Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you have heard the
brouhaha over a comment by Harry Reid, currently the ranking Democrat in the Senate.In a recent booktitled Game Change authored by John
Heilemann and Mark Halprin, he was quoted as saying that voters would vote for
Obama because he was "light skinned," and because he exhibited no
"Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."Most of the right-wing media has played this
up as a racist, offending comment, while the liberal media has said it is of no
consequence. I suppose racism is in the
eye of the beholder. Obama has accepted Reid’s apology, and Reid is – as the
liberals always do when they want to sweep something distasteful under the rug –
“trying to move forward”.
Why am I upset?I’m not upset at
the hypocrisy of the Democrats in how they treat their favored minorities.I’m not upset at the “racism” of the comment.I’m just more than a tad upset at the double
standard of the liberal media, for this case demonstrates most emphatically how
differently they treat a Republican vs. a Democrat when it comes to comments
such as these.No, that’s not why I am
so upset.
I am upset because Harry Reid and the liberals have stood me up
again.I keep waiting for MY apology,
which I fear will never be forthcoming.Once again, the Democrats have ridden in on their high horse, claiming
to read my mind, insulted my intelligence, and ridden off into the sunset,
untouched by reality.Harry Reid, et al,
whom I shall refer to as “RacistS While Not Admitting Racism” or (RWNAR), have
struck again.
Why does RWNAR, assume that I would not vote for a candidate unless he
was “light skinned”?
Why does RWNAR, assume that the lack of a “Negro dialect” would change
my vote?
Why does RWNAR, assume that I, a conservative, would be a racist?Could it be – gasp! – the color of my
skin?Or is it just my political leanings?
Why does RWNAR get to define what it means to be black/African
American/current politically correct term?
Who gave RWNAR the permission to define what it means to be black/African
American/current politically correct term?
I have seen a number of potential candidates arrive on the scene, of
varying hues and genders.It may seem
peculiar to RWNAR that I would have at least seriously considered voting for
any of them. The party of RWNAR screams
about racism and how mean, white, angry, conservatives are at fault for holding
back people of color; how we are heartless, cruel exploiters of men and
materiel; how we eat the babies of whatever minority group they are courting
and how we drink their blood.Well,
maybe I’m exaggerating a little.Maybe.
By making his “light-skinned” quote, RWNAR assumes that I am a racist,
without giving me the benefit of the doubt or allowing me to prove myself.It is assumed upon waking that I am too
brainless to consider the merits of an individual.I don’t care if the candidate is a green and
yellow hermaphrodite, in a wheelchair, and has a speech impediment.Is he a natural born citizen?Is he of age?Does he fulfill all the Constitutional requirements of a presidential
candidate?What is his track
record?What does he stand for?Does he give me confidence in his leadership
abilities?Do I feel confident that he
will be a leader and not a tyrant?Does
he respect the history of this country?Does he have an understanding of economics?What background does he come from?Is he actually proud of his country?Where does he want to take the country?(All of these questions also refer to a
female candidate, of course.I was just
taught to use the masculine when the gender was in question.Shoot my English teacher if you are
offended.)
So, those in the party of RWNAR, those are the questions I ask of MY
candidates.Why do you get so hung up on
skin color?And why is skin color so
tied to an ideology?I assumed that skin
color was the effect of pigmentation in the skin cells.To me, what makes the man is not what colors
the man.
So, I am offended that Harry Reid, et al, of the party of Racists While
Not Admitting Racism, would deign to put the same judgmental standard on me that
they see in themselves.Instead of
riding off into the sunset on that high horse of theirs, they should dismount
and gaze into a mirror instead.
BTW, Harry, I’m not holding my breath waiting for my apology.You are incapable of understanding why I am
upset.
