1 – “Buckwheat” by itself is NOT a racial slur, unless used in the context of snarky condensation between people of differing races.

2 – Gotcha moments involving non-PC verbal gaffes should not, IMHO, be career killers. Consistent poor performance in the execution of assigned duties SHOULD be.

3 – I am sick and tired of people trying to throw down the Race Card to advance their agenda, visit some “payback” upon someone they don’t care for (politically or otherwise), or other use to deflect the spotlight away from something that they, in fact did.

4 – Regardless of political party affiliation, anybody caught in a poor light like this should apologize ONCE, being sincere about it, to the offended party alone.

5 – I could personally care less what the NAA”L”CP says and does as they obviously don’t care about black conservatives.

There is no Number Six.

7 – I’m glad to see Eddie Murphy’s name out there again in something that doesn’t pertain to transvestites or lousy movie roles.

Okay, I can stop now.

We should be, along with other things, using this situation to try to show that to our liberal friends.

Yeah, I know. It’s like trying to teach a pig to sing; all you get is covered in mud and an annoyed pig.

Dartez said in a statement. “I have a strong record of fighting for issues important to the African American community; in fact, I have a 93 percent voting record with the Black Caucus.”

Yeah, Carla, but what’s really in your heart? Beware of Democrats who will “fight” for you.

I think Mr Boykin is absolutely right in not supporting her. There is no place for that sort of thing in this day and time. This is just my opinion, but I think most liberals look on minorities this way – just something to be used as a means to an end.

But I have to love it when the chickens come home to roost.

For those of you who don’t see the hypocrisy in the lack of negative coverage for democrat politicians who slip on these sorts of banana peels vs. the over saturation of negative media coverage regarding republican politicians who do the same…macaca vs. buckwheat will be as good a litmus test as any:

Buckwheat=Dartez indicated she did not realize that the term could be interpreted as a racial slur.

Macaca=Allen said that the word had no derogatory meaning for him and that he was sorry.

Unless democrat Daretz is drummed off the stage by the national media for her statement, as republican Allen of Virginia was, well…then chalk up another one for the liberal, biased media.

Joe Biden’s racial tangos will not be held against him come re-election time, just as no one in the national media is making an issue out of Hillary’s past Indian/American remarks in St. Louis as she stumps for the vote. However, George Allen will get his head summarily shot off the next time he throws his hat into the ring.

More importantly, enquiring minds want to know:

What is a limosine liberal democrat doing at Wal-Mart? Haven’t the Donk elites pounded the meme that Wal-Mart is racist & oppressive?

Then this idiot buys a tape, well known for expletives, to do what? For entertainment (vicarious racism) or self-ejumacation (how to talk jive in 60 mins)?

In any case, every one of her excuses fails the smell test: How on earth does one think to thank a elderly citizen without due respect? Like “Ma’am” or “Miss”, especially in the deep South?

Heck, my mom gets upset at anyone, but her close friends calling her by just her 1st name. Especially from people half her age. The word that comes to mind is patronizing, all the more insulting, for a local civil rights hero that was helping out.

Then again, given that this is the deep South, I guess our modern day Scarlet was just trying to be hip and keepin’ it real.

I hope that the people of Louisiana will wake up and get off the DNC plantation and send more conservatives to back up Bobby Jindal.

I wholeheartedly stand behind my prior post about black democrats being accused of being slave like. That’s bull, and an insulting generalization.

Dakine and I usually agree, even though he’s a Guiliani guy and I’m a Obama guy(since Gore won’t step up). Some ideas and opinions cross political lines, and it’s not always about Democrat/republican black/white.

On a lighter note, I wish Eddie Murphy would go back to being funny. Maybe he should go back to doing standup, and use some of the material he’s acquired over the past 15-20 yrs.(Kids, divorce, drag queens, Pluto Nash).