Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Democratic constituencies begin the infighting

Latino Democrats say the selection of Bill Richardson to the Obama cabinet is not enough:

" Baca expects Obama to improve upon the two Hispanics that Presidents Clinton and Bush had in their Cabinets. "We'll start with two and then work for three," he said. "But it's got to be more than what we've had."

Ah, welcome once again to an era of nose-counting by race, gender, etc etc etc, and worrying not about talent and achievement, but whether this or that race and gender is fairly "represented."

Martin Luther King Jr. once said that he hoped he'd see an America where one was judged by the "content of their character, and not the color of their skin." It's a pity that so many Democrats have forgotten that.