Hannity Step It Up!
If you’re tired of not having your voice heard, then read my book, The BIG Black Lie and get others to do so. This blog will explain why we need more voices! I hope you enjoy it.
For some time now my team and many people who follow my blog have felt that I should be the “right guy on the screen” on Fox News, when they do “point/counterpoint” discussions. Admittedly, I have felt that I could add a bit more zest than some guests from time to time. I haven’t made it to this point, so I will just weigh in from here.
Recently Hannity used video shot by my friend Darrin Morley, of me questioning of Russ Carnahan—“If it’s [healthcare proposal] so good, then why doesn’t Congress want to be on it?” It would seem only fair for his producers to track down the guy who started the controversy—if truth is controversial—and provided the subject matter for his show. But that call didn’t come.
My rightfully angry publicist contacted the Hannity producers for quid pro quo, and she submitted my latest blog regarding the reverse racism that I believe occurred in “Gates Gate.” The response from Hannity’s team was essentially that I was fishing for racial controversy. Really?!
For the record, I like Hannity, and I love what he does for our troops, and I enjoy his show. However, at the risk of never appearing on Fox, I offer my comments and critique of Hannity and his team:
As I say in my book The BIG Black Lie race is THE biggest issue Republicans confront in dealing with liberals. Race is also the single biggest reason we lose elections, as the “race card” is usually hidden inside of other issues. I would be happy to debate Hannity—or anybody else—on this subject. The Democrats use race in the most inane ways, and our most powerful pundits allow them to get away with it. And when it comes to dealing properly with the race issue, one of America’s most trusted conservative messengers, Sean Hannity is off his game. Hannity missed an opportunity with Whoopi Goldberg, when she offered the following on his TV show:
GOLDBERG: We understood that. But we couldn’t vote until 1968 in the entire country. That’s the piss off. That’s the piss off. That’s our lifetime. Now, as a kid, I don’t know, I don’t know how aware of that you were.
HANNITY: Of course I’m aware.
Hannity missed an opportunity to explain the racist history of Democrats and the Republican’s glorious past with respect to race relations. “Of course, I’m aware.” Aware of what Sean?!
Black men got the right to vote with the passage of the 15th amendment in 1870. Whoopi got the right to vote in 1920 along with all other women in America, except the women of Wyoming, who could vote as early as 1869. And it was Republicans who got blacks these rights, not Democrats! For years Republican’s fought for the rights of blacks to vote and sponsored or co-sponsored every piece of legislation to protect these rights. The reason black people didn’t vote everywhere in 1968, as Whoopi proclaimed was out of fear from racist Democrats and Democrat organizations like the KKK.
That is what Hannity should have “been aware of”!
Instead American conservatives watching were left to feel—yet again—apologetic for the wickedness of Democrats, instead of empowered by learning that we have nothing to be ashamed of!
The next opportunity for Hannity to educate came when a young black caller to his radio show, Mike informed America that blacks “hear different than whites.” He said that hearkening back to the good ol’ days connoted a meaning for blacks on being taken back to slavery.
Hannity could have educated this young black man (and most of America) that the abolitionist movement was spearheaded by Republicans. Further Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and so many others black abolitionists—all Republicans, as were 95% of blacks at the time. Hannity should have been explained to him that as a Democrat, Mike was voting for his own tormentors—past and present.
Instead, Hannity’s response was [pp], “…slavery was an atrocity, ” implying that it was Republicans who were responsible for slavery. Thus by omission it is Republicans who were responsible for this young black man’s trauma at “hearing different.” No Mike, it was the Democrats who had blacks in bondage, and who continue to keep blacks in bondage.
Hannity, like most non-black Republicans, appears to be afraid to address the issue of racism and slavery, as if there is something for us to lose. It’s quite the opposite—we can do nothing but GAIN! Most liberal blacks are not listening to Hannity anyway, they are listening to the lamestream presstitutes! So when Hannity gets somebody on the show, especially young black liberals with warped views, he must educate.
Conservative blacks who do listen to Hannity would like all Americans to know what we already know…WE are not the sellouts, Uncle Tom’s, house Negroes, tokens, wannabes, or as I was called recently, a “Clarence Thomas”—I took it as a compliment. It is incredulous that black Democrats don’t recognize that it is they who are the sellouts, Uncle Tom’s, and anything but “Clarence Thomases”—they don’t deserve such high praise. Consider the Paradox of Blackness, where blacks consider it disparaging to call another black person a “Clarence Thomas.” As most blacks would say, “He ain’t black.”
It’s a shame that Clarence Thomas wasted his life becoming an attorney, rising to the highest level of achievement in his professional career—a Supreme Court judge. Thomas could have done so much! Think of all those black communities that needed drug dealers, pimps, and other street thugs! Here’s a book likely found in most elitist Democrat libraries: The Clarence Thomas Story: A Life Wasted.
Non-black Republicans abhor being labeled racists, ad nauseum, because Democrat racist outnumber Republican racist 100 to 1. Many Republicans are learning from my book The BIG Black Lie who the real racists are. It’s time Hannity learn who they are as well. When did Republicans become afraid of telling the truth, especially when it’s on our side?!
Here’s the wrap:
To Hannity’s producer(s), I say to you that I don’t CREATE racist stories. I merely show the rest of America what you guys and others miss routinely.
To jog your memories, here are a few other examples of how race is used by the liberals: Hillary Clinton’s glorification of Margaret Sanger, Barbara Boxer’s treatment of Harry Alford, and of course my contrived racism surrounding Gates’ attempt to use race to taint a police officer doing his job. How many more examples do we need to know that this is an issue that won’t go away, as long as America believes Republicans and other conservatives are the bad guys? The ONLY way this issue goes away is when racism is put where it belongs…on the Left!
I say to all conservative heavyweight pundits, if you have the opportunity to get an unapologetic conservative Republican and proud American—who happens to be black—on your show, I suggest you TAKE it. I think America is ready for the real straight talk. And whether or not I get on Hannity’s show, or anybody else’s show on Fox, I promise to keep setting the record straight.
That’s my rant!
© 2009 Kevin Jackson – The Black Sphere All Rights Reserved
49 Comments »
Ben says:
August 17, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Kevin,
You are SPOT ON, yet again. Whoopi made another comment when McCain was on the view that got him so flustered it made him look like an idiot. When he said he wanted SCOTUS justices who were strict constructionists, she asked him if that meant a return to slavery for her. Instead of an immediate and forceful repudiation of that thought and a quick statement about all of the amendments being necessary, along with the real history of the R's vs. the D's, he fumbled, BIG TIME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yw5JrowpA
As someone who has a long history of being as color blind as humanly possible, someone who has an extremely diverse family, someone whose history includes a great great grandfather who fought in the civil war for the North, was injured severely, then went back to fight again, it pains me in the extreme whenever someone says that if I don't agree with Barack Obama, I must be a racist.
Again, with the Republicans (aside from a few ideological problems that I do have with them), it all boils down to terrible messaging. They miss entirely that the left uses ideas like states rights, strict constructionists, etc. to paint them as racists.
tpgow says:
August 17, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Right on Kevin! I think hannity and the right try to stay away from any mention of race , so not to be labeled. They are just afraid to touch it because here come the Sharpton & Jesse Jackson. HUmmmmm They haven't weighed in yet. I think the Glenn Becks and Hannity should bring it to the fore and give up the democratic party for just what they are Raceist. As I said before they keep the blacks and poor whites on the dole so they are a captive audience. VOTES VOTES. They don't know what to do if they lose their entitlements. This country Sucks right now
Greed, lies, scandel, power brokers. We need to take our country back. Obama is working on a New World Order and I hope everybody sees the light before it gets dimmer.
Kim Veldt says:
August 17, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I'm sorry Kevin – I would have been pretty jacked to see you on Hannity. I know the media fumbles often, and FOX has been no exception. It's all about the current headlines, you know? They've moved past Gates and on to Gibbs, apparently.
tpgow says:
August 17, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Kevin: Just read on HOTAIR that more advertisers pulled their ads from Glenn Beck. He called Obama a racist. I saw the show. Here is a prime example of why Hannity or antone else for that matter will touch the race isssue. Glenn also said he thought Obama hated white people. So I guess free speech is over in this country. Hannity was going to do a sunday show a couple of weeks ago about Obama's radical ties and that was pulled. You can watch it on UTUBE it has 5 parts. I watched it. Somebody on facebook sent it to my daughter.
Wonder if that will be pulled???
Andrea says:
August 17, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Sorry to hear that Hannity's people stiffed you like that. You could teach him a thing or two…or twelve. Keep up the good work, Kevin.
Lebensfroh99 says:
August 18, 2009 at 7:25 am
I really liked this article. I will be e-mailing Hannity right now to have you on his show. I really don't know why you are not already.
tpgow says:
August 18, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Kevin; I emailed the hannity show and asked for them to look into your book and site. I said I thought it would be a good idea to have you on the show so you could explain what the dems have done to the black race for years just to get Votes. That is why Obama is in with no vetting. They did not want to give up their power base.
Erik Anderson says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:41 pm
You are absolutely right, Kevin. But It is more difficult for whites to be taken seriously or not considered racist when/if we make comments. That is why Hannity and others NEED to read your book. which I loved by the way. It does make it easier to make comments (which I plan to when the opportunity comes) when you know the truth.
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:46 pm
@Jim – The Dems won't drop the race card. It must be TAKEN, which is what my book does! http://www.amazon.com/BIG-Black-Lie-Learned-Democrat/dp/061530222X People will "get it," when they "get it!"
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:47 pm
@Ben – I blogged on McCain's 'miss' as well. This is why I wrote my book, seriously. Tired of white guys either missing it, or not having the guts to speak on it. The BIG Black Lie http://www.amazon.com/BIG-Black-Lie-Learned-Democrat/dp/061530222X
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:48 pm
@tgpow – If Hannity is a chicken, then he needs a WARRIOR who will fight for him. He declined me, which is why I called him out. I like the guy, but GROW a pair, and get the truth out there.
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:49 pm
@Kim – Race isn't going away, until we TAKE it away. Beck is having his issues NOW!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:50 pm
@Lebensfroh99 – Thanks, and we will see what happens! Not worrying about it to be honest. They will want me soon!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 3:25 pm
@erik – This is why I speak for you in my blog and my book!
James H says:
August 18, 2009 at 7:32 pm
"…and of course my contrived racism surrounding Gates’ attempt to use race to taint a police officer doing his job."
What?? You were called a racist? For telling the truth about Gates?
Sure says:
August 18, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Kevin Jackson!!
Write and produce a response video and prove your case on this! Dress up like you were invited to Fox, and sitting at his desk. Answer questions and address everything like you are talking to Hannity. Then put it on YouTube so everyone can watch it and pass it around.
Go on Hannity's show anyway!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 11:49 pm
@James – Hannity's producer said that I was race-baiting the Gates incident. The next day, everybody else decided I was right, including Hannity! But these guys don't get it, and as I explained in the blog they miss GOLDEN opportunities!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 18, 2009 at 11:51 pm
@Sure – Great idea! I'm beginning to doubt whether it's worth it. I'm doing ok without him. And frankly, if these folks don't start offering more faces, voices, and creativity, they may find themselves behind CNN soon.
Joe says:
August 19, 2009 at 7:50 am
There is so much history of the Democrat Party being in the lead of racism it isn't even funny. Trouble is, most of us white guys have failed to learn the facts and have never gotten past the underground railroad.
Virtus says:
August 19, 2009 at 10:48 am
Kevin, you don't need Hannity. Hannity and his people don't understand this issue or your perspective and think it is a hot potato. Your ideas a new to this national conversation. I'm following you and a few others that are the pioneers. You must speak, because whites who try to carry this issue will be dismissed as racists.
Hannity doesn't understand why conservativism need you! Yet.
James H says:
August 19, 2009 at 6:53 pm
He may have apologized but the fact that he said it was race-baiting tells me all I need to know.
Other than you, Kevin, and others like Rush, Ann Coulter, etc. I want to start seeing more conservatives with some guts. People to stand up to the left
Delmar McPherson says:
August 19, 2009 at 9:30 pm
The simple fact is America is not ready or capable to digest the truth.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve sat (or rather jumped up and down screaming) in front of my television as the truth would crowd its way into the interview, sashay around the room, and park itself cross-legged on the desk as the pundits sat shaking their heads or fists in confusion, indignation, or resignation before cutting to commercial.
It’s upsetting when those who need the lie sustain the lie, but it’s completely bewildering and infuriating when those who would benefit from exposing the lie sit idly by, distracted by political sleight-of-hand.
The rub comes in that our would-be liberators want to be distracted. In this current environment, the truth is certain political death; like diving empty-handed into a churning Bering Sea to rescue someone thrown overboard. It may be the right thing to do, but the odds are definitely against survival.
Since America is not ready or capable to digest the truth, why should the only people standing in the path of the lie try to force the issue? By all reasonable accounts, if you refuse to exercise power to resist or avert an evil, you must take proper credit for that evil.
In short, Hannity and others like him should step up or shut up, but sometimes indignation is more profitable than action, and after all, the truth is a very narrow way.
Elizabeth Rodriguez says:
August 20, 2009 at 5:25 am
I could not agree with you more. I also like Hannity, most of the time. I can't believe his producers who if are anything like the people that work on his radio show are just a bunch of college interns. America definitely needs black conservatives like you speaking "truth to power" as liberals like to say.You don't need to be a guest on FOX Kevin, you need your own damn show! Keep it up. I love your blog and link to it often on my site.
Big Dave says:
August 20, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Kevin,
Hannity is like all the rest of the TV types.. he doesn't know the real truths that would actually change the game, he just repeats the kind of principles that are kindergarten stuff for conservatives… he defends our side but refuses to take new ground.. I realize that nobody can know everything, but just the other day Rush Limbaugh ran down a long list of information that you've been talking about for years.. might have even gotten it from the Black Sphere blog, about Roosevelt and Wilson and the KKK and Democrat racism down through the years, about how Joe Kennedy was our ambassador to England but we had to give him the hook and bring him home because he was a loud HITLER supporter… Democrats are fascists, racists and haters of liberty… no friend of ANY group. let alone black people… Limbaugh did it right, the way YOU do it… Hannity is not the analyst or gamechanger that Limbaugh is, he's just a cheerleader…
You deserve to speak for yourself on his show… hope they invite you…
Smile says:
August 21, 2009 at 12:09 am
The missed opportunities are noticed frequently. Rather then having an answer, they squirm. I'd like to say we can do better then that…
You mention Beck. He should have you on! You'd be perfect.
Kevin, thanks for speaking of things and being brave enough to present the truth.
Personally, I'm going to start emailing Fox News, along with the various commentators…once a week or so…until they have you on!
Lets all do that! I'm going to prepare an extremely short note, save to file, and send the same little copy pasted note each week…easy!
principlex says:
August 21, 2009 at 9:28 am
Who is worse, the murderer or the guy who uses murder as a threat? The racist or the guy who uses racism as a threat? I'm clear who the racists really are.
In this country, racism is the ultimate divisive policy, the means to pit man against man, and we now have these evil men in the Administration using it for all it is worth. The other growing divisive policy is the hatred of businessmen. Tell me this is different from Hitler who did the same thing with the Jew and the businessmen and I will tell you that you are full of it.
principlex says:
August 21, 2009 at 9:44 am
The cure for this disease is not to engage in a direct battle against the Democrats. Rather it is to hold aloft the possibility that freedom of all people provides. Against this ideal, the large context, the Democrats, now the hard Left, will be seen for who they are.
Which would you rather have – an essentially apartheid country where men are divided by race or one where all are able to trade, to love, to interact freely with each other to produce and gain the things that have life worth living? This is the question.
Which would you rather have – being seen, classified and responded to as a member of one group or another or being treated as an individual with qualities, talents, and a character of your own? Would you rather be condemned because of your race or your ethnic group or would you rather have a chance in society because of who you have created yourself to be?
Robert Gordon says:
August 21, 2009 at 12:26 pm
The fact that Hannity won't let you on his show is proof of what the Republicans really think of you. You're only important to them as a token mouthpiece. You are a buffer for them and their ongoing white supremacy. When your county club friends say "the good ol' days" they do mean the days before they had to contend in their daily life with so many blacks and browns. How may times have you attended an event where your Republican "allies" asked you to pick up their coats or park their cars – before they realized "who" you were, of course. Talk to their kids about Mommy and Daddy's take on race. Since you're such a smarty-pants with your revisionist Republican history, remember this: Lincoln wanted to help Blacks – help em go back to Africa that is. So what did that mean for those Blacks in the "good ol' days" who had become fond of America? Feels like there would have been a little antagonism between the well-meaning Republicans of the time and the non-victimized Blacks they were trying to help, eh? Feels like a little white supremacy going on in this idea that Blacks might not make good citizens, I reckon. You're the bossman, little Kevin. Keep up the good work. PS – Kiss Armstrong Williams for me (yeah, look that up).
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:19 pm
@Virtus – I don't sweat Hannity, et al. My message will get out with or without them. Frankly, I think my team is 10X more innovative then most of them. We will MAKE our break, if that's God's will. We certainly will be ready when the time comes!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:21 pm
@James H – To be mentioned with Rush and Ann Coulter, well you made my day!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:23 pm
@Delmar – Great comment, and glad you agree with me on Hannity. I think they will get it soon enough. I hope to own the discourse by then.
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:24 pm
@Elizabeth – From your text to God's ears! We will see what happens soon!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:27 pm
@Big Dave – Thanks for the Rush clip. I will try to get it put on the site. I agree that Hannity covers "more of the same," but covers little new ground. When his ratings slip, he will try to get "fresh." I will be copyrighting all my stuff, so he can't pilfer!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:29 pm
@smile – Thanks for hitting Fox hard! I will keep everybody posted on the outcome.
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:31 pm
@principlex – Great comments! You certainly speak to conservative values!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 21, 2009 at 1:36 pm
@Robert Gordon – No matter how I am 'treated' by Hannity or whomever, you should know that (1) it would be 1Mx better than the Democrats, and (2) I don't rely on ANYBODY to do anything for me. If I never get on anybody's show, I will torment racist idiots like you, until the day I die.
You try to be clever in your depictions of Republicans, yet you forget that your party wanted me in shackles and doing their bidding. You gave me Lincoln's wish for me, yet you don't expand your monkey mind around the FACT that I ain't in Africa, Bitch!
Consider this a warning. I should really light into your sorry cross-burning, KKK-supporting, eugenicist ass, but I will let you off with a warning.
James H says:
August 21, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Robert Gordon, I had a lot to say but Kevin said it all. Try doing some reading on the history of the democrats and the KKK. You know why the Republicans split from the Democrats, right? And don't give me this crap about Lincoln and the slaves. I know how Lincoln thought about blacks. However a civil war was fought and slavery ended. Slavery is evil and what ever it took to end it was worth it.
Yeah, I know your kind, Robert. The kind who say, "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are black" Or "She sure is good looking. For a black woman"
Yeah, I am all too familiar with you people
Alyssa says:
August 23, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Very well said!! THANK YOU! NOTHING makes me more furious than when I am called a racist simply because I am a die-hard conservative. Not only does it make me furious, but it's also so confusing. If the left would look at the facts (which they don't seem to do) logically speaking I am pro-life because I DO believe in human rights: the rights of the unborn, black, white, men, women…all created equal! But what you describe above is what I've never been able to understand…so thanks so much for the clarity and I can't wait to get your book. When I look at a person, I truly do not see the color of their skin…I see the heart of their character. …And what seriously concerns me right now is the character displayed by so many on the left who CLAIM to care so much but feed us lies to cover their agendas for personal power (or whatever is at the heart of it, I can't figure out, but it is certainly not out of caring for the American people). It's sickening!
Keep up the great work, Kevin! Nothing is more important than the truth!
Kevin Jackson says:
August 24, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Alyssa – My book is all about you not allowing liberals to call you a racist! http://www.amazon.com/BIG-Black-Lie-Learned-Democrat/dp/061530222X Check it out! I think you will love it!
Brent says:
August 25, 2009 at 9:05 am
Good analysis but I think you were a little off the mark in this respect. You state that "Hannity, like most non-black Republicans, appears to be afraid to address the issue of racism and slavery"
I don't think it is so much fear as much as it is ignorance. Don't get me wrong. I like Hannity and he is good and useful for what he does and I am not saying he is stupid. I just don't think he knows the history well enough to make an intelligent argument with a person like Whoopi who will emotionally charge the debate instantly. I think it's information he is lacking.
Big Dave says:
August 25, 2009 at 4:22 pm
In addition to being a drooling racist, Robert Gordon appears to be a gay basher too.. and they say WE are the ones who have a grudge against gays… good grief, Robert, grow a soul…
"look it up"… look what up, Robert? speak plainly, we're too dumb to get these 'sophisticated' asides of yours… what are you saying about Armstrong Williams, Robert?
Grow a soul. Grow some morals and ethics. Be a man, Robert.
John Belt says:
August 28, 2009 at 3:00 am
I watch Hannity and catch his radio show now and again. I find him to be a right wing mouth piece myself. 'The left can do no good and the right can do no bad' kind of thing. Most of Fox is peopled by honest staright talking types, which is why you would be a good addition. Keep trying, Fox needs more thoughtful black commentators.
Mary Weinberger says:
September 12, 2009 at 9:50 pm
God Bless you, Kevin! I would love to see you get your own show on Fox — or for that matter — I think that they should throw out the useful idiots on MSNBC and put you in there 24/7 – then their ratings would definately improve – keep up the good fight
Best wishes
Mary Weinberger
Clinton Corners, NY
bondage says:
December 31, 2009 at 5:36 pm
If he goes on air we may start getting some good shows finally.
jj solari says:
December 31, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I’ve seen you speak on camera, and I know white people, especially white show people – which is what political commentators are. There ain’t a white guy on tv who would put you on a show with a pack of white right wingers because you would scare the shit out of them. One, you’re black, and white guys can’t be comfortable around black people especially if they are better at what the white people do. I mean, you cannot imagine. White people don’t see black people as individuals. Maybe one in ten thousand does. But black people see white people as individuals. They have to. They have to know immediately what kind of white person they are dealing with. And they all know within two seconds. Two, you’re a black guy who calls other black people names. White people on tv would not do this in a trillion years. Having you on a show with right-wing professional commentators would be suicide for the right wing professional commentators. They’d be awake all night going “What the hell is that bastard gonna say about black people tomorrow? Holy crap, how do I handle this?” They don’t need all that tension. Because they just aint that sure of themselves. And that’s another little problem. I notice you ain’t gut no fear. If you do it ain’t showin’. And you know what you’re talking about. Seems to me. That’s another thing these lifer-career-tv-opionaters would not be able to handle. Cause they’re a shakey on a LOT of issues.
Brant says:
January 4, 2010 at 4:54 pm
What kind of a piece of white trash or unmentionable black creature are you, JJ Solari? I know this: you’re extraordinarily stupid, and a racist prick (well, being stupid and being racist always walk hand in hand). Say, did you write the book ‘How to Make People Hate You and Make Sure You Have No Influence at All Over People In One Minute’? If not, you should.
jj solari says:
January 4, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Brant: I wrote “When Bikers Meet Humans.” I never read that other one but it sounds kinda bitchin. I’ll check it out. Thanks.
Jim Fraser says:
August 17, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I like Hannities show as well and also thought he dropped the ball when Whoopi made those comments.
My mother, a die hard conservative now 75 yrs old, was active in the civil rights movement. She gets furious when Democrats categorize Republicans as racists as they often do. She taught me at the earliest age I can remember to judge people by the content of their character. It is unfortunate Democrats do not live by this principal.
I thought the race card was on display in reporting the Tea Parties. What they were saying was so over the top and untrue it was pathetic. I was at an Orlando Tea Party in March when a black man named Lloyd Marcus sang. Everyone, and I mean everyone cheered for him, cause he was a good singer. And they categorize these people as racists. Yet the media never reported that, not even Fox News.
There is no doubt there is still racism in this country from all angles. I would tend to think it is truly a small percentage of people. It will not go away until we can get past the false labeling of people based on nothing.