That’s rich. A know nothing blogger on the internet says a sitting Supreme Court justice has no rationality. That’s like me claiming that Tiger Woods is uncoordinated.

>not necessarily due to merit or genuine enthusiasm but is simply a political move by the party to push that person into the spotlight to make the party seem like it represents all folks equally.

You know this how? You can sense it? Have some evidence? Internal memos? Nothing at all, more likely.

>given argument is that republican policy, more so than democrat policy, actually hurts blacks and other minorities disproportionately (depending on your opinion about the effects of affirmative action, just about anything else, etc),

Right. The key word there is argument. You know, disagreement. Oliver and yourself apparently can grant that white conservatives are able to have an argument here, why are black conservatives somehow not allowed to partake in this argument without being race traitors?

Blacks used to be Republicans, until the GOP decided to take in Southern Democrats and become the party of racism state’s rights. Even now, there’s been an opening for social cons to make overtures to blacks who agree with them on a lot of issues. Thing is, the right is still locked in to blaming minorities for the world’s ills (they’ve just shifted the blamee from blacks to hispanics).

It’s no coincidence that window-dressing appointees have come from the GOP and the first black president is a Democrat.

The point I think OW is making here is that, usually, when a black person is prominent in conservative/republican political circles, it’s not necessarily due to merit or genuine enthusiasm but is simply a political move by the party to push that person into the spotlight to make the party seem like it represents all folks equally.

Since the given argument is that republican policy, more so than democrat policy, actually hurts blacks and other minorities disproportionately (depending on your opinion about the effects of affirmative action, just about anything else, etc), the prominent black republicans come off looking like Clayton Bigsby, just pure irony walking and talking.

That’s phrasing it very harshly, but I’ll admit my first thought on reading Oliver’s qualification that “No blacks with any common sense or rationality are or have been in positions of power in the GOP” was similar. That he’s suggesting being a black Republican is alone sufficient proof of stupidity.

I don’t care for Clarence Thomas or Condi Rice. I don’t think either should be in the positions that they’ve held. But that has nothing to do with their race. I’m seeing a double standard at work here, your actions will be judged differently if you’re black.

A. If you’re black and a Republican/conservative, then you’re nothing but an Uncle Tom “Yes massa” loser that allows themselves to be used by conservatives. They are nothing but window dressing.

B. If you’re black and in a position of power, then you have no rationality or common sense.

The bottom line for Oliver with regard to black Americans apparently is: Vote Democrat, be a liberal or you’re nothing but a race traitor.

No one said he wasn’t allowed. He is, obviously. On the other hand, Oliver and anyone else who wants to can refer to him as Stepin Fetchit. Where does this “not allowed” crap come from?

yo, don’t beat around the Bush. They’re angry because the money isn’t being used to fund “American” things, in this case, killing A-rahbs and gays.

Why is that, I wonder?

Because he’s cleaning up a mess that began long before he got into office.

You keep wanting to hold him completely responsible for having to deal with things that started before he was in office.

Really? Holy shit! Thanks Yo! Just give me some facts to back that up and I’ll start spreading the word!

Man, all this time, and I thought we’d elected a president that would probably be in the conservative party in Canada/Western Europe and is center-left in the United States. You sure saved my bacon.

In what way was Steele’s race relevant in the whole Steele vs Limbaugh flap Oliver? (The stupidity of the whole thing notwithstanding.)

>Blacks on the right are not in positions of power.

Hmm.. Let’s see. Clarence Thomas? Condoleeza Rice? Yeah, no power at all. Or are you going to say that none of that is “real” power, since it isn’t the president?

>They must always parrot the con line on race

Or.. what? What horrible consequences await if a black conservative deviates from the “con line on race”? I mean, it couldn’t be that black conservatives might actually agree with the notion that affirmative action, for example, isn’t such a good idea, right?

HA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Bush spent too much, therefore to get out of debt, we must spend trillions more that we don’t have.

Gee, if only there had been a surplus when Obama took office.

We’re not talking about getting out of debt. We still owe the French for the Revolutionary War.

Try to pay attention. I freely admit I know next to nothing about economics, but next to you, I’m Paul friggin Krugman.

Why is that, I wonder?

He’s a border-line socialist. And people have had enough. But I love your logic, which seems to go like this: Bush spent too much, therefore to get out of debt, we must spend trillions more that we don’t have. Not. Gonna. Work.

Brilliant.

As could also be said of several whites. Steele’s race wasn’t a part of that.

Oh, settle down, Beavis.

Obama has spent more money in 2 months than the entire Iraq War,

Why is that, I wonder?

when we’re already in debt up to our ears,

Why is that, I wonder?

Go get a fresh Huggie. You earned it.

Obama has spent more money in 2 months than the entire Iraq War, which dems voted for btw, has cost us. Add in this insane budget – the largest in the history of mankind – when we’re already in debt up to our ears, and people have just had enough of the bs. Eventually, there is going to be a tax revolt, even if Jon Stewart makes really super duper cool jokes about it.

You think the alliances between trippy liberals and older blacks is a natural alliance? No, but liberals don’t treat blacks like an afterthought. The right does.

And the blacks who accept that kind of treatment deserve absolute scorn for their Step N Fetchit act.