Twisted Logic
I find it hilarious how right-wingers use such tortured and twisted logic to justify their racism and sexism relative to their political candidates. They always claim that it's not that they don't want a woman or black as president, yet they can't get them to run. I wonder why? Right-wingers claim Condi Rice and Colin Powell are more qualified than many Dem candidates, so what's the problem? Could it be they know a black man or woman would have no chance to get the nomination much less win the general election in their biased party? After all, the only way they can get blacks to serve in the Republican party is to appoint them because they can't get elected. If political beliefs were the standard then Clarence Thomas would run for president. He is more right-wing than "W," but he would have no chance in the Republican party of today.
Alan Keyes is a good example of the futility of a black conservative in the Republican party. The only thing he can win is a right-wing talk show. I can only remember one conservative black (rich Oklahoma football hero, J.C. Watts) who was elected in the Republican party, and he resigned in frustration. Is that a coincidence? If right-wingers really represented minorities they would change their political positions to reflect it, but that is not going to happen in the WASP party of big money and materialism that has a history of being anti-civil rights and runs campaigns by demonizing blacks.
Just wait for all the racist ads in this year's election. We've had but a sample in North Carolina already and even here in Kentucky with our Republican Rep. Geoff Davis calling Obama, "boy." When Republican presidential candidates get less than 10 percent of the black vote in elections one would think they might say to themselves, "Hey, maybe we need to change a little to accommodate the political views of minorities." Instead they always come back with, "We don't need blacks anyway; they'll come around to our viewpoint eventually." Who needs minorities when you have a super-majority of southern bigots? That's the view that has worked for right-wingers in the past, and it will probably continue to work for them in the future.
Alan Keyes is a good example of the futility of a black conservative in the Republican party. The only thing he can win is a right-wing talk show. I can only remember one conservative black (rich Oklahoma football hero, J.C. Watts) who was elected in the Republican party, and he resigned in frustration. Is that a coincidence? If right-wingers really represented minorities they would change their political positions to reflect it, but that is not going to happen in the WASP party of big money and materialism that has a history of being anti-civil rights and runs campaigns by demonizing blacks.
Just wait for all the racist ads in this year's election. We've had but a sample in North Carolina already and even here in Kentucky with our Republican Rep. Geoff Davis calling Obama, "boy." When Republican presidential candidates get less than 10 percent of the black vote in elections one would think they might say to themselves, "Hey, maybe we need to change a little to accommodate the political views of minorities." Instead they always come back with, "We don't need blacks anyway; they'll come around to our viewpoint eventually." Who needs minorities when you have a super-majority of southern bigots? That's the view that has worked for right-wingers in the past, and it will probably continue to work for them in the future.
posted by T. Glenn Hall at 7:04 AM
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