Standard Mischief

I don’t even keep a bookmark to Egalia’s Tennessee Guerilla Women blog, but she’s there in the mental index file if I ever need a fringe far left viewpoint on feminist issues. I went over there recently and noted that the Feminists for Hillary faction is ticked off. You can browse over there if you want the details.

Anyway, one thing she mentions is a speech from the Honorable Rep. Alcee Hastings where he plays the race card, badly. I know that Rep. Hastings isn’t cribbing from me because he says “2/3 of a person” instead of “Three Fifths”:

“…I suppose the DNC has the right to block Democrats in Florida from attending the National Convention. They also have the right to be stupid, and stupid they are. At the beginning of our great country’s history my ancestors were counted as only 2/3 of a person. Until passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, they weren’t allowed to vote. During that same time and until 1920, women could not vote. White men who did not own property could not vote at one point in our history as well…”

He’s a sharp one there.

Also here’s a comment from the last link above:

A true ironist might point out that Hastings was one of 31 in Congress who voted to not count the electoral votes of Ohio in 2004.

This is what I love about this year’s race to be the Democratic Nominee in particular and politics in general. An extra heapin’ helpin’ of hypocrisy for everyone!