"Democrats are crazy," Cleaver says, and can't be "corralled"

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver spoke at the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting in Washington last night. Here’s a snippet of what he said after being introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, who grew up in Overland Park.

Of the early days of the 2008 campaign, when the presidential candidate field was still wide open, the Missouri Democrat said:

“I’ll tell you what kept me awake at night. I feared Colin Powell would run for president, and his victory would be due in no small part due to African Americans crossing over to the Republican Party to vote for him. We would have lost African Americans for two, maybe three generations from the Democratic Party. We dodged a bullet. We just didn’t know it.”

Speaking before a roomful white, brown and black faces, male and female, Cleaver said, “I’m a Democrat because of people like Chairman Kaine and because of what I see when I walk in this room…It’s difficult to be a Democrat, because Democrats are crazy. We don’t have any way in which we can all be corralled.”



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can't be done.

The same ones that are questioning Obama's legitimacy would have found something in Powell to hang their racism on. They might have stayed home altogether during the 2008 elections and the Republican party would have lost twice as bad as they did.

But they do brag they aren't racists and they used to bring up Powell as their proof.

Which is why I like us.

When I heard about him running, I just laughed. The Republicans would tear themselves apart before they nominated a black man.

I could be wrong though, they did nominate Alan Keyes for Senate, made Michael Steele their chair, and elected Bobby Jindal and Mrs. South Carolina, among others.