THE HILDABEAST OPENS CAN OF WORMS SHE MAY NOT WANT

Yesterday in a speech commemorating Martin Luther King's birthday in a clear reference attempting to paint the GOP as slave owners the Hildabeast said that the House of Representatives was run like, "a plantation, and you know what I mean." This of course was a blatant attempt to play to the left wing base of the Democratic Party since she continues to try to position herself as a moderate to garner votes for a Presidential bid in 2008. Regardless of her political reason three things are crystal clear by her statement. One, her true liberal side will always find a way to shine forth. Second, she will say anything to anyone if she thinks it politically expedient and third, she has absolutely NO grasp of real history. To accuse the Republicans of being racist and bigots as is implied by her , "plantation, " statement is as far from the historical truth as one can be. It was a Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which though flawed in some of its exclusions gave Lincoln the ability to pave the way for the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. Remember that it was Democrats who ran on a pro-slavery platform against Lincoln in both of his elections! When civil rights legislation was before Congress during the Johnson administration during the early 60's, he could NOT get the Democratic majority to go along with the legislation and relied upon Republicans to get the bill passed. Though Bill Clinton had a token few African-Americans in his administration all were in relatively minor positions yet Republican George Bush has had TWO as Secretary of State and his father was the first to appoint an African-American as Chairman of The Joint Chiefs. The Democrats through tidbits here and there have actually attempted to keep African-Americans down in order to keep them as a voting block never really offering them programs that better their condition but just enough to keep most dependent on the government thus beholden to Democrats. So for the Hildabeast to attempt to accuse Republicans as racist and bigots is not only historically incorrect but proves that she needs to look in her own backyard, namely her party for this, "plantation, " that she makes reference to. The Hildabeast Watch continues.

Ken Taylor