1. Prior to this past Friday, the GOP had appointed nineteen of their own to chair committees in the House--all nineteen are white men. After scathing criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, John Boehner has finally appointed a woman. Candace Miller (R-Mich.) will head the House Administration Committee.
This committee oversees the purchase of office supplies, schedules care for the botanical gardens, manages the Library of Congress, oversees the House cafeteria and sees to the disposal of unwanted executive papers. As Al Sharpton pointed out, Mr. Boehner has appointed a woman to serve as office manager, gardener, librarian, lunchroom lady and to make sure the trash is taken out on time.
Earlier this month, John Boehner told his fellow Republicans they needed to find a way to better appeal to women and minorities.
Well, John, may I just say that appointing a woman to serve as head "mommy" is not what I would call a real strong start. Really, this is the best you could do?
2. Statistics don't lie. If we listen only to political pundits, we would assume that the GOP was the party of choice for all affluent U.S. voters while our poor voted for the Democratic candidate. It is not always that simple. On November 6, Asian-Americans, a relatively affluent part of our citizenry, voted for President Obama 3:1. Southern whites who identified themselves as poor to middle-class voted 90% for Mitt Romney.
It may be politically incorrect to say this; but Asian-Americans tend to be better educated than the average American. Feel free to draw your own conclusion here.
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