Hell freezes over
Posted by Moonage on 14 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Ethics, Opinions, Racism
Now, this one is so profound I had to think about it a few days.
First, Nancy Pelosi does something I agree with:
And then, to compound the situation to utter befuddlement on my part, I agree with Kos:
I still don’t get why the Congressional Black Caucus insists on standing firmly behind Jefferson.
Now, hell hasn’t really frozen over. What this should tell the CBC is that if conservatives and radical liberals agree 100% on something, THAT IS A CLUE. Just because Jefferson’s black doesn’t mean he’s above the law. The race card was trumped by the cash in his freezer and his video performance. Nancy’s not saying Jefferson should resign from Congress, she’s just saying his ethics violations are made more serious by the fact he’s on the Ways and Means Committee, which investigates, get this CBC, ethics violations.
Of course, the CBC was the only organization I am aware of to fully back Cynthia McKinney attacking a police officer.
Now, this disappoints me because of the big picture. Rather than taking their members into a closed door meeting and explaining to them that they are the examples to the black youth of the US and therefore are expected to set a higher moral standard than anyone else in the entire country, they are condoning breaking the law and justifying it based solely on race. The message that sends to kids accross the country is IF you get musted for doing something bad, it’s OK, you’re black. That message, CBC, isn’t even subtle. You’re screaming it all over the media. Cynthia McKinney assaulting an officer wasn’t that big a deal to you guys. Jefferson stealing and evading taxes wasn’t so bad that he should suffer any consequences according to you guys. That’s just wrong. The average black does what William or Cynthia does and they go to prison. Not because they’re black, but because they broke a law just like their peers did.
If anything, the CBC needs smack both of them with a PR hammer that will scare the crap out of the rest of the members of the CBC. Then, maybe, they’ll send the RIGHT message to the kids.
I mean, think about it CBC. Things have gotten so ludicrous that when Patrick Kennedy got busted, even HE tried to play the race card. Why didn’t you guys defend him?
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