Kander's Candor?
[ Patrick Tuohey ]Mirriam-Webster's online dictionary defines candor as "freedom from prejudice or malice." Is the term an eponym for Kansas City's own State House representative?
That representative, Jason Kander, has been nominated for an award, given by the Reserve Officers Association, and named for South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond.
According to Wikipedia, Thurmond:
- supported racial segregation with the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator, speaking for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an unsuccessful attempt to derail the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
- decried the Supreme Court opinion in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, which ordered the immediate desegregation of schools in the American South.
- praised President Nixon and his "Southern Strategy" of delaying desegregation, saying Nixon "stood with the South in this case."
Although Thurmond came around in the 1970s, and supported making Martin Luther King's birthday a federal holiday, his career continued to haunt him and others. Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott resigned his position due to a brouhaha after he said, at Thurmond's 100th birthday, "When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either."
Now comes Jason Kander, a Washington, DC educated attorney who hews closely to the left's agenda and "progressive values." Kander supports codifying same-sex marriage and considers abortion-on-demand a civil right.
Will Kander stand on those principles and decline to be considered for an award named to honor a southern segregationist? For someone so consumed with avoiding the appearance of impropriety, what could be more improper than honoring the chief defender of segregation in the United States Congress?
It would be a shame if Kander's principles and concerns for appearances give way to (or turn out to be) mere political ambition and self-seeking.
2/3/2010 5:03:12 AM
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