Posted on 07/19/2010 5:43:14 PM PDT by jazusamo
Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem.
Playing the race card takes many forms. Judge Charles Pickering, a federal judge in Mississippi who defended the civil rights of blacks for years and defied the Ku Klux Klan back when that was dangerous, was depicted as a racist when he was nominated for a federal appellate judgeship.
No one even mistakenly thought he was a racist. The point was simply to discredit him for political reasons -- and it worked.
This year's target is the Tea Party. When leading Democrats, led by a smirking Nancy Pelosi, made their triumphant walk on Capitol Hill, celebrating their passage of a bill in defiance of public opinion, Tea Party members on the scene protested.
All this was captured on camera and the scene was played on television. What was not captured on any of the cameras and other recording devices on the scene was anybody using racist language, as has been charged by those playing the race card.
When you realize how many media people were there, and how many ordinary citizens carry around recording devices of one sort or another, it is remarkable -- indeed, unbelievable -- that racist remarks were made and yet were not captured by anybody.
The latest attack on the Tea Party movement, by Ben Jealous of the NAACP, has once again played the race card. Like the proverbial lawyer who knows his case is weak, he shouts louder.
This is not the first time that an organization with an honorable and historic mission has eventually degenerated into a tawdry racket. But that an organization like the NAACP, after years of fighting against genuine racism, should now be playing the game of race card fraud is especially painful to see.
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Thanks for the ping jaz.
“Voters may even wise up to race card fraud.” If they haven’t by now, they never will. Wishful musings on the part of the good Doctor, but then he knows that.
It is time for public figures to come out and say it without apology. Republicans in Congress. 0bama lies without compunction. Even the premises he gives for his various positions are deceitful.
I’d love to see a debate between Thomas Sowell, Ben Jealous , Hussain and The (Rev 911) Sharpton. The three progressive stooges would be like a kids tee ball team taking on the NY Yankees.
Dr. Sowell nails it again !
Three Bumps, thanks for links!
Absolutely! But the three wouldn’t have the guts to do it.
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