Attorney General: Eric Holder called us cowards. (what) ?

He was talking about race relations. So he has the backbone to say what he feels. Is that bad?

He was talking about race relations. Stirring up the pot so to speak. I have to tell you that this race card is getting pretty annoying. I have friends of all nationalities, if anyone demands respect, well they have mine. I have black friends that have better paying jobs than I do, higher positions and they got there by hard work, effort and determination. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Rev. Wright like to keep things boiling, if they do not they would not make any money. I will tell you this, a black person can go into any white neighborhood without fear of being shot. He may get questioned by the police, but if a white person goes into the darkest areas of any urban city they probably will not come out alive. There are areas of town here where the cops will not go into. Black, white, red or yellow! Sorry if you do not like to hear it, just take a ride in any urban city at night and you will learn a quick lesson. Probably your last lesson though. There are some that will never be happy and will never like each other and there is very little anyone can to about it. I mean look at all the interracial marriages now, blacks and whites going to church together, working together, I mean what more does Holder want as far as peace? Just have to wonder.

Eric Holder has a big mouth on him and shouldn't be saying things like this if he is going to hold such a high office. But it speaks to his own arrogance and arrogance seems to be the predominant attitude of the Obama administration, originating from Chief Obama himself.

For an Attorney General to be calling the populace "cowards" is a bit scary because it shows a careless disregard if not a DISDAIN for perhaps millions of people. Do we really want someone who thinks this way to be in charge of applying and even helping to craft the laws of our land?

I don't think so.

So he opens his term with a big DING against him in the public eye (as if he even cares). These are the mindsets we DON'T want to be in charge of our society, but the nation should have realized this by examining Obama more closely before electing him versus voting for him out of disdain for the opposing party and with no other electable choice beyond Democrat.

Eric Holder is the guy who should have opposed Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich and didn't. Marc Rich repaid Clinton by donating $70,000 to Hillary's 2000 senate campaign and $1.3 million to the DNC coffers.

Either Holder is corrupt like his boss, Bill Clinton, is or he is a coward for not speaking up against the Marc Rich pardon.

He thinks we are cowards because not enough people have interacial personal friendships, by his reckoning. So what is he going to do? Force integration of your house? A chicken in every pot and a black man in every house? Seems kind of silly. He knows nothing about the personal relationships of people in America.

Cowards.

Just from these responses I can see he's right. People want to pretend racism doesn't exist anymore, but how can this be when just 2 months ago this site was plagued with questions about how Obama would park cars on the white house lawn, or how he should only be allowed onto the porch of the white house... People want to think it's just Black people whining, but the comments on this page prove racism is still a prevalent issue.

I say it's time for victim mentality minded people to stop using blame as a crutch and an excuse for not moving beyond their hatred cloaked immaturities. WHERE ARE THE GROWNUPS in this new administration???!!!!

we ought to forget approximately approximately such notions of branch. we are all human and one or 2 of our contributors should not be allowed to stress a wedge between what we elect and what we are able to have, easily we are above the unconventional recommendations which do lots harm to progression someplace else interior the international.

The 600,000 who gave their lives to end slavery will say otherwise.

And exactly what does his pontificating have to do with his job?

We can talk real race issues AFTER they no longer have Black Congressional Caucas, BET and all the other little separatist agendas they cling to - that is when true openness and dialogue begins - tell him to talk to Black CC first and then get back to us.

I say give us a link so we can read the sentence in context. And I also say that if Attorney General is referring to torture, I couldn't possibly agree more.

I see from some of the responses that apparently his comment was in reference to race? Again, please provide a source and a link if you desire intelligent response.

OK, the poster "Cut throat" just provided a link with the quote. And in that context, I certainly agree. America has not faced racial issues head-on. I think some people on your side of the aisle would call that being "politically correct."

HAR!

Funny how some things come back to bite you in the butt, huh?

Some people would rather ignore a problem, pretend it doesn't exist. Racism is ugly, and lots of people find it extremely uncomfortable to deal with.

Yes, I would call someone a coward who kept repeating over and over that there isn't a race problem in this country.