A few years ago, Kanye West created a firestorm when he proclaimed on national television that Georgia Bush didn't "care about black people" because of the government's initial response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
George Bush and Dick Cheney were less of a threat to our country and its core values than 10 people who have carved out a special place in our society. I respect Bush and Cheney as men because they really believed what they believed and they were consistent. Wrong, but consistent.
Join me below for the list of the 10 most dangerous People who Hate America.
I haven't written since the elections. Needed a break. I'm jumping back in because the egregious approach the so-called conservatives with the microphone have decided to take against any and everything Obama does or says. Their kind of "conservatism" is clear. It is a tragedy with myriad characters who "want the country to return to the principles upon which it was founded." This is code. They are longing for a time when blacks were slaves and whites were their masters. More on that later.
A greater threat to our country and its ideals are the people on the radio and television talk shows who call themselves conservatives. They are dangerous not for their beliefs. They are dangerous because they hate America because America finally realized that her true greatness would only come when all of her people enjoyed the full benefits guaranteed in the Constitution. The election of Barack Obama was the beginning of our country's journey to true greatness.
The list could be longer. Could probably add 10 more. I selected these people because they are not elected and we are powerless to shut them up.
The 10 people listed below are dangerous because they hate America so much that they would rather see her fail while under the leadership of an African American than accept that Barack Obama is the duly elected president. They are dangerous because of their rhetoric and the fact that mainstream and cable media give them a platform to spew their rhetoric regardless of facts. They talk about the mainstream media having a slobbering love affair with the president. But it is they who enjoy a love affair with the mainstream media. They are allowed free rein to say what they want on the airwaves without challenge. They excused John McCain for leaving his first wife in her greatest hour of need. They excused McCain's association with G. Gordon Liddy. They excused Palin's association with a group that wanted to seek Alaska's independence from the United States.
I'm all for free speech. Irresponsible speech is a different issue. Their speech incites. Their speech is aimed to divide us. Their relevance ended on Nov. 4, 2008. And now their very livelihood is threatened. They are writing books, touring the media outlets and bookstores. They are on their last breath to remain relevant through rhetoric that feeds a dark corner of our society. Their battle cry now is that Barack Obama must be stopped. We all know what that means. This was the same call to action just before Martin Luther King was assassinated. Calling Dr. King a communist didn't stop him. Investigating him didn't stop him. Arresting him didn't stop him.
Calling Obama a socialist didn't stop him. Calling him a terrorist lover didn't stop him. Calling him a communist didn't stop him.
Their strategy is simple: lie, distort, obstruct and mock at all cost. There are no true patriots among them. They don't have the guts to say they don't like the fact that a black man is president. They say worse and get away with it. They think that blacks define racist as someone who calls a black person nigger. No. Everything about them is anti-black. No other president in the history of America has endured the wrath of the angry conservative. Even the crooks who have left office in shame are held in higher esteem.
They offer no solutions, just opposition. They beat the drums with irrational and circular arguments against any and everything. None of them can man up or woman up and just say that they don't want people to be helped and they are OK with people losing their jobs and businesses failing.
These are the 10 most dangerous people who hate America because they have media platforms from which to persuade the incurious that they have the answers and everyone else is wrong. They shame, attack and threaten others who dare to demonstrate independent thoughts from them. These are the people who would tell a drowning man that he should have bought a life jacket.
These people mask their racism in ways that only good listeners and observers can detect. Yes, I'm playing the race card. No one really knows what that means. I have no issue with debating issues. But when you decided to attack a man for his gifts vs his ideas, that's all about race. They marginalize every move. All presidents have speech writers. But they marginalize Obama for having a speech writer.
They criticize the attorney general for speaking his mind and yearning for an America where open and honest dialogue can occur in matters of race. They suggest that it is inappropriate for him to speak in that manner. I've been wondering was he supposed to ask their permission while they sit in the gutter of hypocrisy and with all the intellectual dishonesty suggest that there is really nothing to talk about because we have black president and black attorney general. They don't get it. It was never about demographics in the government power structure. It was about all Americans no matter the color of their skin enjoying true freedom that had eluded them.
They distort and ignore facts to demonstrate that they want what is best for the country. The play translators to explain in their view what Barack Obama really means. These are the people who cannot fathom that a black man would be the leader of the free world. They are out to undue everything to turn the clock back in the country where whites control the political agenda and the business community. Remember the founding fathers made sure slaves would provide the "workforce" to make their capitalism work. Ever wonder where the word workforce comes from? Forcing people to work ala slavery.
They use people like Michael Steele, Larry Elder, Juan Williams and Bobby Jindal who are lost in the wilderness and can't see that they are being used to buffer whites from accusations of racism. Michael Steele and his white handlers are under the impression that non-whites will join the RNC because of Michael Steele. Michael Steele thinks that whites and blacks want a hip hop Republican party. They are clueless. It's the message. It's the platform. It's the exclusive ideas. People of color don't want to be Republicans because of the lack of people of color in the party. They don't want to be Republicans because of what Republicans say they believe in. People are simply smarter than that. It's not the packaging. It's the product. A black man spewing the same mocking, divisive language will get the same result as the white men before him.
We all should be afraid of the so-called conservatives, not Barack Obama. They truly are dangerous and hate America.
They hate America because, after 43 presidents and more than 200 years, America set herself on the path on which everyone no matter the color of their skin could dream big. They hate America because she has found her voice. They hate America because she wants to be who she was intended to be. They hate American because she had the guts to wash off the stain of bigotry and hatred and put on a new garment of inclusion and acceptance.
Now that we are embarking on a new path, their demons, born in slavery and institutionalized in the 20th century, have stirred and we all should be afraid. If these people really loved America, they would offer ideas respectfully without the name calling and mockery. If these people really loved America, they would educate their listeners not tell them who they should fear. If these people loved America, they would know that they cannot stop America when she decides that enough is enough.
Until they exorcise their demons, these are the 10 Most Dangerous People who Hate America:
*Rush Limbaugh, the prophet and puppet master
*Sean Hannity, the robot
*Ann Coulter, the man hater
*Bernard Goldberg, the faux journalist
*Michelle Malkin, the lost girl,
*Laura Ingraham, the shriller
*Neal Boortz, the lost boy
*Newt Gingrich, the adulterer
*Karl Rove,the town crier
*Glen Beck, the grand wizard