It did not take long for senator Harry Reid to apologize for his latest foray into racist remarks. When video of his Asian jokes surface on the internet, Reid stepped forward to issue an apology. "My comments were in extremely poor taste and I apologize. Sometimes I say the wrong thing,” Reid said in a statement to The Hill.
So Harry Reid makes a joke slurring Asian Americans. He says nothing afterwards. He does nothing afterwards. Then video of the event surfaces, and Reid is suddenly out there issuing a "heartfelt" apology. Yeah, right! Reid got caught on video, so now he feels that he has to apologize. But here's the real question: what kind of a political leader would fail to understand that joking about how Asian Americans all look alike is the wrong thing to do? No apology changes that.
My prediction is that Reid's apology will end this entire matter. Most of the media did not even report on the original story, so they are hardly likely to report the apology or to follow the story into the future. After all, Reid is only the second most powerful Democrat in Washington; as Hillary would say, "What difference does it make?"
Now imagine for a moment that the same joke was made by the Republican leader in the senate, Mitch McConnell. We would be deluged with reports about it even though McConnell's wife is of Chinese descent. There would be a media storm. By the way, let's not forget that there are Democrats in Kentucky who are campaigning against McConnell this year on the grounds that his wife is Chinese. No kidding; Kentucky Democrat operatives are criticizing senator McConnell because his wife is Chinese. Again, imagine the outcry if Republicans did that.
The real truth is that racism is evil. It's evil no matter who is doing it. It's time for the media to call the Democrats on the racists in their midst, particularly in their leadership. "Sometimes I say the wrong thing" is just not enough.
So Harry Reid makes a joke slurring Asian Americans. He says nothing afterwards. He does nothing afterwards. Then video of the event surfaces, and Reid is suddenly out there issuing a "heartfelt" apology. Yeah, right! Reid got caught on video, so now he feels that he has to apologize. But here's the real question: what kind of a political leader would fail to understand that joking about how Asian Americans all look alike is the wrong thing to do? No apology changes that.
My prediction is that Reid's apology will end this entire matter. Most of the media did not even report on the original story, so they are hardly likely to report the apology or to follow the story into the future. After all, Reid is only the second most powerful Democrat in Washington; as Hillary would say, "What difference does it make?"
Now imagine for a moment that the same joke was made by the Republican leader in the senate, Mitch McConnell. We would be deluged with reports about it even though McConnell's wife is of Chinese descent. There would be a media storm. By the way, let's not forget that there are Democrats in Kentucky who are campaigning against McConnell this year on the grounds that his wife is Chinese. No kidding; Kentucky Democrat operatives are criticizing senator McConnell because his wife is Chinese. Again, imagine the outcry if Republicans did that.
The real truth is that racism is evil. It's evil no matter who is doing it. It's time for the media to call the Democrats on the racists in their midst, particularly in their leadership. "Sometimes I say the wrong thing" is just not enough.
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