From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: A fine opporitunity for flaming liberal flameage
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Date: 15 Aug 92 11:34:26 PST
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In article <Bt0KD1.4D7@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tbuckley@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Tim Buckley) writes:
> In article <mykes.0c62@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
> >In article <1992Aug10.223843.4155@lsil.com> mitch@lsil.com (Mitch Sako) writes:
> >> In article 0c0t@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG, mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
> >> >In article <BsKDB7.GB5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tbuckley@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Tim Buckley) writes:
> >> >> >In article 28272@cs.rose-hulman.edu, pearsodc@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (D) writes:
> >> >> >How about all the attention paid to David DuKKKe?  The chief spokesman for
> >> >> >conservative causes was given plenty of coverage, virtually all of it
> >> >> >unbiased and even-handed.
> >> >> This statement is particularly amazing.  All conservatives I know think
> >> >> Duke is a racist.  He got few votes running against a real conservative
> >> >> (Pat Buchanan).  I also doubt that it was unbiased but I'm not sure how
> >> >> to tell because any article mentioning (as many or more likely most did)
> >> >> his KKK background could be construed as factual or biased.
> >> >I think Duke is a racist, too.  His message was clearly designed to appeal
> >> >to the far right wing - smaller govt., less interference in business, etc.
> >> >And he chose to run as a republican.  Given a less checkered background
> >> >and being not-a-racist, he could have gone far.  But he is a racist, and
> >> >everyone knows it and nobody gave him any support - except for those who
> >> >voted against the criminals in the dem party in La. who he ran against.
> >>
> >> The point I was trying to make is that conservatives are not particularly
> >> known for condemning racism.
> >
> >That's a sweeping and false statement.  Bush fired two of his campaign people
> >in 1988 for racist comments.  Bush hired a MINORITY WOMAN (double whammy) to
> >be Surgeon General, a woman to be Secy. of Education (Liz Dole), and a black
> >man to be Secy. oF Health & Human Services (Louis Sullivan).  Dole was Secy.
> >of Education under Reagan, too.  Bush went as far as he could to throw support
> >against Duke without actually supporting the crook who was running as democrat.
> >
> >I am as conservative as you will find, and I condemn racism.  Big time.
>

I forgot to mention Colin Powell and Clarence Thomas and Margaret Tutweiller :)

> Mike, I'm with you 100%.  I condemn racism as much as a human can.  I am
> (by other's labels which I accept) a conservative as you are.  I have
> lived my life in accordance with that principle.  So has George Bush.
> One other wonderful example that might be noted is Ms. C. Rice who is a
> black woman who has spent the last two nights battling for the President
> on McNeil/Lehrer against a white male who represents Clinton.
>
> Tim
>
> P.S. She left him in the dust gasping for breath.
>
>

I don't watch LA Law very often, but there was an interesting episode on last
week.  Forgive me if I am not too good with the names of the actors :)  The
guy who played Benson and the woman who played the black nurse on Trapper
John M.D. guest starred on the show as the parents of the law firm's black
attorney.  The woman was an attorney for the ACLU and the man was a lifelong
republican.  There were many twists to this relationship that the show used,
and it was quite entertaining...

The man wanted to hire his son's law firm, because he was being discriminated
against for a job he was applying to - yet his wife kept urging him to take a
"lesser" job with a university that wanted him.  And he, as a conservative,
did not believe in affirmative action, yet felt the need to litigate when he
felt he was being discriminated against.  And the show made it clear he WAS
being discriminated against :)

The woman became angry with her son for dating a white (DA) woman.  She pulled
out the most racist (reverse racism) remarks you can imagine.  Stuff like
"America needs more black families," etc.  She was angry with her son for
joining a "white" law firm - and hence becoming successful.

I bring this up because of the many many racist things said about Thomas
during his confirmation - much crueler than the LA Law show.  When you
talk about a successful black woman on McNeil Lehrer doing so well, I fear
for her because of the racist anti-black-success movement on the left.
I personally am glad to have seen her speak her mind in spite of this
racism.

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