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1. #101
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:11 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

   On February 18th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, right_on said
   (in a different thread) :

   But of course, since he is the first black president, that will make him too “big” to fail, and no one…no one will have the moral strength to do what is right, and hold him up to the standards by which you, me, and everyone else are judged.

   Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing awkward racial issues.

   The only way we are “a nation of cowards on matters of race” is that we don’t hold black politicians to the same standard that we hold white politicians.

2. #102
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:13 pm, Mark La Roi said:

   As far as the quote goes, he’s right. I work for ethnic reconciliation on nearly a daily basis (NOT based on color but based in humanity) and in general white people are scared to broach color issues BECAUSE of the activities of people like Al Sharpton, blacks keep hating whites (again I’m speaking not of ALL) because of the activities of people like Al Sharpton and the media which portrays few positives about blacks, and Europeans hate each other for all kinds of crazy reasons.

   Like it or hate it it’s what I deal with constantly so if you don’t think it’s happening, you aren’t getting around.

3. #103
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

   I dare say that if we had achieved the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream, we wouldn’t even be thinking about or talking about race.

   We would have a “color blind” society, where the only relevant thing to discuss about people is the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

   Who’s Racist?

4. #104
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:16 pm, frostrt said:

   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
   I dare say that if we had achieved the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream, we wouldn’t even be thinking about or talking about race.

   We would have a “color blind” society, where the only relevant thing to discuss about people is the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

   ————————————–

   Sadly, the modern-day race hucksters can’t allow that to happen; they may have to work for a living if it did.

5. #105
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, Southpaw said:

   So. Mr. Holder. I’ve decided to take your message to heart (although if you’re going to call me a coward, you really ought to do it face to face).

   Instead of sitting at the local coffee shop reading newspapers, maybe I’ll take in a High School Basketball Game Brawl. Sounds like fun. Or maybe I’ll go down to the local Hip Hop club. I’m sure I’ll meet lots of nice, interesting people there.

6. #106
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, right4life said:

   you know its funny, I’m mixed race, and my wife is an african lady..and we NEVER talk about race…

   when you need to talk about race..you’re a racist…

7. #107
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:21 pm, docflash said:

   As one coward to another I will hang with who I choose until they pry my cold dead fingers from them.

8. #108
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:25 pm, Southpaw said:

   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, right4life said:
   you know its funny, I’m mixed race, and my wife is an african lady..and we NEVER talk about race…

   when you need to talk about race..you’re a racist…

   My best friend and brother-in-law is 3/4 African American, 1/4 Native American. We never talk about race either. Funny thing is, he’s more conservative than I am.

9. #109
   On February 18th, 2009 at 5:26 pm, Storm Chaser said:

   So what does he want to do, force ethnic and racial groups to socialize in their free time? We have a racially blended extended family, so I don’t have a fear of speaking about race to others. In fact my family has winced when I open my mouth.

   When I was in the service, I ran with five black men, and several whites called me a n lover.

   I can truthfully say without irony, “some of my best friends are black, Asian, Catholic, Swedish or Dutch.” This is America, and no one has the right to choose who we associate with in our private time.

10. #110
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:29 pm, frostrt said:

    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:25 pm, Southpaw said:
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, right4life said:
    you know its funny, I’m mixed race, and my wife is an african lady..and we NEVER talk about race…

    when you need to talk about race..you’re a racist…
    My best friend and brother-in-law is 3/4 African American, 1/4 Native American. We never talk about race either. Funny thing is, he’s more conservative than I am.

    —————————————

    My family is your basic white European/Native American mix; English, Irish, Native American . . . if you wanted me to focus on my “race” or my “heritage”, I’d have to spend a year deciding which one!

11. #111
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:30 pm, southcoast said:

    I was just glad to see that he said this while standing in front of the statue of the “Spirit of Justice”. I hope your children left the room now that Ashcroft’s $8000 drapery (Burqa) has been removed.

12. #112
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:33 pm, wighttrasch said:

    I don’t care he called me a ‘coward’–name calling is nothing new.

    What bothers me is he thinks he can tell me what do do on weekends. How dare he?

13. #113
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:33 pm, wighttrasch said:

    eep; what to do…

14. #114
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:36 pm, happy2behere said:

    30 pieces – so is my sister-in-law and my other sister is Asian. My family is a mini UN. And my nieces and nephews, they are…beautiful.

15. #115
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:40 pm, sonofdy said:

    southcoast said: nothing of importance.

    Do you know how long ashcroft has been gone?

16. #116
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:44 pm, sonofdy said:

    2/3/2005 is when Ashcroft left office.

17. #117
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:44 pm, frostrt said:

    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:40 pm, sonofdy said:
    southcoast said: nothing of importance.

    Do you know how long ashcroft has been gone?

    —————————————

    I believe our friend was referring to the (debunked) report that Ashcroft ordered nude statues to be covered while he was in office. Why he would want to bring that up on this thread, ya got me.

18. #118
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:44 pm, southcoast said:

    Sorry had to drink some koolaid….how about this. If the ONE doesn’t pay off my mortgage then he is racist. Better?

19. #119
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:46 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:36 pm, happy2behere said:
    30 pieces – so is my sister-in-law and my other sister is Asian. My family is a mini UN. And my nieces and nephews, they are…beautiful.

    Glad to hear it.

    It just shines a light on the absurdity of Holder’s worldview. Frankly, he doesn’t know me and I prefer it that way.

20. #120
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:49 pm, sonofdy said:

    southcoast said:
    Sorry had to drink some koolaid….how about this. If the ONE doesn’t pay off my mortgage then he is racist. Better?

    Did the koolaide give you the ability to recognized sarcasm???

    I would have to say… NO.

21. #121
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm, Blackstone said:

    This perhaps should have also been posted under “Double Standards”, since it’s clear that Holder won’t catch anywhere near as much flak for this as Phil Gramm did for his (accurate) “nation of whiners” observation.

22. #122
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:58 pm, bilgerat said:

    “we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race. aren’t racist and don’t feel the need to bring race mongering into the conversation”

    That’s better….what a tool….

23. #123
    On February 18th, 2009 at 6:02 pm, mike.musculus said:

    people there.

    #105
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, right4life said:
    . . .

    when you need to talk about race..you’re a racist…

    I usually find points of agreement w/you, but I strongly disagree w/you here.
    One of my Sister-in-law’s is an American of African extraction, a couple of years ago we found she had sickle-cell. As an (extended) family, I can tell you that we found talking abt race amongst ourselves of high importance!

    BTW:
    An interesting OT observation: none of their 5 children had been exposed to info about illnesses that had racial preferences. When I went to HS, (oh so long ago…), *everybody* knew sickle-cell only liked people of Middle Eastern, African, and Med. descent. For “racist” days, there was more frank talk about these (mostly) skindeep differences.

    A credit to 50yrs of “Sensitivity”!

    Oh my, I’m in a really foul mood… sorry…

24. #124
    On February 18th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, tonyinmaine said:

    Maybe Holder could force us to have backyard barbecue’s with racially diverse inner city youth…at least until they seize my home and give it away in the next “stimulus” package.

25. #125
    On February 18th, 2009 at 6:34 pm, right4life said:

    I usually find points of agreement w/you, but I strongly disagree w/you here.
    One of my Sister-in-law’s is an American of African extraction, a couple of years ago we found she had sickle-cell. As an (extended) family, I can tell you that we found talking abt race amongst ourselves of high importance!

    I’m not sure why….were you looking for a bone-marrow donor??

26. #126
    On February 18th, 2009 at 6:59 pm, swmntman said:

    …essentially a nation of cowards

    How dare you?? How the hell do you get off questioning my character, my neighbor’s character, my Dad’s character, my Country’s character?
    Disagree with my politics, wonder about my philosophies, question my actions – but Mr. Holder when you call me a coward, you cross the line! How dare you?! It’s time for you to resign!!!

27. #127
    On February 18th, 2009 at 7:00 pm, Pat said:

    Go to H-d-double toothpicks, Dude.

28. #128
    On February 18th, 2009 at 7:01 pm, vickisoup said:

    We are only seeing the tip of the iceberg in terms of the bold race rhetoric about to come out of Washington.

29. #129
    On February 18th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, Pat said:

    Oops, h-e-double toothpicks! LOL.

30. #130
    On February 18th, 2009 at 7:04 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Here is the next step. IF you aren’t cowards, then pay black folks now who came from black slave families before.

    It will be a setup to approve reparations in a way that white folks think paying black folks means we as non-black folks are enlightened.

31. #131
    On February 18th, 2009 at 7:18 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    I’ll punch you in the mouth, Mr Holder…. how’s that for peace?

32. #132
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:10 pm, Grayson said:

    Yeah we’re all such cowards.

    Now let’s see him walk around Harlem at midnight by himself in that nice suit…

33. #133
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:14 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards,” said Holder, nation’s first black attorney general.

    How dare he question my patriotism!

34. #134
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:21 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    This freaking SOB never wore a uniform for anything. Let me be in a room with him for 5 minutes.

35. #135
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:38 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    I have worked with many good Black people in my life. And I have lived through the Black people’s struggle for fair treatment and equal rights.
    ***
    The thing that always impressed me about the Black people is that they got ahead due to their courage and hard work and smarts–like the rest of the good Americans of all races and ethnic groups. The people (of all races and groups) that did not do well failed due to their poor work ethics, bitter feelings, and failure to use the educational opportunities America provides to all.
    ***
    The Reverend Doctor Martin King (God rest his soul) had a much better vision for us than the Black race hustlers do. He wanted us to see each other and to respect each other as equals and as individuals. He was the real deal.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

36. #136
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:21 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:
    This freaking SOB never wore a uniform for anything.

    Which I am truly thankkful for. He would not have measured up.

37. #137
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:46 pm, Flyoverman said:

    When you think about it here is the Attorney General of the United States, who is the chief defender of the law in the cuntry, essentially declaring us guilty until proven innocent.

    This speaks volumes about the man’s fitness to hold the office he has.

38. #138
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:50 pm, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    When Mr. Holder comes and speaks to me at the “Mixed White American History Month” celebration I will take his words seriously.

    I have friends of many races and backgrounds and I consider them just “friends”, not Whites, Asians, Blacks, Lations or anything else.

39. #139
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:52 pm, sdillard said:

    Yes, Mr Holder, we’ll have an honest conversation about race in America.

    I guarantee that you won’t like what you hear. But it’s way beyond time that you did.

40. #140
    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    Well said sdillard.

41. #141
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:13 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    All these people who have come out of the woodwork to call everyone racists can crawl back under the sanctimonious rocks from whence they came.

    Racism exists on all sides. Institutionalized racism, however, HAS been addressed.

    Seeing as how the Democrats are responsible for many institutionalized policies in this country, does Holder mean to say Democrats are racists?

42. #142
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:15 pm, beenthere said:

    No doubt there are all kinds of witty things that can be said in response to Mr. Holder’s comments but the main thing for me is that I just don’t care. Even if I thought weekend dialogues on race with random black people would accomplish something, I wouldn’t do it. I really have no interest in sitting down at lunch with black people while they rap about race. The goal is to render them impotent over my life (along with any of their enabling white liberal friends). No doubt many will consider that a racist sentiment. Guess what? Deal with it.

43. #143
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:16 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    What a PUTZ! I am part of the great ethnic experiment that is conducted daily in America. I am of Western European origin and my wife is not.

    I attend a church every Sunday that is very well integrated. Probably less than 65% of the members on any given Sunday are Americans of European descent.

    I rarely ever think about my friends’ ethnicity. But, many of them are them are like me – married to people of different ethnic origins from themselves.

    My days aren’t consumed with race. In fact, the only time it comes up is when I have to listen to leftist dolts like Mr. Holder tell me how “The Man” is oppressing everybody!

    If the leftists weren’t consumed with race and hatred I suspect we would be a lot closer to Dr. King’s dream of America. But, the leftists just cannot stop judging people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character!

44. #144
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:32 pm, Boro_Runner said:

    Great. Another man from the “government” here to tell us how pathetic we are as a nation. Way to lead.

45. #145
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:42 pm, Kevin K. said:

    mike.musculus said: (#122)

    #105
    On February 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, right4life said:
    . . .

    when you need to talk about race..you’re a racist…

    I usually find points of agreement w/you, but I strongly disagree w/you here.
    One of my Sister-in-law’s is an American of African extraction, a couple of years ago we found she had sickle-cell. As an (extended) family, I can tell you that we found talking about race amongst ourselves of high importance!

    You have my sympathies on the disease for your sister-in-law. I have seen the effects on friends from that.

    I submit, however, that this is not the type of discussion on race that Mr. Holder nor right4life had in mind. I think you are closer to right4life here. In logic, at least, (as I wasn’t at the discussions) y’all’s discussion was primarily medical, and race or national origin is indeed a factor. You probably weren’t talking about alleged racial privileges and institutional preferences or whatever else Mr. Holder meant.

    Backing into the general, I agree with Dr. King about paying attention to the content of the character, rather than the skin color. And I resent Mr. Holder’s demeaning me when a) he doesn’t know what I do in my non-work time, b) it’s none of his business so long as I follow the law, and c) he doesn’t know me.

46. #146
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm, vickisoup said:

    There is no excuse to permit this kind of speech by this man in this position. I demand that….oh wait; never mind. There is nothing that can be done to stop the machine. Nothing.

47. #147
    On February 18th, 2009 at 9:53 pm, garydt said:

    I wish this brave Holder would fear the Islamofascists as he does about race relations in the United States. He is going down to Gitmo soon and find out what abuses were given to the cell mates down there. I wish he was brave enough to see what their intentions are but he is of the old school that if you are nice to the terrorists they will give up Islam and become lovers of peace.

48. #148
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:00 pm, Speakup said:

    618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, sounds pretty cowardly to me.

    My GG Grandfather died and is buried at camp Douglas Chicago, was his death cowardly?

    My relatives shot at each other in that war, was that cowardly too?

49. #149
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:12 pm, tamarah180 said:

    OY! I go read a book for a few hours and the Obamite Cabinet just can’t keep their Pie-Holes shut for a FEW MINUTES?

    Where is Biden when you really need him?

    

    BTW – I am a Jew-by-Choice. Heinz-57 white mutt-ette with a dash of Native American (Dad’s contribution.)

    My boys’ dad is an East Indian genius who, alas, proved to be a better father than husband.

    My eldest son married a Chinese/African American woman. My seven grandkids’ skin tones range from Vanilla Bean to Dark Mocha. A few are Cappuchino and Lattes.

    And they are all geniuses, too.

50. #150
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:13 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Obama is a traitor and his cabinet is… there , I’ve said it…. prove me wrong.

51. #151
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:17 pm, flmom said:

    tamarah180

    And I bet they are the best looking grandkids anyone has ever seen, along with the genius gene of course!

52. #152
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:22 pm, sbw999 said:

    I guess that I would talk about race if I cared about the topic. I don’t. I have more important things to think about, bills to pay, kids to get places to etc. Besides, a conversation by its very nature means two people exchanging ideas. The “talking about race” that I witness all the time is a minority whining, while a caucasion listens. Sorry, Holder, but since I’m not a politician; I don’t have to pretend to give a sh*t.

53. #153
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:42 pm, vickisoup said:

    MNUSMCDavid , you’re fired up. I like it.
    

54. #154
    On February 18th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, Excessive Moderate said:

    Keep it up Holder. We love being lectured by our employees.

55. #155
    On February 18th, 2009 at 11:25 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    We’re a nation RUN by cowards, is more like it, Holder.

56. #156
    On February 18th, 2009 at 11:37 pm, PatriotRider said:

    OK, let’s talk. My president is halfrican-american and he picks idiots like you to lead us into change.

    Do me a favor Mr. Holder. Come see me in person and call me a coward or even a race coward. I’ll show you your stomach via your intestinal tract. It won’t be hard because you have already inserted your head in the initial opening.

57. #157
    On February 18th, 2009 at 11:41 pm, Send_Me said:

    Multiculturalism: isn’t that the idea of some Marxist thinkers? Antonio Gramsci and Georg Lukacs come to mind, but they called it a different name: cultural Marxism. Here’s a good article summarizing this.

58. #158
    On February 19th, 2009 at 2:13 am, dadinseattle said:

    Is he trying to tell us we should be brave and accept government control?

    Perhaps he was calling the Supreme Court chicken for not hearing cases about his bosses eligibility!

    Maybe he is saying we should go ahead and let our children play along our southern border.

    I’ve got it! He thinks we don’t have the stones to cheat on our taxes!

    At any rate it fits the opinion of Obamas best chums- America sucks one way or another!

    Now Mr. Holder show some courage, march on into Afghanistan and go arrest some Taliban, but don’t get too carried away and lose your head!

59. #159
    On February 19th, 2009 at 2:30 am, simcoe said:

    OK, so this guy believes he has identified a problem. He calls the problem “a nation of cowards on discussing race”. I guess he doesn’t include Al Sharpton in his list of ‘cowards’ because, though it’s always one-sided, Sharpton doesn’t seem to have a problem talking about it. Guess he doesn’t include Jesse Jackson in his list of ‘cowards’ because, again, though always one-sided, Jackson doesn’t seem to have a problem talking about it.

    Since he can identify the ‘problem’, that must mean he can also identify a solution. So, let’s hear your solution.

    I’d be willing to bet it’s not a Bill Cosby solution, because every problem in the black culture, as we have been told for the last 150+ years, is because of the whites. Blacks don’t cause any of their own cultural problems. They feel that they don’t need to look within and they don’t need to assimilate into the American culture, as did the Europeans or the Asians or any others.

    It seems plain to see on the surface that one main problem with the black culture is, with a few exceptions, the obstinate defiance to resist assimilation.

    And because they’re continually being told that they are, and are treated as such by the political left, they feel a need to create an alternate culture of held-down victims deserving of entitlements.

    Witness the saying, “My president is black”, and the rising to the surface in the black communities of such haters as Jeremiah Wright. Even held up by them as someone to admire.

    In the American culture such haters are ostracized to the fringe.

60. #160
    On February 19th, 2009 at 7:28 am, beachmom said:

    On February 18th, 2009 at 8:46 pm, Flyoverman said:

    When you think about it here is the Attorney General of the United States, who is the chief defender of the law in the cuntry, essentially declaring us guilty until proven innocent.

    This speaks volumes about the man’s fitness to hold the office he has.

    This is what really concerns me about Holder. And the fact that he believes the 2nd amendment only applies to a military force and has nothing to do with individual rights.
    I am not looking forward to seeing how he handles prosecutions having to do with so-called hate crimes and/or challenges to the 2nd amendment.

61. #161
    On February 19th, 2009 at 7:36 am, pokenhorn said:

    O.K. Eric, try this. American blacks are the most weatlthy, powerful, privileged black people on the earth. How did they get that way? American whites made them that way. We whites have agreed to live a lie so that you and yours can feel better. The lie is ‘affirmative action’, which is a set of separate, low standards which you cannot fail to meet. For our trouble, you whine, whine, whine. Every one of our cities has danger zones where no white person can safely set foot for the risk of being assaulted, raped, or murdered by your ilk. Apart from music and athletics your tribe has given civilization nothing but trouble. Is that honest enough? Oh, would you just shut up and count your blessings?

62. #162
    On February 19th, 2009 at 7:37 am, zoyclem said:

    Holder makes such a provocative statement merely to mask his own cowardice.

63. #163
    On February 19th, 2009 at 7:39 am, HomeoftheBrave said:

    Eric Holder can kiss my a$$!! Now what? The socializing police will be out regulating how we live our lives? Screw these jerks.

64. #164
    On February 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am, kthomas8268 said:

    A black president, black attorney general, we had a black sec of defense and so on and WE are cowards!?

    The Dems are the cowards by CREATING division with this type of rhetoric. They also do this so they get votes by DIVIDING the country and any conservative is evil and racist.

65. #165
    On February 19th, 2009 at 8:24 am, jangar said:

    Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.

    The dividing line is probably between those of entitlement and constant anger, and those of individualism and capitalism. Seriously doubt color of skin has anything to do with it.

66. #166
    On February 19th, 2009 at 8:33 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Perhaps Mr. Attorney General Eric Holder does not realize we would dislike him if he were White, Hispanic or Pacific Islander. The only Dialog the Grievance Industry wants is White Guilt, Reparations and more government.
    So let us talk about it Mr. Attorney General Eric Holder: No, No and No.

    Now call Jeremiah Wright and whine about it Mr. Attorney General Eric Holder. Free a few terrorist while you are at it.

67. #167
    On February 19th, 2009 at 8:35 am, southsideironworks said:

    My Hispanic neighbors go to great lengths to turn their back on me when I walk outside. They’ve never said hello, or even waved to us.

    Mr Holder, please explain to me why it’s always whitey that has to extend his hand first?

68. #168
    On February 19th, 2009 at 8:43 am, longbow said:

    A nation of cowards? I say Mr. Holder is the coward, and a racist to boot.

    When will blacks like Mr. Holder start placing responsibility for the sorry state of many blacks in this nation where it belongs instead of blaming others?

    Far too many blacks do not value education, they have children out of wedlock with no moral stigma attached, they are responsible for most of the crime even though they are less than one seventh of the population, and they have an entitlement mentality that expects others to give them things while they sit on their butts. I see this every day in Memphis, where blacks who are two-thirds of the population control every and all levels of government but still have a chip on their shoulders. There, how’s that for starting the discussion?

    I would say also that the only reason Mr. Holder holds the position he does is because of the color of his skin, not the content of his character.

69. #169
    On February 19th, 2009 at 8:43 am, jangar said:

    Big inner city uppities always see things in black and white. Reason #1762 why I moved to the middle of nowhere.

70. #170
    On February 19th, 2009 at 9:04 am, jangar said:

    Another thing this whole race issue boils down to:

    Shut up you conservatives, TheOne must re-make the Nation in his own image.

71. #171
    On February 19th, 2009 at 9:09 am, wayiwalk said:

    After I dig up his email, I’m going to invite Holder to my next dinner party – I’ll ask him to bring the arugula salad!

72. #172
    On February 19th, 2009 at 9:13 am, orlandocajun said:

    What’s new? Every liberal black politician is a race hustler. You won’t hear Michael Steele or Alan Keyes saying something that stupid.

    Every ethnic group congregates within their own community. So what? That doesn’t make them racist. Also, doesn’t this idiot know that many blacks are racist too?

    This guy is typical of the people the messiah has surrounded himself with. It’s only taken Obama one month to establish his administration with corruption and dishonesty. That must be a record.

73. #173
    On February 19th, 2009 at 9:24 am, jangar said:

    This guy is typical of the people the messiah has surrounded himself with.

    And to further demonstrate it, almost every day there is another government teet sucker on the boob tube making a fool out of him/herself for all the world to see. I can only hope that these revelations will lead to his undoing.

74. #174
    On February 19th, 2009 at 9:46 am, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Longbow-
    Great to see another Memphian here at MM.

    One of the points that has been aluded to is the black as victim mentality and say it goes even further than that in that Victimhood is an idenity comparable to one’s self racial, gender or religious identification. Any attempts to get people to stop feeling that they are victims is naive at best, and idoicy at its worse. It pays too well and it appears that no one wants to get off the gravy train.

    I currently average 4-5 racial slurs a day at work from patients and their families and not once have I or my fellow co-workers for a mental health agency ever responded in kind. Whats disenheartening is to see my black co-workers not stand up and denounce the slurs coming from black America while they make execuses for it. These were the same co-workers who made execuses for wright and rev. lowery.

    However; I will continue to denounce racial slurs from all ethnic groups, even if they come from members of my own and do so consistently and fairly.

    In Memphis, last week on the Ben Ferguson show (WREC 600) he mentioned that there are over 300 qualified non-black applicants waiting for jobs at the Memphis Police Department and that HRO is refusing to hire them because they are trying to put more black officers on the street. Just imagine for one moment what would happen if there were the same number of qualified black applicants and that HRO wanted a choculate-free PD—there would be a mass protest led by sharpton, and et al and most importantly there would be a civil rights investigation that would rivial what occured in the 60′s and 70′s.

    GSP
    “This is Sparta!”

75. #175
    On February 19th, 2009 at 10:03 am, MarkD said:

    A cartoonist equates the authors of the stimulus bill to an ape. A professional race mongerer imagines that the cartoonist is referring to the president, and whips up a statement of indignation. President Bush is openly called an ape, and there is only silence.

    So there needs to be a discussion of race relations. Why? Sharpton’s doing a good enough job imagining racism where none exists. Carry on, sir. The hypocrisy is evident for any who care to see. There is simply no reason to have this discussion. Why would I hand you a club to beat me with for imagined transgressions?

    I won’t go into the family members of other races bit, because I have some, it’s nothing to brag about, and it’s just not that unusual anymore. IMO, the attorney-general is an overly sensitive man with a chip on his shoulder about something. Doesn’t he think he earned his Ivy League education and his law degree? Does he think he got to be attorney general because of the color of his skin? That would be my problem, how?

    Yes, life is unfair. I didn’t go to law school, or an Ivy League institution and used the GI Bill to pay for part of my college education. I wouldn’t trade places with Holder on a bet. I was a Marine. I’m a man. I graduated from college. I have a family. Being white is something that happened, it’s not something I did or earned, so it’s not important in my view of myself. I have no idea how Holder views himself.

    The socializing I do is either with family or the folks from karate, who are also a racially mixed group, but I don’t view that as exceptional, or anything to talk about. Everybody earned their belts the same way. In fact, it’s sort of funny – people will say something like “Brown belt Chris” when they mean the Chris who happens to be black or “Black belt Chris” when they are talking about the other Chris, who happens to be white.

76. #176
    On February 19th, 2009 at 10:08 am, GladzKravtz said:

    Dear Mr. Holder,
    You are cordially invited to the Kravtz’s home for a fine night of Budweiser and music by The Carpenters.

    Sincerely,………..

77. #177
    On February 19th, 2009 at 10:13 am, cabrerski said:

    As usual, there is no substance behind throwing out the race card.

78. #178
    On February 19th, 2009 at 10:15 am, jangar said:

    As usual, there is no substance behind throwing out the race card.

    “But I do it anyway, just to see how far I can get with it”

    -Holder
    -Obama

79. #179
    On February 19th, 2009 at 10:17 am, jangar said:

    AG Eric Holder

    The most powerful law enforcer in the nation, and the only thing he can think of doing is stir the race pot.

80. #180
    On February 19th, 2009 at 10:52 am, squidman said:

    It’s so funny how Obama and his administration love to “shame” us. Thermostats, corporate jets and now racism. You just have to laugh when you compare their pretentious high mindedness to their actual conduct and record. This administration will continue to be taken less and less seriously as time goes on.

81. #181
    On February 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, GraniteMan said:

    In a conversation about race, what would you talk about? How much you owe a person? How sorry you are? How wronged I am? To heal race relations we have to start at the same place, as equals. We can’t make up for the past, we can’t wallow in sorrow. It means equal opportunity. period.

82. #182
    On February 19th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, rightisright said:

    On February 18th, 2009 at 3:55 pm, fred5676 said:

    Pretty well says it, does it not. That’s how how this clown became president, RACISM! He brought it up during the campaigns not his opponents.

83. #183
    On February 19th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    In a conversation about race, what would you talk about?

    I ran the 440 in high school. That count?

    The more I follow the Obama Administration the more I am convinced that his resentment of “His mother’s race” is THE over arching concern of him, his wife, Eric Holder and such. Reverend JerryBoy Wright’s God Damn America speech is who these people are–even the white guys–aka Helpful Honkies.
    Yea, we could have a dialog on race. Say anything but fawn over race hustlers, cop killers and gang bangers and you will be called racist.

    You could crawl on your belly and wail like a whipped animal in penitence and it would not matter to these people–they would want more. For one I am not giving the Grievance Industry the pleasure.

    Hope I am not giving my people a bye but I do believe the biggest fault for the racial problem in this country is the White Guilt Cult. They keep feeding the predators and causing them to keep coming back for more. I guess they never saw the sign: Don’t Feed the Bears-they might come back eat YOU!

    Just being a Credit to My Race Patron Eric, kma.

84. #184
    On February 19th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, Gorebot said:

    Can we have Bush back now?

    Please?

85. #185
    On February 19th, 2009 at 4:50 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    Bite me, perpetual victim Holder. Keep it up. Eventually you and your ilk are going to push too far. Most whites are getting really sick of hearing the race baiter’s whining. Pr*ck.

86. #186
    On February 19th, 2009 at 5:59 pm, md1964 said:

    …who wants to even discuss Actual Race issues, when just a comment or gesture that isn’t remotely race oriented, cause stirs, uproars, lawsuits..etc.. from the extortion kings Jackson and Sharpton..or violent threats from the nat. of islam/black panther idiots.

87. #187
    On February 19th, 2009 at 6:09 pm, old trooper said:

    Coward?
    28 years in the Army, three wars and now
    some guy that was Janet Reno’s second in command for Ruby Ridge & Waco wants to call me a coward.

    Whats next here?

    I can’t play a Race Card. 1/6th Sioux Indian does not qualify. I never owned slaves, always paid my taxes on time and own firearms and have voted absentee on deployments to places that were dangerous but safer than Chicago or DC.

    Waiting for 2010 and replacement of 1/3 of the Traitors in Office!

88. #188
    On February 19th, 2009 at 8:56 pm, Right is right said:

    Honestly, are you kidding me? Tell me of a nation, state, bowling team, anything, comprised mostly of blacks that is productive, harmonious and peaceful. Come on, I’d love to hear one. Kiss my ***** ass Holder.

89. #189
    On February 19th, 2009 at 9:47 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    To me the bigger issue is Holder’s attack on our right to freely associate. Who does he think he is telling me I am some how flawed if I live in a neighborhood I like?

    I think he needs to be asked to leave office. He can have any opinion he wants. As the U.S. Attorney General he is responsible for a higher standard regarding his opinions.

    His comment disqualifies him to represent all Americans. His comment is racist at heart and targets our right to freely assemble.

    He needs to be gone.

90. #190
    On February 20th, 2009 at 2:20 am, WarEagle82 said:

    Not to worry. The DOJ is preparing a scale to help all of us racist crackers figure out how we score on the Eric Holder Scale of Desegregation!

    Isn’t government great!

91. #191
    On February 20th, 2009 at 7:51 am, mytake said:

    Getting past being a coward on race means being able to stand up for your political cartoonist and say describing the President as a monkey has nothing to do with race.

92. #192
    On February 20th, 2009 at 7:55 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

    “describing the President as a monkey”

    It was Nancy Pelosi who wrote the stimulus bill. The cartoon is portraying NANCY PELOSI as a monkey!

93. #193
    On February 20th, 2009 at 7:58 am, mytake said:

    I am sure if you review the history of political cartoons there are many depictions of Presidents as apes. The Washington Post should have been “brave” on race and pointed this out.

94. #194
    On February 20th, 2009 at 8:00 am, mytake said:

    Never thought of Nancy Pelosi as the chimp. Call NOW now!

95. #195
    On February 20th, 2009 at 8:26 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

    mytake,

    Who wrote the bill, who over saw the bill’s composition, who did Obama delegate writing the bill too?

    Nancy Pelosi.

    Al Sharpton looking for an opportunity to get face time is no surprise. Why folks don’t just lay out the facts of the thing to make him look stupid is beyond me.

    Shooting the author of the stimulus package is shooting Nancy Pelosi or congress in general.

    Facts don’t and have not mattered to Sharpton. But they do matter to me.

96. #196
    On February 20th, 2009 at 8:38 am, mytake said:

    Exactly, Middleton. Never saw the cartoon until Reverend Al pointed it out to me. Didn’t know it was racist until he told me it was. I am now ready to pay reparations.

97. #197
    On February 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm, thetoysurgeon said:

    Sounds to me like Holder wants to start a fight. What do I mean?…Try going up to a black person and start talking about race…you’ll see what I mean….

98. #198
    On February 20th, 2009 at 8:37 pm, Kevin K. said:

    On February 20th, 2009 at 2:20 am, WarEagle82 said: (#190)

    Not to worry. The DOJ is preparing a scale to help all of us racist crackers figure out how we score on the Eric Holder Scale of Desegregation!

    Isn’t government great!

    You mean, I have to remember my friends’ ancestral history as well as their color? No points for me, I guess.