The "Real Men Of Genius" at the National Review's thumb-in-pie, called "The Corner" have, through the sheer force of their massive, oversized craniums, come up with ... their solution (and it's based on numbers, not principles -see Steyn @8:52 and Goldberg @ 11:07).
Shelby, haven't they just constructed a "good [American?] jew" for themselves, if we borrow from another context, one admittedly extreme, but analogous, as German SS officers were encouraged to overlook "good jews" rather than embrace them, the very embrace they appear to be making on The Corner. Do they realize that they look like they are selecting what some others would call "House Niggers"? Couldn't you just read their lugubrious smug prose as follows: "Except for a 'sliver', the only problem with race in America is the damn, black racists."
I think they are oblivious, touting Powell as the unencumbered-by-race fix-it man.
What do you think, Shelby? Do only squares fit in The Corner?
They can put whomever they want on the ticket. Obama is still the man.
He seems likely to be the only one who can both encourage people to continue the discussions of race that need to be had, yet not get hobbled or stopped by it. That's got to be more responsible and respectful, than the Genius' magic rug-of-amensia.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Paging Shelby Steele
