Remember the 1996 movie “
A Time to Kill”?
Even better, remember the defense’s
closing argument? When I think
about some of the inflammatory and suspect remarks, behaviors, and associations
of the past and current field of GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential race,
I’m reminded of the defense’s closing argument in the movie.
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Assuming that you remember the defense’s closing argument,
or that you’ve clicked on the link above to refresh your memory- or see it for
the first time, I’m going to ask you to close your eyes for a moment (not
literally like in the movie though because this is a blog post and you have to
have your eyes open to read the rest of this post, [smile]). When we
examine some of the most offensive, incendiary, and dividing rhetoric, actions,
and associations of the final four of the GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential
election, we find what some may view as disturbing facts.
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Please, continue to keep your eyes closed……can you see them?.......can you hear them?......now, imagine these
candidates being black……hold on, continue to keep your eyes closed……can you see them?......can you hear them?......now,
imagine yourself being black……now, open your eyes……I mean really open your eyes
people! You can make all the arguments you want to about how you don’t agree
with these candidates on the issues I pointed out but how you agree with their
political philosophies and so on and so forth. However, I’m willing to bet
everything I own that nearly all black voters (to include black Republicans) have
eliminated these candidates simply because of the issues I described above- and
maybe you should too. You see, racism is not just some “issue”; it indicates
cowardice and skewed morality. It’s not okay to say that you’ll vote for David
Duke because you agree with his fiscal conservative policies while ignoring
that fact that he is/was a card-carrying KKK member.
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I understand that eliminating all these GOP candidates totally
wipes out the current field. Maybe the powers-that-be in the Republican Party
should introduce more options while there’s still time. I believe the GOP has
better options within its ranks. Imagine Herman Cain saying what Santorum said
(replacing the word “black” with “white”); imagine him publishing a newsletter
riddled with racial epithets against white people; imagine him belonging to the
Nation of Islam; imagine him saying the
nation’s first white president was nothing but a slave owner who loved
impregnating his black female slaves. Any one of these issues would have
promptly ended Cain’s career as a politician.
Let’s not even attempt to argue a non-winnable argument that
racism or prejudice can’t or won’t factor into how one governs. In fact, such
ignorance and fear will overwhelm how one governs. Wth?...
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