Double Standards

[German67]

Walter Williams (archive)
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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/dl20021219.shtml
December 19, 2002

Double standards

During World War II, ex-Ku Klux Klansman, now U.S. senator, Robert Byrd vowed never to fight "with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."

Just a couple of years ago, Byrd lectured us on the floor of the Senate that "there are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time." I wonder whether he was talking about whites who act like blacks.

San Francisco's esteemed mayor Willie Brown once described a successful legislative battle this way: "We beat those old white boys fair and square."

Spike Lee said in disapproval of interracial marriages: "I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street."




*http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif I'm sure Robert Byrd and all the other Democrats will be resigning soon. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

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What one man receives and does not work for, another man works for and does not receive.


In 1948, running for President, Truman was on a whistle-stop train tour across the country, and at one stop, somebody yelled up to him, ``Give 'em hell, Harry.''

``I never give 'em hell,'' Truman replied. ``I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.''

[Terri]

Good article, German. Williams is nearly always good.

I shortened it to comply with our Fair Use copyright rule. Everyone can follow the link to read the rest.

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[BritishConservative]

David Limbaugh wrote this recently:

"I'm all for dumping Lott if he meant his remarks as racist. I'm even for replacing him at some point because he's not conservative enough. But let's not confuse the two.

Those conservatives who think Republicans are going to end this by making Lott a sacrificial lamb have another think coming. By discarding Lott without satisfying themselves of his culpability, Republicans not only will not be cleansing themselves in the minds of their accusers. They will be abetting the cause of tainting the entire Republican Party by allowing Lott's guilt to be established largely by association (with Republicans).

Eventually Republicans are going to have to deal with these incessant, outrageous allegations that they are racists. And getting rid of Lott isn't dealing with them. "

HE IS SO RIGHT. All you Republicans who feel "relief" at the Lott's resignation missed the point. The GOP just lost another battle in THE POLITICS OF GUILT.

[Charie]

BC, I'm one who was glad that Lott resigned as head of the Senate Majority, but not because he has a big dumb mouth. *I've never thought he was a good leader for the party, because he caved in to the Dems, ad nauseam.

He may be a good Senator, but he was not a good party leader.

And yes, if he'd made one more apology, he probably would have been asking for slavery reparations. *Ye gads, my stomach could take just so much. *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/barf.gif

[German67]

Exactly.
The biggest problem with Lott is that he was not a leader. Leaders do and say what needs to be done and said, they don't compromise with the opposition party, then get stabbed in the back time and again. That doesn't mean he wasn't a good senator. He just didn't have a backbone to stand up to all the PC. He wasn't the right person to lead the GOP, that's all.

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In 1948, running for President, Truman was on a whistle-stop train tour across the country, and at one stop, somebody yelled up to him, ``Give 'em hell, Harry.''

``I never give 'em hell,'' Truman replied. ``I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.''