Racist in a taxpayer-paid suit

For many the name “Cliburn” is immediately thought of as being preceded by “Van” as in “Van Cliburn,” and is associated with masterful piano arrangements by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. However, we now know that, spelling notwithstanding, the name isn’t that of an accomplished pianist extraordinaire; rather, it is spelled “Clyburn” as in Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and that he is a bigoted, desperate politician who has made a career out of the loathsome practice of pushing set-asides, pork projects, increased government intrusion and race-baiting.

The third-ranking member of the congressional leadership, who is himself black, as noted in a press release by the conservative black think tank Project 21-The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives, has taken the detestable behavior of race-baiting to new depths.

Speaking to reporters Feb. 19, Clyburn called opposition to the so-called stimulus bill “a slap in the face of African-Americans.” He specifically targeted any opposition to the bill by southern governors. His injecting race into concerns for fiscal responsibility and a desire to prevent the expansion of government programs is shameful.

In a letter to President Obama, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas wrote: “I remain opposed to using these funds to expand existing government programs, burdening the state with ongoing expenditures long after the lending has dried up.” I ask you – how is said concern “a slap in the face” of anyone – specifically, how is it “a slap in the face of [blacks]”?

The obvious answer is, it isn’t. But such is the character of Clyburn and his elapidal counterparts and the depths they are willing to sink to further their own ends. The bottom line is the stimulus bill isn’t about stimulating anything – it is about restructuring the corporate/business climate, rewriting the Constitution by fiat juxtaposed to amendment; it is about eliminating any inclusion of “the people” from legislative directives, and it is about extracting, i.e., taking, our money to fund wasteful spending on a gargantuan level. It is about government intrusion on a heretofore never witnessed scale.

The expansion of government programs that will result from the stimulus bill will enslave future generations of taxpayers with a debt-load that will be unending. With no exception that comes to mind, government programs do not end or diminish – they grow and expand. They become more entangled in other federal programs. The directors of same demand larger and larger budgets. Worst of all, they become agencies of corruption, waste and unprecedented mismanagement. I offer into evidence the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Head Start and the Department of Education.

The Clyburns of today’s Congress are a disgraceful lot, caring only for themselves and their anarchistic benefactors. They pontificate, egesting rehearsed lines of “the American people want …” like a laser through butter.

In reality they don’t give a whit about what we want – if they did they wouldn’t need to resort to the minatory practices they do. We, the American people, are not stupid, and we know an act when we see one. Clyburn’s use of race was an attempt to force fiscally conscience leadership into submission to an ill-fated bill that is the spending equivalent of the HIV virus and that like same, has no cure – only a protracted period of suffering.

There is one more point that needs mentioning pursuant to Clyburn. Imagine what the spirit and core being of a man so easily willing to stoop to such hateful commonality is like.

Either he is filled with anger, bitterness and hatred for whites in general and those that dare oppose him specifically – or he is a dishonest person using race because he can offer no substantive argument against the governors. Equally intriguing is what support, it any, will Clyburn’s comments garner from blacks.

The ease with which fraudulent accusations flow from the lips of race-baiters like Clyburn unambiguously shows he and those like him have learned little from the Jim Crow era.

It was wrong when racist whites dressed in sheets and hoods to hide their identity as they terrorized blacks – it is just as wrong for Clyburn to demagogue whites while dressed in suits paid for by the taxpayers, wearing the ugly expression of a race-monger.

 

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