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Kilpatrick: Public Option the Only Option for Blacks

Contempt.

There’s a revealing quote buried inside Politico’s account of a revolt by liberal members of the House Democratic caucus over the deal between Rep. Henry Waxmam (D-CA) and four members of the Blue Dog Caucus. Liberals are upset that the deal effectively guts the public option in President Obama’s healthcare takeover. And as is usually the case, when liberals get upset, the truth about the contempt that they harbor for their core constituencies begins to show. How else can this comment by Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick be explained?

At one point, Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.), a former Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman, expressed outrage that conservatives would insist on significant cuts and a weakening of the public option, arguing that many of the Blue Dogs were letting down their black constituents, who make up 25 percent to 40 percent of their voters, in some instances.”

Yeah, that’s right. Opposing the public options on cost grounds betrays blacks. Because, you know, all blacks are destined to be on the public dole, right Congresswoman?

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  • randy streu

    um… uh…. Huh.

    Well, if she were a Republican, it would be racism. But she’s not, so NYA!

    Are we keeping track of all these revealing, disgusting little gems? Democrats show nothing but contempt (at worst) and (at best) condescension for their ‘black constituents’ at every turn.

    • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

      http://www.redstate.com/gamecock/2009/07/25/we-the-nc-people-tamed-taxing-democrats/

      “Liberals are upset that the deal effectively guts the public option in President Obama?s healthcare takeover.”

      The compromise does no such thing, but it is to dems advantage that the public think so. These kind of tactics are how the dems will destroy America.
      fake fixes

      • http://www.fredsnews.com Fred Maidment

        Remember that liberals were upset about what they didn’t include in the Dangerous-Looking-So-We’ll-Call-Them-Assault-Weapons Ban.

        Lots of liberals didn’t think Porkulus went far enough.

        They get what they want and pretend like they’re compromising.

      • mom2oneson

        fake fixes & fake problems
        I always thought we just disagreed on solutions to real problems but the past few months listening to Reid and the them, they make up problems or use ones that have solutions. We can’t make people have morals or common sense and utilitze what is already in front of them.

        • idealjoe

          Crap is crap no matter how you serve it, stir it, or shovel it. We can’t afford any version or portion of this Crap. We are being rope-a-doped by the Dems and their Marxist savior. They have us watching this ball while they are destroying capitalism.

      • randy streu

        And you’re absolutely right.

    • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine
      • djemi

        I for one know that all these clowns realy want at the moment is some kind of structure that they can build on at a later date, the ask for a mile when you only want a half mile routine.

  • muffin

    That’s why the democrats keep getting elected to office. Sigh.