McCain’s ugly campaign against Susan Rice pays off
I wonder if John McCain feels even the slightest twinge of shame over his McCarthyesque campaign to torpedo Susan Rice. Probably not. The McCain who might once have been capable of such decency hasn’t been seen in Washington in many a moon.
It’s important to make it clear that Rice wasn’t targeted because she’s a woman or because she’s black; those defenders who make such claims do her a disservice. Instead, she was targeted because she could be. McCain and his merry little band haven’t been able to lay a glove on Barack Obama, the man who denied McCain the presidency four years ago, and their increasing irrelevance has made them frustrated. But Rice? Rice was somebody they could handle.
That’s because, as U.S. senators, they had something that Rice wanted. She needed their permission to become the next secretary of state, should Obama decide to nominate her to that post, and that made her vulnerable. Through deception and ginned-up righteousness, McCain and his pals at Fox proceeded to turn Rice into the face of a Benghazi tragedy in which she had played only the most peripheral of roles. Like a husband who is angry at his wife but kicks the dog instead, they smeared her as a proxy for Obama.
Yesterday, with Rice’s withdrawal from consideration, they got the scalp they wanted. They “counted coup” on Obama, even if indirectly, and I guess they proved to themselves that they still mattered. But to a lot of other people, they proved something less flattering about themselves.
– Jay Bookman
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Krystal'sBalls
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
I honestly do not think it was ever Pres. Obama’s intention to have Rice as Secretary Of State to begin with. Ever cynical, I TRULY believe that the Administration simply allowed the whole ordeal to take on a life of its own, much like he did with Romney in debate 2. Give the media and the Right Wing something to froth at the mouth over for a couple of weeks or so, while you work in the background to shore up the situation for when Kerry takes the position, lest the GOP find a way to slime their way into the MA senate seat. That’s my estimation of it.
I have thought all along that Kerry is the best person for the job on many fronts. Plus, I think his loyalty to Obama and his policies should count for something
She was a (willing) “red herring”. My estimation.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
dribs and drabs…LOL!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
11:14 am
Obama directed Rice to say the attacks were because of an anti-Muslim video…..blah, blah, blah, blah……………..He did this to increase his chances of being re-elected……blah….blah….blah……. It worked, but now that it is clear the Rice willingly deceived the American public, Obama dropped her like a bad habit.
You know i”m kinda glad you said that — it just goes to show you very STOOOPID Faux News has made a great deal of Americans.
the polling for MONTHS had shown Obama ahead of Mittens – but according to you and Faux News, it was the “Great Lie About A Video” that put him over the top.
Your republican math strikes again……………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXV_kY1VzBo
That’s what happened. Deal with it.
David Shivers
December 14th, 2012
11:15 am
Ever since his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate and his subsequent loss of the Presidential race to Obama, John McCain has become increasingly empty of any honor and nobility he once brought to the office of Senator. What a damned shame!
WrteStufLA
December 14th, 2012
11:15 am
It’s truly sad to see: that one time principled warrior turned bloated, blotchy, bitter old man — the Formerly Honorable John McCain.
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
11:15 am
Maybe Rice was a decoy from the start… A way to somewhat clear the path for the actual nominee.
Who knows? Politics is tough game but Rice backing out will give talk radio a few new talking points for sure
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
Do you Moonbats really think that if the Benghazi mess was as clean as you would like to believe that Obama would have backed away from Rice?
Not a Moonbat, but do you Benghazists think that, if this mess was as bad as you think it is, Rice is more culpable than Petraeus or Clinton? That’s like tackling the backup quaterback on the sideline and trying to get credit for a sack. I always thought that some conservative’s logical reasoning skills were quirky, but reading some of the things here makes me think quirky is too quaint a word to use.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
Conspiracy theories and strategery are coming out! YES!!
Tom Middleton
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
All I know is that Susan Rice delivered the United Nations for President Obama’s unorthodox, unproven approach to ridding the world of a tyrannical scourge in Libya, and it worked magnificently!
She’s a hero, in my opinion, and not only deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom but flowers, chocolates, and a magnificent patriotic parade to end all parades at the earliest possible convenience.
She’s what we need more of in Washington these days, out-of-the-box, highly adept patriotic thinkers, not the likes of a has-been, dufus old-school McCain!
wayne
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
John Kerry is not fit for the job (like turning a fox loose in the hen house) and the Obama administration sent Susan Rice to 5 talk shows to tell things that were not true. She should have refused to do it. Sadly we have gotten to the point in this country where the truth is not acceptable. People like Jay sure don’t like to hear it. Go to youtube and search 65 outrageous lies told by president Obama. Oh yeah listen to him tell them, not someone else accusing him!
skipper
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
I am an independant “moderate” if I may. I am more right center in some things, but DEFINITELY not far right at all! And I am watching the republican party commit suicide right before my eyes. Not all the Rice stuff….thats just one issue. But when you have to listen to Mitch McConnel??? The only person who could p*ss folks off while handing them the winning lottery ticket. Yeah, we gotta cut spending, for sure. But how about cutting useless and wasteful government entities and too much foreign aid to cess-pools like Pakistan before we talk about raising the Medicare age to 67?
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
11:17 am
Stay out of our bedrooms, and religious beliefs.
Yea,stop paying for contraception!
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:17 am
formerly honorable…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:18 am
independent “moderate”…..BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
11:20 am
Isn’t it a little weird that Sen. McCain, who strongly supported the intervention in Libya despite participation of groups that at various points could arguably have been classified as Al Qaeda “affiliates”, is behind this campaign to destroy the Rice nomination?
Anybody else think that’s a little, uh, interesting?
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:21 am
skipper
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
11:22 am
If the nominee is Kerry the comedic tirades on this blog will not match the wailing and whining of some since the election, but it will be pretty damn funny for sure.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:24 am
As opposed to Barry and the rest actually giving those “affiliates” weapons and anti-aircraft missles? Yeah interesting. *snicker*
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:24 am
They BOTH
You know they’re coming too…
Tundra Dude
December 14th, 2012
11:25 am
JB wrote, in part:
I don’t support or oppose Rice’s nomination for the job, straitroad. If there are legitimate reasons to deny her the job, let’s hear them and make a decision on that basis.
One might find legit reasons by digging into her background.
Ignoring the rantings of the Right, what I’m left with is less than glowing reviews.
For starters, here’s from The Black Agenda Report:
A Second Wave of Genocide Looms in Congo, with Susan Rice on Point
“Susan Rice has abetted the Congo genocide for much of her political career.”
“Rice said not a word about ethnic cleansing and racial pogroms against black Libyans and sub-Saharan African migrant workers.”
http://bit.ly/WvsGwg
Freedom Rider: Susan Rice and American Evil
“The people who hold these supposedly august positions are in fact no better than criminal enforcers in organized crime families.”
(snip)
It was during the Bush administration that the black face in the high place joined in committing the worst kinds of dirty work to be carried out by the United States around the globe. It was also the first time that black Americans began to look the other way and excuse their government’s inhumanity. Defending Colin and Condi became substitutes for analysis and the ideology that once made black Americans the group least supportive of their government’s acts of aggression.
http://bit.ly/T8IchY
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:25 am
http://youtu.be/vwAXcR6wRuQ
WAW
December 14th, 2012
11:27 am
Spent a couple of days sitting in doctor’s waiting rooms this week having to listen to the Fox talking heads. The one time I was alone in the waiting room, I asked the receptionist if she would turn off the TV. You don’t need to go to Waffle House for breakfast and listen to the liars table talk, just do 10 minutes of Fox and you know what the conversation will be as you pour the syrup. Same goes for reading all the post on these blogs. There are major problems in this country and the roots are no where near the White House. If “these people” would just remember two things before they open their months it would save them from confirming their foolishness: 1. The South lost the Civil War, we are “one nation under God” and 2. None of the Romney’s Day One actions are going to take place because the President won the election. Sorry old farts, you’ve lost twice and probably will not get another chance.
Tundra Dude
December 14th, 2012
11:27 am
Susan Rice: “A Very Typical D.C. Animal”
John R. Schindler, professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, writes:
[U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice] would be a terrible choice for Secretary of State and President Obama is really blowing necessary political capital here. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Rice has a well-honed reputation for self-promotion considered excessive even in DC, where throw-granny-under-the-bus ambition is a sine qua non, she plays poorly with others, and is too blatantly beholden to the President to be effective at Foggy Bottom. She is a very typical DC animal: a bright person with proper pedigree who excels at excelling and gets places fast through personal loyalty more than skill. If this marks me as a racist and/or sexist in the eyes of bien-pensants, by saying what is well known to countless persons inside the Beltway, so be it.
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Susan Rice’s Imperial Credentials
Washington Post contributor Dana Milbank headlined “Susan Rice’s tarnished resume,” saying:
She’s “ill-equipped to be the nation’s top diplomat.” It’s for reasons unrelated to Libya. She “managed to make an impressive array of enemies – on Capitol Hill, in Foggy Bottom and abroad.”
She’s an equal opportunity offender. She doesn’t care who she insults. Perhaps her chickens are coming home to roost.
Rice has close ties to Rwanda’s US puppet leader Paul Kagame. Washington trained him at Fort Leavenworth, KS. She’s also connected to Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. He recruits child soldiers. He trains them to kill.
http://bit.ly/QCN1lt
GT
December 14th, 2012
11:28 am
JohnnyReb the Democrats actually have Secretaries of State that do something. The Republicans had alienated the world to the point the Secretary of State’s phone wasn’t ringing much. One way to keep out of harms way is not go to work, lock yourself away from the world, except when you are heading to war or lying about mass destruction to the UN like the Bush’s administration set Powell up to do. You ever notice the duped person with these Republicans is always a black person. “Let Mickey eat it he will eat anything”, what a party.
Regnad Kcin
December 14th, 2012
11:30 am
“Obama and Rice “campaign” killed 4 White Americans.”
Obama and Rice killed people? I’m sure you’re the most shameful and hateful kind of liar. What a sick, twisted mind you have!
Seek help immediately.
Typically Uneducated GA Voter
December 14th, 2012
11:32 am
Dear Haters: Say what you will about Susan Rice. She’s no longer a candidate for the job, so it doesn’t really matter. Not that anyone outside your circle (and by circle I mean your stuffed animals and your talking back to Sean Hannity’s image on TV) really cares whether you approved of her or not.
The truth remains that Barack Obama is your President for four more years. And Hillary after that. And then probably Elizabeth Warren after that. And they will continue to appoint cabinet members who reflect their positions – you know the nuanced philosophies that you don’t comprehend and so resort to calling “socialist” and “gutless.”
But go ahead and load up on GOP leaders in your little fiefdoms of ignorance. Your feelings will never reflect the values of this great nation. Far too many of us have evolved for you to be relevant on a national level.
(Also, “Uncle Samantha”: we all know you are not a “woman of color.” It’s time to stop posting. If you don’t go to school you’ll miss the fifth grade holiday party.)
luangtom
December 14th, 2012
11:35 am
Someone had to take a fall. Rice was that person. She was the lamb sent to the slaughter by the current administration. Missteps on the Benghazi affair put her at risk and she paid for not having an administration that stood behind her 100%. If this pre-appointment wrangling put her ill-at-ease, then we did not need her as head of the State Department. She would not have been thick-skinned enough for the job. Better to opt out now than to not be able to handle the heat later. It was a good move on her part. It is not a question of just McCain being behind it, one must ask how the administration could leave her to her own devices if they so wished her to be Secretary of State?
Bill Orvis White
December 14th, 2012
11:36 am
OK, I’m going to throw several layers of the truth here and for liberals, the truth hurts. Let me be the one to repeat these facts: “Miss” Susan Rice, is arrogant, incompetent, lazy and simply dangerous to democracy, pure and simple. The United States Secretary of State’s role is to protect the nation’s vital interests throughout the world. The role was never created to appease dictators, thugs and jihadists — as “she” clearly intended it to be when “she” interviewed with Senator McCain and Senator Graham. If an arrogant, incompetent “woman” were to interview with me and displayed such foolishness to me, I would eject her from my property quicker than a jack rabbit running from my warm rifle. OK now, calling her what “she” is not mean-spirited or even racist. To call these correct labels “racist” as naive secular socialistic folks like Jimmy-Jim Clyburn and Al Sharpton lamely attempt to do is bogus and I would go even further and call them what they rightfully are: racists! Yes, Clyburn and Sharpton are racists just like Louie Farrakhan. Amen, Bill
JohnnyReb
December 14th, 2012
11:36 am
Brosephus – when two people rob a bank and one only holds the door open, do you let the doorman off? No. There is a lot more going on than what Rice participated in, but she is not innocent and does not deserve a pass.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:37 am
“your President”….”great nation”…LOL!
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
11:38 am
Nero @ 11:25
How funny you post a youtube video of yourself on election night..
Thanks for the laughs
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 14th, 2012
11:41 am
DDR
The next time I’m in AT I will give you some real cooking lessons
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
JReb
In your instance there is verifiable proof that both people are in on the robbery, even if one only holds the door. To date, nobody’s produced any tangible evidence to show coverup or to show that Rice was a willing participant in a coverup. All Rice’s attackers have is their opinions. Opinions are fine to have and share with others, but opinions won’t get you a conviction in a court case. You have to have facts. When anybody starts to produce facts, then I’ll pay attention. Otherwise, the opinionating is nothing more than the white noise a tv makes when the station goes out.
When you or anybody else can prove her guilt, I’d love to see the evidence.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
Also, “Uncle Samantha”: we all know you are not a “woman of color.” It’s time to stop posting. If you don’t go to school you’ll miss the fifth grade holiday party
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
Suck,
No, that was you earlier. Cry some more over poor Ms. Rice. Maybe she’ll write you a thank you note later.
spiker
December 14th, 2012
11:46 am
Rice (in true lapdog form) was sent out by OB or his close team of Axelrod, Jarret, etc. with this announcement.
Under oath testimony on Benghazi was going to come out at her confirmation which they don’t really want out there.
It’s all part of the ongoing Beghazi coverup. The longer OB can keep the facts (on Benghazi) from coming out, the better.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
11:48 am
JR: . There is a lot more going on than what Rice participated in, but she is not innocent and does not deserve a pass.
Like WHAT JR? Could you give us some specifics please……….
Common: The next time I’m in AT I will give you some real cooking lessons
Whatevah…..
RB from Gwinnett
December 14th, 2012
11:49 am
Jammie, “RB, along with pogo, your racist demons are legendary here.”
You’re impossible, Jammie. If I post “the sun is shining”, somehow you make that out to be racist because it fits YOUR stereotype. It’s from the same toolbox as “if the only tool you have is a hammer….”. I guess when you’re out of relevant discussion, call ‘em a racist, right Jammie?
But just so you’re clear on where I stand with the black community, let me make it perfectly clear for you.
I think the black community needs some leadership to follow that will actually take them in a positive “get an education and make something of yourself” direction. Al, Jesse and the good reverend Wright ain’t it.
I think African Americans need to stop separating themselves and just be Americans. Being an American doesn’t need a qualifier. Besides, very few of them have ever been to or will ever go to Africa. And if they did, they would likely conclude they had no idea what “poor” really looks like.
Making excuses for people who are capable of helping themselves is NOT helping them, Jammie.
HDB
December 14th, 2012
11:52 am
Thought of the Day: Since Susan Rice withdrew her name as a candidate for Secretary of State…..Obama should NOT select John Kerry…..he should select John McCain!! Here’s why: it puts McCain’s Senate seat up for grab…and Richard Carmona should run for it! Then McCain would HAVE to work with Obama and follow ORDERS pertaining to policy….something McCain can NOT set on his own!! Then, Obama can FIRE McCain for going off-the-reservation…….
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
12:08 pm
I think African Americans need to stop separating themselves and just be Americans.
Why not help by not using the term “African American” to begin with. Charlize Theron is an “African American” and she’s quite melanin deficient.
Dave
December 14th, 2012
12:15 pm
Nice little history re-write Jay. Susan Rice became the face of Bengazi because she was part of the story. Bengazi is a brutal attack that resulted in the first death of a US Ambassador since Carter was President. Susan Rice because she went out on talk shows did become the face of what, based on facts that are starting to come out, a flat out lie by the administration. The idea that what happened was due to a video and not a designed attack. The more that comes out the more plain it is that someone failed, Obama and his team tried to deflect and the story fell apart, the story continues to fall apart even though the media and such Nobel men like Jay Bookman try to cover. What do I mean how about a simple; we don’t really know what happened and we are trying to determine it before we speak out. That was Obama a week or so after. Then why have Rice out there right way telling the tail. And yes Mr. Bookman if she is willing to tell the lie, she has no business being the UN ambassador much less the Top US diplomat, she has proven that she is just a partisan hack.
Curious
December 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
She withdrew because she didn’t want to answer the questions that would have been asked in the confirmation process. And, I would not be surprised if the President didn’t let her know that he needed her to send him the letter.
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
Nero
and if you can show one post where I said I backed Rice for SoS, I will take you to Chops whenever you are ready…….
Thanks for the laughs
James
December 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
Obviously, Rice’s comments on the Sunday morning talk shows was less than accurate.
Did she decide on her own to lie? I doubt it. Someone gave her the intel.
We now know that the Intel agencies knew that her statements were false; yet, she went on the shows. So…who gave her the marching orders? Better yet, why did she go on the shows? Shouldn’t Hillary be the one speaking for the State Department?
Ben Shockley
December 14th, 2012
12:22 pm
There were ugly campaigns against judge Bork, against Justice Clarence Thomas, against Sarah Palin, against Mitt Romney, ad infinitum Bookman curiously can’t muster outrage against those, though.
Politics is for big boys and girls Jay.
burntgrassroot
December 14th, 2012
12:58 pm
Susan Rice is a wife, mother, philosopher, career diplomat and asset to the United States Diplomatic Corps. Notice the absence of the characteristic, “politician” (I omitted race and gender because not only are those qualities federally protected, but should never be an excuse or advantage). Her withdrawal from consideration as Secretary of State is a loss for the American people. Her remarks during her tenure as President Clinton’s senior director of African affairs after the 1994 Rwandan genocide have proven prescient-”I swore to myself that if I ever faced such a crisis again, I would come down on the side of dramatic action, going down in flames if that was required.” The information she gave in reference to the tragedy at Benghazi was that which was given to her. The hypocrisy and vengefulness of those who engaged in a vendetta to prevent her from serving as Secretary of State does not discredit her fitness to serve in that capacity; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best. Vice-president Biden, during his debate with Rep. Ryan pointed to the austerity measures that Republicans in Congress inflicted on the Diplomatic Corps; it is the charge of the Diplomatic Security Service to protect members of the US Diplomatic Corps. Today, roughly 2,000 Diplomatic Security agents guard 275 American embassies and consulates around the globe. That works out to a whopping seven agents per facility. Unlike a US embassy, the consulate in Benghazi, and any other US consulate, does not have protection of the US Marines (who are at embassies to protect US property, not the occupants of the building).
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/benghazis-lesson-diplomacy-cant-be-done-on-the-cheap/265380/
weetamoe
December 14th, 2012
1:05 pm
I wonder if Rice, Susan, feels a twinge of shame over her advice (when she was assistant Sec of State in Bill J. Clinton’s administration) to ignore the genocide going on in Rwanda.
cmac22
December 14th, 2012
1:06 pm
BOOHOO … lesson for all, don’t be a lying shill for anybody!
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
1:13 pm
Politicize this tragedy. POLITICIZE it.
Eduardo
December 14th, 2012
1:16 pm
McCain, a bitter old man who should be kicked out of office on his back side. Lindsey Graham a lapdog’s lapdog and Susan Collins an unprincipled lapdog. Peter King is among them and he should be kicked out of office as well. This was outright pathetic.
david smith
December 14th, 2012
1:22 pm
Hey, I’m the last guy who would stand on Graham or McCain’s side on a lot of things, but you can’t deny that Rice lied over and over again. Doesn’t honesty and integrity matter any more?
james
December 14th, 2012
1:40 pm
give me a break. She lied to our country and to the world on 5 TV shows and now she should get nominated. Please…….She has security clearence and had access to the truth and either decided to follow the script or didn’t do her research. Either way, I dont want her representing our country in any role. You all are crazy
Jim this is played
December 14th, 2012
1:43 pm
Jay,
have you ever bothered to go through her track record while at the state. How about when she was sent home from an assignment. her academic record is impressive, her record at the State department is not. She picked some real winners in Africa right.
When you go out on national TV and mislead the country, whether is be deliberate or not, you are not suite for the head of state, combine that with a horrible record and you get objections. This was the right decision.
I wish you would write with some thought instead of being a blatant partisan. It really is tiring. Contribute to society with some real thought, not what is pushed from the WH media room.
Dirty Dawg
December 14th, 2012
1:46 pm
When in hell are we gonna stop giving that senile SOB – McCain – a pass? The a-hole called Rice, a Stanford grad and Rhodes Scholar, ‘not bright’…the guy that got into Annapolis cause his Daddy and Graddaddy were Admirals, ‘graduated’ in the bottom 1% of his class, got into flight school, again, cause of his Daddy, crashed about a half-dozen planes due to ‘pilot idiocy’ even before he got shot down – and even then didn’t have the sense to ‘punch-out’ properly, thus busting his shoulders to the point he had to be dragged out of the water (by North Vietnamese), then, ultimately, said what his captors wanted him to, dumped his disabled wife for a Budweiser distributors daughter who then bought him a Senate seat, was pictured as marginally competent as a Presidential candidate in Game Change, but still managed to give the world that Palin woman…and he’s calling this lady ‘not bright’?
Rabbit
December 14th, 2012
1:51 pm
The thing that irks Sen. John is that in 15 years, maybe even 10, nobody will even remember his name – or want to. If he comes up in conversation, it’ll be “…oh, you know his name, something, you know, the Ghostly looking fellow who was always spouting off on the Old Fox News.
Cosby
December 14th, 2012
2:41 pm
Rice was a pawn in Obama’s campaign. She will be well rewarded by him as already iundicated – some high position in his administration. the Fact that she blatently lied to the public, went to extremes to do so – you do not just show up on every Sunday news talk garbage progam and get 100% attention – now all are being called racist, hate mongers etc…but then that is what we have had for more than four years- hate speech, class warefare, if you do not agree with our side you must be racise, and yes, more lies than ever coming out of the mouths of the DC elitest…..and just look what happened in NJ…yep..blame it on who you will..but that is the dfirect out come of hate, class warefare, you owe us syndrom…yep the USA is now 100% a third world country thanks to DC, Barry, the press..thanks you thank you thank you
jaypat
December 14th, 2012
3:17 pm
John Kerry is John McCain’s choice for Secretary of State. Be forewarned.
Former Senator Bob Graham of Florida would be a much better choice.
Intown
December 14th, 2012
3:35 pm
You gotta wonder whether Kerry was in on the smearing of Rice, even tacitly so. Same with Hillary. But, are we setting up a Kerry v. Clinton Democratic primary in 2016?
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
4:02 pm
Japat,
…John Kerry is John McCain’s choice for Secretary of State…
Are you serious? Susan Rice is the one McCain agrees with not Kerry.
burntgrassroot
December 14th, 2012
4:44 pm
Although racism is the elephant in the room, I think that racism is really fear and intimidation between tribes, or ethnicities. People need to be taught more than reminded about black people in the diaspora, and reminded more than taught about settlers of diaspora. With leading examples such as St. Augustine of Hippo (present day Annaba, Algeria) to Crispus Attucks, a black man, first casualty of the American Revolution, to Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, decorated Marine and Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, many black people have surmounted the difficulties of their society to embrace and defend its ideals. Just as there are people of goodwill and villainy in each gender and every ethnicity, each should be evaluated based on conduct, not gender or ethnicity. The concept of equality is not only identity, any more than integration should be assimilation. It’s incumbent on all of us to, without partiality or favoritism, use our time, talent, finances, resources for not only our interests, but also for the interests of others.
Sven Ottke
December 14th, 2012
8:18 pm
Nah I’m pretty sure it was because she lied her face off on TV over and over and over.
Brandt Hardin
December 14th, 2012
8:43 pm
The situation in Libya is being politicized and the victims and there families being instrumented as a ruse to create doubt of Obama’s leadership. Public access to real facts is being whitewashed by this rhetoric while conservative hands paint the Blackface on our President. Watch them mix and apply the paints to his face in a portrait of Obama being Bamboozed by the Far Right at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/10/bamboozling-obama.html
You Reap What You Sow Is the Pay Off
December 14th, 2012
10:28 pm
The Bible talks a lot about reaping and sowing.
Job 4:8 says, “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.”
azwi
December 15th, 2012
5:08 pm
It’s a shame and appalling what John McCain did to Susan Rice. Ms. Rice is the REAL military and foreign affairs expert NOT John McCain. What McCain is. is a racist, dating back to 19880 McCain was one of a few senators that voted AGAINST the MLK Holiday. What McCain is besides from being a trouble making racist, is a dirty, bitter, jealous, hateful, warmongering, liar. There’s no room in Washington for underhanded politicians like John McCain. McCain is a poster boy for term limits and politicians like McCain is what’s wrong with the GOP party today. The leadership of the GOP should demand that McCain retire, before he takes the whole party down with him!
http://pol.moveon.org/mccain10/thanks.html?id=-17340335-0gXtorx
sho-nough
December 18th, 2012
5:31 pm
McCain wanted nothing but the cookies………oooooooooh!