This reminds me of that old saying about barn doors and horses…
Update II (5:15 p.m.): DNC “strongly denies” placement of political operatives. Drudge says “well-placed DRUDGE REPORT sources” made the claim but takes the DNC at its word. It’s a retraction of sorts, but as I wrote, kudos to Dean if he supported Landrieu over Nagin.
Update: Uh-oh! Time to lawyer up…
I must admit a faux pas. I compared Ray Nagin and Marion Barry, but I should have made a very important distinction: Nagin is not a crack head. He caved during Katrina, but he’s no drug addict. He was under stress during the disaster, and that’s understandable. Strength of character and leadership, however, are very important during such times. Nagin failed on so many levels and blamed others.
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Howard Dean, failed presidential candidate and beleaguered chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has performed a rare feat for liberals: He made a decision without regard to race.
Instead of supporting the weak Ray Nagin in the New Orleans mayoral race, Dean and the DNC supported white challenger and loser Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. They apparently disregarded their usual MO and focused on what’s really important: competence.
All across the blogosphere today, you’ll read invective and accusations of “Racist!” from the left and the right because the DNC chose to support the white man over the black man. I couldn’t care less who runs New Orleans, so I find it all comical.
I do think it’s telling that even after Nagin’s pitiful performance and inadequate post-Hurricane Katrina leadership and his subsequent “chocolate city” remarks, he was re-elected (an epiphany!) It reminds me of DC voters’ fondness for caught-on-camera crack head Marion “Da Mayor” Barry. As I write this, the drug addict and tax evader sits on the DC Council writing the city’s laws. Then again, what does good character have to do with politics? 
Liberals believe Howard Dean is an ineffectual leader of the DNC. I predict that black liberals will be more upset about his not supporting Nagin than remarks he made to a group of black Democrats last year: “You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here.” For that comment alone, he should have been ostracized, based on liberals’ own standards.
A group of black Republicans called for Dean’s dismissal; I argued against it. He is good for our cause. He’s a bumbler. He embarrasses liberals, and that pleases me.
Last year I dared the DNC, tongue-in-cheek, to choose a black person to chair the DNC only because I knew it wouldn’t.
To liberals who re-elected men like Ray Nagin and Marion Barry, I say this: Congratulations. You’re getting exactly what you deserve.
Bloggers: Riehl World View, IMAO, The Daily Dish, Iowa Voice, Michelle Malkin, Outside the Beltway, Independent Conservative, Sister Toldjah…
Update: Chris Bowers at MyDD suspects Matt Drudge has ulterior motives for posting the “unsourced” info.
I forgot to mention this caught-on-tape bribe thing.
Commenter Dianne:
According to Drudge, the DNC/Dean “secretly†worked to defeat Nagin. Secretly, huh. That’s the part that should get people riled up. If Drudge is correct in his reporting, I think this is definitely a racist action by the DNC. What other reason could they possibly have for working against Nagin in secret other than to try to hide their actions from the black community and that’s racism in my book…Let’s see where this story goes. If it is substantiated, I bet the mainstream media won’t touch it.
