Painting themselves into a corner

So far the brave Right Wing Coulter Republicans have gone to great lengths to marginalize anyone who isn't white. Their front runners have taken a pass on invitations to sell their tired wares at:

• The PBS-sponsored debate at Baltimore's historically-black Morgan State University
• The National Urban League, Univision, the Spanish-language television network,
• The National Association of Latino Elected Officials
• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Notice a pattern here?

It's very unlike the pass that Democrats took to the invitation to debate on Fixed Noise Fox News. The Coulter Republicans are taking a pass on talking to and addressing the issues that concern actual voters who are very interested in what they have to say ... assuming they have something to say that addresses these voters and their concerns in a positive way. These are voter segments that the Coulter Republicans ostensibly courted in 2000 and 2004, claiming there was room in their Big Tent for everyone. What a difference a couple years makes!

On the other hand, the Democrats took a pass on the Faux News Fox News network because what Fox News claims to be "fair and balanced" is neither fair nor balanced. Fox News was offering an obvious set-up --- complete with post debate analysis loaded with their usual distortions and character assassinations. Fox News is geared to the marginalized 30% who still support the "current occupant" and his "stay the course in the face of all the contrary evidence" policies.

If they can't face the citizens of color of this country, how are they going to effectively face al Qaeda, bed Linen, Amadinejad and Iran? If they can't even make an effort to communicate with the citizens of color of this country, how do they propose to represent all the citizens of this land of ours?

The party that freed the slaves in the 1860s has come a long way. Now they hang a "WHITES ONLY" sign on their big tent.

George Orwell said it nicely in his book, Animal Farm.

Quoting the pigs who'd taken over the farm: "We are all equal but some of us are more equal than others." That's become the rallying cry of the right.

To claim "scheduling conflicts" is a cop-out. These debates have been scheduled for months in advance. Besides that, it's been my experience, both in personal and in corporate life, that we make time for those things that are important to us. To claim a scheduling conflict is a poor attempt at saying as politely as possible that "you and your issues and your concerns just ain't all that important to me."