Former Rep. Dick Armey was scolded after losing his cool during an appearance on Hardball last night, where he told Salon editor in chief Joan Walsh he’s "so damn glad” she isn’t his wife.

Walsh and Armey were in a heated debate about the relevance of Rush Limbaugh in the GOP.

“I am so damn glad that you could never be my wife, ‘cause I surely wouldn't have to listen to that prattle from you every day,” Armey said.

"Well, that makes two of us," Walsh shot back.

New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, waiting off camera for an appearance, said: "Dick Armey was so far out of line in the last segment with his sexist comments, and he owes Joan Walsh and your viewers and apology."

Matthews later apologized on behalf of the former House Majority Leader, and said the comments were "overboard."

Tomorrow, for the first time in our history, a President will take office who is not a white male. It has taken nearly 233 years since the phrase “all men are created equal” was penned. But we now have hopefully gotten past the belief that a person’s skin color is somehow relevant to his or her character, capabilities, or intelligence.

But have we really? Has the same set of criteria been used to judge Barack Obama as George W. Bush or any other previous president? If not, why?? President-elect Obama’s inauguration is shaping up more like a coronation. The media frenzy that has surrounded him for nearly a year of unquestioning adulation continues. Controversies that have destroyed previous president’s nominees are being ignored, as are many of Obama’s own questionable acts.

What would Dr. King think of Obama’s relationship with racists like Rev. Wright and Louis Farrakhan? What would he think of Obama’s relationship with un-repentant terrorist William Ayers or crime mogul Tony Rezko?

God Bless America

You see it every day on our currency, our national motto: E Pluribus Unum. But how many Americans know what that Latin phrase means? The translation is “From Many, One.” There are many ways this phrase can be interpreted – one country from many colonies, one people from many backgrounds, etc. Unfortunately this latter interpretation seems to have fallen out of favor of late. Bill Murray’s character in the movie Stripes described the concept in this unique way:

“We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt.”

The concept of being simply Americans (with a capital ‘A’) has been subsumed by “multiculturalism” and hyphenated-Americanism. The great “Melting Pot” has been replaced by a segregated cooking surface where things are rapidly coming to a boil as people are separated into special groups for purposes of political victimization.

One of the greatest Americans* ever, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., told us that he dreamt of a day when his children would be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. But today’s “Liberals” want just the opposite. In the name of “Diversity” everyone must be categorized and segmented by racial or national origin in order to be granted the correct special privileges. Therefore we must now have a plethora of hyphenated Americans who are to be judged by their membership in a particular category.

It is ironic that in this year, when we elected Barack Obama as the first Democrat president of the 21^st century, race was such a major issue in the election. Post election polls clearly show that a large plurality of Obama voters had no idea what policies he was proposing or views that he holds. His biggest points were that he is not George W. Bush and is non-Caucasian.

I believe that it is fair to examine whether Barack Obama was judged by the content of is character or by the color of his skin. Unfortunately I believe it was the latter. There is no doubt whatsoever that Obama is a dynamic, charismatic leader and speaker. However, he is arguably the least qualified person ever to be elected to the office (actually of course he hasn’t been elected yet, but that is for another day). He has served but a brief time in the U.S. Senate and previously a brief stint as a state senator. He has never run a business, never held any kind of executive position and has no foreign policy experience. His foreign policy pronouncements have been decried as naïve and dangerous by NATO leaders and his own nominee for Secretary of State. His proposed domestic policies can only be described as socialistic at best.

No presidential candidate in recent history has been given such as pass by the press. There is no questioning that President Bush proved the old adage that attempting to please everyone ends up pleasing no one. There is no question that John McCain was not a candidate that would energize the conservative base and he did a very poor job of getting his message out. However, I strongly doubt that a candidate with Senator (not yet President-elect) Obama’s experience and beliefs would ever be elected all other things being equal. The press wanted Obama to be elected and therefore they did not push issues that would have destroyed other candidates. His policies are not dissimilar to those proffered by Dennis Kucinich (anyone remember him?). Congressman Kucinich (Moonbat – Ohio) has run for president not once, but twice. He is hugely popular with the lunatic fringe (MoveOn.org, DailyKos, George Soros, etc.) but was never able to get beyond that base even though he is a reasonable (but not Obama-standard) orator. How likely is it that any other candidate (of either party) would have survived being so closely affiliated with an unrepentant terrorist (William Ayers), a viciously anti-American pastor (Reverend Wright), and a group whose name is synonymous with voter registration fraud and intimidation tactics (ACORN)? Bill Clinton was heavily criticized for his (laughable) statement that he never inhaled. George W. Bush’s alcoholism was a constant topic of punditry during the 2000 and 2004 elections. Barack Obama’s heavy drug use (as described in his books)? Never mentioned in the main stream media. Barack Obama’s vote to allow the killing of living survivors of botched abortions? Never mentioned in the main stream media.

Barack Obama is the poster child of the multiculturalist elite that believes that everyone (except the evil rich of course) is a victim. When I was growing up, immigrants were (and still are) the backbone of this nation. They came here legally and worked hard to improve themselves and the lives of their children. They struggled to learn the language and they were extremely proud to call themselves Americans. Now we are told that it is racist to expect people to learn English. We are told that (any target voting bloc here)-Americans need special rights, help with college, easier loans (oops), etc., etc.

It is ironic, that the people who claim to embrace tolerance and to want us all to get along are the very ones that have created the situation where E Pluribus Unum is no longer even a goal in this country.

God Bless America

*Note: I deliberately said American, not African-American. I feel that Dr. King would be highly offended to be segregated that way and by the way his dream has been perverted by Jesse Jackson, et. al.