Right, almost forgot. . .
Dropped by InstaPundit, evidently because my brain is still sitting somewhere outside the South Beloit toll plaza, and found a link to Brothers Judd Blog:
Maybe Harry Belafonte was more right than we all realize: the pampered and preferred house slaves are all in the GOP. The Democrats certainly treat their blacks like field hands--they're happy to work them hard, but don't want to see them loitering around the big house. How else explain that next Tuesday the Democrats will likely hold the Senate or even pick up a couple seats, almost exclusively because blacks vote the Democrat line at a 90% clip, yet given two sure thing Senate seats--in MN and NJ--and capable black candidates, the Party instead turned to two white guys in their 70s, leaving the Senate the most segregated public space in America?Meanwhile, black Republicans are given those mere token spots on the United States Supreme Court and running America's foreign affairs. What suckers...
Ok, anyone out there think Colin Powell is "running America's foreign affairs?" Even the lurking right-wingers?
No?
Moving on, can anyone come up with an opinion or decision by Clarence Thomas which indicates that the man deserves to be sitting on the Supreme Court? Some brilliant piece of prose or reasoning? Some deviation from the party line showing he wouldn't save time and trouble by showing Scalia how to forge his signature?
No?
See, that's what I'd forgotten, what with not having 'net access and hanging out with intelligent, funny and all-around cool people.
That there are some impressively stupid, racially insensitive morons out there.
Clearly, not seeing Little Green Footballs for the past few days contributed greatly to this oversight on my part.
Comments
If it wasn't Sunday, my day of head not exploding, I would talk about Brother Judd's language choices. "given" vs. "earned" or simply the line "The Democrats treat their blacks..."
I would hope it's metaphorical but I just can't tell anymore.
And wow, now Democrats only win because blacks vote exclusively Democrat? I was under the impression that we only mattered during close elections when that 3 or 5% we contribute can make or break an opponent, like in Florida. Because "blacks" sure as hell don't get attention from either party unless it's absolutely necessary.
And is this true in every state? Are Latinos not big enough yet that they don't even count when we talk about government representation...or Azians...
head will not explode, head will not explode.
Posted by: Jason | October 27, 2002 10:43 AM
Oh, god... you said the three horrible words... the footballs. Oy.
I try not to say 'those people' in reference to anything, but the group over there makes me want to invoke this tainted phrase every time I think of them.
Posted by: Monkey! | October 28, 2002 4:27 AM
wasn't thomas one of three minority (sorry--no pun intended) supreme court holdouts, along with scalia and some other dude i forget, in favor of executing developmentally disabled people (which they lovingly referred to as "retarded")?
Posted by: fertile_jim | October 28, 2002 1:09 PM
Actually, Clarence Thomas is regarded even more highly than Justice Scalia by many on the Right:
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9910/reviews/morel.html
Posted by: oj | October 31, 2002 2:36 PM