Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Hillary, The Plantation, and Failing Schools
Tongues are wagging all over the place at Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) bold and striking comments yesterday at a Harlem church ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther King. Clinton compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a "plantation... and you know what I'm talking about." See NY Times story here.
Whether Clinton is right or wrong about her colleagues on the other side of The Statue of Freedom, she succeeded in creating a buzz and people today are debating the merits of her remarks. Too bad Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) didn't create a fraction of this current ruckus last fall when he compared kids in crappy Harlem public schools to the people who were left behind to die in New Orleans. Both are vivid and emotional images, and both deserve to be hashed out in the public square.
Whether Clinton is right or wrong about her colleagues on the other side of The Statue of Freedom, she succeeded in creating a buzz and people today are debating the merits of her remarks. Too bad Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) didn't create a fraction of this current ruckus last fall when he compared kids in crappy Harlem public schools to the people who were left behind to die in New Orleans. Both are vivid and emotional images, and both deserve to be hashed out in the public square.
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