out of a wet paper bag)
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Will someone tell these a** clowns
February 19, 2009 - 14:36 ET by HeavyChevythat it's 2009. LET IT GO!
So, how long before we caucasion types are rounded up...
February 19, 2009 - 14:40 ET by R D Helm...and marched off to the gulags by angry Obama's civilian security force?
Will it be before or after these people have managed to seize all of our assets for redistribution, which they are doing right now?
And no, I am not kidding. Obama is one angry black dude, and he has surrounded himself with like minded people, including his wife.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
Borger found the whole thing
February 19, 2009 - 14:41 ET by semolina_filcherBorger found the whole thing offensive. Well, I find the entire Obama presidency offensive thus far. Closing Gitmo, releasing terrorists to commit other terrorism acts, encouraging infanticides, releasing confidential information regarding the previous administration with regards to our national security, and lastly, signing into law the greatest generational theft Act (aka Strangulation Bill) ever.
Not to mention the corruption this administration has delved into since it took power.
Please help me out here: how
February 19, 2009 - 14:42 ET by SickofLibsPlease help me out here: how can Holder simultaneously be "the consumate Washington insider" AND a "bit of an outsider"?
And, no that is not a basketball with a face painted on it... it really is Roland Martin's head.
SoL... That is one of the
February 19, 2009 - 14:47 ET by bigtimerSoL...
That is one of the first things that Borger said that stood out to me, she contradicted herself in one sentence...that is why when I posted above I said she is mind-numbing...which she is half the time anyway...and I'm being kind here.
BT: perhaps she meant
February 19, 2009 - 16:07 ET by SickofLibsBT: perhaps she meant consumated?
Fine, okay, let's do this...
February 19, 2009 - 14:43 ET by dborschjr68I'm white. Yep, a plain, old, silly, white guy living in CT, married, and I don't give a rat's a*s about "race relations" in America.
I don't want to "understand" the plight of minorities. I don't care about "feeling" what they feel. I refuse to change my speech patterns to communicate with anyone living in the US. When terrorists attacked America, it was Americans who were killed. Period. Not white, black, yellow, green, purple, whatever, Americans. Americans. I thought, at that time, that we would finally move past any ridiculous and hateful talk of division amongst the numerous races that populate America.
This new Attorney General needs to get a grip. If he wants us to have better race relations, then he needs to come up to me, not me down to him. I live in a free society, wherein people really do respect one another despite skin color. He would love it here.
I cannot believe this moron actually opened this can of worms so blatantly and irresponsibly, in FULL VIEW of America. What gall. What impudence. Such arrogance.
But, what do I know? I'm just a plain, old, married white guy in CT. Whatever.
"Liberate tutume ex inferis, liberal puppets." Me.
CNN should stick to what it
February 19, 2009 - 14:44 ET by InfidelphiaCNN should stick to what it does best: poof like what kind of puppy is Obama getting, etc.
Does Campbell Brown Ever Interview Conservatives?
February 19, 2009 - 15:11 ET by deerjerkydaveDoes Campbell Brown ever host conservatives? Seems like the few times I've seen her she is always surrounded by a panel of libs.
All Bias, All Bull.
race
February 19, 2009 - 14:52 ET by jessieHJessie R. Hamby Racist? How dare those idiots! I don't remember us having a united caucasion college fund. I have black friends who call me racist, just because I gripe at them for having a better tan than I do!! For those who read this, it is a joke. Nothing more. But you can call me racist if you want, I don't care. My brother married a real nice woman who has a better tan than I do.
Holder and Sharpton
February 19, 2009 - 14:56 ET by soosanthis is just the beginning of a trail of breadcrumbs leading to reparations. gotta love change.
Black Dems
February 19, 2009 - 14:56 ET by JDWON THE BLOCK
Dixon / Burris / Rangel
IN THE OVEN
Kilpatrick
Troutman
Honest people.
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Whatever else you think, your mother and my mother are both mothers
Hmmm...
February 19, 2009 - 15:05 ET by inquiringmindIt's OK to call America a bunch of cowards but it's not OK to call us a bunch of wimps. I guess it boils down to who is doing the "calling".
Run that by me again, Soledad
February 19, 2009 - 15:18 ET by justathot-- you know, people
will often say, I don’t see color, and they think that that’s a
compliment in some way, and I think, why not? Why don’t you see color?
What you need to do is see color and respect people for who they are,
regardless of color. I don't see color means you have very bad eyesight
and you have a problem visually, truly.
Huh?? What kind of double speak is that?? Being color blind has always meant "respecting people for who the are, regardless of color" hasn't it? So what the heck is O'Brien trying to say here? It makes no sensense. Oh, I forgot....she's a liberal.
These liberals can scream racism all day long but the truth is they LOVE racism. The race card is one they always win with and they will never give it up no matter how far we advance as a society in regard to race.
Bill Clinton was the first black President.......Barack Obama is the first black Bill Clinton!
What she means is that she
February 19, 2009 - 19:57 ET by mostlymoderateWhat she means is that she wants you to see color if it means a race-related "perk" like affirmative action or "walking on egg shells" when talking about race.
Why subject yourself to being labeled?
February 19, 2009 - 16:05 ET by klchadwickHolder can call Americans cowards all he wants, but he will never get to the true reason why people don't seem to want to talk about race all that often. Here are a few of my theories (and coardice is not one of them)
1) because sooner of later EVERYTHING seems to come down to race anyways.
2) because we are all sick of hearing about how race effects EVERYTHING.
3) Because if you are white and you bring up race, you are labeled racist just for talking about it. That's why people seem to start everyconversation about race saying 'i'm not a racist...'
4) If you are black, you can talk about race all you want, use racial slurs and have it deemed exceptable and then use race as an excuse for ones own lot in life. Granted sometimes race can be a factor, but usually it's not. A lazy person is a lazy person and a jerk a jerk no matter what their skin color.
5) Because people who bring up race usually have some other motive. Hello, didn't America just elect a black man as pres?
→ Race cowards
February 19, 2009 - 16:15 ET by Cool ArrowIt's very difficult to ignore the complexion of ACORN, as they protest their "so called" abuse at the hands of predatory lenders.
Looks to me like the stereotype is shoved in our faces and suddenly they pull a Robert Conrad: "I dare you to knock this off"
What a poor, pathetic, pitiable group of losers ACORN is!
Training African Americans, one at a time to live a life of victimhood.
To he!! with the cartoon caricatures. The pictures on the TV are much more damaging to the African Americans than any cartoonist could.
Why subject yourself to being labeled?
February 19, 2009 - 16:05 ET by klchadwickHolder can call Americans cowards all he wants, but he will never get to the true reason why people don't seem to want to talk about race all that often. Here are a few of my theories (and coardice is not one of them)
1) because sooner of later EVERYTHING seems to come down to race anyways.
2) because we are all sick of hearing about how race effects EVERYTHING.
3) Because if you are white and you bring up race, you are labeled racist just for talking about it. That's why people seem to start everyconversation about race saying 'i'm not a racist...'
4) If you are black, you can talk about race all you want, use racial slurs and have it deemed exceptable and then use race as an excuse for ones own lot in life. Granted sometimes race can be a factor, but usually it's not. A lazy person is a lazy person and a jerk a jerk no matter what their skin color.
5) Because people who bring up race usually have some other motive. Hello, didn't America just elect a black man as pres?
Truth In . . .
February 19, 2009 - 17:52 ET by CaringwhiteguyCan't someone make these people put a "truth in packaging -truth in advertising-small print-large print-medium print" label on the title of this program?
I can't be convinced they really believe that No Bias or No Bull ever comes out of the mouth of Sweet Campbell and her minions.
Yeah, but Kwanzaa is way
February 19, 2009 - 18:09 ET by RR GOPYeah, but Kwanzaa is way longer than Christmas and Easter put together...
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Phil Gramm
February 19, 2009 - 18:30 ET by slickwillie2001Over at Townhall's blog, they have pointed out that when McCain campaign adviser Phil Gramm said that we were a "nation of whiners" he was beaten black and blue by the liberal media. When Holder says we are a "nation of cowards" he is praised.
Note to self: cowards good, whiners bad.
slick... What a great
February 19, 2009 - 18:33 ET by bigtimerslick...
What a great point you are making here!
...and only one of them is correct...
...and it sure as heck isn't Holder.
Eric Holder...RACE-BUSHWACKER
February 19, 2009 - 19:28 ET by AMR1960Oh this is great !!!...Eric Holder admits that we have made progress in the workplace but it's not enough. He calls fellow citizens COWARDS. Holder admits we have made progress on race, but he wants to continue to bash 'Whitey' and for what? To get inside people's minds?
That smacks of Gulaug's & Re-Education camps. I am a person of color, and I have seen good...decent people, have their careers & lives ruined because a race baiter has taken some inocente comment, and 'Sinisterized' it!
In a world like that, it's no wonder that many Whites choose to not engage in the issue, and I don't blame them for that choice...AS LONG AS RACE BUSHWACKERS LIKE ERIC HOLDER CAN LYNCH THE INOCENTE, WHY EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THEIR SLANDER...
___________________________
Long Live...THE REPUBLIC !
I know the intent behind
February 19, 2009 - 19:55 ET by mostlymoderateI know the intent behind concepts like Black History Month is probably good; however, I find the collateral impact to be negative on race relations. A great deal of whites, Asians, European immigrants, latino's etc. wonder to themselves, hey, where is our month? Thus, creating more hostility toward black people that isn't good for race relations. Why can't we all just be American's? If America is supposed to be a melting pot of all ethnicities, why the constant separatist sentiment? The Black Caucus, the NAACP, La Raza, United Negro College Fund, Association of Black Lawyer's, Association of Black Accountant's, Association of Black Medical Students, Howard University, Black Entertainment Television... Gets old in 2009.
Most blacks don't want an honest debate about race!
February 19, 2009 - 20:38 ET by jefflebowskiI believe that it would greatly benefit America if we could honestly discuss race. However, if a white person says something about a minority that is not glowing with praise, they are immediately labeled a Racist!
Angry White Dude answered Holder last night from the perspective of a middle class white person. Here is a link:
http://angrywhitedud...
I for one am pissed at
February 19, 2009 - 20:47 ET by Clear thinkerI for one am pissed at Holder!
I AM NOT A RACIST
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
Holder
February 19, 2009 - 22:00 ET by charlietexasHe should resign.....NOW. What a stupid, arrogant statement. He is showing HIS racism. I guess if John Ashcroft would have said this, it would be ok. Or even Gonzales!! He is the coward. Why didn't this come out during his conformation hearings. Oh, thats right, he waited until he was the first african american atty gen. with the power of the office. He took ADVANTAGE of the office and sullied it. Shame on him!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get ready for more of this crap. CNN showed that they are just as racist and divisive. When are people going to wake up.
Are we Cowards?
February 20, 2009 - 09:11 ET by TigerWe allow the race card to be played at will be the left.
When accused, we go on apology tours.
We live in fear of being called racist for speaking truth.
We do not hold the left accountable for their racism.
We have allow the left to capture and control the dialouge.
We promote racist policies in the name of affirmative action.
Yes, we just may be cowards.
→ Of course we're cowards
February 20, 2009 - 09:43 ET by Cool ArrowWhen saying the wrong thing can get you fired, or on the track for it, why say anything?
If you see ACORN marching on TV, and you notice EVERY protestor is black, and EVERY soundbite is "Poor me, predatory lenders, government help", it's extremely difficult to avoid passing judgement when African Americans seem to be herded out only to vent a grievance.
Enter Al Sharpton.
bullocks.
February 20, 2009 - 09:19 ET by dronetekWhy would anyone take this seriosly. The guy in the middle once said that "white people are inherintly racist", to which the whole CNN panel nodded in agreement.
Using martin's logic....
February 20, 2009 - 14:30 ET by notinstl...if i want to start a dialogue with him, I should use the word n***a to get his attention
I'm a coward....
February 20, 2009 - 15:13 ET by notinstl...I saw the reaction to Bill Cosby's opinions....so I have no opinion....
If somebody can't pay, just
September 5, 2009 - 05:42 ET by AlexaIf somebody can't pay, just take it from somebody that can. I'm keeping my eye on this story. We always had a voluntary checkoff, now they want to just check it off for you, without asking.
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