Comments on: Bill Bennett, Please Leave Frederick Douglass Alone http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/22/bill-bennett-please-leave-frederick-douglass-alone/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Nana http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/22/bill-bennett-please-leave-frederick-douglass-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-116571 Nana Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:19:12 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13032#comment-116571 Two fries short of a happy meal Two fries short of a happy meal

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]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/22/bill-bennett-please-leave-frederick-douglass-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-9546 Doug Latimer Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:17:46 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13032#comment-9546 That's a pretty goddamn big cherry, Lemuel - and unless you're questioning the veracity of the quote, I'm not sure what you're point is. Neither party was "the party of freedom and progress" then, and neither is now. Douglass understood that 130 odd years ago, and many black "leaders" understand that today - and yet still throw their lot in with the Democrats for their own personal benefit, as I'm sure many did then with the Republicans. And if you're trying to convince me that Rush Limbaugh et al are closet egalitarians who yearn deeply for a nation in which persons are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character ... well, you're gonna have to do a whole hell of a lot better than that. That's a pretty goddamn big cherry, Lemuel – and unless you're questioning the veracity of the quote, I'm not sure what you're point is.

Neither party was "the party of freedom and progress" then, and neither is now. Douglass understood that 130 odd years ago, and many black "leaders" understand that today – and yet still throw their lot in with the Democrats for their own personal benefit, as I'm sure many did then with the Republicans.

And if you're trying to convince me that Rush Limbaugh et al are closet egalitarians who yearn deeply for a nation in which persons are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character … well, you're gonna have to do a whole hell of a lot better than that.

]]> By: Lemuel Kinsolving http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/22/bill-bennett-please-leave-frederick-douglass-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-9534 Lemuel Kinsolving Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:35:41 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13032#comment-9534 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. FAIR cherry picked the words of Frederick Douglass. consider this quote "I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. " Also this, "I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. " AND I cannot imagine that any colored man would ever belong to the party of slavery, the Democrat party. FAIR can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, BUT that does not give them the chalice of truth. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. FAIR cherry picked the words of Frederick Douglass. consider this quote "I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. " Also this, "I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. " AND I cannot imagine that any colored man would ever belong to the party of slavery, the Democrat party. FAIR can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, BUT that does not give them the chalice of truth.

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