Harry Reid was right……..sort of
I have a slightly different take on the whole Harry Reid fiasco. Don’t get me wrong, Reid is a Grade A scumbag who would knock an old lady from her wheelchair if he thought it would advance his political career. He is the epitome of a sleazy self serving politician who cares only about quenching his thirst for unlimited power.
Harry Reid, the Democrat Senate Majority Leader was quoted by the authors of an upcoming book titled ‘Game Change’ as saying that Obama had a good chance of being elected president because he (Obama) is a “light-skinned African American with no Negro dialect – unless he wanted to have one.” Reid made this statement during the 2008 campaign for president. When the quote from the book was made public a couple of days ago, Reid made a half-hearted apology which was quickly accepted by Obama.
Since the quote came out, Republicans have been shouting from the rooftops about the need for Reid to resign from his post as Senate Majority Leader. Even some Democrats are beginning to turn on Reid. Not because they’re so upset at what he said, but because this incident punches more holes into the hull of an already sinking Democrat ship. Besides calling Reid’s statement racist, his detractors on the Right are mad as hell about the hypocrisy factor. Everyone in their right mind knows that any Republican elected or appointed official would be run out of town on a rail if they made the same statement. Futile as it may be, I don’t blame Republicans for calling for Reid’s head – it’s their job to weaken the Democrat Party in any way they can; a job that they’re usually pretty inept at doing.
As for Reid’s comments, I believe that they were pretty accurate except that he left out an important factor. He really should have said that Obama’s light skin and lack of Negro dialect makes him more palatable to Democrat voters. After all, like Obama, other black Democrats have to run in Democrat primaries before getting the nomination. Darker black men like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson have also ran for the Democrat nomination for president. Needless to say, they both were solidly rejected by Democrat voters. Oh yeah……both Sharpton and Jackson also have the “dialect” that Harry Reid referred to.
Does the Democrat Party have dark-skinned blacks who were elected to public office? Sure they do, but these people are usually from districts with extremely large black populations. There are dark-skinned blacks who have been serving in congress for decades, but never seem to be interested in running for president. I believe this is partly due to the fact that they know it would be nearly impossible for them to get the nomination. You see, the dirty secret is that it’s the white Democrats who have a problem voting for dark-skinned blacks.
On the other hand, Republicans/Conservatives historically tend to not care so much about skin tones as they do about political philosophy and qualifications. It was Republicans who appointed the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (Colin Powell) the first black National Security Advisor, (Colin Powell) the first black Secretary of State, (Colin Powell) the first black female Secretary of State, (Condoleeza Rice) the first black elected to the United States Senate, (Edward Brooke III) the first black elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, (Oscar Stanton De Priest) the first black elected to statewide office in Oklahoma (J.C. Watts). Currently, a black American, Michael Steele, serves as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Also, a fact that is seldom taught in our public schools is that a higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. If it were solely up to the Congressional Democrats of that time, the bill would have been defeated.
Almost forgot……it was a Republican administration led by a man named Abraham Lincoln which risked the destruction of a nation in order to abolish slavery.
Growing up in New York I have for years witnessed the subtle racism of the liberal Democrat. I was once at a wedding where a twenty-something black guy was totally out of control and acting like a jerk. This guy had everyone squirming in their seats. When I made a comment about his behavior to a liberal woman, she tried to defend him by saying “you have to understand…that’s his culture.”
So…it’s in black people’s culture to act like fools? This same woman would have instantly branded me a racist if she knew that I was a Conservative and a registered Republican.
I’ve had dozens upon dozens of similar experiences with liberal Democrats over the years. It would take too long and probably be too boring, so I won’t go into it any further. Growing up and living in New York I’ve run across hundreds of Harry Reids. I’ve become accustomed to their subtle racism mixed with blatant hypocrisy. I’ve become accustomed to living in their warped world where the meaning of words depends on who is saying them. So, Harry Reid’s recent foot-in-mouth comments don’t really surprise me, and neither does the mind-boggling hypocrisy of the liberal Democrats and the mainstream media.
It’s incredible what one can get used to.
