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" Man, I&amp;#039;m loving Michael Gerson \u2014 even more than I did two days ago! Today he has a column at The Washington Post that&amp;#039;s so sensible it makes me want to cry. He says it&amp;#039;s a good thing that some of the Tea Parties are throwing out racists, and it&amp;#039;s good that the NAACP said the Tea Parties as a whole can&amp;#039;t be fairly accused of racism \u2014 just individual members. Progress! But he also attacks the opportunists who are &amp;quot;seeking ratings, hits, supports and attention by stoking racial fires&amp;quot; \u2014 in other words, the Fox News Channel. And he reminds his fellow conservatives of a few basic facts about America from a point of view that may not be familiar to them, especially if they spend a lot of their time listening to people who haven&amp;#039;t stopped talking about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Why are some African Americans suspicious of large, predominately white, conservative populist movements? Well, let&amp;#039;s see. Perhaps because they have suffered provocations throughout American history that make the complaints of Boston&amp;#039;s original tea party movement seem trivial in comparison. Perhaps because the Constitutional Convention itself was a conspiracy against their rights. Perhaps because great historical wrongs are still comparatively recent. The last African American born into slavery died only 40 or 50 years ago. The last African American born into segregation will not die for another 50 or 60 years. Sometimes, I can&amp;#039;t believe this guy was George W. Bush&amp;#039;s favorite speechwriter. It&amp;#039;s a useful reminder to me and other liberals of the decency that can often be found on the right. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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