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# Pot calling the kettle
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/pot-calling-the-kettle-editor-20080916/
- Published: 2008-09-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T21:02:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Kevin Skoglund Santa Monica*

It is true, as Ron Lowe mentioned in his latest letter, that the Democratic Party looks like the one of inclusion, but that is only if you agree with them. Differing opinions bring on ridicule, scorn and excommunication from the “tolerant” party. My friends on the Westside who dared to put Bush or McCain decals or signs on their cars or houses report their property was vandalized; more, I guess, of Lowe’s “tolerance.” Just a quick, cursory glance at the members of the current Cabinet shows some who are Pro-Choice and some who are Pro-Life, a difference of opinion which would not exist in the “diverse” Cabinet of Mr. Lowe.

Although they boast of running an African American for president, the same Democrats pulled together to defeat Lynn Swan, a black Republican running for governor of Pennsylvania.

When Michael Steele, a black conservative, was running for governor of Maryland, Barack Obama flew in to speak at African-American schools and organizations to tell them they should not vote for Steele merely because of the color of his skin. They should, instead, examine what he stood for. And yet, when someone mentions they may not vote for Obama because they don’t like what he stands for, these same “inclusive” Democrats will label that person a racist.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 16, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091608.pdf?ref=smdp.com)