Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Hillary Clinton Helps Us Heal the Racial Divide
Speaking during celebrations of the birth of Martin Luther King, in Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) played the race card apparently just for fun. Asked what was the difference between Democrats and Republicans, Hillary replied:
For the last five years, we've had no. Power. At All. And that makes a big difference, because when you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation. And you know what I'm talkin' about. It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary point of view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard. The Senate's not that bad. But it's been difficult. It's been difficult.
The House has been run like a plantation. What? And you know what I'm talkin' about. No I don't. I don't have a clue what you're talking about.
Michelle Malkin does her best to explain it, as does Michael Goodwin, but other than comparing Republicans to slave owners, it doesn't make any sense at all. Republicans have never been slave owners; they were the party that stood for the ending of slavery. Election of the Republican's first candidate for President sparked the Civil War and remade the union for speedy passage of the Constitutional Amendments that actually ended slavery. The Democrats were the Rebels opposing the end to slavery. The Democrats were the slave owners, and members of the KKK, and the demagogues who stood in the school house doors to prevent blacks from attending. It is the Democrats who now run a metaphorical plantation of black voters.
So not only is it a stupid analogy, it is a baseless slur. And Hillary is perhaps the Democrats' best politician.
However, there may be storm clouds on the horizon for the Senator.
For the last five years, we've had no. Power. At All. And that makes a big difference, because when you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation. And you know what I'm talkin' about. It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary point of view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard. The Senate's not that bad. But it's been difficult. It's been difficult.
The House has been run like a plantation. What? And you know what I'm talkin' about. No I don't. I don't have a clue what you're talking about.
Michelle Malkin does her best to explain it, as does Michael Goodwin, but other than comparing Republicans to slave owners, it doesn't make any sense at all. Republicans have never been slave owners; they were the party that stood for the ending of slavery. Election of the Republican's first candidate for President sparked the Civil War and remade the union for speedy passage of the Constitutional Amendments that actually ended slavery. The Democrats were the Rebels opposing the end to slavery. The Democrats were the slave owners, and members of the KKK, and the demagogues who stood in the school house doors to prevent blacks from attending. It is the Democrats who now run a metaphorical plantation of black voters.
So not only is it a stupid analogy, it is a baseless slur. And Hillary is perhaps the Democrats' best politician.
However, there may be storm clouds on the horizon for the Senator.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:07 AM 
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I never did like SD too much. Good to hear that some of its leadership recently is completely clueless. Good story.
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