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A "I do know that it's true," said former secretary of education and drug c zar William Bennett, "that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- i f that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in thi s country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossibl e, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rat e would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapo lations are, I think, tricky." Bennett, who hosts a radio show, was responding to a caller's suggestion. The caller argued that but for the loss of life through abortion, Socia l Security would be more solvent, with more workers contributing to the system. Bennett rejected that end-to-the-means argument, and offered the black abortion hypothetical as an equally silly end-justifies-the-means argument. The network ran a " tease": Bill Bennett (audio) "I do know that it's true that if you wante d to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you co uld abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." The former e ducation secretary is now feeling the heat this morning, from remarks he made on his radio show about African-Americans and abortion." MSNBC als o ran a "crawler" at the bottom of the screen, providing a phone number for viewers to call and respond to the question, "Is Bennett's comment r eprehensible?" Before the commercial break, MSNBC left out a vital part of Bennett's st atement, which called his abortion hypothetical "morally reprehensible." Nor did MSNBC inform the viewers of Bennett's qualifying statement, eve n after coming back from their break! The White House said Bennett's remarks "were not appropriate." CNN's Jeff Greenfield somberly called Bennett's comments "in artful." The murder rate i n the city of New Orleans stands at over 75 times the national average, and authorities convict only one in four arrested for homicide. Speaking of "inartful," back in 1993, a noted civil rights leader made t he following comment: "There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start th inking about robbery -- then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved." Despite calls to do so, Bennett, as of this writing, refuses to apologiz e Maybe Bennett awaits an apology from Al Gore's former campaign manage r, Donna Brazile, who talked about the importance of defeating the Repub licans: "White boys," she said, has nothing to do with "gender or race, it's an attitude. Charles Rangel, D-NY, who , speaking about the 1994 Republican Congress, said, "It's not 'spic' or 'nigger' any more.
has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of Am erican politics, appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wi ng, and chosen Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is ne arly canine in its uncritical affection." Incredibly, Bond repeated this again after September 11, 2001. Or maybe Bennett waits for apologies from the "black leaders" who attack ed President Bush after Hurricane Katrina. You have to give it to George Bush for being even more di abolical. Al Sharpton chimed in, "We've gone from fire hoses to levees." New York City Councilman Ch arles Barron said Rangel's statement was " . Ge orge Bush is worse, because he has more power and he's more destructive to our people. A KKK without power is not as bad as a George Bush with power." To so-called "civil rights leaders" offended by Bennett's remarks, consi der this: As between urban crime and Bill Bennett's "inartful" comments, which poses a bigger threat to the health, growth and prosperity of the black community?
Cut the pork" The victims of Katrina sacrificed much to the storm. You, their fellow ci tizens, sacrificed time and money to help them recover. It is not too mu ch to ask Congress to sacrifice its pork for one year.
jpg Miers is the wrong pick by George Will (Oct 4, 2005) Senators beginning what ought to be a protracted and exacting scrutiny of Harriet Miers should be guided by three rules.
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