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President Bush’s new domestic policy advisor,

By Nico Pitney on May 25th, 2006 at 1:11 pm

President Bush’s new domestic policy advisor,

longtime AEI scholar Karl Zinsmeister, on race: “[C]olorblindness has become a real risk today. … The penalty for the person who, ignoring race, turns down the wrong street today can literally be death.” Greg Sargent has more at his new blog, The Horse’s Mouth.

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ShelleyMae says:

Speaking as someone who actually has turned down what was apparently the “wrong street”, I’d say that the most likely consequence of doing so is to be stopped by police who are positive that, due to your skin color, you can only be in the neighborhood for nefarious purposes.
May 25th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Jimi says:

Looks like the Good ‘ol Boy Posse has a new member!
May 25th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
bushllit says:

let me guess…he just moved to the country a week ago, thereby qualifying him as the ONLY canidate to be the domestic policy advisor
May 25th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Zookeeper says:

Creepazoid.
May 25th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Paul in LA says:

Apparently there are lots of whole towns that blacks don’t dare go to.

And, what’s with the gays? They seem to believe that if they hug or hold hands they could be in danger!

Wow, when will people get with the New Truth that money makes you a man?
May 25th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Krazny says:

I don’t know, but as a white guy visiting Chicago, I was told to stay out of the south side. Remember the song 911 is a joke by Public Enemy was talking about places like rolling meadows or cabrini green.
May 25th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Badmoodman says:

We all be dissin’ the Zinsmeistermeister.
May 25th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Just plain mad says:

Bush is following Norquist’s request in dumbing down government to the point of irrelevancy. I can’t think of a department that is headed by a qualified person in this administration. None have the respect of the profession of it’s peers.

Bush is a kook that has played circus enough. The entire inner group should be removed ASAP as war criminals and/or incompetent for the job.
May 25th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
AvengingAngel says:

For more on the dismal record of President Bush and the GOP on race, see:
“Snow White and the GOP.”
May 25th, 2006 at 8:45 pm

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