Screening coming soon to Marshall University.

Wake up and smell reality:

• During 2009, Iran will probably reach the point at which it has produced the amount of low-enriched uranium needed to make a nuclear bomb.

• Obama Scrapping Missile Defense in Europe

•  Iran Test-Fires Missiles That Put Israel in Range

• Japan says North Korean nukes threaten world

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Marshall University's school newpaper declined to publish my response to a letter to the editor that slammed the Marshall University College Republicans as racists and suggested we rename our group to " We Hate the President Because He is Black." I normally do not pay much attention to such uneducated drivel, yet the issue has become heated on campus. Therefore, I will print our response in as many avenues as possible.


As I was attending to my daily routine of flipping through the Parthenon, I turned to the opinion section and focused on the letters to the editor. The Marshall University College Republicans were accused of promoting racially charged advertising strategies in order to gain members by using the phrase “College Republicans: Serving Kool-Aid so you don’t have to drink Obama’s.” I was amused at the response, but also concerned about the implications of such accusations.

The historical context of the political term “Kool-Aid” originated with the mass suicides of the Jim Jones’ cult where members drank poison Kool-Aid. Since then it has been popular in political circles as a term to describe a political message that supporters blindly believe without investigating the truth.

In Washington lexicon, this type of rhetoric has been applied to presidents of several administrations, regardless of their political party. President Obama should not be sheltered from political attacks solely based on the color of his skin. Our President has policies that affect everyone, and supporters of him should understand the historical tradition of dissent.


Given the significance of having the first black president in our time, it is unfortunate that widespread political terms are being misinterpreted to mean something that is racially charged. These types of accusations limit intellectual debate by labeling common political vernacular as taboo, and do not serve to provide a rational counter-argument.

I reject the notion that the Marshall University College Republicans promote or endorse racially insensitive messages; this goes against our Republican ideals of judging people based on their character, not on their race.


Perhaps we should not get all “wee-weed up” over a lack of understanding, as President Obama recently coined. Thinking before we speak leaves a better taste in all of our mouths, more so than any cup of Kool-Aid.
 
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The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is desperate to blame the recent prostitute scandal on someone else. They released a statement condemning their employees' actions but also tried to shift the focus away from their leadership. Apparantly, they knew nothing about this. Right. And Obama has not heard of this scandal. Sure.

Here is an excerpt from their statement where they play the race card to avoid responsibility.

"...we should be clear that this attack on ACORN is part of an aggressive and sustained right-wing campaign, spearheaded by Fox and their ideological compatriots on talk radio, on blogs, and within the Republican Party, which has as its goal the destruction of the nation’s largest and most effective organization of low- and moderate income families. But these attacks are about more than ACORN: they represent an attack on the poor and communities of color; on the broad progressive agenda that we are fighting for; and on President Obama himself and the movement for change that his administration symbolizes. And because the stakes are so high, we are asking you to stand with us as we fight back."

This is a link to the full statement.




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