The level of dislike some white liberals have for minorities is absolutely amazing. I should be more specific – minorities who are smarter than they are, and on a different side of the political aisle. My apologies if the redundancies continue to accumulate.

Since Dr. Condoleezza Rice was nominated to be secretary of state, the vile racism of those who have made their living telling minorities how much they love them, has been nothing short of amazing. One white radio host called Rice an "Aunt Jemima," and Colin Powell an "Uncle Tom." There have been several cartoons – by white liberals no less – which draw Rice as some sort of plantation slave, exaggerating features in the vein of 19th and early 20th century racist "art."

When many on the left proclaim to be the only champions of minority rights, this has always been a gross facade, but now it's getting so obvious that they're embarrassing even their lawn jockeys.

They say that the "pen is mightier than the sword," but often times the two have very similar objectives.

One example is by a well-known political cartoonist, and should be particularly offensive, and would be, if the artist weren't a liberal. It probably makes some on the left a tad uncomfortable, but, with few exceptions, they won't critique one of their own. For liberals, you could say that there's an Oliphant in the room that nobody talks about. Maybe they won't, but we can.

Many other cartoons also feature Rice speaking in a language like any stereotypical, scarf on the head, shuffling down the street Mammy you'd find in "Gone With The Wind," and Bush treating her like George Wallace talking to a shoeshine kid in Birmingham. Bush even calls her "brown sugar" in one Doonesbury cartoon.

Notice that neither does Rice speak that way, nor has Bush ever said any such thing. Then why do these people say, write and draw those things? Because that's how they view blacks, and that's how they treat them. You can fool some people, but you can't fool Mr. Freud and his slip.

What is it about intelligent and powerful minorities who are non-Democrats that makes these white liberals shove them into the back of the ridicule bus for a long ride back to the Jim Crow era? Why are these progressive thinkers, supposed protectors of civil rights who show tremendous concern for the feelings of minorities, all of a sudden acting as if they're channeling Al Jolson?

Condoleezza Rice has risen to the highest position of power of any minority female in this nation's history. Confused critics and cartoonists say this has happened because of her "yessah massah" subservience to President Bush. The liberal elite miss one thing – successful people of power don't rely on the subservient to take on a great role in defining their success or failure. They rely on the bright and capable. These confused critics and cartoonists see minorities as neither, hence their confusion as to Rice's role.

The truth is that in Condoleezza Rice, the left sees their own failings – a failure to keep minorities where they belong: Quiet and voting Democrat. This is where the meanness, vitriol and vile contempt for Rice comes from. If she's successful, this could become contagious. The last thing the white, liberal left wants is a successful minority, especially a conservative one. If this spreads, they're in real trouble. No disease means there will be no demand for their snake oil.

For the left to define what constitutes a "successful" minority as one who doesn't report to anybody white is purposefully locking them in a box from which there is no escape. Heck, Democrats have even gone so far as author Toni Morrison, who called Bill Clinton "our first black president," just so they didn't have to elect a president who is actually black. And Morrison is black! The brainwashing has reached far, wide and into the surreal.

I met Dr. Rice in passing a few months ago, and she was very cordial. She radiated competence and intellect while seeming very down to earth and level headed. True, I gathered all this in a scant few seconds, but sometimes you just know. It has now occurred to me that people like Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas and many others, take a lot of "below the belt" hits for a good reason: When you're so far above some of your critics, that's as high as they can reach.