Larry Elder slams double standards on racism in Allen/Webb race

He’s been slamming the double standard among Democrats for years and he’s nailed it again this morning, asking “what-is-the-statute-of-limitations” on alleged racist or racially ‘insensitive’ comments:

Consider the allegations that Allen’s Democratic opponent, Jim Webb, also used the “N” word. According to former acquaintance Dan Cragg, while a freshman from 1963 to 1964 at University of Southern California, Webb used to drive through Watts, a predominantly black area of Los Angeles, pointing rifles and shouting the “N” word at blacks. Moreover, Webb, a published novelist, liberally uses the “N” word in his work. Examples: “They want stupid n*ggers, they’d all pay to see a dumb*ss n*gger.” — “Fields of Fire,” p. 302. “Don’t know why I crave watermelon the way I have over the past few weeks. Jimmy says I must have a n*gger in the woodpile.” — “A Country Such As This,” p. 34.

What about the man known as the “conscience of the Senate,” Senator Robert Byrd [D-WVA]? He belonged to the Klan during the 1940s, where he served as a “Kleagle” — a Klan recruiter. Back then, Byrd referred to American blacks as “race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”

How about then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton? According to Clinton’s bodyguard, Arkansas State Trooper Larry Patterson, Clinton frequently used the “N” word, using it to describe Reverend Jesse Jackson, as well as a local black civil rights leader. Said Patterson, “When [Bill Clinton] had black political leaders in the state and he disagreed with them, he would frequently use the ‘N’ word.”

What about former First Lady and current Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton [D-NY]? She allegedly called Clinton’s congressional campaign adviser, who failed to secure her then-boyfriend’s 1974 election to Congress, a “f***ing Jew bastard.” Not only did Paul Fray — the target — go public, so did his wife, as well as campaign aide and businessman Neil McDonald.

What about more recent examples of “racial insensitivity”? The then-First Lady, in 1996, gave a speech on behalf of an organization called “EMILY’s List.” EMILY stands for Early Money Is Like Yeast. In her speech, Hillary mocked black then-mayor Willie Brown, who, according to Clinton, did not know this “person” called “Emily” and asked to be introduced to her. First Lady Clinton, according to the Los Angeles Times, used a “mock African-American accent” to imitate Brown, saying, “She’s supportin’ all these people. She’s supportin’ Senator Dianne Feinstein. She’s supported Senator Barbara Boxer. … She supported everybody. Why won’t she support me?”

What about the alleged racist strategy employed by now-Senator Chuck Schumer [D-NY]? In 1974, Jay Homnick, then 16 years old, says he attended a meeting in the Flatbush area of New York. Schumer, a newly minted Harvard grad running for State Assembly, was introduced to the audience consisting of local white, Italian, Jewish and Slavic immigrants. They wanted to rid three city blocks of Avenue K apartments whose tenants were almost 100 percent black. Schumer, according to Homnick, suggested a way to eradicate this infestation from the community.

Read it all.

And remember, I toldjah so ;)

Update I 11:45 a.m.: Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen ‘Macacawitz’

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