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RUSH: Deanna Bellandi, the chickification of the news, Associated Press: ‘That historically all-white club known as the US Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November\u2019s elections. Two white men will be competing for President Barack Obama\u2019s former seat in Illinois, now held by Roland Burris, the chamber\u2019s lone African-American. Appointed by the scandal-tainted former governor, Burris won\u2019t be seeking a full term. In contests in Florida, Texas and North Carolina, black candidates face daunting challenges to joining the august body, from difficulty raising cash to lack of name recognition to formidable rivals. Blacks comprise 12.2 percent of the nation\u2019s population, but you wouldn\u2019t know it in the 100-member Senate. Come next year, the total number could add up to zero. ‘It certainly is not a desirable state of affairs,\u2019 said David Bositis, a senior political analyst with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.\u2019<\/p>\n

Now, notice the article is only talking about the diversity of skin color, not the diversity of political thought. In truth, if the Republicans take away more seats from the Democrats\u2019 supermajority, the Congress will be more diverse. Deanna, if the Republicans take away a lot of seats, it will be more diverse in the way diversity counts. But of course in the minds of State-Controlled Associated Press, the color of one\u2019s skin is far more important than the content of their character. In fact, the way I read this, Snerdley, the AP seems to be suggesting that with Senate seats once you go black you can never go back. Once you go black you can never go back, seems like that\u2019s what they\u2019re saying with Senate seats and if you go black and then you go back, somehow some horrible thing has happened. They also seem to be demanding racial quotas for our elected officials in honor of Black History Month. I thought the election of Obama was going to put an end to all this kind of nonsense, didn\u2019t you? I mean that\u2019s what we were told. You go black you\u2019ll never go back, but apparently that bit of philosophy here is being blown to smithereens. AP\u2019s disgruntled about it. I mean you can almost see the tear stains on the paper here of the writer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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