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Saturday, May 05, 2007
Robert Novak :: Townhall.com Columnist
Nancy vs. Charlie
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LUCKY COLEMAN?

Political insiders believe first-term Republican Sen. Norm Coleman caught a break with the prospect that comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken will likely be his Democratic opponent for re-election next year.

Minnesota went largely blue in the 2006 elections, and the overriding Republican national outlook for 2008 is poor. However, Coleman leads Franken, a polarizing figure, by comfortable margins in all polls. Wealthy lawyer Mike Ciresi is also seeking the Democratic nomination, but Franken is equally well financed and is a favorite among anti-Bush activists.

A footnote: Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, considered vulnerable for re-election from the blue state of Oregon, also was fortunate in losing his toughest Democratic potential foe. Rep. Pete DeFazio decided instead to stay in the House, where he is chairman of a Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee.

BILL'S BLACKS

With Sen. Hillary Clinton battling Sen. Barack Obama for the African-American vote, Bill Clinton has been named honorary chairman of the 15th annual Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Golf and Tennis Tournament next month.

The "two-day retreat" June 24 and 25 will be held at the Landsdowne Resort in Landsdowne, Va., 35 miles from Washington. The charity event to fund college scholarships will simultaneously hold golf, tennis and whist competitions.

On April 20, lobbyists and other contributors to African-American members of Congress received a mailing: "Just a reminder that you have less than 40 working days (Monday-Friday) to register [for the tournament]."

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Reply # 1
Date: May 6, 2007 - 2:50 AM EST
Hill and Bill and being black
Bill Clinton was identified by author Toni Morrison as America's first black President because of the circumstances in which he was born and raised, not because of any affinity he had for black people.

Slick Willie was born and raised by a single mom without the benefit of a father, or even a father figure. He also grew up in relative poverty.

These are circumstances that many blacks in America can identify with. But more to Morrison's point, American blacks can much more easily identify with Bill Clinton than they can with any of your typical whitebread Presidents or candidates like the Bushes, Giuliani, McCain, Edwards, Gore, or...Hillary!
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Date: May 6, 2007 - 2:39 AM EST
For Dixiecrat
Actually, most conservative don't write negative articles about minorities. That's because we seldom write about minorities at all.

We tend to write (and talk) about "people" instead. You know what "people" are. "People" are what you get when you stop being a bigot by assuming everyone must be categorized into some ethno- or religious- or gender- centric slot.

When the subject of "minorities" does come up in conservative think piece it is almost always in reaction or response to some bigotted pandering by the left, as with the posts you are responding to and the discussion in Novak's column.

Conservatives don't pander to minorities because we don't feel guilty about them. And we don't feel guilty about them because we haven't done anything to them. We know we haven't done anything to them because to us they are not "minorities". They are "people" (Are you starting to get the drift?).

Any liberal who figures this out makes great progress in his personal growth. That's why most liberals who do figure it out soon become conservatives.
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