Ms. Jennifer Heyne:
Since Victor Hanson is apparently being coy with his own contacts, I
will direct this comment to you.
I'm not entirely clear what Mr. Hanson's point was concerning Senator
Boxer's challenge to Dr. Rice, but he seems to be saying that no Democrat
should ever confront or challenge any African American, ever, no matter how
egregious the provocation, and that this protection is granted solely on the
basis of race.
I find it hard to imagine a more racist notion.
John M. Burt
From: "VDH Assistant"
To: "John M. Burt"
Subject: RE: Boxer Vs. Rice
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:53:59 -0800
Dear Mr. Burt,
Victor is never coy, just very busy. I think the point was that the
Democrats are especially angry that a black woman might harbor her own
ideas -- and so prone to grill a black republican more closely and in ways
that was never seen even by more controversial appointments -- because the
Democrats feel blacks owe them something as champions of civil rights. It's
much like the plantation owner who felt his slaves owed him for their
livelihood. Ultimatly, Boxer's anger was Rice's race, not her testimony.
Hence, the tenor of the attack was motivated by race. He suggests the same
phenonmenon with C. Thomas.
I confess that I write this from a conversation with Victor and have not
read the article. So I am as remiss as i am busy. I don't even know if
this made since. Good luck
Sincerely,
Jennifer Heyne
Assistant
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This comes from "Private Papers"
VDH's website at www.victorhanson.com
Ms. Heyne:
Thank you very much for taking the trouble to reply to my message of the other day.
I am interested by the line of reasoning used here. Mr. Hanson declared, with no supporting evidence, that Senator Boxer's close questioning of Dr. Rice was not motivated by political expedience in opposing an effective agent of the Bush Administration's agenda, nor by moral objections to Dr. Rice's well-documented carelessness with the truth, but solely by hostility towards a "disloyal" African American.
You support this assertion with . . . your own assertion of the same thing.
Oh, well. Doubtless the charge of racism laid against Senator Boxer will stick, once asserted by enough people. And Secretary Rice's falsehoods will remain ignored, no matter how well they are documented.
Life goes on,
John M. Burt
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