Racism? Yes Eric Holder ONLY Attorney General EVER held in Contempt of CONGRESS

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On June 20, 2012, I watched twenty-three Republicans all who appeared to be white Americans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee vote to recommend that Attorney General Eric Holder, an African-American, be cited for contempt of Congress. Seventeen Democrats five who appeared to be African-Americans voted against the unprecedented measure. Many will argue that this is a legal and/or political matter and nothing more. I believe differently. It was a racist act. Representative Cummings was one of the five African-Americans on the committee. Watching his face as he voted and watched others vote broke my heart. It broke my heart because of the emotional, spiritual, and financial pain that racism caused me as a child and an adult. Vera Richardson Preview my Civil Right Act 1964 memoir Screwed by Former Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

Old NUCLEAR OPTION: Call 202-224-3542 Tell Reid to Use it now

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UPDATE POST published 7/16/13

Call for Action: CALL 202-224-3542 tell Seanator Reid to use the Nuclear Option Now!

On October 31, 2013,  According to the Huffington Post "Vice President Biden  said it might be time to change the institution's rules using the nuclear option after Republicans blocked yet another one of President Barack Obama's nominees.Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to oversee the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Under the nuclear option, or the constitutional option, the party in charge can use procedural maneuvers to set new precedents, then change the rules with a simple majority of 51."

We can't and won't wait any longer for President Obama's judiciary appointments to be appointed and confirmed. GOP has held up federal judges that he wants to appoint to the federal courts and other important nominees. The Senate stepped back from the "nuclear option" after group of Republicans led by Sen. John McCain made a deal with Reid."

President Obama supporters of all races please call Harry Reid and tell him not to back down from imposing nuclear option.  Reform the rules now because we need  all of President Obama nominees confirmed especially all federal judges vacancies which are lifetime appointments filled this year before the midterm elections of 2014. 

Trayvon Martin cases is one of the reason that we need federal judges appointed by President Obama confirmed. Martin is a painful example that Blacks don't receive fair trials and/or just verdicts. Martin's case is also an example that racism not only still exists in America, it is still rampant. This fact contradicts our refined politically correct sensibilities.






We truly want to believe that everybody has an equal opportunity to become successful. We are willing to concede that some ethnic and racial groups have a harder time than others. And though we shake our heads at the unfairness, we are comforted by the belief that with the right amount of ingenuity, resolve, and luck, the potential of reaching success is equally accessible to all. Many Americans believe this but it is not TRUE.

The bulk of the most heinous and systematic racism is geared towards African-Americans. And though we have a slew of highly visible and wildly successful African-Americans to exalt and emulate, African-Americans are still disproportionately undereducated, un/underemployed, and wrongfully terminated. This is a true fact.

We cannot afford to muffle the truth because racism appears to have gotten worst since this nation elected President Barack Hussein Obama not once but two times. In fact Presient Obama has been the object of undeniable RACISM. We can't change the hearts and minds of RACIST people who are determined to denied President Obama a successful presidency but we can DEMAND that our party used every weapon available including the nuclear option to crush the REPUBLICAN PARTY unrelentless opposition to Obama's legitimacy.  

Call 202-224-3542 tell  Harry Reid to use the Nuclear Option NOW!

 Vera Richardson

Author of Screwed by Former Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer preview book

Romney & Sons Loves Mormonism and Money but None Loved America Enough to Serve in the Military

Romney wants to have the authority, as Commander in Chief, to send our children and grandchildren to war although neither he nor his FIVE sons, all able bodied men, have ever served this nation by enlisting in its military. Romney and his FIVE sons have only paid lip service with their declarations of LOVE for America.  The Romney’s have demonstrated with their money donations and missions to their Mormon faith their LOVE of Mormonism.

Romney has also shown his LOVE of MONEY by making by most sources 250 million dollars as co-founder and according to documents filed with SEC SOLE owner of BAIN CAPITAL.  Mitt Romney and his wife have money in Swiss bank accounts and investments in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.  Therefore, we don’t have a reliable method to determine how much money is in the Romney’s off shore accounts.

An example to support my belief, that even if you are super rich and important, you can still serve and protect your country is Prince William and his brother Prince Harry. Unlike Mitt Romney and his FIVE sons, both of these young men served in their nations military.  In fact Prince William is currently serving asa search and rescue pilot in the Air Force.

I am an African-American female and my ONLY son served this nation as a military police officer in the Marine Corp for four years.

Why didn’t any of the Romney men find time in their lives or heart to serve this great nation? What does Mitt and his son value more the Mormon faith, money, or America's national security?  The fact that none have served in our military tells me and should tell you that the answer isn’t America’s national security.

Vera Richardson Author of 
 “Screwed by Former Governor and Attorney GeneralEliot Spitzer”