Posted by
Fred of the Great Mojave on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:59:15 PM
The recent CNN/YouTube presidential debate embarrassment had a question on reparations for slavery. Not wanting to end their presidential aspirations immediately, all of the candidates (except Dennis Kucinich, who has absolutely nothing to lose) wimped out by lobbing back a very sympathetic, No.
No one is for slavery reparations because no one can answer the Big Question. The Big Question, of course, is this: Who was guilty enough on the slavery issue to deserve punishment, and rich enough to cough up the big bucks. The guilty party, of course, has to still be around, and still be filthy rich.
The guilty party would be a group of people who were instrumental in the preservation and spread of slavery. People who fought and died to keep slavery. Vengeful people who would hang on after all was lost with petty segregation and “Jim Crow” laws.
The group who should pay reparations for slavery is, of course, the Democratic Party.
They promoted slavery, spread slavery, profited from slavery and fought to the death to keep slavery. After slavery was abolished, they kept on with segregation in the “Solid South” until power was ripped away from them in recent years.
At the moment, they are floating in cash, hundreds of millions of dollars in cash.
Come on Democrats, finally do the right thing! Pay up.