Bill Bennett: "Abort every black baby and the crime rate would go down."


"Values Czar" William Bennett was Secretary of Education for President Ronald Reagan and Anti-Drug Chief in the Bush 41 White House. He has written several best selling "virtue" books including The Book of Virtues, Moral Compass: stories for a Life's Journey and the Children's Book of Virtues. Bill is considered one of the Republican Party's big brains. On his radio show, Bill basically made the comment to a caller that, "You could abort every black baby in America and the crime rate would go down. It would be reprehensible, but the crime rate would go down." It is difficult to know how to even respond to a comment like that. Bennett seems to be yet another prominent republican making some extremely racial comments. Let's not forget how W's mother, sweet ole Barbara Bush state that most of the "refugees" were better off on a cot in the Astro Dome in Houston than when they were back in the Big Easy. After people had already being stranded for 4 days in New Orleans, Sen. Trent Lott said, "I don't think this is a time for people to be complaining." I guess he was upset he lost his beach house to Katrina. Lott, lost his position of Senate Majority Leader because of saying, "If we had elected Strom president, we wouldn't have had all these problems." Of course Strom Thurmond ran for President in 1948 as a blatant, racist Dixie-Crat. In Greenville, SC a Greenville Technical College Vice President of 20years Renee Holcombe said in two closed door meetings that "I can't believe we have to deal with these yard apes. That was after hearing New Orleans evacuees would be enrolling in school at Tech. Even Sec. of State Condoleeza "Dirty" Rice is getting in on the act. Dirty grew up in Alabama during the height of the civil rights movement. 4 little girls her own age were killed when a racist threw a bomb into their church. In a recent interview when asked what kind of memories of the civil rights movement she had she said at the time all she did was "play piano and ice skate." Rice said she didn't focus on what she now calls the "counter-culture." I guess this is why our Sec. of State went to a Broadway comedy and bought thousands of dollars worth of shoes while people were dying in New Orleans. Bennett's remark falls on the heals of the big question of why it took the Bush Administration 5 days to rescue thousands of stranded people, mostly minority, from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Racism is so alive in America. The right wing, radical, conservative, evangelical movement in America is no better than the Aryan attitude of the Hitler regime. If you are a republican and have a heart and a conscious, you have to denounce this racism. Remaining silent means you are a part of the problem. I'm Chaz Atlas and that's how I see it.
Bill Bennett: "[Y]ou could abort every black ba ... [Media Matters]
- posted by Chaz Atlas @ Friday, September 30, 2005