For John, BLUF: Politics can bring out the worst in people. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Pejman Yousefzadeh talks "About Those Racist Attacks on Elaine Chao".
It started here, where someone commented that there was no context. That person (1) doesn't pay attention to the news and (2) didn't see the arrow, which lead here. Pejman said, in the shorter post:
"Once, it’s happenstance. Twice, it’s coincidence. The third time, it’s enemy action."The fuller discussion can be found here.
So who cares about some wacko making comments about the Honorable Elaine Chao, former US Secretary of Labor and wife of US Senator Mitch McConnell? Actually a number of people, including people I exchange EMails with. They find it disgusting. They believe it is hitting below the belt. They think that it was possibly a deliberate part of a Democrat Candidate's plan to unseat Senator McConnell. Frankly, that would be despicable, being both racist and part of the "war on women" (Democrat style). What is the line we are looking for here?
Have you no sense of decency?Back in 2011 Ms Kathy Groob, who made the slurs, was characterized this way:
Kathy Groob is a successful business executive with 30 years experience. She has served as a senior executive of a $178 million regional real estate development and construction services firm. Currently she is a partner at November Strategies political consulting firm, a co-founder of Emerge Kentucky, a recruitment and training program for Democratic women, and she is also the publisher of ElectWomen Magazine.That was in a posting at the website of Ms Gloria Feldt, titled "Breaking Barriers: Kentucky’s First Female African American Senator, Georgia Davis Powers".
Maybe it is just some minorities Ms Groob objects to, like ones married to Republicans. Maybe that association makes one an unworthy minority.
Someone I know commented on the fact that Ms Groob has taken down her web site with this comment:
Coward.Exactly.Don't just slur and run. Stand up, be counted, show us what you're made of, what you really believe.
One might hope, but these tip and run type attacks exist in politics. In this era they are especially distasteful when they are combined with the sanctimonious drivel of the Democrats on equality.
We need equality of opportunity in these United States. And we need a sense of decency in our dealings with others, and especially minorities, so they find the rest of us viewing them as just another valued fellow citizen.
Regards — Cliff
Decency....along with good character and integrity.....is largely dead replaced with "whatever works" or worse, "whatever" coupled with a full monty allegiance to "if it feels good, do it."
ReplyDeleteSome pundits and philosophers have occasionally made reference to the possibility that "hell" exists in this lifetime on earth. I think we are gaining proof of that theorem. Certainly, we are beginning to see evidence of it in America...or perhaps it is simply the unleashing of Satan's demons.