Here are some links that I found interesting:
Disturbingly racist cartoons of Condoleeza Rice
Hillary Clinton: A Southerner AND an Evangelical Christian
"Black Is Bigot" by Rich Lowry---interesting commentary on the growing number of African Americans that vote conservative. Good to read along with:
"Winning Values" by Rich Lowry--Democrats are wondering "what are values" and "how can we get them?" since the latest election
"Man of Faith, Man of the Hour" by Bob Jones--The people voted for their values in this election, and it showed.
Recent Quotes:
"When Achilles died, the Greeks were in trouble."
- Conservative activist and Bush ally Grover Norquist, predicting that Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's loss in South Dakota will make other Senate Democrats from "red states" less likely to oppose Bush policies.
"We have lost the ability to connect with people's value systems."
- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), on the inability of Democrats to attract the votes of churchgoers and others motivated by moral concerns.
"Autumn is the time of year that all the states turn red."
Late-night talk-show host David Letterman after the election.
"I just wanted to make sure I did this before I headed into the fight."
Marine Corporal Keith Arguelles, beaming and dripping wet after being baptized in a rubber dinghy filled with water in Iraq. About 35 marines gathered in a brick chapel for worship, prayer, and baptism as they prepared for the attack on Fallujah.
Quotes courtesy of WORLD Magazine, www.worldmag.com
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Don't be silly. You're taking Rush Limbaugh's arguement without any thought for the fact that the cartoonists who create these cartoons may be trying to say something else other than a comment on her Rice's race. No-one is claiming asserting that she's not an outstanding role model for self development and success through hard work. The cartoons are saying that she's giving in too easily to Bush's point of view, to his assertions, seemingly without questioning them. For a former lecturer from Stanford to take the party line as fully and clearly as Rice has done is outstanding - not because she's black but because people expected more depth from her than that which we've seen. It's because people are disappointed, not because they're racist.
The first cartoon in Limbaugh's page shows her as a lapdog - the race issue is immaterial.
It seems to me that RL has picked up on the race issue because it's an easy target. This says to me that he thinks there's something to exploit. Rather than addressing the real issue he targets an aspect of the Condoleeza Rice affair that isn't even mentioned by the mainstream and leftwing press. He's waylaying the arguement to create a false sense of controversy.
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