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Friday, February 20, 2009
Rich Galen :: Townhall.com Columnist
Dems Acting Badly
by Rich Galen
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Attorney General Eric Holder, who is Black, gave a speech to the staff at the Justice Department the other day marking Black History Month. As part of his remarks he said:

"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards."

Holder may have been absent the day that we elected a Black President. I hope that the next time President Obama holds a press conference one reporter in the room asks him if he supports his Attorney General's opinion that America is "a nation of cowards."

Holder went on to say,

"If we are to make progress in this area, we must feel comfortable enough with one another and tolerant enough of each other to have frank conversations about the racial matters that continue to divide us."

Holder's point was that while we seem to get along just fine in the workplace, Americans "self-segregate" on our private time. He said:

"Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad."

What is "truly sad" is that in the first month of the Administration of Barack Obama Holder couldn't give a speech celebrating the progress we have made.

He could have given a speech celebrating the fact that, notwithstanding his equating 2009 with 1959, on any weekend Mr. Holder can eat in any restaurant, sleep in any hotel, sit in any seat on any bus, drink from any water fountain and … dare we say it … have any job he is qualified for.

Actually, Holder has a job he is patently not qualified for: public speaker.

I'm comfortable enough. I don't walk around talking about race because I don't care about race.

I thought that was the goal we were supposed to have been aiming for.

NEW TOPIC:

Let us now turn to the case of United States Senator Roland Burris, Democrat of Illinois. According to the NY Times:

Mr. Burris is under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee, as well as an Illinois prosecutor, over his evolving descriptions of what transpired before he was asked to fill the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.

Evolving. I love that. Continued...
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Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

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Reply # 1
Date: Feb 21, 2009 - 11:44 PM EST
Silver Lion
You are so spot on there's simply nothing to add.

I wouldn't wish ill on anyone but I have to wonder what it will be like standing in their shoes when they finally meet their Maker. Imagine having corruption and an all-consuming thirst for power in this life on your soul. Christians certainly aren't above such things, and in God's eyes there is no distinction between sins but oh what the unbelievers who have that kind of thing in addition to their unbelief will face, considering there will be even those believers who will only barely escape, as from a burning house!

I'm sorry for wording this so awkwardly but all this corruption in the political arena makes me grateful for the baggage I've got-and in Christ I am grateful as well that it is GONE! :)
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Date: Feb 21, 2009 - 9:51 PM EST
No worries to all this..
"God rules his creation. Nothing is outside his authority—not even the leaders of the nations and kingdoms of this world. No person is placed in a position of power outside of God's will. This can be a great comfort when we see leaders take over in various places, especially leaders with whom we do not agree.

So what does this mean for the cruel tyrants of the world? It means that they too are under God's authority. Satan may author their evil acts, but their wrongdoing can only occur within the boundaries God sets. Why those boundaries are where they are for some nations is a question only God can answer. But we can rest assured that no power is in authority outside of God's plan. God always accomplishes his will, even through the most wicked leaders. God is always the final authority."

See the last statement? "God is always the final authority"....

Let BOTH parties reap the fruits of their political deeds....It sure will provide some comical relief, justice, and certainly entertaining drama. This is FAR better than the "The West Wing" TV series and Oprah COMBINED!
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