Here's a blurb about a clown on the left.
Inside Politics
By Greg Pierce
Connerly and Dingell
Ward Connerly, who last week was told in blunt language by Rep. John D. Dingell, Michigan Democrat, to butt out of his state's affirmative-action debate, has responded with a letter telling Mr. Dingell how poorly the House's senior member knows his Constitution.
"Some of my tax dollars contribute to your salary. That makes me an involuntary constituent of yours. Therefore, I must ask, do you treat all of your constituents with such contempt, arrogance and high-handedness, or do you reserve such treatment for the 'uppity' ones who insist on using their civil rights to participate in public policy-making?" Mr. Connerly wrote.
Mr. Connerly, chairman of the Sacramento, Calif.-based American Civil Rights Coalition who led successful initiative drives to make California policies race-neutral, is advocating for a similar initiative in Michigan.
Mr. Dingell, who represents the southeastern corner of Michigan, told Mr. Connerly in a July 9 letter to "go home and stay home."
"Take your message of hate and fear, division and destruction and leave," Mr. Dingell wrote, accusing Mr. Connerly of "ignorant meddling in our affairs."
But Mr. Connerly said that letter reminded him of George Wallace, Lester Maddox and others who "wanted to practice their brand of racism free from the interference of 'meddling, outside agitators.' "
"They were arrogant and intolerant bullies ... and so are you," he wrote.
For good measure, he also spends several paragraphs detailing the constitutional underpinning for his right to travel and advocate in Michigan, then points out that the Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to open a Rainbow Coalition office in Benton Harbor, Mich.
"Would you please be kind enough to send me a copy of your letter to him demanding that he 'go home and stay there.' I understand that he is also a non-resident of Michigan." |
