It says that skin color was the most important thing to most of them. That’s what it says.

When skin color is the most important thing about a person, we call that….?

Realistically, I suspect black politicians get a lot more slack, for several reasons.

First, people are leery of being accused of racism (hard to believe, I know, but sometimes people make such accusations). The transgressions have to be especially egregious to overcome that risk.

Second, and related to the first reason, going after a black malefactor is a great way to get Sharptoned. Even if you’re right, and you win the legal battle, you lose the PR one.

Third, black politicians commonly get re-elected regardless of what they’ve done (hello, Marion Berry!), and so launching an ethics probe against a black politico probably equates to generating a political enemy for life. It’s a lower rent version of “if you strike the king, you’d better kill the king.” The chances of, e.g., Rangel or Waters actually getting the boot are zero. The day after the hearings, and the mild admonishment they’ll like receive, you’ll need their cooperation in Congress. Good luck.

Fourth, there’s the soft bigotry of low expectations. In candor, it is sad but true that because of the reasons cited above, people – white and black alike, I suspect – pretty much expect a substantial level of malfeasance from a black politician, just as they do from a machine one.

I suspect that all of these factors together contribute to a perception of invulnerability that promotes progressively higher levels of misconduct.

My wife is oriental. I’ve got several hispanic in-laws. And two of my grandsons are black. A family reunion looks a little like a meeting of the UN. So take your accusations of racism and shove ’em where the sun don’t shine!

There may indeed be other congressmen just as guilty who haven’t made it to the table because they cover their tracks better, or even, as suggested, because they have that little more forgiveness by their colleagues because they are white.

This will come as great news to Duke Cunningham.

Chicago bomb technicians exploded a grenade found hanging from a light pole in Lincoln Park this morning, said police news affairs. // Officials weren’t originally sure if the grenade, which was hanging from a pole on the 1900 block of North Clifton Avenue // At 8:20 a.m. the Bomb and Arson Unit detonated the apparent grenade

the south americans have been using grenades… there are also caches…and los zetas have been paying for new recruits, sending them to mexico for insurgency training.

unlike germany, there is nothing to prevent other external states from trying to take advantage of the situation, the progressives left out the baking soda… and have imagined being friends with people using them

Sounds like a perfect opportunity for someone to get information that would allow for investigation of Congressional members of the “other” color. If these anonymous CBC members know someone who _should_ be investigated, but aren’t – due to color or any other cause – why are they keeping mum about it? If they _don’t_ know any non-black members who _should_ be investigated, then they should keep their mouths shut…

In other words…they should put up or shut up.

I sometimes think that the Dems welcome congressmen with “problems” so that they can hold their secrets over them to keep them quiet – why are these CBC members anonymous? They should be shouting from the rooftops if there are equally guilty members who are getting a pass.