tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post9088596072820465336..comments2024-03-25T07:29:08.216-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: What Race-Baiting?Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-66427481631164885582012-07-16T12:28:27.935-04:002012-07-16T12:28:27.935-04:00I did read part of and scan the rest of the text o...I did read part of and scan the rest of the text of Holder's speech to the NAACP on the Justice Department website you linked to. The speech did contain descriptions of various problems facing African Americans today. I suppose one could consider that race baiting, but what would you expect of someone speaking to the NAACP but to talk about the progress of the civil rights movement? I guess Holder could have followed Romney's example and told the audience he was going to eliminate a program popular among African Americans. But strangely Holder was not there to antagonize the NAACP or punish them for thinking the US could be as advanced as Ireland or Germany, where they have universal healthcare. <br /><br />The vote fraud issue is interesting. Whenever it arises, Democrats respond by mentioning the Bush administration found fewer than a hundred cases in its eight years, and the Brennan Center finds few cases but much vote suppression when photo ID laws are implemented. Conservative commenters respond that a) only a fool doesn't think there is more vote fraud than what has been discovered and b) the Brennan Center is partisan, biased and therefore can not be cited as a source; Fox News is much more accurate. <br /><br />I think we could say that since we can't find much evidence of vote fraud, but there is abundant evidence of, say, unemployment, why don't we spend government dollars and energy on unemployment?EdHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109361235271107574noreply@blogger.com