[Vision2020] Parker Column a Racist Tract

[Sunil Ramalingam]

She's a peach, Kathleen Parker.  In '01 or '02, she wrote a column announcing her gratitude that the adults (Bush and Cheney) were in charge.  In '03, after the memorable 'Mission Accomplished' moment, she described Bush as a 'stud muffin' after the carrier landing.
 
This last week we saw the column below, followed by a column in which she seems to endorse Clinton while essentially calling Obama and Edwards gay.  It ended with this:
 
'Clinton, who got a little face time as reporters took her temperature, was (as always) smooth and cool as a cucumber martini. 
 
Which puts new thoughts in motion as voters project down the road. Obama and Edwards look and talk pretty, but Clinton exudes pure brawn, unflinching and steely. When the time comes to sit across from the likes of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a chill in the heart may beat a thrill up the leg.' 
 
Sunil
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> From: thansen at moscow.com> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 16:30:13 +0000> Subject: [Vision2020] Parker Column a Racist Tract> > >From today's (May 18, 2008) Spokesman Review with thanks to Duncan > Palmatier of Moscow.> > -------------------------------------------------------> > Parker column a racist tract> > Kathleen Parker tells us ("The value of American-made," May 15) that "full-> blooded Americans," such as "white ... Southerners" (her capitalization) > who "trace their bloodlines back through generations of sacrifice," can > sniff out the snootiness of Barack Obama, because his "forefathers" did > not fight and die for "an America that has worked pretty well for more > than 200 years" – referring to the "heritage" of the South's treasonous > confederacy that started our bloodiest war in their effort to perpetuate > the slavery of African-Americans – but, she assures us, this brand of not-> so-subtle bigotry "isn't about racial or ethnic differences."> > Instead, she explains, it is about fearing immigrants, diversity and > multiculturalism. What a relief! For a minute there I thought I was > reading one of the most appalling calls to racial prejudice and ethnic > hatred I have seen in a nationally syndicated column since the 1960s. Ms. > Parker tells me that, since I am white and have a long American ancestry, > I will "get" her farcical collection of coded phrases and euphemisms to > judge Sen. Obama based on his ancestry and skin color.> > What I get is that Ms. Parker wrote a racist tract and should be ashamed > of herself.> > Duncan Palmatier> Moscow, Idaho> > -------------------------------------------------------> > Thank you, Mr. Palmatier, for reminding us of what America was and what it > will hopefully become.> > "We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some > are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they > all exist very nicely in the same box."> > - Author> Unknown> > ---------------------------------------------> This message was sent by First Step Internet.> http://www.fsr.com/> > 
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