What a bunch of whiny bastards. Gee whiz, the MINORITY party doesn t have as much say or access in the govt? NO WAY! I never knew it was like that. Next thing you ll be telling me that the party that wins elections should actually get to govern!

Uhh, before you break into your song and whine routine, I just want to point out that you don’y even understand what the quote is about, do you?

I admire smart, charismatic leaders like Obama.

I don’t admire dim intellectual catamites like Clarence Thomas.

My admiration and lack thereof would be the same even if they were of a different color.

Are you saying that I have a double standard that disadvantages idiots? Well yes, I suppose I do in certain spheres.

I can see why that would be particularly troubling to a Republican.

When I said that the Republicans had to prove that they weren’t racist, I didn’t mean to me, I meant to the people they hoped to vote for them. I was commenting on Republican electoral strategy. That’s why you have affirmative action for high-profile appointments like Clarence, Condi and Colin. Not that this is always bad: when they were appointed I thought Condi and Colin were pretty good choices. They have since disgraced themselves, of course.

Of course the window-dressing of these prominent appointments doesn’t fool many people for long, once they look at Republican policies and Republican results: against Affirmative action (except for legacy Yalies and loyal GOP lapdogs like Thomas), for the starving of social programs, infrastructure, health care and education.

As long as those are the Republican policies you’ll always be the party of Thurman, Lott, Helms, Willie Hortonism and John McCain’s black babyism in the eyes of a lot of people, even if your whole damn cabinet is rainbow colored.

Obama is getting in the way of complete honesty.

I imagine that perplexed look on his face is his trying to cope with the fact that he just had to defend a vile, racist remark by his colleague.

It is actually refreshing to see Wilbur admit to the double standard held by his side of the aisle. Thank you for being so candid.

” It s funny that the first black senator in some time happens to be a Democrat.”

It’s funny that the first black Secretary of State and the first black National Security Advisor happened to be Republicans.

Just putting that out there

This does not even deserve the dignity of a response. Osama Obama? What next, you going to break out the Hitlery Klintoon moniker?

Dems don’t have to prove they’re not racist. Republicans do. That’s why loyal GOP dimwits who happen to be black are promoted far above their abilities *cough*Clarence Thomas*cough*.

I’m happy to see more blacks earn positions of power like Obama, but if he were as dumb as Thomas or Michael Steele he wouldn’t get my support.

Hm.

Wonder why that is?

Hm.

I’m part of “everyone”, I think, and I don’t know what this “one reason” you’re talking about might be. There seem to be so many likeable things about Senator Obama.

Please enlighten me, Ian, what is this “one reason”? Spell it out.

Obama a stand-up American citizen: everyone knows that’s why Oliver likes him.

And he scares Republicans.

Give me Gore’s speech any day.