Who does race really matter to?
A couple of different stories have crossed my desk this week that I found to be of interest. The first was this Robert Novak column, originally run in the Chicago Sun Times back in May.
"Richmond Myrick, the principal of Largo High School, is a registered Democrat in overwhelmingly Democratic Prince George's County next to Washington, D.C. He has not been active politically and is not recorded as having made any contributions to candidates for federal office. Yet recently, he stood in the parking lot of Prince George's Community College adjoining his school to introduce Republican Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, whom he has endorsed for the U.S. Senate.
Myrick is African American, as are most students at Largo High. So is Steele. If enough non-political blacks follow Myrick's course, Steele will become the first black Republican elected to the Senate in 32 years. That is the Democrats' worst nightmare. Democratic dominance in Maryland has been based on maintaining a hammerlock over the state's substantial African- American vote. Steele threatens that domination. "
Second was this op/ed in todays Washington Times:
"The Democratic strategy against black Republicans is easy enough to understand: Call them sellouts; label them dupes of the racist Republican machine; link them to as many white conservatives as possible; and repeat. Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is no stranger to this program ever since the Baltimore Sun editorialized that the only thing he brought to the gubernatorial ticket of Robert Ehrlich was "the color of his skin."
Third was this story out of North Carolina:
"Last week, in a post on her Web site, Hunter criticized congressional candidate Vernon Robinson for running for office as a Republican, even though the staunch and outspoken conservative lost his bid for state GOP chair at the party's convention in 2005.
"Like a good slave, he has returned to the plantation," Hunter wrote about Robinson, who is black."
What is wrong with the Democratic Party that can not take dissent? Why do they assume that "all" blacks vote for them? Why do they vilify and ostracize any who dare to "stray" from the plantation? Most importantly though is why do black continue to vote for a party that takes them for granted day in and day out? When are people going to realize that they racists are running the Democratic Party and not vice versa?
"Richmond Myrick, the principal of Largo High School, is a registered Democrat in overwhelmingly Democratic Prince George's County next to Washington, D.C. He has not been active politically and is not recorded as having made any contributions to candidates for federal office. Yet recently, he stood in the parking lot of Prince George's Community College adjoining his school to introduce Republican Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, whom he has endorsed for the U.S. Senate.
Myrick is African American, as are most students at Largo High. So is Steele. If enough non-political blacks follow Myrick's course, Steele will become the first black Republican elected to the Senate in 32 years. That is the Democrats' worst nightmare. Democratic dominance in Maryland has been based on maintaining a hammerlock over the state's substantial African- American vote. Steele threatens that domination. "
Second was this op/ed in todays Washington Times:
"The Democratic strategy against black Republicans is easy enough to understand: Call them sellouts; label them dupes of the racist Republican machine; link them to as many white conservatives as possible; and repeat. Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is no stranger to this program ever since the Baltimore Sun editorialized that the only thing he brought to the gubernatorial ticket of Robert Ehrlich was "the color of his skin."
Third was this story out of North Carolina:
"Last week, in a post on her Web site, Hunter criticized congressional candidate Vernon Robinson for running for office as a Republican, even though the staunch and outspoken conservative lost his bid for state GOP chair at the party's convention in 2005.
"Like a good slave, he has returned to the plantation," Hunter wrote about Robinson, who is black."
What is wrong with the Democratic Party that can not take dissent? Why do they assume that "all" blacks vote for them? Why do they vilify and ostracize any who dare to "stray" from the plantation? Most importantly though is why do black continue to vote for a party that takes them for granted day in and day out? When are people going to realize that they racists are running the Democratic Party and not vice versa?
posted by The Lady Logician at
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