Kirk to Illinois voters: "No more race talk from me"

My Senator Mark Kirk sure is embarrassed by his recent remarks that Illinois should try to cultivate black billionaires to combat white-black economic inequality that forces scared white folks to speed through the black community in their cars. That promoted this Kirk clarification:

“I would say that whenever a targeted member talks about race or ethnicity, it is impossible for him to get it right. So I’ll leave it at that.”

 

Mark Kirk is a sitting US Senator and claims he's "a targeted member" making it "impossible for him to get it right." Therefore, he's done talking about "race or ethnicity." I must remind Senator Kirk that his predecessor, Barack Obama, has said many thousands of words about race and ethnicity since becoming president six years ago and has never once gotten it wrong.

 

Senator Kirk, is no more targeted than any other public official at any level, from president down to dog catcher, when he mis speaks about important issues affecting the public welfare. It is outrageous that Kirk, a United States Senator, would declare he's done talking about one of the most important issues affecting the public welfare. Maybe Kirk could better serve the public by declaring he's done talking about re-election next year and retire after his one and only term expires, January 2, 2017.