Monday, January 11, 2010

A double standard so thick you can cut it with a knife.

 News broke this weekend that a forthcoming book on the 2008 election will report Harry Reid making some incendiary remarks about Barack Obama. Specifically, Harry Reid said Obama has “no Negro dialect, unless he wants to have one.”

Redstate gives us some quotes from prominent senators and politicians about Trent Lott's statements that were condemned as racist:

  • His apology does not take away the sting of his divisive words…‘ - Barbara Boxer
  • I can tell you if a Democratic leader said such a thing, they would not be allowed to keep their position,’ - Mary Landrieu
  • What he said was insensitive as hell; it’s very offensive,’ … ‘Race is serious stuff. It’s not something you kid about.’ - Joe Biden
  • ‘…the GOP must decide whether Lott ‘represents the views of the majority of Republicans in the Senate and in our country.‘ - Hillary Clinton
  • We need political leaders who are healers, not dividers,’ … ‘I hope that Senator Lott’s apology will translate into action and that he will advance policies that bring us together as a nation rather than pull us apart.‘ - Dick Durbin
  • When connected to past comments and votes, this statement casts a dark shadow over Sen. Lott’s ability to be a credible party leader‘ - Diane Feinstein
  • Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat, described Lott’s comments as ‘outrageous’ and ‘completely inexcusable.’ ‘Those kinds of comments have no place in our society and should be repudiated by every American,’ Stabenow said in a statement. ‘At this point, the Republican caucus in the U.S. Senate needs to think long and hard about the kind of values they want their leadership to represent.‘ - Debbie Stabenow
(and there are many other classics from Senate and House Democrites at “Blogs for Victory“)
Climate cultist Algore and (surprise, surprise ) Jesse Jackson demanded that Lott resign:
But some Democrats were angry. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson called for Lott to resign, and former Vice President Al Gore told CNN that the comment was “racist.”
Funny, Jesse has been strangely silent the last couple of days.
Then we have the pièce de résistance from POTUS himself"
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D-13th), who hosted WVON’s Cliff Kelley Show, challenged the Republican Party to repudiate Lott’s remarks and to call for his resignation as senate leader.
“It seems to be that we can forgive a 100-year-old senator for some of the indiscretion of his youth, but, what is more difficult to forgive is the current president of the U.S. Senate (Lott) suggesting we had been better off if we had followed a segregationist path in this country after all of the battles and fights for civil rights and all the work that we still have to do,” said Obama.
He said: “The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott. If they have to stand for something, they have to stand up and say this is not the person we want representing our party.”
If Democrat hypocrisy was jobs, the Obama economic mess would be over tomorrow.
President Obama, I’m waiting patiently for your demands that Harry Reid resign.  Something tells me that I have a long wait ahead of me.
(UPDATE:  As noted in the comments, this morning RNC Chair Michael Steele called upon Reid to resign.  Methinks the request will be met with :crickets:)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't think what Reid said or what Trent Lott says was offensive. Who cares? It's just petty shit. Obviously he won't resign, so getting fussy about it is a waste of time.

Perhaps you could recommend a less whiny blog?