With the Congressman in his Memphis district and myself in a Philadelphia studio, the Congressman broke into the discussion the moment we returned from a commercial break to challenge me indignantly. The very idea of asking Democrats to apologize for their support for slavery and segregation and, well, all the rest he had personally cited in his House Resolution, was now a “red herring.” Worse, he said when the point was picked up by another guest, Horace Cooper of the conservative American Civil Rights Union, to demand any sort of apology from the people who did these things was a “rabbit trail.” In other words, a request for Democrats to apologize for their considerably racist history would go nowhere.
Would the Democrats be considering an apology at their Denver Convention, I asked sweetly? I brought up the fact that the Democratic National Committee had eliminated from the “Party History” section of their website 52 years worth of history from 1848 until the beginning of the 20th century.
Obviously the Democrats won’t be playing the race card this fall.
And I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
Comment by Big Bang Hunter (pumping you up) on 8/27 @ 3:54 pm
- They may well play it, but in the broader view its a loser issue for them.
Comment by McGehee on 8/27 @ 6:29 pm
If they knew what was good for them they wouldn’t be the Democrats. It’s like, if the Phelpsies had sense they’d be human beings.