Kanya West was only partially correct -
Not only does President Bush not like Black folks, officially
add to that list of haters - the top 4 of the 10 GOPers seeking
the Oval Office.
Fred Thompson, former Big Apple Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, former governor Mitt Romney, and Sen. John McCain,
each cited scheduling issues as the reason for their absence.
I'm not basing that
on their words, I'm determining this because of their deeds
and their actions. In
snubbing the minority debate, they've hammered home the point:
the Black citizen is irrelevant to the GOP political hopes
and aspirations. We simply do not matter.
From this point on,
I don't want to hear another damn thing about how this is
a "new," "different" and "compassionate" Republican
Party, because clearly it's not; it's the same old Klansmen,
dressed up in a suit and tie, with an East coast accent and
an Ivy league education. It don't mean jack.
My late Uncle Herman,
a ground crew-chief for Tuskegee Airman in WWII, the big
one baby, often told me "if
it walks like a cracker, talks like a good ole' boy and smells
like an ole' fashion bigot, then by God nephew, it's a Redneck...
With that thought in mind, this premeditated,
calculated slighting of the Black electorate is a back-handed
slap in the face of Black America.
I'm burning my incense praying to Buddha,
God, Allah, Jehovah and the God father - James Brown, begging
this slighting of a entire people sends a hard hitting message
to Black folk, hopefully serving as a early morning wake-your-ass-up-call
to a those of us who weren't exactly clear about how the Republican
Party establishment views Afro Americans: They don't
like us.
I'm aware this is an
inconvenient truth, but nevertheless, it's the ice-cold Vulcan
truth. Obviously,
we don't matter.
On top of it all, it's acceptable to spit
in our eye...
The average white guy/voter/GOP
contributor doesn't like Black folks. The everyday Fred and
Barney have
a litmus test; Barry Bonds, Mike Vick, OJ. They admonish and
attack any one who attempts to honestly rationalize and analyze
these men and their predicaments. I
can't imagine, after this flipping of the middle finger to
black people in general, there being any opposition to the
GOP being granted official status of Angry White Male Party.
These top 4 candidates calculated this
was not an opportunity. Indeed, it was not worth their time
and effort to sit for an hour on what they believed would be
the hotseat and let a bunch of angry Black folks ridicule them.
They would loose little, if nothing, by not showing up.
And let's not ignore
the fact that these 4 represent the vast majority of the
Right. Of the 6 who showed
up, their campaign offices are so quiet in the middle of the
day, you can hear a rat piss on cotton. Any
overture to the room full of darkies would be viewed by the
core constituents of the Republican Party - the Archie Bunker
rank and file - as "nigger" loving, ass kissin' traitors.
The 6 Elephants who
strode into hostile territory at Morgan State, who had, if
nothing else, either
the brains or testicles to show up, will pay the political
price. The majority of the Republican constituency was happy
to ignore the "niggers" debate; they silently, but
surely approved of this unspoken boycott.
But let's step-out of the kitchen, where
emotions run hot, and sit down at the Big folks table - Rudy
and the rest have no game plan to entice and lure Black or
Latino folks into their camp because we are the enemy. We are
the opposition who they are containing, constricting, incarcerating,
mis-educating, pimping and exploiting. They've nothing good
to say to Black and Brown folk. End of story - almost.
The big 4 who failed
to show are the exclusive mouthpieces for the Thurston Howell
III (Gilligan's Island) "aristocratic" (small "a")
ruling wing of the GOP, who have no respect for those of us
who hold FDR's New Deal, LBJ's Great Society and King's Civil
rights gains as the foundation formed from our parents' hard
fight for "New America."
These are the Fatcats
who aren't happy merely turning back the hands of time, they
want to rip the
damn clock off the wall and resurrect Ronald "666" Ray-Gun.
So, if there was ever
any doubt about how "The
Right" really feels about us, that doubt should be laid
to rest, right here, and right now.
Desi Cortez is a freelance
writer and Radio Talk show Host/KNRC 1150 Denver. He resides
in Denver, Colorado. Click
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