The Pendragon's Hall

I see the man who got fewer black votes than any Democratic presidential candidate in modern history is now trying to battle his way back. Senator John Kerry is proposing a new Rosa Parks statue somewhere in DC. Coming as it did right after the funeral, obviously it's a political stroke. With early Civil Rights workers now the heroes of the hour, no one will want to vote against it. And if Senator Pathetic up there can get it passed, he can get credit for being The First To Think Of It. To give him credit, it's not that bad an idea. I admire Rosa Parks and her bravery, but these Lib Dems can't even let her have her moment in the spotlight...for the right reasons this time. Clinton gave an eulogy, don't ask me why, at her funeral, which turned into another "I-am-God" routine in which he claimed that as a nine-year-old white boy he "strongly approved" of what Parks had done and chose to sit with the blacks. Now Kerry brings his bill. If a Republican did anything remotely like this, the press and the Democrats would be screaming, "Politics!" But of course we all know the reason that they're doing this: to make people forget that when push came to shove in 1964, more Democrats were aligned against the Civil Rights bill than Republicans. So...they can sit in the back of the bus or they can build a new statue, but they wouldn't give them something more lasting...equal rights.