Monday, July 18, 2005

Yet Another Example Of Mehlman's Idiocy

"Ken in the Kloset" Mehlman is a moron. Fortunately, Bob Herbert of the NY Times (and an African American) calls Mehlman on his moronic behavior at the NAACP convention and calls Mehlman's speech for what it is: "An empty apology". Herbert says: "His words were worse than meaningless. They were insulting. The GOP's Southern strategy, racist at its core, still lives." Yeah, but if you could just forget about that & remember how many times Mehlman referred to the GOP as the Party of Lincoln, then you could still fork over your minority votes to the GOP-- despite the fact that you will only be hurting yourself and your community by doing so. Living breathing proof that Mehlman is a moron: (CNN transcript) "You know, one of the things people on the left try to do is they say if they don't agree with me on a particular policy, you got to be a bigot... The NAACP unfortunately in the 2000 campaign likened the president to James Byrd, who was a racist killer in east TX, who the president brought to justice." AHEM... no moron... James Byrd was the VICTIM of a racial hate crime. In fact, Byrd's throat was cut, his body was chained to a pickup truck and his head flew off from the dragging... but hey, those pesky little facts do get in the way, huh? Byrd's death was so gruesome that TX passed the the James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act of 2001. Since when do laws get passed in honor of the KILLER Ken? But why should Ken's ignorance of the crime be shocking? Bush himself couldn't even get the facts straight either, and it did piss Byrd's family members off royally to hear Bush try to politicize Byrd's death to Bush's advantage. Hat tip to KT in Texas for passing along the info.
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