Yesterday Vice President Biden told a largely black audience, in his best impression of a southern negro, that if Mitt Romney were allowed to “unchain” the banks, “They’re gonna put y’all back in chains!” In one sense, this condescending, pandering, race-baiting nonsense isn’t really news, considering the source. But the significant thing is that no prominent African American leader has stepped forward to condemn it and call for more “civility” in the campaign–certainly not President Civility himself. I guess civility is only required of Republicans.
Democrats, do you really want four more years of this? Is this the hope and change you thought you were getting?
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
