Racial politics


Calling the Dems on their MLK Day stunts
Finally! Honest criticism from the left on the MLK Day political grandstanding.

In addition to all his other duties in the rebuilding of New Orleans, Nagin spends a lot of time obsessing over the changing demographics of his city. That's never a good sign. What's worse, while Nagin now insists that everyone is ``welcome in New Orleans,'' when he had his chance to spell out his vision of what New Orleans would become, he excluded everyone but African-Americans.

What Hillary Clinton did was even worse. When she tried to rile up a mostly black audience in Harlem by saying that Republicans run the House of Representatives ``like a plantation ... so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument,'' the likely 2008 Democratic presidential contender insulted the very people she was trying to cater to.

You know what I'm talking about. The problem isn't so much what Clinton said -- however inappropriate -- but why she said it. Isn't it obvious? The idea was to score cheap political points by convincing African-Americans that any black person who votes Republican should have his head examined. It was to remind black voters that, while other Americans have choices to make at election time, they aren't so fortunate. There's only one party for them -- the Democratic Party.

If we have to have parties, I want there to be strong parties. No behind the scenes deals to maintain the status quo. I want there to be clear choices.

Strong and principled Democrats are the best chance to keep the Republicans in check. And vice versa.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - January 23, 2006 at 04:58 AM  Tag


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