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Isn't She Lovely?

8.27.08 @ 12:01AM

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In naming the many permutations of the racial conflicts that the Democrats are known for creating, Jeffrey Lord missed maybe the most important: blacks against blacks. It has long been the practice of the Democrats to try to turn blacks against one another, especially when a strong black voice arises that is not a member of the Democratic victimology clique. Look at the way Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Ward Connerly, Shelby Steele, Michael Steele, or John McWhorter have been demonized and had their "blackness" questioned for not spouting the liberal party line. Or look at how Star Parker or Bishop Harry Jackson are attacked for writing for Townhall.com. Or, and this one Mr. Cohen would appreciate, look how the CBC barred J. C. Watts from membership; his being black did not mitigate his being a Republican, and everyone knows that only black Democrats can truly represent the black populace. Or so goes the putrid argument of the left on this matter.

The Democratic Party has preached racial conciliation from one side of their mouths, while out of the other actively pitting every race against one another. They seem to fear the day that the members of these various ethnic groups wake up and realize that it is not one another they should be fighting, but a bloated government that is hell bent for leather on controlling as much of their lives as possible. But as long as the Democrats can keep the various ethnic groups locked in battles with one another, those groups will fail to realize that it is the Democrats who foster and nourish these conflicts to enhance their own power. And it is particularly sad to see my fellow blacks allowing themselves to be so easily misled and abused by these cynical Democrats. It is a crying shame to see blacks cheer as people like Justice Thomas or Secretary Rice are attacked and torn to shreds, when their lives and accomplishments should be treated as models for our young men and women to follow, and whose accomplishments should be celebrated and not denigrated.

But as long as blacks allow these types of attacks to go unanswered and unchallenged the Democrats will persist in attacking blacks for having "the wrong attitudes." And blacks will continue to be treated worse than a mistress, because at least a mistress in an affair is given some tokens of affection by her paramour; but in this current situation blacks are treated like a "pro" who renders her services and wakes up to find a little cash on the nightstand.
-- Eric Edwards
Walnut Cove, North Carolina

THE SMART SET
Re: James Bowman's Much Higher IQ:

Bowman has hit the nail on the head. Liberal elitists feel that, having lowered themselves to pay any attention to common people at all, the recipients of their attention should not only vote for them but show a whole lot of gratitude. Rock star adulation, throwing flowers, naming their children after them.
-- Charles Perry
Sylmar, California

I've always thought I was smarter, IQs and otherwise, than most of the people I run into -- but, really, in living and working, it hasn't been much use to me.

The liberal elite might have higher IQs than the "great unwashed," but when it comes down to their governing style, really, they have some appalling lapses. They still see being labeled "liberal" as a smear. They do not understand why, but are forced to acknowledge the fact.

That the "masses" might reject someone who is called a liberal, just because he might act as a liberal, remains unknown to them.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

Noah Webster -- "The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their ability."

I have long noticed that the very first thing liberals address in discussing a political figure will be his supposed intelligence. Of all the multitude of virtues, accomplishments, or the lack of them, it is intelligence that is the flame to their moth. Yet when we go to hear a musician we do not ask of his talent, or even what instrument he plays; we stay or go according to what he can present.

For the rest of us, finding truth or success is accomplished through a long process of failure. The liberal is not well acquainted with failure, and is just smart enough to pile one error on top of the last without toppling over as did the rest of us before we tired of that process. We do not doubt he is a very smart fellow.
-- James Wilson

Didn't know if you guys were aware, but I tried to get the video off of the Lynn Doyle website and they have cut off the Jeffrey Lord/Steve Cohen exchange on Slavery Apology. If that isn't media bias, I am not sure what is.
-- Isaac Wantland
Nashville, Tennessee

Unfortunately, your definition of an elitist would also apply to John McCain. That's why conservatives don't trust him.
-- Paul Doolittle

SEEN, NOT HEARD
Re: Philip Klein's Carter Fades Away:

Pursuant to former President Carter's on-stage appearance at the Democratic National Convention last night, Mr. Klein begins his article with the observation: "Poof. Just like that, he was gone," referring to Carter's presence on the American political scene. He then concludes by noting that "like an old soldier, Carter is fading away." If only such things could also be said of the legacy Mr. Carter's foreign policy leaves behind.

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