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U.S. Attorney General Says You're a Coward

TexasBred

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Eric Holder Calls US a 'Nation of Cowards'
By Tommy Christopher
Feb 19th 2009 12:01AM
Filed Under:eDemocrats, Barack Obama, Race, Obama Administration


U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is causing quite a ruckus on the interweb tonight for remarks that he made to his justice department employees:
"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards," Holder said. "We, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

And Phil Gramn was crucified for calling some Americans "whiners".
 

TSR

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Kinda makes me wonder if Obama is going to have to ok speeches his cabinet members make. Imo Mr. Holder better be careful, how many A Generals did the last administration go through? History can/does repeat itself.
 

Mike

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Just think about what Holder said.

He charges that a nation of cowards just elected a black president.

I can see it. :lol:
 

Sandhusker

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I'm sick of the racial hypocracy from the liberals. You're not supposed to consider race in hiring, but then we have equal opportunity. Obama belongs to a racist group, and he's the great race mender. Race isn't supposed to matter, we're all supposed to be colorblind - but we've got to talk about race more. Geeeeeeze
 

Texan

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Sandhusker said:
I'm sick of the racial hypocracy from the liberals. You're not supposed to consider race in hiring, but then we have equal opportunity. Obama belongs to a racist group, and he's the great race mender. Race isn't supposed to matter, we're all supposed to be colorblind - but we've got to talk about race more. Geeeeeeze
I really don't think we're actually supposed to talk about it more - as in an exchange of communication. When some blacks and elitist white liberals say that we need to "talk about race more," what they really mean is that THEY want to talk about it, but YOU are supposed to shut up and listen.
 

Texan

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In the one instance where Holder is willing to be specific, we learn that his real complaint is not the absence of candid discussion, but rather the articulation of positions he doesn't like.


Who is the coward?
Power Line ^ | February 19, 2009 | Paul Mirengoff

Attorney General Holder has called America "a nation of cowards" when it comes to "things racial." According to Holder, "average Americans" are afraid to "talk enough with each other about race."

By using the word "cowards," Holder has gotten himself some attention, at least for today. That's ironic because his (long-winded speech) is 99 percent content free.

To add to the irony, in the one place where Holder introduces a little content, he demonstrates that he has no interest in genuine dialogue, and reveals himself to be a "coward" on "things racial."

Here is Holder on the crucial issue of "affirmative action" (a coward's name for race-based preferences):

There can, for instance, be very legitimate debate about the question of affirmative action. This debate can, and should, be nuanced, principled and spirited. But the conversation that we now engage in as a nation on this and other racial subjects is too often simplistic and left to those on the extremes who are not hesitant to use these issues to advance nothing more than their own, narrow self interest.

So in one breath, Holder calls for a frank discussion of race, rather than the normal polite talk that evades tough issues; in the next breath, he attempts to rule out of the debate positions that he finds "extreme" while demonizing those who hold them. In the one instance where Holder is willing to be specific, we learn that his real complaint is not the absence of candid discussion, but rather the articulation of positions he doesn't like.

We have plenty of problems as a nation. I doubt that insufficient discussion of race is one of them. But if it is, Holder's mindset is part of the problem, not part of the solution.



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