>From: Abdoulie Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Is the democratic party using Lott's comments for political gains? >Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:30:13 -0500 > >Much clouds has been raised lately and still continue to be raise following >the politically insensitive comments Senator Lott issued at a ceremony >celebrating the 100th birthday of the outgoing senator Thurmond of South >Carolina. Although, I greatly agree that his comments are insensitive and >perhaps wrong, to which I condemn him, I think we also ought to question >the motive of the democratic party over making too much mayhem out of this. >Al Gore and Sen. Kerry both 2004 presidential hopefuls have not only >condemned Sen. Lott for his comments but have now carved it as part of >their platform for attacking the GOP on race. Which begs the big question. >Is the democratic party exploiting this issue for their belief in civil >rights or just another political gimmick aimed at regaining the white house >come 2004? To my opinion, it is the later. > >The democratic party has not lived to their so-called party of inclusivity. >The administration of presidential Clinton, the guy that claimed to be >champion of civil rights in our era, was the least racially diverse than >any other U.S. president for the past few decades. This is a clear >demonstration that the democratic party only talks the talk but never walks >the walk. Why haven't we seen the democratic senators draft a proposal >aimed at condemning Sen. Lott's comments. Well, they did when Jesse Jackson >made some light comments on the Jews. > >To the surprise of many, this is actually not the first time for a racially >insensitive statement to me made by a high ranking senator. Senator Bard of >West Virginia went on national TV and used the "N"- word. Why was he not >asked to quit the senate. So, brother's and sister's let's not fool >ourselves by the political move of the democratic party. As far as I am >concern, they are all the same when it comes to race. Sen. Lott may be the >only one that disclosed what was in his heart but they all possess the same >motives. >-- Abdoulie Jallow > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~