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At the exact point a conservative black Republican becomes a US Senator

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appointed Republican Representative Tim Scott to fill the seat being vacated by the retirement of Sen. Jim DeMint on Monday:

“It is with great pleasure that I am announcing our next U.S. senator to be Congressman Tim Scott,” Haley said. “I am strongly convinced that the entire state understands that this is the right U.S. senator for our state and our country.”

Sen.-designate Scott, 47, will become the only African-American currently serving in the Senate and the first black Republican to serve in the upper chamber since the 1970s. He will also be the first black senator from the South since Reconstruction.

Note on my emphasis in the above paragraph: it was not a Democrat who gave an African-American a chance to represent his/her state in the US Senate, it was a Republican.

It was just September of this year the Huffington Post was lamenting the fact that there would likely be no African-Americans in the Senate for some time to come:

WASHINGTON — If the Senate were 
representative of the U.S. population, 13 of its 100 members would be African-American. But there have been only six black senators in the country’s history.

Right now, there are zero. And it will likely remain that way after the 2012 elections, since none of the major Senate candidates are black.

The author goes further to quote a member of the Congressional Black Caucus echoing that lament:

“I frankly think it’s a shame, and I think it is reflective of America sometimes still idling in the past,” said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who is black. “There are enormously talented people in all backgrounds.”

Well, now that the Governor of South Carolina is officially appointing one, is there rejoicing and dancing in the streets by Democrats?

Sadly, no. Only racial hate and vitriol. Seems that skin color is only important to Democrats if one holds the “correct” viewpoint politically.

Witness the viciousness and hatred from Democrats:

TOKEN NEGRO: SC Gov Nikki Haley to name Rep Tim Scott, SC’s first African-American GOP rep since 1901, to replace Sen Jim DeMint. Event

— lovelyladypa (@lovelyladypa) December 17, 2012

Meet America’s newest “House Negro”! He’s replacing Jim DeMint in South Carolina. @thinkprogress thkpr.gs/V36jRm

— Smooth (@smoothjazznmore) December 17, 2012

Tim Scott or uncle ruckus?….. Sound like the same person to me. Look like Mr Charlie just picked a Tom ….,#TeamFollowBack

— zug9mm (@zug9mm) December 17, 2012

See, if you’re an African-American in America today, you’re never truly free. You can’t hold views outside those “approved” views sanctioned by leftist Democrats. You’ll never be free to think for yourself, unless you pick your thoughts from a pre-approved list (see Nancy Pelosi for your free copy).

We’ve come so far from the America we were in the 1800s, and even the 1960s, and it seems to go unnoticed by those that lean left:

People don’t appreciate how far we have come as a nation.

An Indian American of Sikh Heritage, married to a Caucasian, as Governor of the most conservative state in the Union, just made Tim Scott the first GOP African American Senator since reconstruction (and amazingly, only the 7th African American Senator ever), in the former home state of Strom Thurmond, after defeating Strom’s son for the House seat in the first place.  And conservatives cheered.

Those same conservatives are called “racists” on a daily basis.

Tell me again, who are the real racists here? Looks like they wear the letter (D) to me.

Crossposted to Unified Patriots