Cliven Bundy Analysis

When the Left wants to distract America from the central point of a burning issue, they find (or manufacture) a "gotcha" moment and yell "RACISM!" So it is no surprise that embattled Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, whose struggle against the federal government's overreach has won widespread sympathy, has ended up as another victim of "race card" politics. Therefore any fair rendering of the above comment (and other similarly sympathetic remarks) would admit that Bundy was saying he's glad for the gains that racial minorities have made and he doesn't want to see them returned to the pre-1960s status. So, was he then saying in the next breath that he wants to see them go back to their status in the pre-1860s? Was he really saying they were better off under slavery, that he would have favored slavery back then, that they should have stayed in slavery, that he would like to see them in chattel slavery once again? Furthermore, much of what Bundy said closely parallels what even many black leaders, authors, and intellectuals--such as Professor Walter Williams, Rev. C.L. Bryant, Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, Bill Cosby, Alveda King, Star Parker, and Alan Keyes--have been saying. But Cliven Bundy's "sin" is that he is an elderly white man who is unschooled in traversing the minefield of
Around 11:00am Bundy got on a megaphone and told his supporters to go get his cattle back. Local ranchers on horseback, militiamen in pickup trucks and others rode toward the corral where the cattle were being held. BLM agents, decked out in full riot gear, pointed guns at the anti-government group. The two sides