Republican Proposes Back of the Bus March 8, 2008
Posted by Conrad Hubbard in : The Chip , 7 commentsRepublican strategist Kellyanne Conway, a regular commentator on CNN political news, really surprised me tonight. She directly proclaimed that Hillary wanted Senator Barack Obama to sit “at the back of the bus” in a pretty gross display of manipulative racist suggestion. When called on her comment, she didn’t apologize either. To me, it is important to note that Conway is the one that said this. The Clinton campaign did not say it.
It would be nice to see the Republican party publicly repudiate Mrs. Conway’s racist remark. It would be nicer to see Mrs. Conway unreservedly apologize for it and admit she was trying to create a false division by attributing her own racist phrases to a Democratic candidate. It would be even better to see her do something substantive to make up for the damage she may have inflicted on the human experience in the name of short term political expedience.