We Have No Love and No Joy (part 1)



Or at least that's what Donna Brazile, Gore's campaign manager, thinks. Some people are claiming that what she said, in a Bloomberg.com interview, was racist. Quite frankly, I think calling the comments racist is a bit of a stretch. These comments are insulting to both Powell and Watts and borderline on being slanderous. What they do, however, is send a clear message to all Americans. The Gore campaign, which I propose speaks for the majority of the Democratic party, is actively propagating the notion that the Republican party has no interest in, nor any real concern for black americans.

Brazile said in an interview with Bloomberg.com that Clinton and Gore "have worked hard for the last seven years to improve the lives of African-Americans and Hispanics."

"On the other hand, the Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They play that game because they have no other game. They have no love and no joy. They'd rather take pictures with black children than feed them."

First and foremost, this publicly insults two great men who have both dedicated a large portion of their own lives to serve this country. They are two of the best role models for young men to look up to. They are two of the best role models for young black men to look up to. Yet, here we see a very prominent black woman accuse them of being mindless puppets of the man. This is such a diservice, to the black community as a whole, to tear down two of it's very own successful men. These two men didn't get where they are today by waiting around for someone else to come and feed them. Both men worked hard for an education and through perseverance achieved great success. They certainly aren't the Republican party's 'token' blacks as Brazile implies. They stand out from the crowd of Republicans because they are two of its greatest men.

This sort of comment from Brazile only serves to prove my feelings that the Democratic party would rather use the fear of Republicans than the merit of their own arguements, this time to maintain a hold over the votes of the prodominently democratic voting black population. Republicans, just like the Democrats, believe that everyone is equal and should have equal access to the same opportunities. The difference is that while the Republicans try to spread a message that self-reliance and hard work lead to success, the Democrats spend their time trying to convince blacks that they need to vote for them in order to protect their entitlements from the Republicans.