the new racists

In a time when our country should be coming together in a fight against terroism and --well, who isn't sick of the extreme partisan hatred out there??-- the Democrats continue to wage class and race warfare. Apparently, this is one of the only ways they can get votes. (That and calling Republicans lots of nasty names and accusing them of lying, conspiring with Karl Rove, etc.)

The Belafonte comment comparing black Republicans to Nazi Jews (as in --Hitler's regime had Jewish people --which I believe Jewish groups have now completely denounced as false), and stating the black republicans are "tyrants" really pushed me over the limit in what has been a stressful week in many other respects. It's not the first time an African American celebrity has made similar comments, and I can't think why I'm surprised that the likes of Nancy Pelosi and others were at this rally and had no problem associating themselves with a man who would say such things.

OK, let's take a step back and review our history:

-Abraham Lincoln --you know, the man who led our country through a civil war that set the slaves free-- was a REPUBLICAN

-When African Americans were voting and holding elected office after the war, they were voting for REPUBLICANS

-After Reconstruction ended and Union troops left the south, the KKK attacks, the segregation, Jim Crowe laws, and the atrocities committed there against African Americans --these people were DEMOCRATS

-The south continued to vote DEMOCRAT for 100 years after the Civil War!

-Condoleeza Rice grew up in the south when they still had seperate drinking fountains, bathrooms, sections of the bus, etc. Some of her childhood friends were killed by racists in that famous school bombing. (or was it a church --I need to read up on that)

-When Condoleeza's dad went to vote for a DEMOCRAT in the south, her dad was turned away from the polls because of his skin color. She claims he has been a Republican ever since.

-The 1960s Civil Rights legislation was pushed through by REPUBLICANS in Congress; Congressional DEMOCRATS opposed it

-The DEMOCRATS are the only party to have a former KKK member in the Senate --in fact, he used to be their Senate Majority Leader (Robert "Sheets" Byrd, D-WV)

-African Americans (along with ALL Americans, as it should be) are enjoying the highest rates of home ownership ever --under a REPUBLICAN president (George W. Bush)

So, um, when did the Democrats convince African Americans in this country that Republicans are the racist party? And any African American who happens to be a conservative is a "tyrant?"

Maybe they don't like Condi because she is proof positive that all of their welfare, socialist, liberal policies don't work!

Did Condi ever need handouts? Did she need affirmative action to get into college (um, when she was 16) or to get a job? Condoleeza Rice is a brilliant, classy role model for ANYONE. Not just African Americans. Isn't that what equality is all about? About skin color, race, religion, etc. not mattering? She is our secretary of state --the face and representative of the Unites States to the world, and I couldn't think of anyone I'd rather have in that position right now.

So let's compare Condi to a politician Belafonte and all the other African American libs out there admired: Bill Clinton. A black woman once declared that Bill Clinton was "the first black president." Her reasons for making this statement? He had smoked weed (but didn't inhale, remember), had extra-marital affairs, and loved fast food. Now, if any white person had made that statement, can you imagine the outcry of racism that would have ensued? Is that really what Belafonte's crowd thinks are the defining characteristics of African Americans? Now compare that to Condoleeza Rice, who is African American, and achieved her success as all Americans are supposed to --through her natural gifts and a lot of hard work.

Affirmative action, like unions, were necessary, good programs at first that have by now outrun their usefullness. No one should be given a job or accepted to college because of the color of their skin or any other such arbitrary reason --that, to me, is racism. But of course, any conservative who opposes affirmative action is labled a "racist." And I don't know that Condi's spoken out on the matter, but her conservative, American ideals and beliefs of self-reliance and personal accountability would indicate that she agrees.

Well, I say that Belafonte, Pelosi, and every Democrat who still thinks that African Americans need special handouts or government programs to succeed in this country are the real racists out there.

And it's time for this to stop! It's time for the Democrats to stop propegating racial warfare. You should belong to a political party because you share their core beliefs and values, not because of the color of your skin. And it's about time the new racists out there stopped these outlandish attacks and refocused on what's good for our country.

Update: LaShawn Barber kindly requested that posts "of interest" be trackbacked to her - so of course we must oblige! :)