New AG Holder: When it comes to race, America is a “nation of cowards”
posted at 4:00 pm on February 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
So saith the first black Attorney General, appointed by the black president we cowardly Americans just elected — which, last time I checked, is one more than any European country’s ever elected — during a speech honoring America’s officially recognized Black History Month. The key bit comes about a minute in. There’s nothing shocking about this, unless it’s how pedestrian it is. It’s the same old nonsense about having an “honest” conversation on race, which typically means agreeing root and branch with the leftist position on any policy issue that touches that subject (e.g., illegal immigration) on penalty of being called a racist. The boss notes the irony of Holder uncorking this on a day when “civil rights leader” Al Sharpton is demagoging the hell out of the New York Post for an innocent cartoon, but there’s an irony even more sublime here: Obama himself did everything he could to avoid race during the campaign — aside from the occasional insinuation that McCain’s a bigot — until the Wright uproar forced his hand. He could have used his platform to push the issue front and center but he decided he’d rather get elected. Holder owes his job to that, ahem, cowardice.
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Oh please, can not we talk about anything other than race????????????????????????????????????????????????
foxone on February 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I knew a man, Objangles, and he danced for me
In worn out new deal shoes.
With short hair, a flashy shirt and fancy pants,
The old new deal soft shoe.
He tap danced so high, tap danced so high, then he lightly touched down.
I met him in a ward in Chicago, I was
So down and out.
He looked to be the Messiah of the age,
As he spoke right out.
He talked of hope, he talked of change.
But then he laughed and just clicked heels instead.
Mister Objangles
Mister Objangles
Mister Objangles
Dance!
MB4 on February 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
LMAO!
sabbott on February 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Republicans could assume some white guilt , doing a blood sacrifice of collin , specter and snow in a truly multicultural Muslim ritual.
And get it over with..
the_nile on February 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
His remark that we are no different than we were 50 years ago is so rubbish. Wonder if he can explain why we have every color in the rainbow at my church every Sunday? Oh, and did I mention that we are in the middle of Georgia??? But then again, we are just ignorant backwoods people who cling to our guns and religion so what do I know. I do know that there is only ONE race, the human race and all these differences are cultural.
Food for thought: “Leading evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould claimed, “Biological arguments for racism may have been common before 1859, but they increased by orders of magnitude following the acceptance of evolutionary theory.””
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/are-there-different-races
Centurion68 on February 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Irony is indignant.
This from the first black AG, in an Obama Admin. in the U.S., not so many years after MLK had a “dream”.
MLK’s dream wasn’t realized, the lefties hypocrisy was, and this idiot talks like this.
As I said during the run toward Nov. 04 – the One will do more to ruin racial relations in this country than most progress made in the last 30 years. It’s on.
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Can we maybe talk about “white history”? No, we cannot, and if you do, you are racist.
foxone on February 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I just wrote a piece about this a minute ago. If he wants someone to blame for race being a toxic issue — he should blame liberals.
jonezee on February 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM
No..they’re a downer, but it may backfire. They are getting away with sooo much bullshite, that it may go to their heads and start hanging the stink rag on everyone but themselves, and then people may just stop cutting them slack.
At least I hope so.
Itchee Dryback on February 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Holder can kiss my lily-white A$$!!!!
OmahaConservative on February 18, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Mr Atty General,
When it comes to race, the rap industry is full of “race-pimps”, who call each other by the “n” word on a minute-by-minute basis, yet run crying to their lawyers when someone even dares to say “why do you say that?”.
So let’s just re-think this, shall we?
Plenty of non-black people, down through the ages, have helped to advance the notion that “all men are created equal”. Yet they are forgotten as quickly as yesterday’s fish-wrap. Why?
Talismen on February 18, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Can we maybe talk about “white history”? No, we cannot, and if you do, you are racist.
foxone on February 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Au contraire, we can talk about it plenty.
Greeks and Romans enslaved blacks, then Jesus was born, more blacks were enslaved, the GOP was created as a party for racists and today all whites are evil.
The End.
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Chuck Schick:
It took a second, but then I laughed out loud. That was great.
kfisch on February 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Here ya go Holder….
http://qubetv.tv/photos/detail/73810
(bottom post)
Find and prosecute the people at the theobamaforum…that is, unless you agree with these kind of tactics?
True cowards!
christene on February 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Well, he is right that we are nation of cowards about race. We should be challenging the 1960′s nostalgia buffs who claim that race is such an important topic in America.
thuja on February 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM
And for the first time in her life Michelle Obama could finally be proud of her country. So steps in Eric Holder- Americans you should be ashamed of yourselves, and your Country you have nothing to be proud of you are a bunch of Cowards (Socialism 101) break down the Country’s moral- Think the opposite of what Reagan did, apparently the Obama administration is the anti Reagan.
This is from the Top Cop in the Land, this a blanket superficial, generalized criticism of the American Public it cuts a wide swath. I am a proud American, proud of the American People, and the Country. I don’t care what gender, color or creed they are. Eric Holder thinks he is some kind of oracle then on race relations? Don’t feel good about yourselves just because you elected the first bi racial President. Don’t you dare feel good about yourselves you-Cowards. This is going to be a long 4 years but there is a segment of our American Population, that deserves this, they voted them in.
Dr Evil on February 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Oh I feel another bailout coming on!!!!
Brat4life on February 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Benign neglect of the topic is better to quote the late Senator Patrick Moynihan. It’s not cowardly to avoid an emotionally charged argument in a nation of such exquisitely honed victim hood and special pleading. Better to muddle along and try to make progress as Americans one by one. This is not cowardice it is a civil virtue.
Mason on February 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I literally stood and saluted my computer!!!
Thank you!
fumpbump on February 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
No surprise, since you can lose your job for bringing it up, have your home terrorized, and be brought up on “hate speech” charges for publicly mentioning the verboten from the PC Blacklist.
Coward. There goes our nation’s Attorney General name calling whitey “coward” for not referencing Negro (hung up against speaking French) instead of Black or the hyphenated identity crisis mentality African-American.
maverick muse on February 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Take your complaints to your new boss, Eric. He’s the one who spent 20 years segregated in a “church” which preached a “Black Value System”.
Oops, confronting Barack about his racist activities would require “courage” on your part. Never mind.
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
We have BET, just try to start WET and see what happens.
ouldbollix on February 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Oh I feel another bailout coming on!!!!
Brat4life on February 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Reparations I, II and III.
You can almost smell the stimulants.
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
I lived for quite a while in a country where, because of personal characteristics I can’t change, I was subject to ignorant, derogatory comments, deliberate rudeness, social isolation, etc.
Know what? I’m far from being “Mr. Personality”, but I overcame their fear with humor, self-deprecation, and patience. They never stopped me from achieving what I wanted to achieve. I’m pretty hard to convince that other people can’t get the same results, if they try. Blaming others for your failures is an easy escape from having to take responsibility.
Fools like Holder think they can capitalize on weak individuals who don’t want to take responsibility for themselves. They’re probably right, but it’s sad. Losers who sit around feeling sorry for themselves because they’re “discriminated” against need to get out more.
mr.blacksheep on February 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM
“Me-me-me-me-me” Holder’s warm-up vocalise.
maverick muse on February 18, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Obama will fix our race issues the same way he will fix our economic issues.
TheSitRep on February 18, 2009 at 4:53 PM
I agree..I was kinda trying to make a bad funny by expressing my thoughts and somehow working in “hanging”..”monkey-pile”..”Jig”..and “spook”.
I’m ashamed of myself. Very very ashamed.
Itchee Dryback on February 18, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Holder can kiss my Scottish/German/Cherokee/American A$$.
What, do I have to have a family of Blacks, Chinese, Mexicans move in to my place to not be labeled a racist?
Whatever. I’ve been called much worse.
Geronimo on February 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I can’t wait for Michelle/Barack Obama’s take on Holder’s view. They should be questioned about it.
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
So says our Affirmative Action Attorney General.
rockmom on February 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
The term “African-American” is a segregating issue unto itself! I am not a “Irish-American!” I am an AMERICAN! I know one true African-American, and she is WHITE. She was born in Morroco and has dual citizenship.
The race issue is so bad that our local news was asking for assistance to help to locate a suspect in a murder. They refuse to tell the race of the suspect! That would be politically incorrect! How the hell am I supposed to know if I am looking at a wanted person when I am not allowed to know one of the most obvious identifiers of how he looks?
fumpbump on February 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Hate, Holder’s Hang-up. Chip on shoulder self loathing.
Get over yourself the same as you demand/request of others!
maverick muse on February 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
I’m sickened by speeches like this. Holder says we won’t stop being racist until “black history” becomes mandatory curriculum in all public school systems.
What the hell? Isn’t that racist in itself?
Ugggghhhhh.
Vincenzo on February 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Yeah I guess all those RNC members were real cowards when they voted for Michael Steele too.
I guess Art Rooney was a real coward when he hired Mike Tomlin. And Danny Ainge when he hired Doc Rivers.
rockmom on February 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Selling us off to foreign bankers with the requirement that we buy back ourselves with compound interest?
maverick muse on February 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Business for Sale, leaving the country, call 860.997.3621
foxone on February 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
rockmom on February 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
They must have voted/hired them for tokens the racist bastards!!!
fumpbump on February 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Sickening but, as you say, not surprising. We’ve been hearing these toxic adolescent fallacies and national slanders from the Left since the 60s — how America is repressed, uptight, cowardly, backward about all matters of race and sex. If we could only talk “openly”, have a “true dialogue!” They want nothing of the sort. We remember Obama’s Phiadelphia speech trumpeted as intending to open a “national conversation” about race; in reality it was a political 911 call. No “conversation” ever ensued. The speech was intended to end any possibility of conversation. It worked.
rrpjr on February 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Perhaps Eric Holder wasn’t paying attention during Barack Obama’s campaign and thus failed to notice the tenets of Trinity United Church of Christ under the tutelage of Jeremiah Wright. Just in case he missed it:
“We are a congregation which is unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian,” says the Trinity United Church of Christ’s website in Chicago. “We are an African people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.”
That’s just the beginning. The church has a “non-negotiable commitment to Africa,” according to its website, and its pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. subscribes to what is called the Black Value System.
While the Black Value System includes such items as commitment to God, education, and self-discipline, it refers to “our racist competitive society” and includes the disavowal of the pursuit of “middle-classness” and a pledge of allegiance to “all black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System.” It defines “middle-classness” as a way for American society to “snare” blacks rather than “killing them off directly” or “placing them in concentration camps,” just as the country structures “an economic environment that induces captive youth to fill the jails and prisons.”
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Race is like a box of chocolates.
maverick muse on February 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The only race that matters is the human race. That is of course, if you do not count the Daytona 500.
Johan Klaus on February 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Holder’s stuck on stupid is as stupid does.
maverick muse on February 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
I believe that most people who voted for Obama were afraid not to. The word “racist” has a lot of power, and the people who voted for Obama because they were afraid are cowards. So he has a point.
afotia on February 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
OMG!!! How did this turn into a NASCAR thread?!?!
fumpbump on February 18, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I get the feeling that folks like this not only want racism to persist as an issue in this country, but they also need it to persist. Otherwise, they lose their power.
Erik Doombolt on February 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I’m ashamed of myself. Very very ashamed.
Itchee Dryback on February 18, 2009 at 4:53 PM
That’s funny. See? I’m so disinterested in those terms or racial discussions that it doesn’t even register. lol
I may be wrong, though. At the moment people seem fine where I live, however if guys like Holder and BO can’t get it right things could rapidly deteriorate. There truly is a lot of anger simmering beneath the surface. People are simply tired of this crap. The last thing we need are public officials stirring the pot for political purposes. I’m not optimistic. Four years is a long time, and BO is first and foremost a community agitator. He’s already shown that those are his roots and that he isn’t presidential material.
/fingers crossed ;)
Cody1991 on February 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I can actually see that B Hussein O’s administration is going to set race relations back sixty years…
OmahaConservative on February 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Hilarious. Another 3/4 white guy who calls himself black and has risen to the top of his field only because of that self-declared racial identity talking smack about race.
It plays like parody. Holder – you are a douche.
Jaibones on February 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM
oh the joy…four years of self-loathing begins
Erich66 on February 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
uhhh…are they going to pass a law now that mandates you have to hang out with someone of a different race on the weekends? Seems like from his comments that’s where he was heading…apparently we’re not any different than we were 50 years ago when it comes to race relations on the weekend.
AmericanUnderground on February 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Obama did everything he could to avoid race during the campaign? Whaaaaaaaaaaat? He played race like a fine fiddle, using it to his advantage at every turn, if not directly, then through his surrogates. Granted, he used it smartly, but he used it just the same. AG Holder is right. How long are we going to continue to dance around issues such as race, tiptoeing through the tulips of bigotry. The more we talk, the more we see our own foibles, the more we laugh at the absurdity of our prejudices, the sooner the issues become non-issues. Good for Holder for talking truth.
Halli Casser-Jayne
http://www.thecjpoliticalreport.com
The CJ Political Report on February 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Is the justice department going to do an indepth analysis of black on white crime? If he wants to start a dialog about race that might be a good place to start.
DFCtomm on February 18, 2009 at 5:09 PM
His remark that we are no different than we were 50 years ago is so rubbish. Wonder if he can explain why we have every color in the rainbow at my church every Sunday? Oh, and did I mention that we are in the middle of Georgia???
College Prof on February 18, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I have a cat that is both black and white and his siblings are stripes…I hang out with them on the weekends so I think I’ll be OK
AmericanUnderground on February 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Portrait of an insufferable jackass:
When [Ricky Holder] arrived at Columbia in 1969 as a boyish-looking freshman, he was recruited by upperclassmen to help take over the R.O.T.C. office. Armed with pillowcases and sheets, he joined several dozen students and christened the office as a student center named for Malcolm X.
Steven Sims, a close college friend, said, “It was very galvanizing because, for many of us, it allowed us to further develop and embrace our black consciousness.”
In school, Mr. Holder said, he chose to major in American history as a means to explore his own heritage and to use as a prism through which to examine current events.
Longing to escape the elite world at Columbia, he spent Saturdays taking underprivileged teenagers around New York City. He tried to expose the poor and predominantly black children living near campus to the cosmopolitan richness that had informed his own worldview.
“It just seemed incumbent on me, and many of us, that as students of color, we had to be engaged in this community of color that surrounded our campus,” he said.
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Yes, indeedy. You got that right.
But don’t be so foolish as to think that Holder is not one of The Surrogates.
Remember, the campaign is not over.
misslizzi on February 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM
You keep saying our. Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
Johan Klaus on February 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM
I did not know this about him:
Here’s a nugget from a very interesting article:
Brat on February 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM
oh the joy…four years of self-loathing begins
Erich66 on February 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
No way. I view this presidency as a liberating event for whites, and I have no compunction about speaking my mind now.
The game is up for the race peddlers. They will try. It’s a very profitable business. BO can step up to the plate and prove that he’s different, but I would be
very surprisedshocked if he does. If he doesn’t he will prove himself to be precisely what many expected.There’s no need for whites to engage in this ridiculous self-flagellation any longer.
Cody1991 on February 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Is it just me, or does Eric Holder look like a living, breathing, Simpson’s caricature?
anniekc on February 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM
We have BET, just try to start WET and see what happens.
ouldbollix on February 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Umm isnt WET the channel you pay an extra 9.95 for at the motel6? LOL sorry couldnt resist
Kevin43 on February 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Cowards indeed. “When White does what’s Right”, or is that spelled Wright? The cowards are the one who won’t call out the race mongers on this crap.
Laura in Maryland on February 18, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Umm…is this what the Democrats had in mind when they spoke of Repairing America’s Image Abroad? So far they have told the world that our economic system is in total ruin, we must adopt Socialism as our new governing political system, we have approved funding for abortion worldwide, we’ve groveled before the Arabs and now the Attorney General of the United States says that not only are American’s Racists (implied) but they are also cowards!
I’ll bet the world is impressed! I also bet they won’t be messing with our junk soon!
sabbott on February 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Yes, reverse racism we can believe in….
DL13 on February 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
A good start would’ve been for Eric Holder to explain why Obama spent 20 years as a member of a racist group, and still got elected…
Karmi on February 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Holder’s right.
Minorities (for the time being), i.e. Blacks, Hispanics, et. al. still look at themselves the way they did 50 years ago.
It is the Majority (for the time being) i.e. Caucasians who look at the Minorities as ….people. Not Black, not White, not Hispanic. Just people. In this case, US Citizens.
PappaMac on February 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
In related news the Obama Administration announced the “Fairness and Racial Sensitivity Act” of 2009. It will implement mandatory nation wide “sensitivity training” for those deemed insensitive. The training will be carried out at large camps in remote areas…
bitsy on February 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Bingo.
I’m convinced that if the Clintons would’ve called out the Obama campaign/surrogates on their race card tactics during Hillary’s campaign, we wouldn’t be in the mess we are today (just in a different one).
misslizzi on February 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM
The last remaining Angry White Men complaining about race… I am definitely going to need more popcorn.
benny shakar on February 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Cowards? Oh come one, Mr. Holder. So what do you want me to do, go up to some random black guy and talk about race? I can see it now: “Hi Mr. Black Man, I notice your hair is kinkier than mine. I suspect it has to do with your race. I’m so happy I could share!”
Puhleeze, maybe a lot of us don’t talk about race because we don’t have anything worth saying most of the time.
NorthernCross on February 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Great…The Civil Rights Industry now has office space at 1600 Pennsylvania ave. Let the shake-downs begin. The race issue will never be discussed because the left has a vested interest in keeping the fires going. This is truly disgusting, and quite transparent.
M-14 2go on February 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Gawd, you are such a loser. Don’t choke on that popcorn though. Heh Heh.
Buy Danish on February 18, 2009 at 5:47 PM
If you really give a $hit about race, then stop stacking the deck with affirmitive action, welfare, etc, and challenge blacks to step up and take responsibility for themselves and their culture.
Blacks are at the bottom of every standard of educational, cultural, and economic achievement. Drugs, rap, unwed mothers, gangs, crime, illiteracy, etc. are highest among blacks.
Quit crying about whitie and focus where the real problem is: The black culture of victimization.
saiga on February 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM
He says that we as average people “simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial”.
Gee, I wonder why? Could it be that racial demagogues like this guy, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have created an environment so charged with racial greivance that white people tip-toe around any sort of racial topic so carefully so as not to offend.
Sad that he accuses people of being cowards, when their avoidance of honestly discussing racial issues is a direct result of the brow beating that these demagogues administer to anyone who veers ever so slightly from his idea of what is racially appropriate.
Scrappy on February 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Right, that’s what we need — more talk about race. We don’t hear enough about blacks’ never-ending grievances from organizations like NAACP and PUSH, or Hispanics’ never-ending claims of entitlement from organizations like La Raza. We need to focus on more racial grievances, real and imagined, because that’s what we’ve been lacking in recent years, right Holder?
We’ve talked about race to the point where a gang of black high-school thugs can lie in wait for a lone white kid, kick and stomp that white kid into unconsciousness, and then the black thugs are paraded on stages, showered with money, and hailed as heroes by the black community. We’ve talked about race to the point where a sleazy, drug-addled, delusional black stripper/prostitute can falsely accuse three white college kids of a violent gang rape, and a white liberal prosecutor arrests and charges the three white guys, despite a mountain of irrefutable evidence clearly demonstrating their innocence, and the black stripper/prostitute not only is not prosecuted for filing false charges, but gets a book deal and is held up by the black community as a “victim” of privileged white aggressors. We’ve talked about race to the point of insanity. It’s time to STOP talking about race and start trying to bring some sanity — or at least fairness — back to this country.
AZCoyote on February 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Your $13 extra dollars a week is in the mail, chump. No need to pull the double at Arby’s anymore.
Chuck Schick on February 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
It’s sad and rediculous at the same time. These victim pimps need to look into the mirror to see who the true perpitrators are.
When you tell someone they are a victim long enough, they begin to believe it.
The true victims are the tax paying public that is forced to slop the public trough to keep millions of black freeloaders at the trough because they are not expected to work.
What the heck do you expect? What is needed is tough love, not a free check. Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder can see that. The race problem is upside down. Too many are like 40 year old teenagers strill living off mom and dad, except mom and dad are you and me.
saiga on February 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM
The answers to those questions will be that it is your fault. You are to blame for all of that you coward!!
Can’t talk about race OR monkeys. Probably no one but Al S thought about race when viewing that cartoon. It was just a chimp. But he still brings up that old monkey = black man crap. It will go on forever because it is profitable. Almost all the old racial/ethnic slurs are gone but not these because the leaders will not let them go as they may then become irrelevant. Racism, its all they got.
mph on February 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
PUH-LEASE stop double posting your website. If any of us were interested in what you have to say, we would have clicked on your name to see what else you had to offer.
Califemme on February 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Getting called a “coward” by a crook. I welcome a open and PUBLIC discussion on race and racism. But it won’t happen. Just ask Don Imus. He, wrongfully called a basketball team “nappy headed ho’s” and lost his job. Jesse Jackson called every “African American” in the country the “n” word and threatened to nueter Obama, and got away with it clear and free.
Yes, by all means, let’s have a open, public, and intelligent conversation on race in America. But I think our AG will show up unarmed.
Hog Wild on February 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Coming soon…racial quotas in social gatherings and affirmative action friendships.
Disturb the Universe on February 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Lets not kid ourselves. Racism is nothing more than an excuse for poor performance. Holder knows that. This country has spent billions and tried everything to drag welfare blacks out of a the stupor they remain in.
Nothing has worked and nothing will work until achiever blacks turn their attention inward and force them off their useless butts.
Tough love, baby.
saiga on February 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Hey Eric! I’ve got your ‘discussion’. Why don’t you just shut the fuck up, go back to your office and pardon someone.
GarandFan on February 18, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Do you think working for the draftdodger Clinton gave him some special ability to spot a coward when he happens to see one? just asking.
nukeemnow on February 18, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Holder’s speech is just the warm-up for the next reparations grab and that is the redistribution of our wealth to people who can’t nor ever had a chance to pay their mortages. Obama talked about it today in Mesa. He’s out there campaigning to take your wealth and it’s all about how angry he is at the real America. Joe the Plumber was right. You don’t have to be a Harvard graduate to figure it out.
BetseyRoss on February 18, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Oh no!
They just shot Chimpy McBush up in Connecticut!
Time to call Al Sharpton…
TexasJew on February 18, 2009 at 6:12 PM
The truth is that the very best thing that could happen to black people is to have the black culture vanish, and have them assimilate into the white culture.
That would be true world wide because the last time I looked, Blacks are in relatively sad shape world wide, especially where they are in charge.
If you noticed, the blacks that are respected the most by all races of the public at large are the ones that shed that perpetual victim mantra.
saiga on February 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM
how outrageous.
and this guy is the head legal guy of our country.
BO is sure delivering sooome change.
jimmer on February 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I got a race for Holder to join: the human race.
Captain America on February 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Where are all the Beltway Conservative Pundits who said that this was going to be a “Moderate” Administration?
Imagine if this was a White Attorney General who said just the opposite?
What a jerk. Oy Vey.
kingsjester on February 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Look at the $hit this Obama guy as stirred up in only 1 month. I have spoken to some people that are really mad, and others that are really worried. The people that are not either mad or worried must be really stupid.
It will be interesting moving forward. I’m not sure the achievers and producers of this county will tollerate an endless drumbeat of this kind of hopeless change.
He seems smart enough, lets hope he settles down and learns about who it is that makes this country work and what works for them.
saiga on February 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Holder wasn’t speaking to me…he was talking to the ‘Cowards’ of the Black Congressional Caucus and Affirmative Action participates…oh, and the ACLU. Holder is right, they’re a racist bunch of cowards.
TN Mom on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
I wish all the courageous patriots that now lie in Arlington Cemetery could rise to live for another 24 hours and appear en masse at Holder’s office. This is one of the most ridiculous statements ever made by an American government official. It is also an affront to the families the patriots left behind. And if Holder is trying to use the term coward in terms of bullying people, slavery ended in 1865. How long do whites have to atone for slavery. Another 1000 years?
technopeasant on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
He calls for a “frank” conversation but will call for hate crimes prosecution when he doesn’t like what he hears.
Disturb the Universe on February 18, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Is this just your personal feeling, or are you signaling the beginning of new prosecutions under US Code?
Are you announcing a new test for our freedoms of assembly? A gathering of blacks will be illegal if there are not enough whites present? Or vice versa?
So from your perspective, it was a nation of cowards that fought the civil war? It was a nation of cowards that rejoiced over the emancipation proclamation? It was a nation of cowards who went to Selma and Montgomery? It was a nation of cowards (mostly Republicans, as I recall) who passed civil rights legislation? It was a nation of cowards who elected a black president and let a black terrorist-pardoner be AG?
Eric, I think you didn’t get the memo: we are now living in the post-racial world that your boss promised us. If you didn’t get a copy of the memo, I can forward a copy to you.
ElRonaldo on February 18, 2009 at 6:28 PM
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