Gutlessness

Your article on Jack Kemp and his courage regarding immigrants was telling.  It was telling for the gutlessness of American Conservative leaders.

That's right and that includes YOU.

President Obama has guts to address the issues of the day.  The Democratic Party, once again, has the guts to take on the health care mess, the minimum wage, income disparity, women's rights, and finally immigration reform.

And where is the party of Lincoln; the party of the Great Emancipator?  Well, they are stuck in reaction to a base made of of southern bigots.

The Democratic Party had the same problem for years, until 1964.  In 1964, by passing the Civil Rights Act, Democrats lost the racist south.  And, much to the Republican shame,  the GOP took them in, lock, stock and barrel.

So now, immigration reform is impossible.  Cons like yourself publish articles whining about the straight racist reaction of conservatives to a Coke commercial, that yes, was the best Super Bowl commercial of them all.

Democrats learned the hard way, after all southern Democrats led secession, that there can be no compromise with racism.

People know when they are not welcome, you are right.  People also know gutlessness when they see it, and that would be Boehner.

We put a real dent in institutionalized racism with the Civil Rights and Voter Rights Acts.  Republicans, to their everlasting shame, have worked to detract from these laws, for sheer political expediency.

People know that hypocrisy, and keep punishing you and yours when they can vote.

But what you needed to say, was that you do not tolerate the racist behavior.  Stop pandering to these bigots, because they are bigots.

Your position on limited government is compromised, moderates have left your party in droves, because you pander to racists.