The Nigh Seen Creeder

According to Shelby County Democratic Party honcho William Larsha, only black people can represent black people in Congress. At a recent meeting of black "leaders" in Memphis, Larsha uncorked this gem:

"The [9th Congressional District] seat is one that decent white people created so African-Americans and whites could send an African-American to Congress."

First of all, the 9th District is drawn in such a way to ensure that a major metropolitan area of Tennessee, i.e., the city and suburbs of Memphis, has one-man-one-vote representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Again, this includes the area in and around Memphis, which happens to be about 60 percent black. To suggest that the district has been drawn as a racial gerrymander is just plain preposterous.

That being said, the real issue here is the fact that a large number folks in Memphis have now embarked on what in reality is a racist crusade to defeat the white candidate, State Senator Steve Cohen, who won last month's 9th District Democratic primary. William Larsha and other Democrats in Memphis have recruited Jake Ford, U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr.'s (aka Junior) sibling, to run as an independent in November. You see, as Larsha told the Associated Press, the seat "belongs to an African-American." Oh, my ...

If given the opportunity, I'd like to ask the members of the anti-Cohen cabal to explain why insisting that Memphis' U.S. Representative must be black is not inherently racist. I'd also like to ask them why the same does not hold true in reverse; that is, why should Junior be elected to the U.S. Senate given that the majority of voters in Tennessee are white?

Since Tennessee has never had a black U.S. Senator, doesn't it stand to reason that Bill Frist's seat "belongs" to a white person? Start expressing that opinion and see how long it takes for you to be tagged as a racist. You won't have to wait very long.