Say Anything Blog

At first this made me angry, but afterward I couldn't help but laugh.

From the Miami Herald via Instapundit:

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown verbally attacked a top Bush administration official during a briefing on the Haiti crisis Wednesday, calling the President's policy on the beleaguered nation "racist" and his representatives "a bunch of white men."

Her outburst was directed at Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. Noriega, a Mexican-American, is the State Department's top official for Latin America...

Brown sat directly across the table from Noriega and yelled into a microphone. Her comments sent a hush over the hourlong meeting, which was attended by about 30 people, including several members of Congress and Bush administration officials.

Noriega later told Brown: "As a Mexican-American, I deeply resent being called a racist and branded a white man," according to three participants.

Brown then told him "you all look alike to me," the participants said.

There's nothing quite like pointing out racism by being racially insensitive. How much you wanna bet this story doesn't get nearly the amount of criticism that Trent Lott's comments did?

I guess the media thinks its ok for racist comments to be used, as long as they're coming from somebody who is a minority. Or a Democrat.

Isn't it odd how Rep. Brown's party affiliation wasn't given in the article?

Luckily, Noriega was able to take Brown's insensitive comments in stride:

After her comments about white men, Noriega said he would "relay that to (Secretary of State) Colin Powell and (national security adviser) Condoleezza Rice the next time I run into them," participants said.