Everyone (but me, apparently) forgets the NAACP's James Byrd Ad
Looks like these two letters won't get published either but that won't stop readers of ZACKlyRight.blogspot.com from benefitting.
Everyone should know that Mr. Adrian Walker is the B Section, city beat writer for the Boston Globe. He's African-American. He and I have exchanged quite a few emails on race relations and he even referenced me once and quoted from one of my emails once in one of his columns.
Editor,
Mr. Adrian Walker deserves an A-plus for his brilliant sleight of typing in "A big week for Patrick (October 16, B1)".
First, Mr. Walker acknowledges that a local, rival newspaper ran the story about Mr. Deval Patrick's brother-in-law being a convicted rapist and not properly registering as a sex offender when he moved to the state of Massachusetts. Then, in the very same sentence, and throughout the rest of his column, Mr. Walker continues to use the word "campaign" to connect this news story with Ms. Kerry Healey. There has been absolutely no connection of this factual news story eminating in the Healey campaign and to suggest otherwise is a gross smear of Ms. Healey.
Also, I'm sure President Bush would have loved the "Patrick treatment" from the Boston Globe. That is, the Globe refusing to publish news stories about his daughter and a nephew during his presidential campaigns.
Finally, I question the "outrage" of those who are selectively offended by the Gov. Dukakis - Willie Horton ad but who never mention the NAACP's James Byrd ad. Recall, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, the NAACP produced a black and white commercial of a pick-up truck dragging chains and a voice-over of Mr. James Byrd's daughter saying that Gov. George Bush "killed" her father "all over again" when he did not sign a hate-crime bill. There is so much work to be done on race relations in this country; the Boston Globe, the established liberal media and, it pains me to write, Mr. Walker, are not helping by selectively politicizing one ad from 18 years ago and ignoring a more disgusting one from just six years ago.
But, maybe it is just about politics and not about improving race relations and that's an opportunity lost . . . and it's a shame. (End of first letter.)
When is sex with a 17 year-old page not a crime? When the perp is a Democrat, of course.
Editor,
Just a week after every single Democrat in Washington said and every liberal columnist wrote "protect the children" in the wake of Rep. Mark Foley's text messages, it was the height of arrogance for the Boston Globe to publish a column from Rep. Gerry Studds' former press secretary that included the phrase "consensual affair with a 17 year-old page" to describe the acts that earned Rep. Studds a censure in the U.S. House of Representatives (The force of Gerry Studds, October 17, A11). (End of second letter.)
Looks like these two letters won't get published either but that won't stop readers of ZACKlyRight.blogspot.com from benefitting.
Everyone should know that Mr. Adrian Walker is the B Section, city beat writer for the Boston Globe. He's African-American. He and I have exchanged quite a few emails on race relations and he even referenced me once and quoted from one of my emails once in one of his columns.
Editor,
Mr. Adrian Walker deserves an A-plus for his brilliant sleight of typing in "A big week for Patrick (October 16, B1)".
First, Mr. Walker acknowledges that a local, rival newspaper ran the story about Mr. Deval Patrick's brother-in-law being a convicted rapist and not properly registering as a sex offender when he moved to the state of Massachusetts. Then, in the very same sentence, and throughout the rest of his column, Mr. Walker continues to use the word "campaign" to connect this news story with Ms. Kerry Healey. There has been absolutely no connection of this factual news story eminating in the Healey campaign and to suggest otherwise is a gross smear of Ms. Healey.
Also, I'm sure President Bush would have loved the "Patrick treatment" from the Boston Globe. That is, the Globe refusing to publish news stories about his daughter and a nephew during his presidential campaigns.
Finally, I question the "outrage" of those who are selectively offended by the Gov. Dukakis - Willie Horton ad but who never mention the NAACP's James Byrd ad. Recall, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, the NAACP produced a black and white commercial of a pick-up truck dragging chains and a voice-over of Mr. James Byrd's daughter saying that Gov. George Bush "killed" her father "all over again" when he did not sign a hate-crime bill. There is so much work to be done on race relations in this country; the Boston Globe, the established liberal media and, it pains me to write, Mr. Walker, are not helping by selectively politicizing one ad from 18 years ago and ignoring a more disgusting one from just six years ago.
But, maybe it is just about politics and not about improving race relations and that's an opportunity lost . . . and it's a shame. (End of first letter.)
When is sex with a 17 year-old page not a crime? When the perp is a Democrat, of course.
Editor,
Just a week after every single Democrat in Washington said and every liberal columnist wrote "protect the children" in the wake of Rep. Mark Foley's text messages, it was the height of arrogance for the Boston Globe to publish a column from Rep. Gerry Studds' former press secretary that included the phrase "consensual affair with a 17 year-old page" to describe the acts that earned Rep. Studds a censure in the U.S. House of Representatives (The force of Gerry Studds, October 17, A11). (End of second letter.)
posted by Zack at 8:30 PM
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Enjoyed your commentary here.I have a feeling you'll be hearing from Mr. Adrian Walker. If you do, please share his reply with the rest of us.
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