Two weeks ago in his first address to his new staff, Eric Holder stated that the United States remains "a nation of cowards" on issues involving race. The statement created quite a stir. Folks, especially those on the right, took offense to Holder’s words thinking that he was pointing directly at them and suggesting that the Right was full of redneck racists. I have to admit I thought that Holder was talking to us on the right but now I know he was talking to the Left.
Today, Dick Durbin took his frustration with Senator Roland Burris’ intransigence and unwillingness to resign his Senate seat to a new level. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, reported by UPI, Durbin stated that race was a deciding factor in seating Burris:
Durbin said a combative and racially tinged appearance by African-American U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., at a Dec. 30 news conference called by now-impeached Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich to announce Burris’ appointment to the Senate added a racial overtone to the situation, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday.
“My colleague from Illinois, Congressman Bobby Rush, made strong statements along those lines,” Durbin told Chicago radio station WGN. “They were painful and hurtful, and it became part of this calculation.”
What? Race baiting and racism on the Left? Say it ain’t so!
Let me see if I have this correct:
- A leftist, black politician from Chicago, accusing his competitor’s voters of being racists because not all white voters will vote for him while virtually all black voters will, is elected President.
- Rather than hold an election, the Democrats in Illinois decide to have a Senator appointed by a corrupt Governor.
- The corrupt Governor appoints a black replacement Senator largely because the previous Senator was black and he was getting flack from his black constituency.
- The appointed black Senator goes off to Washington and is refused seating by Harry Reid. Only after Harry Reid got threats from amongst others, the Congressional Black Caucus, did he roll over.
- The appointed black Senator turns out to be at best, mentally infirm and is unable to remember specific, pertinent events related to Federal investigation or possibly a perjurer. In either event, he has become accustomed to his new positions and doesn’t want to leave.
- Black leaders are once again lining up to support Burris….because he’s black:
Rev. Willie Barrow, a leader of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, recently said of Burris, “We put him in, and we’re going to keep him in.”
The difference between the Left and the Right’s view of race was perfectly framed by Rush Limbaugh during his speech to CPAC on Saturday:
Let me tell you who we conservatives are: We love people. [Applause] When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don’t see groups. We don’t see victims. We don’t see people we want to exploit. What we see — what we see is potential.
Holder was right, there are a bunch of cowards in the US that are not willing to talk candidly about race. Unfortunately that cowardice exists throughout the Democrat party and dictates that the value of an individual is based upon the race, sex or sexual preference group they come from. That cowardice is what will hold Burris in a role where because of his “distractions” he will be unable to serve the people of Illinois.
The next time Eric Holder wants to talk about race he may want to focus his comments to those who like him, assume race determines a persons value. That group is predominantly within the Left.
