On Monday November 14th on the Situation with Tucker Carlson I had this to say about trying to put people into political boxes based on their race, something I do not approve of.
CARLSON: Maybe you ought to run for Senate. I wish you would. Speaking of politics, Michael Steele, lieutenant governor of Maryland, running again, is a black Republican, was attacked in 2001 by the president of the Maryland State Senate, as a, quote, Uncle Tom. And in recent weeks, he's been attacked by Democrats in the state of Maryland, in primarily racial terms. People threw Oreo cookies at him at a speech, et cetera, et cetera.
All boils down to this Sunday on "Meet the Press," the chairman of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean, was asked, "Isn't this wrong? Shouldn't you repudiate it? And he refused.
Now, I'm not necessarily for people having to repudiate things they didn't say. On the other hand, I do think the silence of the Democratic Party is kind of telling, don't you?
COLGAN: I think it's appalling. I'm not a moral relativist. I agree with Howard Dean that he should get apology for being called an anti-Semite.
But he should have looked in the camera and said what I'm going to say right now, which is this is un-American. This does not reflect Democratic values.
And look, I'm a Democrat and I believe that the Democratic agenda benefits lower and middle class people in America more than the Republican one. And unfortunately, that disproportionately affects blacks, but that doesn't mean if someone disagrees with me, I should throw cookies at them.
I mean, Tucker, what this really is, is this is identity policing. I don't want to use racism, because that's a pretty strong term. But why is it that blacks, or any group, for that matter, should have to fit into some small narrow group that liberals or Democrats or the media says they should?
CARLSON: Well, that's exactly right. In fact, you know...
COLGAN: Stop throwing cookies and get out in Maryland and say, "This guy is not the right candidate for governor" for some other reason. This is absurd and it should be condemned for what it is, which is disgusting behavior, and people should cut it out.
And Howard Dean should come out and say, "Yes, I want an apology for being called an anti-Semite, but this is just simply wrong."
CARLSON: Well, also I mean, I'd like to see the record of Howard Dean being called an anti-Semite, but even then, it's kind of immaterial, because in politics, you know, whackos call each other bad names all the time.
It just seems that this is particularly stinging and unfair and cruel attack, as if it's somehow intrinsically illegitimate to be a black Republican. That's just, I mean, doubtless, you know black Republicans.
COLGAN: Yes, I do, my grandfather.
CARLSON: Yes.
COLGAN: And he was certainly was a pioneer in the civil rights movement, and I would be appalled if anyone took away his legacy. And he's certainly one of my personal heroes and should be for many Americans and he happened to have served in the Ford administration.
But the point is that most people consider themselves Americans before they consider themselves blacks or Republicans or any other, you know, label, for that matter.