Andrea Mitchell on Iowa: 'Too White, Too Evangelical, Too Rural'

By Noel Sheppard | January 02, 2012 | 08:13

Change font size: A | A

NBC's Andrea Mitchell on New Year's Day made it clear to Nightly News viewers that her Obama-loving network will continue using the race card to assist the current White House resident's reelection.

In a brief segment about the upcoming Iowa caucuses, Mitchell said "the rap" on the Hawkeye state is that "it doesn't represent the rest of the country - too white, too evangelical, too rural" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

ANDREA MITCHELL: Iowa did propel a little known southern governor to the Democratic nomination back in 1976.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNKNOWN MALE ANNOUNCER: Jimmy Carter, clearly the winner, scored well, came from nowhere.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MITCHELL: And established that Barack Obama could attract white voters.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA: You have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MITCHELL: But Iowa Republican caucus-goers don't have a very good track record for picking presidents. Ronald Reagan didn't win the caucuses in 1980. Future President Bush finished third in 1988, and John McCain, the eventual nominee, came in fourth here four years ago. So why should Iowa matter?

REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST MIKE MURPHY: By no means is it the ticket to victory, but it is a winnowing out process to get kind of to the final three or four not unlike college basketball so the whole country can watch the big game.

MITCHELL: The rap on Iowa: it doesn't represent the rest of the country - too white, too evangelical, too rural.

Nice way of the NBC Nightly News informing viewers that much as the media did in 2008, the race card will be played whenever possible to assist Barack Obama in getting reelected.

Can you imagine any state in the union being referred to as "too black" or "too hispanic?"

No, I can't either.

Happy New Year!

(H/T RCP)

About the Author

Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Click here to follow Noel Sheppard on Twitter.

Noel Sheppard's blog
Login or register to post comments

Comments

Please do inform us,

Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:21am.

Please do inform us, Goldilocks....

How white is "too white?" How "evangelical" is too much? How "rural" is too rural?

Are there "proper" proportions for whites to people of "color," for evangelicals to secularists, and farm land to urban property?

If so, Which state is "just right" in terms of diversity, religion, and urban-to-rural proportion?

Or better still, just explain that Iowa is "too white, too evangelical, and too rural" for WHOM? Or for WHAT?

Don't you know?

Submitted by almostacowboy77 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:43am.

NYC is the "baby bear".....just right.
The other thing, I'm guessing, that Iowa isn't "enough" for Andrea and her lot is gay enough.

It all depends. Everything is

Submitted by ant on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:50am.

It all depends. Everything is relative. You see, a Sheriff's Department near the Mexican border in a State with a well-known illegal alien problem has a tendency to pick up too many perps that aren't 'white enough'. Just as statistics show that the 'rapist' community also doesn't feature enough 'whites', illegal alien numbers are unfairly lacking in 'whites'.

True dat!

Submitted by almostacowboy77 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:14pm.

Andrea, you moron

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:22am.

They're called the Iowa ***caucuses***! Who do you suppose vote in Iowa at the caucuses? Caucasians, duh! Geez, didn't they teach you anything in Big Journalism school?

Dictionary

Submitted by Fredy on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 3:22pm.

It appears you need to read a dictionary. Yes, it is a tedious task, but the rewards are incomprehensible!

It appears that you need to

Submitted by ThePickle on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 4:14pm.

It appears that you need to have your "sarcasm detector" checked. Yes its a tedious task, but the rewards include NOT having perfect strangers point out your obvious lack of a sense of humor.

It appears that

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 4:18pm.

It appears that you need to learn puns and word jokes.

But just for the record (and without opening a book), Caucasian, from the Caucasus mountain region of Asia, so-called because it was believed that the white race originated from that area. Caucus, from an American Indian word for meeting or counsel.

I think maybe the FCC should

Submitted by Bucknutpete on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:22pm.

I think maybe the FCC should check into whether they (NBC) committed some violation. Sounds like a hate crime or the likes. Maybe these "Midwestern too white,too evangelical too rural farmers" should not sell any of their crops to the "not too white, not too evangelical, not too rural" people for a while.

She's too white,

Submitted by Gman0208 on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:25am.

maybe she should move to inner city detroit. It's not near as white as her Manhattan apt. building.

Andrea

Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:21am.

How do you explain them voting for Obuma last time?

Speaking merely as a white, Bible/Gun clinging, rural voter, it really means a lot to be demeaned by the likes of an elitist, whiter-than-white, socialite that is too afraid of her peers to actually tell the truth about the news.

_______________________

Don't Give Up The Ship!

Heve you decided to be our on

Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:05am.

Heve you decided to be our on the scene reporter for the Commucrat convention? You are what about 3 hours from there? I can let you stay withmy folks. They have 4 bedrooms and are only about an hours drive from downtown. It may be quicker than that now. They have just built a new 4 lane highway that takes you into downtown. But where they live is very rural, white and Christian. There is a little mountain nearby so you sheold feel right at home.

We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing. Aiden Wilson "AW" Tozer

Rick

Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:15pm.

I think I'll pass on that assignment. I have a feeling that pepper spray and zip tie stocks will go up significantly during the DNC convention!

_______________________

Don't Give Up The Ship!

Voted for O After the news

Submitted by Bucknutpete on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:29pm.

Voted for O After the news about voting fraud in Indiana in the 08 primary, better be checking into whether Iowa Really did vote for O. Indiana's primary shows MANY petitions with the same handwriting for page after page after page of signatures. Everyone needs to check out voting this time, for there is a skunk wandering around somewhere.

Voted for O After the news

Submitted by Bucknutpete on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:29pm.

"Too dumb to get out of jury duty"

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:46pm.

Update that saying: Too dumb to cover your tracks when voter frauding.

Or maybe it's, Who cares? Hitler's name is good enough for Wisconsin. What's handwriting analysis got to do with it?

I'm sure Andrea practices what she preaches.

Submitted by NeoKong on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:26am.

Just ask her house keeping staff.

Follow me on Twitter

"... what she preaches"

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:06am.

She preaches? Is the allowed to do that while being a Big Journo?

"... what she preaches"

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:06pm.

She preaches? Is she allowed to do that while being a Big Journo?

Now, now. I'm sure Andrea

Submitted by PeskyDane on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:46pm.

Now, now. I'm sure Andrea has plenty of diversity among the help.

I left my filter in Afghanistan. http://wifeofthecolonel.blogspot.com/

Is that why I rarely here

Submitted by ant on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:23am.

Is that why I rarely hear violent horror stories on the news eminating from Iowa? Because breaking news on crime usually features the words New York or California on the screen ticker.

Can't we just send her back over the waterfall to join the rest of her Sleestak family?

on a routine expedition...

Submitted by PeskyDane on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:46pm.

on a routine expedition...

I left my filter in Afghanistan. http://wifeofthecolonel.blogspot.com/

Thank heaven somebody knew

Submitted by ant on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:08pm.

Thank heaven somebody knew what I was talking about! I like your blogsite, BTW :-). Thanks to your husband for his service.

Me thinks.....

Submitted by richard on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:31am.

...Andrea uses the adjective too, TOO much when describing the voters from Iowa. I bet when she looks into the mirror, she never says: I'm too biased, or I'm too opinionated or I'm too mole looking!

Too many

Submitted by Bucknutpete on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:49pm.

Too many, did she complain about too many..gays in San Fransisco, too many blind people in the school for the blind, too many blacks playing basketball, too many men playing in the PGA, too many white women in Ms Black America, too many crooks in congress, too many people on welfare, too many people unemployed, too many taxes, too many dollars wasted the past 3 years, too many elitists projecting their biases on "normal" people? Too many liberal "news organizations with lousy ratings? etc, etc, etc

Too White, Too Evangelical, Too Rural'

Submitted by NewLife56 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:51am.

Hey Andrea Mitchell?

California too gay or Too Hispanic?
New York is too Black?
Kentucky is to Hick? (It's cool I live in KY) :-)

Is NBC & MSNBC too Bias?

NewLife56

Fer sure!

Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:05am.

As we say on the Gator boards, MSNBC is too buyest.

Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 109 (and Counting)

I like that Blonde

Submitted by gfrrman on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 4:45pm.

....and ......."go Gatta's"
One week til my Tide v. LSU!!

"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER

Are Chicago and ...

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:09am.

Are Chicago and Detroit and Noo Yawk too unionized?

Too...

Submitted by Bucknutpete on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:02pm.

Kentucky? I'll take that over San Fransisco or New York ANY day. Kentucky is much smaller but has more good decent people than the others, yes because those other places have too many...whatevers

Really?

Submitted by KornKing on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:55am.

What FiFi really means is that anyone that isn't as "smart" as she is should sit down and shut up while her and her intelligent friends tell everyone how it should be, and how fortunate our country is that they're here to tell us how things need to be done.

and the jails are filled with....

Submitted by MrLuigi on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:02am.

too many blacks beause a large percentage of black people are involved in illegal behavior. Oops I'm not allowed to say that because I'm "too white."

Beltway brain freeze

Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:08am.

Hey Ms. Mitchell! You've been living in that Beltway bubble for far too long...The United States does not consist solely of New York, Boston, Washington, DC or Los Angeles. This is yet another insult to millions of Americans, but then, the Beltway elite doesn't care, especially the crowd on MSDNC.

Well, Mrs Greenspan is at it

Submitted by celator on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:14am.

Well, Mrs Greenspan is at it again--this time telling Iowan citizens they are hicks and not at all like the educated, rich, nasally sounding friends she gossips with at her Manhattan penthouse. In 2008, she called the citizens of southwestern Virginia "rednecks". I do believe we see a pattern here.

"I am somebody who is no doubt progressive" Obama at 2008 Town Hall meeting in Atlanta

Trying to be clean about it

Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:20am.

I'll try to keep it a bit clean, but it ain't easy with these libs, so hey Andrea, stick it up your anal orifice, you racist female dog!

I'm so damn sick and tired of this racist card crap being tossed around like someone tossing cards into a trash can to see if they can hit it.

-Jon

Every time

Submitted by bobsmom on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:24am.

I see Andrea's wrinkled old mug, I see Mika's future, and it makes me smile...................

One thing though

Submitted by KornKing on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:41am.

Mika will always be in play as we continue to track her IQ vs breast size ratio

Bitter hag

Submitted by Shore Skeptic on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:26am.

Andrea Mitchell: Too Old, Too Bitter, Too Biased.

Then again, I would be too if my face looked like a prune, and my bustline was at my knees.

If you turn the lights down low

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:19am.

and look at Andrea with a certain special idea in mind, she could look a bit like Jamie Farr, which would make her ....

wait

a bitter Clinger!

.>kish< rim shot

Thenk yew, thenk yew

Oh the horrors of life

Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:42am.

Too many bibles, too many guns, too many caucasions. I wonder what race she is. She ain't a woman and she ain't from Venus cause women from Venus are pretty.

Jesus Loves You so much He died for you

Actually

Submitted by KornKing on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:55am.

I heard she placed 2nd in the last poodle show she was entered in

Andrea Mitchell is

Submitted by ohio granny on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:49am.

She is too old, too white and too rich to be telling black and hispanic and poor white people about any state that is too white and evangelical. What does she know anyway?

Guess that means no one should pay any attention to her whatsoever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaaaah, but there's the rub . . .

Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:30pm.

. . . White MSMers truly believe that their so-called progressive worldview makes them indispensible to minorities, because the MSM is in a position to "educate" other whites. In her Beltway bubble world, she can never get too old or too white; she can only get wiser.

Irony Alert!!!

Submitted by tomchris on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:53am.

The reporter clearly states that this "too white, too evangelical, too rural" picked not only America's first (half) black President but two of the most liberal (and incompetent) Presidents in U.S. history. But does Mrs. Alan Greenspan pick up on this delicious irony? Nooo! This moronic, self-loathing shrill just soldiers on with her racial, left-wing, bullet points.

And what's the reason I don't watch MSNBC again?

That's all besides the point

Submitted by ant on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:25am.

That's all besides the point for the lefty establishment. The truth will not help them fan the flames of racial division, they must light the TNT themselves.

It ain't that simple, Andrea

Submitted by nkviking75 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:02pm.

That's because the lack of competition for Obama causes the media to ignore the liberal. unionized Democrats in this state. Somehow we can't seem to keep from sending back Sen. Harkin and Rep.Boswell year after year. The people objected loudly to our Supreme Court's legalization of gay marriage by tossing out all three of the judges up for retention, but the Democrat controlled state Senate blocks every attempt to amend our state constitution accordingly.

“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

Iowa voters

Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 9:53am.

Is Andrea worried that the Federal Subsidies for Iowa is not enough to ensure they will vote they way they are told?

Is that why she feels she must shame them into voting her way in the upcoming primaries?

Or, does she think that the purchase of Iowa votes is secure enough that she can say what she really feels?

What does represent the country?

Submitted by tnmacman on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:00am.

If being white, evangelical and living in a rural area doesn't represent the country then who would? A person who is black, anti-religion, and lives in the big city?

Andrea, here are a few facts.

- The majority population in this country is Caucasian.
- Most people live "outside" of the big cities.
- A vast majority of people in this country claim to be Christian.

As I've said before, when a liberal says something, you can rest assured that the complete opposite is the actual truth.

Ironic, isn't it.

Submitted by almostacowboy77 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 8:22pm.

However, prog/libs have no sense of irony.

and New Hampshire is...

Submitted by mom_rox on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:19am.

this is from wikipedia, so take the data with a grain of salt:

Iowa: 91 % white, 2.5% black, 3.8% hispanic
New Hampshire: 94 % white, 1.1% black, ? % hispanic (wiki does not say)

so, in other words, Iowa is not too white, just not liberal enough. got it.

So What's Detroit?

Submitted by Walker01049 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:29am.

Too black...too lazy...too much welfare??

The half black .....

Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:44am.

....president caused 17% Black Unemployment while mitchell ignores the unrest by true Americans.

JMigyanka

Hey Andrea, in these days of high definition television screens,

Submitted by no tingly legs on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:53am.

you'd better spread that joint compound make-up you use on a bit thicker. Plus get some Depends that don't show a line through your skirt. Even the hicks and rubes you're so much better than know that. Snotty elitist b*tch.

JAN 20, 2013: Change I can believe in.

Hey Andrea, in these days of high definition television screens,

Submitted by no tingly legs on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:53am.

JAN 20, 2013: Change I can believe in.

Mrs. Greenspan: too old; too irrelevant; too abrasive; too dumb;

Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:00am.

Need I continue?

The Botox junkie needs to retire, and also tell her husband to shut his trap too.

too white

Submitted by driguana on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:12am.

Andrea Mitchell....too white, too liberal, too urban!

Mrs. Greenspan:

Submitted by shades2 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:15am.

Andrea must be just waiting for Mr. Greenspan to pass. At that point she can cash in on a book called "Living with Brilliancy" (sarcasm) The crackpot discussions in that household have to be too crazy.

I am proud

Submitted by nolefan2 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:24am.

to be white, Evangelical and from a rural area. Andrea Mitchell isn't worth the dirt on the bottom our of farmer's boots. She needs to stay with PMSNBC......it's just the right place for her haughty demeanor.

or "too secular", or "too urban"

Submitted by Callawyn on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:02pm.

You'll never hear a network describe anyplace or anyone as "too secular" or "too urban" either.

There isn't just a race bias, but also an anti-religious and anti-rural bias here.

We rural

Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:04pm.

white, evangelicals just scare the bejeebus out of them dont we?

If you're not getting flak, you're not over the target.

Not sure if anyone linked it here before

Submitted by bkeyser on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:07pm.

but here's Andrea choking on her own words. Poor thing.

Andrea Mitchell

Submitted by Curly on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:39pm.

ANDREA IS TOO STUPID!

Curly

MITCHELL: The rap on Iowa: it

Submitted by ThePickle on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:44pm.

MITCHELL: The rap on Iowa: it doesn't represent the rest of the country - too white, too evangelical, too rural.

That's an incredibly racist statement....in fact it is so incredibly racist it will be completely ignored by those that make a living and score political points by decrying the overwhelming "racism" of other.

This judgment was made despite these inconvenient facts: that 72.4% of the population of the United States characterized themselves as "White" in the 2010 census.

Among Non-Hispanic or Latino:

63.7 % identified themselves as white

Among Hispanic or Latino

8.7 % identified themselves as white

The percentage of the population that live in rural areas is approximately 17% of the United States Population as a whole so in this instance Ms. Mitchell is correct in characterizing Iowa as available information shows that between 25% and 45% percent of Iowans, depending on age, can be said to live in rural areas.

And finally the percentage of those defining themselves as Evangelicals that's a sticky question as it depends on how one defines "Evangelical" but for the sake of argument I am going to assume she meant practicing Christians as the term evangelical has its etymological roots in the Greek word for "gospel" or "good news": (evangelion), from eu- "good" and angelion "message".

In that sense, to be evangelical would mean to be a believer in the gospel, that is the message of Jesus Christ.

That being defined....the percentage of the United States professing to be Christian is 76%.

Therefore Ms. Mitchell's assumption that the Population of Iowa doesn't accurately reflect the population of the US as a whole is correct only with regards the percentage of those in Iowa that live in rural areas (25% to 45% depending on age) as compared to the National percentage of about 17%.

As for the Ethnic makeup of Iowa and the religious propensities of that population. if we take Ms. Mitchell at her word that they are "White" and "Evangelical" and comparing that to the percentage of the National numbers listed above I would tend to describe them as typically American.

One kine stewpid Haole

Submitted by upcountrywater on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:42pm.

So cute letting your true feelings out...

A fellow Democrat when Reagan was one.

'Too White, Too Evangelical, Too Rural'

Submitted by Conservator on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 1:04pm.

Perhaps Andrea doesn't know that the latest demographic data for the United States - 80% of Americans are white.

Ethnic groups

White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97% (sic) 15.1% of the total US population is Hispanic

Religions

Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%

Source - United States Demographics Profile 2011
http://www.indexmundi.com/united_states/demographics_profile.html

It's impossible for Iowa to be too white or too Evangelical. Regarding "Too Rural," yes Iowa is rural when compared to the East and West coasts of America, albeit many of these states also have vast counties that are rural TOO.

Lost in Space: A Place For Libs To Meet

Big Nose

Submitted by Kleenex on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 1:19pm.

Her bias is so obvious that even Mika has commented on it. Andrea loves Obama and will say anything to defend him. She isn't a reporter nor a journalist, just one of many on the elite left that think they know better than everyone else.

too much

Submitted by Nelbert on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 1:43pm.

This ranks up there with Obama's comment about bitter white folk clinging to their guns and religion.

In contrast to ...

Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:09pm.

Bittercratic congressmen and senators clinging to their guns and butter budgets.

This poor old fool

Submitted by zachlind on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:36pm.

This is one of those moments when you have to give the Federal Government some small measure of credit for a mandated government program working, at least in appearance. In this case it’s the Affirmative Action adventure with a double whammy. Not only has NBC employed a marginally “skilled” person to attempt “news reporting” and possibly improved their “numbers” but at the same time have put an elderly person to “work.”

It really doesn't matter

Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:40pm.

MITCHELL: ". . . . So why should Iowa matter?"

It matters to the two major political parties and it matters to the MSMers -- like Mitchell -- who make a living covering it so that their networks can earn cash from advertisements for feminine hygiene products and Viagra.

To me, Iowa doesn't matter at all. Neither does New Hampshire, South Carolina, et al, at least from a political perspective.

The real problem....

Submitted by Marcus Porcius on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 3:15pm.

...is that the rest of the country isn't more white, more evangelical, and more rural. And I'm not white, by the way, so let's stop the Nazi references, etc. right here.

I actually watched an episode of "House Hunters" on HGTV where the black house hunter specifically said they only wanted to live in a black neighborhood because of the better "sense of community...where people take care of each other." In other words, in white neighborhoods people don't do that AND it's okay to want to exclude people who aren't your color...as long as you're not white, then you're a racist. But I digress.

My point is that when this country was more white, more evangelical and more rural it was less politically correct, less welfare dependent, less depraved, less corrupt, less under the thumb of Big Government, less taxed, and had far fewer fatherless children.

In other words, the problem isn't that Iowa isn't like the rest of the country, the problem is that the rest of the country isn't like Iowa anymore...and even Iowa isn't as much like Iowa anymore either.

"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." G.K. Chesterton
www.theconservativereview.com

cajun is confused Marcus*

Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 4:14pm.

Not sure what you were trying to state in your post but I do agree with you on one point.

One billion people live in China and they all look alike, same in India and Africa. But here in the US, we are unique in that we are the greatest diverse society in the world. Nothing wrong with that when you consider our people all came here for the purpose of a better life. We have some that were here as slaves, as exiles, and some sent here as punishment. But all of us have held onto our "roots', values and traditions of our different cultures for a reason. That reason is the point I agree with in your post. Cultures provide history, boundaries, values and morals, goals and ideals though each culture may be different. Cultural differences is what makes the US interesting. All of us are Americans should be first and our cultures gives us those boundaries and morals. This is why my post name is cajun too.

Where we have run into difficulties is that some in this country see "diversity" as race based. Certain "groups" of people are given special rights and some of those "entitlements' have destroyed those cultures. The Native Americans are in even worse shape that blacks as a minority. Almost 37% of natives survive on government entitlements and government land. They have surrendered and submitted to rules and laws different from other Americans, ruled by a "panel" of people from the BIA. To the dismay and destruction of their culture.

The same could be said about blacks in this country. Sadly, in our history, we did have black slaves but in defense of our country, slavery was a practice throughout Africa and the world long before the US ever existed. As soon as an opportunity arose, the US corrected this horror. After generations of apology, treating blacks as victims, we have seen the damage done to the black "community". High crime, poor educational levels, 36% receive entitlements. Blacks have become a lost culture due to the decades of race victimhood sold for political power. Blacks and other minorities, need to look within their own cultures to find the traditions that made them strong and had the courage to begin new lives here. They need to seek solutions to their problems within their own community and not attempt to blame others. Even if others are partially at fault, solutions will only come from within.

When each culture adheres to basic common rules of morals and values, all cultures will become "equal" and we will then have true diversity and individual freedom. Affirmative action, special rights for gays, entitlements for illegals, race baiting for political gain, accomplishes nothing for any of those different cultures or "communities".

What class warfare and race baiting has done is distract from finding realistic solutions to our societal problems. That will never improve, for any group, until we are all treated and act like patriotic Americans first.

What a horrible bigot

Submitted by Fredy on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 3:30pm.

Andrea Mitchell should retire. As she continues to grasp for stories, her horrible bigotry and dismissive hatred of people she does no know, makes her unfit for display even by msm propagandists.

The Problem with Iowa..

Submitted by celticman on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 3:34pm.

The problem with Iowa is that it is completely dependent on government agricultural subsides and heavy corporate welfare for the industrial agro-businesses, ethanol anyone?

Wise men still seek him!