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Independent Thinker
September 14, 2009
I just love it when one of my liberal acquantances tells me that I need to be more tolerant. I love it when I’m asked if I’ve ever questioned what I believe. I really love it when people tell me that I’m incapable of being reasonable because I’m politically conservative, and conservatives need to be more open-minded.
During Obama’s speech last week, Republican Jim Wilson shouted, “you lie!” when Obama talked about certain aspects of his healthcare reform. Democrats, in true fashion, immediately called for Wilson to be censured. Where is all the huff and puff when one of their own acts like a real neanderthal?
Where were they when Rep. Pete Stark threatened to throw a journalist out the window for nothing more than asking a question?
Or when Stark accused Republicans of sending troops to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the Presidents’ amusement?
Let’s go back a little further, though, shall we? Back in 1990, when Stark first started banging the drum for socialized healthcare, Dr. Louis Sullivan–a black man–opposed Stark’s Democrat plans openly. Stark couldn’t offer a single intelligent rebuttal, but he could insult Sullivan by saying, “you are a disgrace to your race and your profession.” Sullivan came back with a sarcastic, “I guess I should feel ashamed because Congressman Stark thinks I am not a ‘good Negro…as a Cabinet member who has spent almost four decades of my life dedicated to healing…(I) am unable to express my own views without being subject to race-based criticism by those who are not ready to accept independent thinking by a black man.”
Good for Sullivan for standing up for his beliefs. Stark the bully never changed, though. In 1995, Stark called Republican rep. Nancy Johnson a “whore” for the insurance industry when she refused to support his healthcare schemes as well (he also said that her only knowledge of health care was gained from “pillow talk” with her husband, who is a physician). Where were all the feminists when that happened?
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I just love it when one of my liberal acquantances tells me that I need to be more tolerant. I love it when I’m asked if I’ve ever questioned what I believe. I really love it when people tell me that I’m incapable of being reasonable because I’m politically conservative, and conservatives need to be more open-minded.
During Obama’s speech last week, Republican Jim Wilson shouted, “you lie!” when Obama talked about certain aspects of his healthcare reform. Democrats, in true fashion, immediately called for Wilson to be censured. Where is all the huff and puff when one of their own acts like a real neanderthal?
Where were they when Rep. Pete Stark threatened to throw a journalist out the window for nothing more than asking a question?
Or when Stark accused Republicans of sending troops to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the Presidents’ amusement?
Let’s go back a little further, though, shall we? Back in 1990, when Stark first started banging the drum for socialized healthcare, Dr. Louis Sullivan–a black man–opposed Stark’s Democrat plans openly. Stark couldn’t offer a single intelligent rebuttal, but he could insult Sullivan by saying, “you are a disgrace to your race and your profession.” Sullivan came back with a sarcastic, “I guess I should feel ashamed because Congressman Stark thinks I am not a ‘good Negro…as a Cabinet member who has spent almost four decades of my life dedicated to healing…(I) am unable to express my own views without being subject to race-based criticism by those who are not ready to accept independent thinking by a black man.”
Good for Sullivan for standing up for his beliefs. Stark the bully never changed, though. In 1995, Stark called Republican rep. Nancy Johnson a “whore” for the insurance industry when she refused to support his healthcare schemes as well (he also said that her only knowledge of health care was gained from “pillow talk” with her husband, who is a physician). Where were all the feminists when that happened?
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