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I was streaming Rush last night and he had a couple of callers who professed to being black. There were on fire about the way Condoleezza Rice was being portrayed by many of the political cartoonists. One man said,
Basically, I'm an inner city young black male from Indianapolis, and I'm going to tell you, you know, I don't totally agree with Bush and Condoleezza Rice, but I would say that I would debate Condoleezza Rice on the issues, and I would respect her doctorate. I respect her experience, and you know what? I think its crap that these guys will resort to these tactics when 30 years of breaking out cartoons, these racially motivated cartoons.
Another caller:
Where I come from, I'm from, like I said, from the inner city, raised in the projects 20 years of my life. I had to make some adjustments, and because I tried to make some adjustments. I was ridiculed. I was turned off. There was a documentary being filmed somewhere here in Chicago, and I stepped up to the mike to give my opinion on something, and because of the way I spoke, Rush, they would not take me! They would not. Do you understand what I'm saying?
We had a member of our Toastmasters club that happened to be black. He was a good speaker with a lot of enthusiasm and got better in his tenure with us. His only problem was, he would drop the g’s from his ‘ing words. We brought that to his attention and he improved. He also confided with us, that when he went back to some of his friends, they complained that he didn’t sound right.
Here was a man, trying to improve himself, and his friend didn’t like it. He was leaving them behind.
I would maintain the Democrats don’t want an articulate black person. They want to portray a victim not a hero. With one victim, they try to imply that ALL are victims.
While I would acknowledge there are some victims, I’m an advocate for hero’s.
Posted by Ted at November 18, 2004 8:02 PM