GOP Leader Admits Party's Racism

Thanks to Robert Parham at Ethics Daily for calling attention to calling attention to Ken Mehlman's remarks at a recent NAACP meeting. Mehlman, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, said:

Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican Chairman to tell you we were wrong.

Mehlman went on to accuse Democrats of benefitting from the racial polarization that Republicans caused. Parham is correct to criticize Mehlman's flawed logic.

I just want to commend Mehlman for openly admitting what has been obvious to anyone who lived through the civil rights era and paid attention to politics. I'm praying that more Republicans will begin to openly distance themselves and the GOP from people like Rush Limbaugh and the "angry right."