Our t, having not sworn off watching news programming reported at breakfast this morning that during the George Stephanopulous Sunday morning news talking heads program Democratic Party spokesperson Donna Brazile minimized the flap over Rick Warren's role in the inauguration saying that "by the time Aretha Franklin sings everyone will have forgotten about Rick Warren."
I sent the following statement to her at her personal website and the ABC website :
I was appalled at the callous disregard for the bruised feelings and passions of civil rights activists in your on air comments this morning that by the time Aretha Franklin sang at the inauguration, everyone will have forgotten all about Rick Warren.
My family and I worked terribly hard and sacrificed not readily available finances to help elect Barrack Obama believing he was a sincere civil rights advocate and that the Democratic Party was espousing a platform for social progressivism and self-determination for all Americans regardless of what class or color or orientation or belief. We were fooled and we were lied to by the Democratic Party, and by Obama.
Those of us who are advocates for civil rights for Americans and who have been so since the 60's will not be watching an inauguration the spiritual center piece of which is the bigot Rick Warren, so Aretha's dulcet tones will be lost on us, and we will never be led down the path again by the Democratic Party. By the way, I am not gay. I hear consistently in the media that the only people who care about the Bigot Warren's role in the inauguration are gay activists. I don't want you to make that assumption.
There has never been a greater demonstration of the concept that there is nothing to be offered Americans by either major political party. I have worked to elect Democrats and to fight for civil rights since I graduated high school in 1967. I will work from this point forward to empower a third party to defeat Obama and whoever the Republicans trot out in 2012. I never thought that when we saw a black man finally assume the leadership of our nation, he would embrace, as his spiritual standard bearer, the leading bigot in today's anti-civil rights battle in America. Now that there is an African American in the White House it is clear he is so "in" that he can join the establishment in discriminating against others.
We will forget all about it when Aretha Franklin sings.............YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.....and you will be astounded at the duration of our memories!!!!!
All the best,
Tom
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Wow...Brazile really should be ashamed of herself. *shakes head* What an idiot.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you told her off.
No news fast yet eh? *winks and grins*
What a callous comment. Unbelievable, there really is no end to it, is there?
ReplyDeleteI'll even admit that it was a callous statement.
ReplyDeleteDid you also hear the statement from the older news man at that roundtable? He was surprised the selection of Rick Warren was such a surprise because when McCain and Obama were interviewed by Warren, Obama was asked to give his definition of what marriage is, to which he replied it was a union between a man and a woman.
So, why are you so surprised by his choice of Warren?
I still think the more you all give a spotlight to this betrayal you all feel, the more attention it will get and it will become a big deal. Let it fade away.