But, Harry Reid is no Robert Kennedy. I am afraid that anyone hoping to see some honest contrition from him and an admission of racial stereotyping is going to be disappointed. More likely, Reid will reinforce the existing, de facto standard, that racial comments from any Democrat are lamentable, while, at the same time, Reid and other Democrats will continue to be hyper-partisan.
Democrat leaders like Reid, Waxman, Pelosi are essentially stating that only Republicans (and especially conservatives) are guilty of racism or ever make inappropriate and demeaning remarks. Meanwhile, Black Americans like Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court, Condi Rice at the State Department , or even me while at GSA , are attacked as Uncle Toms and racial sell outs, who, because we hold contrarian ideas are not really Black at all. This deep-seated hypocrisy is not just a double standard, it is an outrage.
More likely, as another election year approaches, Reid and his cohorts will reinforce the double-standard, and attack any Republican that even hints at race, while simultaneously condoning Democratic attempts to demean, to attack, and to disparage any Black American that escapes the Democratic straight jacket of fealty and orthodoxy.
