Black Congressmen Under Investigation? Must Be Racism!
This article would be merely a footnote if any Caucasians were also under investigation. Yet the journalist discerned a “social justice” angle from their absence and wished to alert his countrymen of a truth that exists only in his own mind (and in those of other leftists).
We are encouraged to believe that — despite everything we may personally experience or observe — racism is still a force that rages in the United States. In keeping with the dictates of leftist ideology, any disparity between the races is cause enough to impugn the entire nation.
However, should these discrepancies run in the other direction, such as with the dearth of Caucasians in the NBA, they are totally overlooked. Racism is a charge that need only be asserted. Proof is optional.
Should we be optimistic about the present day, the narrative seeks to dispel our contentment. Of course, there is no validity to this reporter’s “eternal Klansman” assumption regarding the citizenry, as practically every injustice cited by America’s detractors is extinct in this new millennium.
Apart from the reporter’s penumbras of institutional racism, the article proffers nothing in the way of evidence that any discrimination occurred.
Why doesn’t the journalist consider alternative hypotheses? One that is glaringly obvious is that these members of Congress may actually be more corrupt than their peers.
Isn’t it at least possible that the aforementioned lawmakers are guilty as charged? Any writer who even paid lip service to objectivity would at least consider this eventuality.
While the Politico failed to do so, one paragraph cited was quite revealing. A quote from an anonymous black congressman tells us much about the jaded mentality that pervades among these “public servants”:
Is there concern whether someone is trying to set up [Congressional Black Caucus] members? Yeah, there is. It looks as if there is somebody out there who understands what the rules [are] and sends names to the ethics committee with the goal of going after the [CBC].
Understands what “the rules” are? What an (accidental) admission of guilt. Scrutiny in response to violating the law is the complete opposite of getting “set up.” A more appropriate response by CBC members would be to accept the injunction to operate within legal parameters.
Let us now explore some provocative (i.e., honest) lines of inquiry. What if the political correctness endemic among whites — making them perpetually fear appearing “racist” — cajoled the congressional hierarchy into maintaining looser ethical standards for CBC members than for the rest of its body?
What if their “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t accuse, don’t report” ethos enabled those flawed individuals to take more risks and delve into less kosher transactions with lobbyists? Perhaps it was white guilt which fertilized the ground from which their corruption grew.
Support for my counter-thesis is evident in a response one of them had in relation to open-and-shut proceedings against a brazen thief from Louisiana. Striking is the tenuous logic that follows:
African-American politicians have long complained that they’re treated unfairly when ethical issues arise. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are still fuming over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to oust then-Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) from the House Ways and Means Committee in 2006.
They still fume? For what reason? If that’s the case then they bristle alone. The rest of us know a crook when we see one … or when we come across $90,000 in cash hidden in his freezer.
There was nothing uncertain about the former congressman’s conviction. This summer he was found guilty by a federal court of 11 counts of corruption. He’s now been handed a 13-year sentence behind bars.
If the Congressional Black Caucus wants to defend snakes like William Jefferson, then all of its members should be regarded as suspect; however, this truth, and countless others, is something advocacy enterprises like the Politico wish to hide behind spurious suggestions of racism.
This article is pretty well written, but I disagree with the following statement: “For many conservatives, the only benefit to accrue from Barack Obama becoming president is the notice his election served to those who portray our nation as a bastion of oppression.”
All in all, I am sure plenty conservatives understand that the election of Barack Obama can benefit the country quite a lot in the long run. Please read my article from November 2008 here:
http://hyphenatedamericans.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-can-live-with-obama_02.html
The Dishonorable Charles Rangel, a proven liar and tax evader, has been a blot on Congress’s escutcheon almost since the day of his election. That simply doesn’t matter:
– He’s a hard-left liberal;
– He’s black;
– He’s a Korean War veteran;
– He’s a Democrat — and a New York Democrat, at that.
There is no honor in the Democrat Party. There’s plenty of power lust, and enough mendacity and venality to fill a hundred legislative chambers, but no honor. Consider the cases of Mel Reynolds, Gerry Studds, John Edwards, and Edward Kennedy, and see if you can disagree.
In 2009, only if one refuses to examine reality can race be depicted as not being a major societal problem … and despite everything we may be fed by the tyrannically-politically-correct multi-culturalist third-world criminal-migrant-opportunists — their hesperophobic racism is more than ever an institutionalized force that rages in the United States.
How else than racism (including that 96% of colored folks voted for him!) to explain the “election” of the pathetic pretender to what presently passes as a “presidency?”
If a “white man” with the zero-visible-academic-qualification, effective disbarment-for-cause, razor-thin résumé and simply bloody awful track-record of un-and-anti-American and terrorist associations had showed up in place of this Soros-produced and Hollywood-scripted-and-directed, British-Kenyan-descended empty-galabia glove-puppet?
(Even in Chicago) He’d have been laughed out of town.
Racism is alive and well in America and, to prove it, the sail-eared-simpleton, 0zero and his ilk have the (1950-high-school-graduation-level — and falling) ivy-league “degrees” and may pretend to whatever government-check-remunerated “jobs” they desire. While the rest of us have them and their fascisterrorist mates “running things” — and the dumbed-down slouching-to-Gomorrah everything else!
Brian Richard Allen
Lost Angels – Califobambicated 90028
And the Very Far Abroad
You expect me to believe that the rank-and-file Americans are among the least racist and prejudiced persons on earth when 92+ percent of the black people in our country still strongly support everything Obama says and does?
You expect me to believe that the rank-and-file Americans are among the least racist and prejudiced persons on earth when close to 95 percent of the black race voted for Barrack Obama and no one knows for sure how many confused; other wise normal non-blacks voted for him because it was the racially needed and right best thing to do?
Dump the manure then come back and write an article Mr. Chaplin.
2. Francis W. Porretto:
“There’s no honor in the Democratic Party”. I beg to differ with you, there’s no honor in the republican or democratic party. Both parties are comprised of career political hacks; pigs at the public trough.
“They” want us to believe this is a left vs. right issue which simply obfuscates the fact that it is not. It’s about the Constitution. Repeal the 17th Amendment for starters.
Everyone is overlooking Obama’s past, why not these guys?
While we’re at it, let’s just let all black felons out of jail because we know it’s racism that got them prosecuted and sentenced.
We need Congressional legislation that criminalizes insinuations that any black person is guilty of any crime.
We can do it; We are not above and beyond the ridiculous and insane. It’s what this administration is all about.
And the bible says; “The color of your skin shall determine your fate.” Let’s make it a Constitutional Amendment.
3. Brian Richard Allen:
This should have been the article.
This is just another racist attack on our new Leader.
We had an election last November. We won, you lost, and you will never get another chance. Racist white men no longer run this country. President Obama rules this country now and he will lead us into a bright new world of peace and justice.
They’re right. It is racism. Every single Congresscritter should be under investigation.
Seriously, though, it seems that the blacks are especially prenicious in their bellying up to the trough. It’s because they are a protected class, and they know it. They can get away with more, so they are more shameless, and careless, about it. Congresscritters are all getting fat at the trough. The blacks just moreso, or rather, with less refinement at it.
The mere existence of a racial caucus is racist, btw.
Lars is right, I think. I finally stopped calling myself a Democrat when I realized that asserting that I was “a member of the Joe Lieberman wing” of the party no longer made any sense. But nothing I have seen induces me to consider becoming a Republican.
I noticed another factor in black political corruption–and I am hardly suggesting that non-black political corruption isn’t prevalent–in Detroit, where I worked a while back for a city government department and lived for nearly twenty years. (I moved to a nearby suburb when my landlord was foreclosed, not making a statement one way or the other.)
There is an entirely understandable factor–we were isolated from power for so long and now it’s our turn to reap the benefits of power, including being on the take. It’s also easier, in a way not open to non-black politicians, to respond to charges by circling the racial wagons.
I lived in Chicago for several years and again, I am hardly suggesting that corruption is something unique to black political culture. But a Chicago politician facing charges can’t very well start talking about how “they’re out to get another strong white man,” whereas such rhetoric does often resonate among the black community.
I understand and sympathize with this but it does have consequences. A couple of recent scandals in Detroit cause me to wonder whether anyone gets a municipal contract merely by offering a proposal that is the best of those submitted. “Pay for play” seems to be routine. This means that the contracts cost more money and are less likely to be fulfilled properly.
As I say, I understand why this sort of thing works but it has serious consequences, especially in a city whose tax base shrinks by the day.
Right is right and wrong is wrong no matter the color ! !
No one uses the race card like African-Americans. And earlier this year, Obama led the pack when he inferred racism on the white police officer who was questioning Obama’s black professor friend in the professor’s house. It’s automatic in many African-American mindset to use the race card to demonize non-blacks and create the illusion of mal-intent in those non-blacks where there is none. Of course, it’s always easier to do that than to look within yourself and accept that there may really be something wrong with you or acknowledge that you did something wrong or illegal.
That race card thing is really getting old and boring, and we’re all tired of it.
So, you’re saying that Americans elected a black affirmative-action president in order to prove that his race is irrelevant? Isn’t that a paradox?
A disproportion this big (all seven of members of Congressmen under investigation are black even though blacks make up less than a tenth of Congress) cannot be by chance. If there were no correlation between race and being investigation, the odds are something greater than a billion-to-one against such a thing occurring.
So what is it? Is the investigatory method biased biased? Are blacks that much more likely to be criminals?
My own theory — and devout hope — is this is a product of the race card itself. A sleazeball like William Jefferson would not even have gotten elected if he were white: blacks would have no special reason to vote for him, whites could point out his dishonesty without worrying about being accused of racism.
This might be the answer, as I say, I hope it is, but answer the question, one must ask it first and it strikes me as a weird “political correctness of the right” to criticize a reporter for bringing the matter up.
The CBC is the equivalent of the KKK in its segregationist and racist mission. They as a group are a bunch of losers. Do you really believe Maxine Waters could get elected in another non-black district? How about John Lewis, Rangle, Lee, etc. No they are there because and only because of their district lines which gave them mostly black congressional districts.
Of course many of the CBC are crooked. They know they have their race and MSM as get-out-of-jail free cards. They can get away with doing and saying just about anything. It is disgusting that our nation is being ruined by these charlatans and their white progressive enablers.
The paranoia and mendacity of the CBC was revealing by the anonymous quote. They truly believe they are above the law and better than us low-life white Americans. And they think they deserve their station by virtue of the vestiges of slavery.
Black people can’t be racist. Just look at Obama. If you read “his” books he tells you has a hate and disdain for white people. This is compounded by his actions and the actions of his administration. Case in point the black panthers and the professor. Yet it is Glen Beck who when pointing these things out got berated for stating the obvious.
A get out of jail free card for the first felony committed by any African-American born in the U.S.A.
Yes We Can!
Not to worry. Rangel is being investigated by the same Democrats promoting global warming. They need him to keep temperatures rising.
Who`s `We` and `You` #8?? Whom are you referring to when you say `you will never get another chance`? Isn`t BHO supposed to be the president of all of us? Did he not take an oath to preserve, protect and defend our Constitution?
I don`t know what farm you were grown on but BHO was elected to govern, not rule. If you want a ruler go live in Coo-ba, Venezuela or NK. The only `rule` we have in America is the Rule of Law which is conveniently being ignored regarding tax evasion by Rangel, Daschle, Sebelius, Geithner and others.
You are everything that is wrong with America. You voted for the color of a man`s skin instead of the content of his character.
When a black man plays the race card, it means he has nothing else to stand on but be a race hustler, a race vulture; therefore, it tells me the black man is guilty of his alleged crimes as sin. One can only cry wolf & lie about it until no one else believes you. This is what the race hustlers have done with the race card. Their over-use has sullied & corrupted their actions. When the race card is played, I know they cannot hide from the truth. The truth will out as a wise white man wrote long ago.
Yes We Did is an unthinking Leftist, an organic robot to be filled with Saul Alinsky’s methods of diversion, division, & corruption. Yes We Did should change its name to No We Didn’t.
OK YES WE DID, Don’t hold your breath.
One reason why no white congressmen are currently under investigation is that the favored (ie. black) congressmen have their investigations postponed and drawn out while the white congressmen get quick (if not summary) verdicts, often with the help of the press.
8. Yes We Did:
“This is just another racist attack on our new Leader.
We had an election last November. We won, you lost, and you will never get another chance. Racist white men no longer run this country. President Obama rules this country now and he will lead us into a bright new world of peace and justice.”
Oh my lord, you sound like a snotty 4th grader that just got the kick ball because they coach bullied it from the other kids ’cause they’d never give it to you! We will get another chance my friend,
8. Yes We Did:
“This is just another racist attack on our new Leader.
We had an election last November. We won, you lost, and you will never get another chance. Racist white men no longer run this country. President Obama rules this country now and he will lead us into a bright new world of peace and justice.”
You must be Clifford the Big Red Dog or a Teletubbie because you certainly have a loose grip on reality. “You” may have won; but you sound like an 8 year old in a school yard that just got the kick ball for the first time with no idea what to do next. Respect for the leader of the current regime is nil the world over. If the thumbsucking US media don’t report, it doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Read any international newspaper or editorial cartoon, it’s quite obvious.
no problem – let’s just investigate plenty of white politicians and then the percentages would be ok – it shouldn’t be to find corruption amongst the likes of Dodd, etc.
#8..Seriously dude, you’re not supposed to DRINK the bong water, ok? Got it? Now sit back, do a few more bong hits, ok alot more, check the mail box for your next government check and leave the running of the country to the adults. Say goodnight Gracie.
It used to be said that patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels. Now it is racism.
Didn’t you know?
When 3 White Duke lacrosse players are falsely accused of raping an African American girl, an act labelled as a “hate crime,” that’s not racism.
When Jesse Jackson refers to Jews as “Himeys,” and calls New York “Himey-Town,” that’s not racism.
But poor New Orleans African Americans who suffered Katrina’s devastation were victims of racism, nevermind they had a Black mayor, and that well-to-do African Americans left the city in time.
And we’ll never elect a Black President because of racism …except we already did. But if he loses re-election, the only possible reason will be… racism!! And though he was elected, his legislations will never pass because the racist majority won’t let him govern, nevermind that his party has a filibuster-proof majority in Congress, which already passed his multi-billion dollar stimulus package. But certainly healthcare reform will never pass -and that has nothing to do with the expected multi-trillion dollar price tag or its socialist overtones- it’s all due to racism!
There certainly are racists in this world -of all creeds and colors. But it’s pathetic to see how some run and hide behind the color of their skin to cover up their lack of merit.
Charlie Rangle is a crooked black demorat congressman and he must go and while we are at it send all his crooked cohorts with. i.e. John Murtha ,Maxine Waters and dear Miss nancy Pelosi
#8,,,
Unfortunately for you, most of the hiring for top level jobs in cooperate America is still being done by; “racist old white men”. But of course,,, the reason for that is,,, “they are racist”. (Everybody knows that)
On the other hand, regardless of color, if you have a decent degree, a competent CV, and are able to speak English without dropping the articles of speech, then you might survive a job interview for something higher than a clerk in the mail room. Better yet,,, there may even be an opening in the janitorial department.
Too bad for you. That’s life with a third grade education.
Well. The jack is finally out of the box. First, just because someone is CHARGED with an offense, does automatically mean that he/she is guilty. Second, it should be former president Bush that should be indicted and convicted. He lied and committed fraud upon the American People. He told us that Iraq had WMD in its possession. Many soldiers lost their lives and many more were intentionally place in harms way for a war that should have never been.
Where is your voice regarding this?
I concur that the “race card” is “used” for political purposes but racism does in fact exist in America. Why is it that most of Congress are middle age white men? Are they the only intellects in our country? If they are intellects, how did we get in the mess we are presently in…meaning…a bankrupt country?
You can read more on my blog at thehonestyproject365.blogspot.com.
Have a great day.
Bernard, greatly enjoy your writings, this is one of your best, very well written and very true.
Thank you.
If you start (or are able) to read the news, instead of posting STUPID comments, your questions would be answered.
I am wondering why it is the IRS goes after the Terminator for 75k yet Rangel somehow forgot over 500k ??? among many other things…. what’s up with that???
I am so glad that Nancy and Obiewan have really cleaned up the swamp of corruption like they promised… yep I do remember that promise…
I guess they haven’t got around to it, if they had the vote on the health care reform bill would have been like 10 nays – 9 yea as all the rest would be in jail or unemployed…..where they belong.
The black caucus does not allow members to join if the are WHITE. The black caucus is a government sponsored group. The black caucus promotes racism. Sure, there are racist whites too. But we, all of us, are NOT supposed to be racist. If I make a racist slur, that is WRONG. If a black person makes a racist slur, that is equally WRONG. I cannot, by conscience or by law, create an organization that is goverment sponsored that does not allow people that are black. Nor should black people be allowed to create a government sponsored group that does not allow white people (or asian people etc) to join.
NONE of us are supposed to be racist. That goes for white people and black people. It is really that simple.
The black caucus perpetuates and promotes racism. And they are doing it using our highest government offices and tax payer money.