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Rand Paul: Part of Racism’s Last Gasp?

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I can’t count the number of times lately politicians remind me of the line made famous by Richard Pryor. Pryor’s wife catches him in bed with another woman and he says, “You gonna believe me or your lying eyes.”

Recently we had Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal claiming his words were misplaced when he said, on more than one occasion mind you, that he served in Vietnam, when he never did serve in Vietnam. That’s called lying Richie B. Now we have Rand Paul who, like his father, has views on civil rights that would be well represented by a wardrobe heavy on the white sheets. His father, Ron Paul, was the only member of  congress – the only member of congress! – to vote against honoring the 1964 civil rights bill on its 40th anniversary.

Rand Paul spokesman Christopher Hightower wrote “Happy Nigger Day” on his MySpace page on Martin Luther King Day with a picture of an African American being lynched.  Paul has  spoken out against the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and he says private business should be allowed to discriminate because this is a free country.

It seems to me that there has been a spike in the expression of racist views since the election of President Obama, a president I believe will go down as one of my country’s greatest and, not incidentally,   and bravest. This, I suppose, was to be expected. What also ought to be expected is a surging response from the majority of Americans who believe in equality for all and who are very present in both of the major political parties. It would be unfair to define all Republicans by the actions of Rand Paul and it would be unfair to define all Democrats by the actions of Richard Blumenthal. What does need to happen, however, is the leadership of both parties needs to take their misguided members to task in voices the public can hear.

We can hope the spike is part of racisms last gasp.

As for the racists who think they can turn the tide of freedom, remember what the Japanese leader of the bombing of Pearl Harbor said of my country after the attack. "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

True that.

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The Liars Among Us

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Are any of us this stupid? Sadly, I’m afraid so. What am I asking about? Are any of us stupid enough to actually believe Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a Democrat, when he refers to the several occasions when he said he served in Vietnam (see video below) when he didn’t as merely a few misplaced words on his part? If my Connecticut friends are dopey enough to elect him, and I don’t think they are, God help’m.

Perhaps what Richie B meant to say was, “I lied!” when suddenly, out of the blue, the slime-dripping God of lying took hold of his speech because the words he actually said were, “I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country.” Hard to impugn something that barely exists if it exists at all.

But Richie B wasn’t the only one of late running around spewing garbage like a leaking sewage pipe. The Catholic Church with the what-me-cover-for-the-pedophiles? Pope is now running around arguing in court that Catholic Bishops are not employees of the church. Never mind that, as the Associated Press reports, “The pope appoints bishops, issues rules bishops are supposed to follow and accepts their resignations. Bishops take a vow of obedience to the pontiff and can’t switch jobs without his approval.”

And so the beat of lies goes on. Richie B claiming his words were misplaced and Popey claiming they don’t work for me.

And here’s the thing; both the blatant lies noted above drench disrespect on two groups of people who don’t deserve it. The men and women who served this country and, as the saying goes, gave all they had and in some cases gave their all, and the children. Anyone who would rather lie than take responsibility for disrespecting veterans and victimizing children doesn’t deserve public office to represent the people or the papacy to represent God. And that ain’t no lie.

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