The hypocrisy of Republicans knows no bounds. They diminish the concerns of black folks at every turn. Black Republicans, especially like to do this. Any time a black person not of their political persuasion brings up the issue of race, they are often quicker than their white counterparts at criticizing the person, especially if they are defending a fellow white Republican. They tell us color is not a real issue and that the majority of us black folks use race as an excuse for our not taking personal responsibility for our lives and actions.

Of course, these rules on apply to non-Republicans.

I’ve posted about Lurita Doan, chief of the General Services Administration, before (see “Playin’ politics in the wrong places” and “It all comes out in the wash” ). One thing was clear, her actions were clearly in violation of the Hatch Act, which clearly prohibits federal employees from using work time and work resources for partisan campaigning. The fact that she, as chief, allowed Republican operatives to use GSA time and resources to promote campaign strategies and that she inquired of GSA employees in attendance to think about how they could use GSA resources and initiatives to help Republican candidates was clearly a “no-no”.

So, what do these colorblind black Republicans do when caught red-handed? They claim racism.

Lurita Doan says that she was targeted because she was a black woman and a Republican.

So, she and her white Republican benefactors tried to play with the serious issue of race because she busted.

For her part, Ms. Doan says that she is only interested in public service and not partisan politics but, during her testimony the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Elijah Cummings blew this argument out of the water. He cited an email she sent two years ago when she was seeking to head up the Small Business Administration:

“I believe that the party has a unique opportunity to make about a 5% swing of the black votes to the GOP….small black business owners who represent the largest percentage of participants in the various [Small Business Administration] programs,” Doan wrote in an e-mail to the White House’s Al Hubbard prior to joining the Bush administration when she sought to be appointed head of the SBA. “As the SBA administrator I would have an unparalleled ability to serve as an articulate and passionate ambassador for the president’s agenda and at same time be in a position to encourage both funding and votes to the GOP.”

Cummings pointed out the contradiction with her earlier statements.

“You said earlier that you weren’t interested in the political stuff, the partisan stuff,” the African-American Democrat from Maryland said. “When we combine everything it leans more toward not pure truthfulness under oath, than truthfulness, and I’m sitting here, I’m trying to get where do you stand in all of this….where do the mistakes end, and the truth begin?”

So, Ms. Doan, spare us. You got caught playin’ politics where you shouldn’t have and now it’s time to face the music.

In other words, “Negro, please!”

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