I am a white man and I find it appalling that our government would value private ownership of such historical importance going to a single private person.

The years spent looking for the tape under the penalty of perjury and all the while General Clifton kept it secretly in his possession attest to the willingness of white men to conspire to do any despicable thing they feel they can get away with.

I will never vote for a white man to lead this country again if given another choice. I did not vote for the minority for President the last time.

But if he lives to run against the republican white alternative, he will have my vote. This kind of conspiracy causes me to doubt that that those who oppose him would stop short of any despicable deed if they thought they could pull it off.

Thomas

As Republican primary voters head to the polls in Florida on Tuesday, both GOP front-runners have endorsed a policy that would contradict existing law and could disenfranchise millions of voters across the country.

During a recent debate, both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney supported getting rid of bilingual ballots when the topic was brought up by the moderator. “I would have ballots in English,” Gingrich said.

“And I think you could have programs where virtually everybody would be able to read the ballots.” Romney agreed. “I think Speaker Gingrich is right with regards to what he’s described,” he said.

She acknowledged that Gingrich was far from a perfect vessel for the Tea Party movement, but called the tactics the establishment used against him the last week as nothing short of Stalin and Alinsky-esque.

She made the point that the GOP establishment was fiercer in their attacks against Gingrich than they were against President Barack Obama and rightfully asked who the GOP establishment is running against.

Sadly, since 1976, it seems as if the GOP establishment, by their actions and words, find the most glee in running against bold (not pale pastel) conservatives.

If Gingrich has any chance of remaining viable after Florida, he will frame the race as a struggle between the establishment and the Republican base. Because Gingrich, as Palin noted, is far from a perfect anti-establishment vessel, he will not fare as well as someone who could be a better vessel.

This primary cycle, if for no other reason, is important because it gives a preview of what is on the horizon. The GOP establishment may get the win this cycle, but the win will not be clean. And it will embolden grassroots conservatives, many of whom have not yet to begun to fight, going forward.

—Tony Lee

White men all.

Alycedale