Rush Plays the Race Card : Its the Ace of Spades
I have watched GOP politics for years and have seen some well guided attempts to
increase the party to include more African Americans. I have been a guest at a few Republican conclaves ,and though I am not afraid of the conservative ideology . In some ways I am conservative myself. I however condemn the efforts of its partisans ,to ghettoize the black race as Democrats sometimes do.
Check out what Rush said about Collin Powell and his connection to race.It seems ironic that race becomes a factor when Powell endorses Obama ,however if Rush endorses McCain race is not considered a factor.It should be a simple matter of an political endorsement. What I am getting at is Rush played the race card. When General Powell did not fit the role that Rush had desired for him ,he was dismissed as a simple field hand.
The various e-mails and call ins to talk radio,question Powell’s patriotism and then go on to attack him .It is actions like these that ultimately hurt the GOP African American outreach program. If you are a moderate or African American it must be hard to support the party of Lincoln ,when your endorsements is ostracized and denigrated according to your race.
posted by EdGray4America.com at
1:55 PM
3 Comments:
By the way, your comments on Rush and Powell were dead on.
I think Powell was ultimately swayed by his concern over the number of neocons advising McCain. I think his comment regarding Palin is driven by that. I can see Powell being worried that if something happened to McCain then Palin's lack of experience in global matters might allow her to be dominated by the neocons.
Colin Powell is a moderate. But I wouldn't even call him a Republican, he did a very good job of walking a line prior to his ill-fated attempt to run for President. Both sides tried to get him on their ticket and he ultimately decided that the Republicans were where he belonged.
I believe Powell would actually be a Libertarian if the party was more viable.
Not to get off subject, but the Libertarians would be a more viable alternative, if instead of focusing on the National level so much every four years, instead they focused on the state level.
Ed, In no way does the current Republican party resemble the "party of Lincoln" in race relations. In no way does this same GOP resemble Eisenhower in fiscal responsibility.
The beautiful thing about Rush Limbaugh is that he like far too many White "Conservatives" are predicatable and rudimentary in their practice of race discrimination. I don't worry about Rush because he is the same recycled foolishness that he always has been. And he gets paid well to do it.
What worries me is that should Obama win this election, operatives and assholes like Rush will become the impetus for the type of terrorism we saw with the assassinations of Kennedy, King and Kennedy. And no, that was not a law firm from the 60's.
He needs to be silenced or be required to share that pain medication that he's addicted to.
I think we can attribute this to Rush having a form of privilege. Even George Will sinks this low when he spoke about Powell's endorsement. Apprently Black people can never step outside of, or move beyond their race,and be objective in assesing a canadiate, yet white people do it all the time (because we know whites who do not support Obama- are opposed to him on the basis of based on principles- not race)
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