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In a previous thread on the Rott, someone had asked me whom I would support for President in ’08.&#160 I replied that I would lean toward Newt Gingrich, hoping that he would pick Antonin Scalia as a running mate.

That was before the events of the last couple of days surrounding Bill Bennett.

Bennett, the former Secretary of Education (a worthless Cabinet position if ever there was one), hosts a weekday radio show called Morning in America&#160 (it’s heard here on KSKY/660).&#160 As most of you know by now, he said this on his show Wednesday:

“if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down.”

What is not&#160 being quite as widely reported (i.e, damned near not at all, save by the few right-thinkers in the media) is that he also&#160 said.

“That would be an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down,”

Okay.&#160 The simple fact of the matter is that, according to these statistics, what Bennett said is absolutely true.&#160 Statistically speaking, blacks commit more crimes than any other ethnic group.&#160 Wring your hands in angst over that all you want, but it’s not going to change anything.&#160 Bill Bennett was correct in his analysis.

Now.&#160 What with the predictable libfucktard backlash that ensued – led, predictably, by Teddy Chappaquiddick, San Fran Nan Pelosi, Dr. YEARRRGH!!! and the Rrrrrevvvvvv’rnnnnnd Sharp’t’nnnnnnnn, one would’ve expected Bennett to turn tail and run, screaming apologies all the while.&#160 Certainly that’s usually the case with most linguini-spined Republicans.

Bill Bennett, however, is not linguini-spined.&#160 At least, not in this case.

By Thursday afternoon, prominent Democrats had seized upon the comment.

We expect as much from the Demoscum.&#160 The so-called “party of free expression” (except when you say something that gores their&#160 oxen) is proving to be as predictable as Pavlov’s puppy in this matter.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who said last year that the Supreme Court’s lone black member was “an embarrassment to the court,” is demanding that Bennett “issue an immediate apology not only to African Americans but to the nation.”

Left wing Democrat Ted Kennedy, whose brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, ordered the illegal wiretapping of Martin Luther King, called Bennett a “racist.”

And Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, who suggested last year that most blacks hold menial jobs, called Bennett’s comments “hateful” and “inflammatory” – and called on him to apologize.

I happen to think that if an apology is owed, it should come from these three Lame-assed Leftard Losers&#153.&#160 For wasting our oxygen.

But, that’s just me.

Responding to his critics, Bennett told the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity & Colmes”:

“I’ll not take instruction from Teddy Kennedy. A young woman likely drowned because of his negligence . . . . He should make no judgments at all about other people. He shouldn’t be in the Senate.”

Now there&#160 you go!&#160 Can I get an “amen” from the peanut gallery here?&#160 This&#160 is what I’ve been pleading with conservatives and Republicans for them to do:&#160 Stand up to these assholes and tell them to go fuck themselves!

Day-um,&#160 this is refreshing!

Neither Kennedy nor Dean nor Reid has ever condemned Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, who rose to the rank of Grand Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan based on his ability to recruit new members.

In an autobiography released earlier this year, Byrd said the Klan was a “fraternal group” made up of “upstanding’ people” – a characterization which drew no protest from Reid, Kennedy and Dean.

Nor will it – because it’s one of them&#160 who said it.&#160 “Free speech for me, but not for thee”, and all that.

It reminds me of John Rocker, former baseball pitcher, and the comments he made regarding New York and the subway.&#160 He didn’t say one thing that wasn’t true, but he was eventually browbeaten into issuing an apology.

Let’s hope Mr. Bennett stands tall and refuses to give in to the Loony Limp-wristed Leftists&#153.&#160 We could use someone like that for President in ’08.

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4 responses to “Bennett in ’08:&#160 Finally, a candidate with backbone”

1. maxxdog says:

   October 1, 2005 at 2:04 pm

   back before my epiphany when I would hear Bill Bennet speak I thought he was a threat to the Democratic party. I still think that but now I cheer him on.

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2. Alan K. Henderson says:

   October 2, 2005 at 1:29 am

   Bennett will need a running mate.

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3. LC Wil says:

   October 2, 2005 at 6:06 pm

   Bennett will need a running mate.

   Ann Coulter?

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4. Alan K. Henderson says:

   October 5, 2005 at 12:41 am

   Coulter is old enough (born Dec 8, 1961).

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