By Gregory Kane - Examiner Columnist
Once again America has descended into double standard land.
Let me be clear at the top of this column: I have no sympathy for or tolerance of Rep. Doug Lamborns use of the words tar baby when the Colorado Republican made some comments about President Obama.
Lamborns exact words on a Denver talk radio show were these:
Now I dont even want to be associated with him. Its like touching a tar baby and you get it. Youre stuck and youre a part of the problem now and you cant get away.
Lamborn didnt directly call Obama a tar baby as some of his critics have alleged but he was pretty darned close. Any heat he takes for the remark is well-deserved.
Lamborns tar baby comment has been called racially charged. A group of protesters that reportedly marched outside of Lamborns office found his racially charged remarks intolerable.
Is there a more racially charged word than the n-word? Thats exactly what Malik Zulu Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party called Obama a while back.
You can bet those civil rights activists as they were described in the media who marched outside of Lamborns office uttered not one word of protest about Shabazzs remarks.
Astute observers will counter that Lamborn is an elected official while Shabazz is not. And this even more astute columnist will reply: that shouldnt matter.
Racially charged comments are inappropriate no matter who makes them. And either Democrats or those who support them have made more than their fair share of racially charged comments.
Ill be even more blunt: The party whose members have benefited the most from Jew-baiting race-baiting ofay-bashing comments made on its behalf is the Democrats. Not the Republicans and not the so-called Tea Party.
Whos famous for the remark Them Jews wont let him talk to me? A Republican? A Tea Partier? No that would be one Rev. Jeremiah Wright pastor of a church in Chicago.
And who for years was a member of Wrights church? Heres a hint: It wasnt Lamborn. And yeah the guy Im thinking about is a Democrat. Occupies the Oval Office.
Whose daddy when asked why she lost an election to retain her congressional seat gave reporters this answer: Jews. J-E-W-S. Former Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinneys father made those remarks. McKinney ran as -- oh do I even have to remind you at this point? -- a Democrat.
Whos responsible for this gem? I want to slap a white person for my mental health? Dont fret if you cant get the right answer. This one flew completely under almost everybodys radar. You can bet those Colorado civil rights activists demanding Lamborns resignation have never even heard of the incident.
The man who would love to slap a white person for his mental health is New York City Councilman Charles Barron.
He made his comments at the 2002 Millions for Reparations Rally -- attended by dozens -- held here in Washington. Yes Barron is a Democrat.
And people wonder why the movement for slavery reparations has foundered.
Heres one more: Who called former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele the very essence of an Uncle Tom? Thomas Mike Miller a Democrat whos the president of the Maryland state Senate.
Millers comment wasnt as racially charged as that of Amiri Baraka who while not a Democrat hangs out with them on the left side of the political spectrum. Barakas contribution to civility in political discourse was to call Steele a real public coon.
Ah double standards! Dont ya love em?
Columnist Gregory Kane is a Pulitzer-nominated news and opinion journalist who has covered people and politics from Baltimore to the Sudan.
