Speaker Boehner
is a firm believer
in Louisiana Republican Representative Steve Scalise's
ability to quell
the racially-charged controversy
he has found himself in
after revealing that
in 2002
he gave a speech
to the European-American Unity
and Rights Organization
headed by prominent
former-KKK member David Duke.
Scalise has defended himself
by saying
“One of the many groups
that I spoke to
regarding this critical legislation
was a group whose views
I wholeheartedly condemn."
Black Democrat Representative
Cedric L. Richmond of Louisiana
has also given him
the benefit of the doubt
by saying
“He’s got a chance
to write his own history
going forward now”
though the Louisiana Democrats
requested that he apologize.
As for Obama
he surely deserves
some of the blame
that Scalise did not
come forward sooner
as he has time and time again
set an example
by working with people
whose views he wholeheartedly condemns.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
