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As Democrats, after a Sunday rally on the Capitol grounds, marched to the House hand-in-hand to vote health care reform, Tea Partiers reportedly shouted the "n-word" at John Lewis and another black congressman. A third was allegedly spat upon. And Barney Frank was called a nasty name.
Tea Partiers deny it all. And neither audio nor video of this alleged incident has been produced, though TV cameras and voice recorders were everywhere on the Hill.
Other Democrats say their offices were vandalized and they've been threatened. A few received, and eagerly played for cable TV, obscene phone calls they got....
The Real Anti-Americans
So what is to be done.
We could blame Bush.
We could call names.
We could drown out the opposition like the sheep in 'Animal Farm'.
We could distract to some other crisis.
We could accuse the opposition of doing exactly what we are doing.
We could, inanely declare 'We Won'.
and flush the economic system, that millions wish they lived with, down the tubes. How many Hatians would have liked to be here, even before the earthquake?
Sharpton should admit that most of his supporters, some the descendants of slaves, are better off than most left behind in Africa. That does not make slavery right, but it does remind me of what Joseph said to his brothers, after they got to...