Comments on: For McCain, defining affirmative action may be the issue

By: Is Ed Rendell Plotting Against Barack Obama? « FOX Forum « FOXNews.com

Is Ed Rendell Plotting Against Barack Obama? « FOX Forum « FOXNews.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:19:05 +0000

[...] thus costing Obama the state of Pennsylvania, and quite possibly the White House. (For his part, McCain has been moving toward a more conservative opinion on affirmative action recently, while Obama, [...]

By: McTorture

McTorture — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:15:07 +0000

McCain was against our national Dr. Martin Luther King holiday…and…is against Affirmative Action. The only thing he is missing is a white hood. Someone should remind him that :

“…All men are created equal…”

- Source: Declaration of Independence (1776)

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” - Complete quote

These words were written by ‘white aristocrats’ that owned ‘black slaves’.

They knew full well that they never fully intended to meet the obligations of the contractual agreement that they had entered into as they later signed the Constitution, a ‘contractual agreement’ defining obligations between individuals and the state.

…After 200+ years of institutionalized racism, its nice to see that we as a nation are doing something, anything, to pay reparations to the very people once considered property.

By: Ward Connerly Seeks Common Ground with Obama on Affirmative Action « Feet in 2 Worlds : Linking Ethnic Media and Public Radio

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:59:22 +0000

[...] is, back in 1998, when there was an effort to push a similar initiative in Arizona, McCain said something very similar to what Obama is saying now, that these initiatives were [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:40:42 +0000

AA is a form of racism. We all know it but if you say it out loud then you become a racist. It makes no sence to say we are all treated the same on one hand and yet if you are of a certain race then we have to find a way to put you at the front of the line. I really have never understood this type of practice. I believe it makes some people think that they should be treated better then others and opens up lawsuits whenever they think that they did not get what they happen to think they deserve.

By: Rudy NYC

Rudy NYC — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:30:14 +0000

So many comments citing AA as unfair, racist and discriminatory. You forget that it also applies to women, and led to the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA. You forget why it was created in the first place. You sound like little kids and brats, who always want their side to win no matter what.

Job applicants were consistently turned away in favor of another applicant who was usually a white male. The reason was usually given as “we like” this guy better, or “we get along” with this person better. These laws apply to PUBLIC FUNDS only, and how they are used. There are still plenty of private sector that still unknowingly or knowingly discriminate. Why do away with it when it seems to work?

I should point out that anyone who is worried about the US paying blacks slave reparations need not worry. The 15th Amendment made sure that reparations to ex-slaves would not be possible without an amending the 3rd clause. “…shall incur no debts resulting from the Emancipation….” It was intended to stop ex-slave owners from suing the goverment for loss of property. It just happens to be worded in such a way as to deny ex-slaves 40 acres and a mule.

If you feel that past sins do not deserve apologies or reckoning, then you have no moral values at all.

By: Burr Deming

Burr Deming — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:42:49 +0000

Our site takes a more supportive view on affirmative action. But Senator McCain’s reflexive hostility does have its defenders. Thanks for adding your analysis to the blogging universe.

By: the southern dem

the southern dem — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:37:03 +0000

And here the House puts forth an apology for slavery 200+ years ago….when will this stop??? We continue to beat ourselves up over this issue and yet no one in the USA was around during those days…we as a nation have put forth methods to ensure that such does no occur but we now have to apologize for what people did 200+ years ago….enough is enough. How does this square for those in the dem leadership when they would be happy to enslave the Iraq citizens a year ago by simply giving up and leaving…enslaving those to insurgents/iranian operative and thugs…and the free people now….most interesting that they cared little for those 20+ million citizens in a far away country but continue this apology for what occurred 200+ years ago. Why do I see reparations for all those enslaved coming in the near future……when will the dems ever learn that contining to beat themselves up only serves to create the divide…it does not real healing…and we have gone far enough to try to correct the ills in this nation caused by many years ago. MOVE ON and stop this continued attention to what occurred in the past!!!!!

By: nan

nan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:49:05 +0000

Cut this Affirmative Action! We have had enough I am sure all working white people have had enough of this. Education, Jobs! It’s got to stop!!

By: F-15

F-15 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:06:38 +0000

Listen to this:

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/03/antiobama_pasto.php

and listen to the end.

By: F-15

F-15 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:53:57 +0000

I’m working every MLG day. May be we have to have Cherokee day off? Will be good for Friday prior to Columbus Day?