Betcha didn't know that the elected office of Senator of the United States of America was a color coded position? Apparently, Laura Washington of the Chicago Sun-Times thinks it is, anyway, because she is warning that Obama's "black Senate seat" will be lost because of this mess with Governor Rod Blagojevich getting arrested for trying to sell that "black seat" to the highest bidder.
In hers headlined "Black leaders see Senate seat being hijacked," Washington is ostensibly reporting on what black community leaders and politicos in Chicago are saying about who should be appointed to fill Obama's vacant seat. Still, Washington injected quite a lot of her own feelings into the tale of this gnashing of teeth and rending of cloth over the fate of that same seat to the effect that she endorses the idea that Obama's position in the Senate is officially a "black seat" and should stay that way.
Washington is worried most that if the seat is left to be filled by an actual vote of the people of Illinois, instead of an appointment by the governor, it will spell the end of the "black seat." At one point, Washington even claims that "white voters" are uninterested in why they might "deserve" a black senator and so cannot be counted on to vote black. That despite the fact that when Obama ran he was overwhelmingly elected by those same white voters -- not to mention that the other party also put up a black senate candidate to face him. Wouldn't it seem obvious that voting black is not much of a problem for white voters in Illinois?
Naturally, as far as Washington and her black leaders are concerned, it's all a conspiracy to defraud blacks of their "black seat" in the Senate.
While they aren't ready to coalesce around Jackson, they are gearing up for a fight. There's a massive conspiracy afoot, Gadlin says. "We see it for what it is. What we are really looking at is 'The Luck of the Irish' -- two Madigans, Fitzgerald, Durbin, Cullerton, Claypool, Daley, and all the rest. They're making a power play to regain the control of the politics, money and jobs in this state."
There is a conspiracy, of course. But it has nothing to do with the color black. It is/was focused entirely on another color: green... as in the color of money. No one is looking to take away anything from blacks here. This is just a normal case of greed, not racism. But leave it to Washington and her "black leaders" to turn run-of-the-mill Chicago corruption and greed into a giant racist conspiracy.
Regardless, Washington is all worried that the people might be asked to vote for a new Senator.
The obstacles to "keeping the seat" are manifold:
Illinois' Powers That Be are hurtling headlong into election mode. The Legislature will convene today to hammer out legislation to mandate an election, no doubt in record time. The appointment option is fading fast.
Darn the luck! Imagine. Expecting the voters to actually vote for their Senator! The nerve.
And, worse, we are stuck with all those racist, white Illinoisans -- you know, the many thousands that voted for Obama for Senator and then again for president -- that will surely succeed in keeping the next black Senator down.
White voters don't and won't accept the idea that America and Illinois need -- and deserve -- a black senator. (When the Senate was all white, they never complained).
What Washington wants is an appointment. She wants a perfect affirmative action appointment. She wants at all costs to keep the people of Illinois from having a vote in who represents them in Congress. Democracy is no good as far as she is concerned. She knows better, after all.
I have to say, though, that color coding Senate seats is an intriguing thought. I mean, we have Bernine Sanders of Vermont holding one of these seats and he is a commie. Is his the "red" seat? Our 31st Vice President, Charles Curtis, was also once a Senator from Kansas. He was half American Indian. Should his seat be considered the "yellow" seat? Is Colorado Senator Ken Salazar's seat the "brown" seat? What other colors for seats can we imagine?
But, after such an exercise in the Balkanization of our Senate, one wonders when we went from having elected officials by acclamation of the people to selected officials by accident of birth? I guess Laura Washington and the Chicago Sun-Times aren't much interested in that whole silly "voting" thing?
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December 16, 2008 - 06:18 ET by littlemissmuffinIMHO, Laura Washington is a racist.
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90 - 95% of blacks voted
December 16, 2008 - 06:27 ET by ThisnThat90 - 95% of blacks voted for Obama. Quite a racist statistic, don't you think? I've noticed quite a few black people in influencial positions as pure racists. Why is the MSM so afraid to state the obvious?
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December 16, 2008 - 07:31 ET by AJBYes they did. They voted for the party who has abortion as their top plank... almost their sole reason for being; keep abortion profitable, legal and available anytime, anywhere. The problem is, 80% of abortion clinics are, you guessed it... inner city. Abortion of young black babies is three times the national average. So they vote for the party who is apparently trying to kill them off. Go figure.
Democrats and Racism
December 16, 2008 - 13:12 ET by ChadFew things burn me up more than it being commonly believed that Democrats are for cival rights and Republicans are racists. This is an area that Rebublicans never defend themselves, yet have a long pro black and pro cival rights history.
And it continues to this day. As you pointed out, Democrats embrace no restrictions on abortion which hits minorities much harder than any other group. In my oppion, it is genocide lite desgined keep the numbers of minorities and poor in check. In addition, all of today's social programs are designed to keep people trapped in the system, never rise above it.
United States History of Racism Against Blacks
March 20, 1854 Opponents of Democrats’ pro-slavery policies meet in Ripon, Wisconsin to establish the Republican Party
May 30, 1854 Democrat President Franklin Pierce signs Democrats’ Kansas-Nebraska Act, expanding slavery into U.S. territories; opponents unite to form the Republican Party
June 16, 1854 Newspaper editor Horace Greeley calls on opponents of slavery to unite in the Republican Party
July 6, 1854 First state Republican Party officially organized in Jackson, Michigan, to oppose Democrats’ pro-slavery policies
February 11, 1856 Republican Montgomery Blair argues before U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of his client, the slave Dred Scott; later served in President Lincoln’s Cabinet
February 22, 1856 First national meeting of the Republican Party, in Pittsburgh, to coordinate opposition to Democrats’ pro-slavery policies
March 27, 1856 First meeting of Republican National Committee in Washington, DC to oppose Democrats’ pro-slavery policies
May 22, 1856 For denouncing Democrats’ pro-slavery policy, Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) is beaten nearly to death on floor of Senate by U.S. Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC), takes three years to recover
March 6, 1857 Republican Supreme Court Justice John McLean issues strenuous dissent from decision by 7 Democrats in infamous Dred Scott case that African-Americans had no rights “which any white man was bound to respect”
June 26, 1857 Abraham Lincoln declares Republican position that slavery is “cruelly wrong,” while Democrats “cultivate and excite hatred” for blacks
October 13, 1858 During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee
October 25, 1858 U.S. Senator William Seward (R-NY) describes Democratic Party as “inextricably committed to the designs of the slaveholders”; as President Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, helped draft Emancipation Proclamation
June 4, 1860 Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) delivers his classic address, The Barbarism of Slavery
April 7, 1862 President Lincoln concludes treaty with Britain for suppression of slave trade
April 16, 1862 President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no
July 2, 1862 U.S. Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) wins passage of Land Grant Act, establishing colleges open to African-Americans, including such students as George Washington Carver
July 17, 1862 Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”
August 19, 1862 Republican newspaper editor Horace Greeley writes Prayer of Twenty Millions, calling on President Lincoln to declare emancipation
August 25, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln authorizes enlistment of African-American soldiers in U.S. Army
September 22, 1862 Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans’ Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect
February 9, 1864 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to U.S. Senate supporting Republicans’ plans for constitutional amendment to ban slavery
June 15, 1864 Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War
June 28, 1864 Republican majority in Congress repeals Fugitive Slave Acts
October 29, 1864 African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: “I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man”
January 31, 1865 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition
March 3, 1865 Republican Congress establishes Freedmen’s Bureau to provide health care, education, and technical assistance to emancipated slaves
April 8, 1865 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition
June 19, 1865 On “Juneteenth,” U.S. troops land in Galveston, TX to enforce ban on slavery that had been declared more than two years before by the Emancipation Proclamation
November 22, 1865 Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination
December 6, 1865 Republican Party’s 13th Amendment, banning slavery, is ratified
In 1866 the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Democrats as a Tennessee social club. The Ku Klux Klan became a military force serving the interests of the Democratic Party, the planter class, and all those who desired the restoration of white supremacy
February 5, 1866 U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves
April 9, 1866 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law
April 19, 1866 Thousands assemble in Washington, DC to celebrate Republican Party’s abolition of slavery
May 10, 1866 U.S. House passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no
June 8, 1866 U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no
July 16, 1866 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of Freedman's Bureau Act, which protected former slaves from “black codes” denying their rights
July 28, 1866 Republican Congress authorizes formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, two regiments of African-American cavalrymen
July 30, 1866 Democrat-controlled City of New Orleans orders police to storm racially-integrated Republican meeting; raid kills 40 and wounds more than 150
January 8, 1867 Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.
July 19, 1867 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans
March 30, 1868 Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: “This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men”
May 20, 1868 Republican National Convention marks debut of African-American politicians on national stage; two – Pinckney Pinchback and James Harris – attend as delegates, and several serve as presidential electors
September 3, 1868 25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, expelled by Democrat majority; later reinstated by Republican Congress
September 12, 1868 Civil rights activist Tunis Campbell and all other African-Americans in Georgia Senate, every one a Republican, expelled by Democrat majority; would later be reinstated by Republican Congress
September 28, 1868 Democrats in Opelousas, Louisiana murder nearly 300 African-Americans who tried to prevent an assault against a Republican newspaper editor
October 7, 1868 Republicans denounce Democratic Party’s national campaign theme: “This is a white man’s country: Let white men rule”
October 22, 1868 While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan
November 3, 1868 Republican Ulysses Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in presidential election; Seymour had denounced Emancipation Proclamation
December 10, 1869 Republican Gov. John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs FIRST-in-nation law granting women right to vote and to hold public office
February 3, 1870 After passing House with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans’ 15th Amendment is ratified, granting vote to all Americans regardless of race
May 19, 1870 African-American John Langston, law professor and future Republican Congressman from Virginia, delivers influential speech supporting President Ulysses Grant’s civil rights policies
May 31, 1870 President U.S. Grant signs Republicans’ Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any American’s civil rights
June 22, 1870 Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the South
September 6, 1870 Women vote in Wyoming, in FIRST election after women’s suffrage signed into law by Republican Gov. John Campbell
February 28, 1871 Republican Congress passes Enforcement Act providing federal protection for African-American voters
March 22, 1871 Spartansburg Republican newspaper denounces Ku Klux Klan campaign to eradicate the Republican Party in South Carolina
April 20, 1871 Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans
October 10, 1871 Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil rights activist Octavius Catto murdered by Democratic Party operative; his military funeral was attended by thousands
October 18, 1871 After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan
November 18, 1872 Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for “the Republican ticket, straight”
January 17, 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas state government, ending Republican efforts to racially integrate government
September 14, 1874 Democrat white supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed
March 1, 1875 Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race, signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support over 100% Democrat opposition
September 20, 1876 Former state Attorney General Robert Ingersoll (R-IL) tells veterans: “Every man that loved slavery better than liberty was a Democrat… I am a Republican because it is the only free party that ever existed”
January 10, 1878 U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women’s suffrage; Democrat-controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of Republican House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919
July 14, 1884 Republicans criticize Democratic Party’s nomination of racist U.S. Senator Thomas Hendricks (D-IN) for vice president; he had voted against the 13th Amendment banning slavery
August 30, 1890 Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land-grant colleges in the South
June 7, 1892 In a FIRST for a major U.S. political party, two women – Theresa Jenkins and Cora Carleton – attend Republican National Convention in an official capacity, as alternate delegates
February 8, 1894 Democrat Congress and Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republicans’ Enforcement Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote
December 11, 1895 African-American Republican and former U.S. Rep. Thomas Miller (R-SC) denounces new state constitution written to disenfranchise African-Americans
May 18, 1896 Republican Justice John Marshall Harlan, dissenting from Supreme Court’s notorious Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal” decision, declares: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens”
December 31, 1898 Republican Theodore Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York; in 1900, he outlawed racial segregation in New York public schools
May 24, 1900 Republicans vote no in referendum for constitutional convention in Virginia, designed to create a new state constitution disenfranchising African-Americans
January 15, 1901 Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party’s refusal to permit voting by African-Americans
October 16, 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dine at White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country
May 29, 1902 Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86%
February 12, 1909 On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP
June 18, 1912 African-American Robert Church, founder of Lincoln Leagues to register black voters in Tennessee, attends 1912 Republican National Convention as delegate; eventually serves as delegate at 8 conventions
August 1, 1916 Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, former New York Governor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, endorses women’s suffrage constitutional amendment; he would become Secretary of State and Chief Justice
May 21, 1919 Republican House passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote yes, but almost half of Democrats no
April 18, 1920 Minnesota’s FIRST-in-the-nation anti-lynching law, promoted by African-American Republican Nellie Francis, signed by Republican Gov. Jacob Preus
August 18, 1920 Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures
January 26, 1922 House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster
June 2, 1924 Republican President Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans
October 3, 1924 Republicans denounce three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention
December 8, 1924 Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis argues in favor of “separate but equal”
June 12, 1929 First Lady Lou Hoover invites wife of U.S. Rep. Oscar De Priest (R-IL), an African-American, to tea at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country
August 17, 1937 Republicans organize opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black, appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until after confirmation
June 24, 1940 Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR refuses to order it
October 20, 1942 60 prominent African-Americans issue Durham Manifesto, calling on southern Democrats to abolish their all-white primaries
April 3, 1944 U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas Democratic Party’s “whites only” primary election system
August 8, 1945 Republicans condemn Harry Truman's surprise use of the atomic bomb in Japan. The whining and criticism goes on for years. It begins two days after the Hiroshima bombing, when former Republican President Herbert Hoover writes to a friend that "[t]he use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul."
February 18, 1946 Appointed by Republican President Calvin Coolidge, federal judge Paul McCormick ends segregation of Mexican-American children in California public schools
July 11, 1952 Republican Party platform condemns “duplicity and insincerity” of Democrats in racial matters
September 30, 1953 Earl Warren, California’s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education
December 8, 1953 Eisenhower administration Asst. Attorney General Lee Rankin argues for plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954 Chief Justice Earl Warren, three-term Republican Governor (CA) and Republican vice presidential nominee in 1948, wins unanimous support of Supreme Court for school desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education
November 25, 1955 Eisenhower administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel
March 12, 1956 Ninety-seven Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation
June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law
October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”
November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President
September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act
September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools
June 23, 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights
February 4, 1959 President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats
May 6, 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats
July 27, 1960 At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform
May 2, 1963 Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their civil rights
June 1, 1963 Democrat Governor George Wallace announces defiance of court order issued by Republican federal judge Frank Johnson to integrate University of Alabama
September 29, 1963 Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School
June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate
June 10, 1964 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.
June 20, 1964 The Chicago Defender, renowned African-American newspaper, praises Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) for leading passage of 1964 Civil Rights Act
March 7, 1965 Police under the command of Democrat Governor George Wallace attack African-Americans demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, AL
March 21, 1965 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson authorizes Martin Luther King’s protest march from Selma to Montgomery, overruling Democrat Governor George Wallace
August 4, 1965 Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose
August 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor
July 8, 1970 In special message to Congress, President Richard Nixon calls for reversal of policy of forced termination of Native American rights and benefits
September 17, 1971 Former Ku Klux Klan member and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) retires from U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by FDR in 1937, he had defended Klansmen for racial murders
February 19, 1976 President Gerald Ford formally rescinds President Franklin Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII
September 15, 1981 President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs
June 29, 1982 President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
August 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR
November 21, 1991 President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation
August 20, 1996 Bill authored by U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) to prohibit racial discrimination in adoptions, part of Republicans’ Contract With America, becomes law
April 26, 1999 Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is transmitted to President
January 25, 2001 U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee declares school choice to be “Educational Emancipation”
March 19, 2003 Republican U.S. Representatives of Hispanic and Portuguese descent form Congressional Hispanic Conference
May 23, 2003 U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduces bill to establish National Museum of African American History and Culture
February 26, 2004 Hispanic Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX) condemns racist comments by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL); she had called Asst. Secretary of State Roger Noriega and several Hispanic Congressmen “a bunch of white men...you all look alike to me”
~Chad
Cincinnati, OH
facts facts facts
December 16, 2008 - 13:28 ET by AJBDon't try and confuse things with truth and facts. EVERYONE knows Republicans are evil racists, Democrats are angelic saviors of the African American race. Just because we can't sell it right, don't try to confuse them with reality... too much for them to handle!
Fantastic list, Chad
December 16, 2008 - 13:32 ET by Mica the MagnificentThanks. I will print it out and hang it next to my computer. :)
Odd thing happened in
December 16, 2008 - 08:22 ET by Right2thePointOdd thing happened in Chicago voting in the general.
Massive new voter registration which should have meant record turnouts. But surprise Black wards turnout was down not up.
However BlackWards and their precints which voted usually in the low 90s for the preferred candidate ended up voting with over 98% for Obama but the turnout was down about 2% from past elections.
The were whole wards containing over 50 precincts where McCain did not even break into the double digits in any of the precincts.
Some wards had 5 or 6 precincts vote 100% Obama, not even a single vote for a third party candidate.
Makes you wonder if anybody other than Blacks were allowed to vote in those wards/precincts.
Minor correction...
December 16, 2008 - 14:35 ET by unkeeafLast I heard, 96% of blacks voted for Obama.
Using her ridiculous logic, since a black has been elected President, doesn't that mean that the office of the President is now a "black office". Carrying that forth, should we not just appoint another black in 8 years so the Washington's of the world are happy?
I mean, after all, they do make up a whole 12% of our population and 3% of our tax base.
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
While a Federal Employee
December 16, 2008 - 17:34 ET by ahusserThey were/still are 80 percent of the clerical and administrative staff. In DC where I worked probably 60-80 percent of Government employees are black (and the 60 percent end is probably wrong) especially in the lower clerical and administrative jobs. Pretty much the same stats as professional basketball, college football and pro football.
Change: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles. From a Poster
Democrats see everything
December 16, 2008 - 07:49 ET by 10ksnookerThrough race colored glasses, except when it comes to things like the KKK, Jim Crow and segregation -- All decidedly Democrat institutions and inventions, but never spoken of. Why aren't they proud of their past. I assume she also subscribes to the notion that Senator Byrd's seat is a KKK seat.
Reporters are one of the
December 16, 2008 - 09:22 ET by kgReporters are one of the largest racist groups in the U.S.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
In my job I travel and meet
December 16, 2008 - 06:40 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsIn my job I travel and meet many people at various different companies who happen to come from all over the world. This happens to include a number of Africans who came to America for a better life. Every single one of them is 'jumping for joy' happy to be here. And every single one says they are completely baffled by the sickening racism exhibited by our homegrown 'African Americans'. These immigrants are regularly taunted, called the 'n' word, spit on, called 'house n.....' by 'African Americans'. A common complaint they hear is: 'Why do you work 2 or 3 jobs and make us look bad?' I think we Americans have bred a group of government dependent whiners who are slowly destroying our country.
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That's an occurrance I've
December 16, 2008 - 08:58 ET by ThatDudeThat's an occurrance I've tried to explain to people time after time. For the most part, of course I am called a racist (cause white people can't bring up race in any way unless it's to attack themselves.) From my experience, African immigrants tend to be hard workers with deep values. They still understand that the American dream is achievable and the effort it requires.
As for the article; this woman is without a doubt racist. If you focus on the color of someone's skin beyond who they are or what they do, then you are a racist. It surprises me that she seems completely oblivious to it and that nobody is calling her out on her own prejudice. Believing that having a person of any persuasion in a position of power sets a precedent that necesitates that all who follow in that position should also possess that same quality. Following that logic, every corrupt politician removed from office should be replaced by a more corrupt politician. When electing a politician, you should focus on who will represent their constituents as a whole, not someone who looks more like you (I'd be voting Edwards if I followed this).
Finally, it seems to me that the governor appointing someone to fill a senate seat is a failing of democracy. Allowing an elected official to appoint another elected official is robbing the voters of our right to personally choose who represents us. Her comments and positions are so flawed that the other "journalists" with her should be ashamed that they didn't see fit to comment.
He** NO!
December 16, 2008 - 09:47 ET by AJBAccording to the MSM rule book, you are only racist if you are in the majority. Per the rules, if you are a minority, its impossible for you to be a racist and anything you say or do is fair game. So, if you're white, then you must not have prejudice. If you are not, then its ok. Write it down! These are the new rules you have to live by.
I remember going
December 16, 2008 - 11:06 ET by Wilbur747to one of theose 'diversity' indoctrination classes, and one black lady, who was a supervisor actually said that all white people should pay reparations. No one challenged her views except me. She asked if I worked in her department. All the other non-black stood quiet.
I can only assume it was out of fear of some kind of retribution. The lady could speak her ming, but quickly cut off all dissent.
I wonder what would have happened if I had said yes!
And....
December 16, 2008 - 06:42 ET by A Typical Patriot.......the next step is to 'color code' the office of president.
If one listens carefully...
December 16, 2008 - 06:50 ET by Army BratYou'll hear a humming sound...audible pretty much anywhere in the United States.
Yes...it's the sound of MLK spinning at about 30,000 RPM in his grave.
Content of his character indeed.
Happy Trails...
kaCHING
December 16, 2008 - 07:33 ET by AJBThe ka-Ching (King) family wants you to pay royalties for quoting their material. Every word uttered by MLK is THEIR property and you MUST pay them to use it. Please send check now.
→ King Royalties
December 16, 2008 - 10:08 ET by Cool ArrowHere's a nickel for the scammers.
new energy source?
December 16, 2008 - 11:26 ET by SickofLibsHmmm... if we could just harness the Abe Lincoln & MLK spinning...
According to the Sun-Times reporter's logic, the office ...
December 16, 2008 - 12:44 ET by SentryDanAccording to the Sun-Times reporter's logic, the office of president now belongs to blacks because a supposed black man was elected to the office.
Ah, but here we have a problem. Obama, "the messiah" is not a black man. He is multi-racial. He is of mixed race. He is denying the fact that he is at least half white.
OMG, for saying what is true, I must be racist. Apparently, blacks are not very familiar with their heritage. They need to look at just who it was that placed the black man into slavery. It just happens to be the same group who is trying to kill them off right now in Africa. Can we say Islamic extremists here?
Black Americans also need to research just how many of their forefathers here in the US had slaves. The number would surprise you. So, are they going to demand that their own ancestors give them money? I think not. But by not doing so they would be practicing descrimination.
Ah, isn't it nice to know the truth. But seeing that lots of these folks are liberals, they of course, won't be able to handle the truth.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Caroline Kennedy
December 16, 2008 - 07:56 ET by lostoneAh, now I get it. With this logic I can understand why Caroline Kennedy needs to be in Hillary's possibly vacant senate seat.
It's a white woman's senate seat.
I just hope Caroline can find some of those lovely pantsuits that the senate seat is so used to.
-- Lostone
Not only
December 16, 2008 - 08:10 ET by ahusseris this a white woman's seat but I know Caroline Kennedy is emminently qualified to be senator because, although totally inexperienced, she has that magical genetic component which confers "rights" and "skills" that we of the less noble persuasion don't possess. Of course through the magic of genetics she is much more qualified than say a Sarah Palin would be.
Change: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles. From a Poster
white woman's senate seat
December 16, 2008 - 08:13 ET by SickofLibsThat seat is also referred to as the Horse-Toothed Seat.
The other Horse-Toothed Seat is held is by the Junior Senator from Massachusetts.
double
December 16, 2008 - 08:19 ET by SickofLibsdouble
Correction
December 16, 2008 - 11:16 ET by Prester JohnIt's a RICH white woman's senate seat.
That's better.
What other colors for seats can we imagine?
December 16, 2008 - 08:06 ET by SickofLibsLet's not forget the pink seats like Barney's. They're just as important.
Sicko Libs
December 16, 2008 - 10:20 ET by SemperrightThanks for the image of Bawney's pink seat. Now I have to poke my minds eye out.
Semper Fi
Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
Ned Dolan
sorry, semp...
December 16, 2008 - 11:12 ET by SickofLibs... and they say waterboarding is inhumane.
jeesh.... giving the
December 16, 2008 - 08:09 ET by MidAmericajeesh.... giving the senate seat as a political spoil to the racists in the black community is just as corrupt as selling the seat to the highest bidder.
A "black" senate seat?
December 16, 2008 - 08:32 ET by goldenthroatIf this were a white journalist calling this a "white" senate seat the left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do as I say, not as I do" libs in the MSM would be calling this racism! Freakin' unbelieveable!
"One night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don't know!" - Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx) in "Animal Crackers"
Code
December 16, 2008 - 08:50 ET by VonuThe NY jr. senate belongs to relatives of fmr Prez. The two CA seats belong to ugly and butt ugly.
I thought we were post-racist
December 16, 2008 - 09:18 ET by TheHistorianIt is interesting that, in 2007, we have fewer black members of Congress than we had in 1868. Now that we have a black President, we are post-racial, so let's instead fill the seat with person who will vote for Illinois, not the black or Democrat caucuses. I agree with another poster that racism can be practiced by a black, and this looks about as racist as I can figure.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
I just felt like
December 16, 2008 - 09:38 ET by ThatDudeI just felt like fact-checking on one of the less reliable of fact-checking sites. One quote struck me as revealing here.
"With the southern states "redeemed", Democrats gradually regained control of Southern legislatures and restricted the rights of blacks to vote."
Not that we didn't know this, but education of this point is slim to non-existant and I'm surprised the more activist of wiki editors haven't attempted to change this history.
→ Brilliant!
December 16, 2008 - 09:27 ET by Cool ArrowNow it all makes sense.
The White Boys Club (Senate) devised a devillish plan to rid itself of a darkskinned member walking among them.
"Let's get this guy into the White House and return this august body to pristine purity"
Laughable if it Ms. Washington weren't so pathetically foolish. Laura Washinton is pleading for her own version of the Missouri Compromise.
black seat?
December 16, 2008 - 09:59 ET by jackie3wtf is this world comming to? Black man's seat. White woman's seat. Affirmative action is now being placed in elections as well?
Give me a break!
Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
If this country goes down...
December 16, 2008 - 10:38 ET by unkeeafIf this country goes down, political correctness and affirmative action will have played a large part in its demise. Just look at the sub-prime mortgage crisis. That crisis is rooted in the wrong-headed decision to provide mortgages to people who couldn't afford them based largely on the color of their skin.
No country or company will last having to operate under the burden of those ridiculous principals.
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
Obama is
December 16, 2008 - 17:41 ET by ahusserthe first affirmative action president and the election was so much about this fact and not about qualifications, experience or even associations that not to have voted for this guy was instantly racist and curmudgeonly. The underlying tone to the Dem strategy was white guilt and hatred of GWB.
Change: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles. From a Poster
Excuse me, but did this country not just elect a black POTUS?
December 16, 2008 - 10:55 ET by R D HelmThat could not have happened without the votes of millions of white Americans.
Shut up and go away, Laura. You are no-longer needed (not that you ever really were) or relevant.
-Dave
Will work for beer.
Nah, no black man has ...
December 16, 2008 - 16:54 ET by SentryDanNah, no black man has been elected president as of yet. The man who is president-elect is multi-racial. He is at least 50% white. That makes him mixed race.
In fact, we don't yet know what his true ethnic make up is. We don't even know where he was born into this world. Why won't he provide that information and more? What has Obama got to hide? Is it because he is truly not a US citizen? Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Gawd Awmighty...
December 16, 2008 - 10:56 ET by Meredith1966This is insanity, but we are talking about the political Left, aren't we? The entitlement mentality now extends to seats in the US Senate. I guess we shouldn't be surprised; I mean, look at all the racial gerrymandering that goes on in this country to ensure 'black' seats in the House of Representatives. Yes, they are continually certain that blacks cannot be adequately represented in Congress by whites, mainly due to the inherent racism embedded in the white psyche, and so must ensure that blacks have a voice by constructing safe Congressional districts for them. Now, I ask you--is ever the question raised about whites being adequately represented in Congress when their representative happens to be black? Forget that he or she would have been elected predominately by whites if that district happens to be majority white. If my rep is a 'person of color' (like I'm transparent or something), should I feel unrepresented? If Senator Durbin resigns, will Miss Washington specifically call for naming a white person to that seat because people in Illinois 'need and deserve' a white Senator?
This the folly of the racial politics practiced by the political Left in this country. They assign racial value to all things; they are the ones who cannot see past their own race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender...you name it. We will never achieve a color blind society as long as there are folks out there who insist on entitlements handed out by race. Conservatism rejects such notions, yet we are the so-called racists for insisting that merit trump all other classifications. Dare I ask how Miss Washington feels about reparations???
"The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately." - Calvin Coolidge
Arrogant racist. Petty
December 16, 2008 - 11:01 ET by NL207Arrogant racist. Petty tyrant to boot.
Then let's just get rid of
December 16, 2008 - 11:17 ET by SickofLibsThen let's just get rid of the red-blue thing on political maps... black-white is much more to the point.
And hey "Washington"... why are you still using your slave name?
What would MLK do?
December 16, 2008 - 12:46 ET by kufir77I guess the whole "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" thing goes out the window now????
There WAS going to be a special election for the seat, but the Democrats feared they would lose it to a Republican, so they scratched that. Blago or Lt Gov Quinn will 100% positively appoint a black person to the seat, regardless of their qualifications...
ka-CHING
December 16, 2008 - 13:30 ET by AJBplease pay his heirs another royalty! how DARE you use his words without paying the ka-Ching ante!
→ I protest AJB
December 16, 2008 - 13:39 ET by Cool ArrowI demand you use the more widely accepted Cha-ching.
I submit it has a more definitive ring to it. To quote a famous speech.
This is shocking racist
December 16, 2008 - 14:26 ET by Jack BauerThis is shocking racist tripe.
Awful. It's an insult to everyone who sincerely wants to see people judged on character not color.
As it would be if somebody suggested Vermont was a WHITE SENATE seat.
But I'm puzzled. Isn't President-derelect Obama the "post-racial" candidate?
Naturally it is a BLACK seat
December 16, 2008 - 14:58 ET by Delsabecause in Chicago qualification is NOT IMPORTANT!
case study = Chicago Politics
Jessy Jackson can't have the seat so give it to Michael Jackson!
Black is Beautiful
Too annoying for words!
December 16, 2008 - 16:18 ET by natgoldieThis woman is just too annoying for words!! Since when did seats become labeled as for black, white, etc...What ever happened to the best person for the job getting the seat and letting the American people decide that. These kinds of people disgust me..they just want to focus on race, not talent and experience.
I guess it follows....
December 16, 2008 - 23:17 ET by AZTech2020Well, then, if she is correct in her "thinking", then the soon-to-be vacated Senate seat from Delaware should be filled by a senile, moronic, old white guy! When Teddy the K. finally bows out, guess that means a drunken, womanizing, homocidal old Irishman........one could go on and on, but never get past the simple blatant racism of Washington's comments.