I agree with you to a large extent; but, I watched the Rachel Maddow interview and there was one great big thing missing from her questions to Rand Paul regarding racism and the Civil Rights Act.
Rachel Maddow never asked Rand Paul about AFFIRMATIVE ACTION which through Executive Order #11246 is a most important "attachment" to the Civil... See More Rights Act even though Maddow has to be fully aware that both Rand Paul and his dad, Ron Paul, are vigorously opposed to affirmative action and its enforcement through what is probably the most important civil rights victory: Executive Order #11246 signed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson as just about every major American city was burning in 1965.
If the back of institutionalized racism is ever going to be broken in this country it will be through the strict enforcement of affirmative action as set forth in Executive Order #11246; which, by the way, Barack Obama and his administration are refusing to enforce. Almost a trillion dollars of tax-payer money in the form of Stimulus Funds went by the millions to every state for huge public works projects and now most of this money has already been spent without the enforcement of affirmative action.
Maddow and others in the media are afraid to question Rand and Ron Paul about their opposition to affirmative action because they are afraid the Pauls are going to turn around and ask, why, if affirmative action is so important Obama is not enforcing it... so, the racism of the Pauls is exposed to some extent but to protect the Obama Administration and the Democrats, Maddow and others in the media are refusing to touch affirmative action--- which many people misunderstanding believe is the same thing as "non-discrimination" when affirmative action is a whole lot more.
The media should be pushed to question Rand and Ron Paul about their opposition to affirmative action... of course, this would mean Democrats in Kentucky and elsewhere across the country would have to explain why they have refused to push for the full enforcement of affirmative action.
The racists have challenged affirmative action (Executive Order #11246) in every conceivable way possible and it still stands unaltered and intact as a most important weapon in our arsenal--- as progressives--- for defeating institutionalized racism.
Note: I used the word "attachment" to describe Executive Order #11246 and its relationship to the Civil Rights Act... this may not be the most appropriate description; perhaps "supplement" would be a better word since it is not directly "attached" to the Civil Rights Act but I think I am providing an accurate description in order to make my point that Rand and Ron Paul should now be questioned about their opposition to affirmative action.
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