Opinion: Columnists  The troubling legacies of racism and crony
capitalism  By | Opinion,Columnists,Scott Rasmussen,Race and
Diversity,Cronyism,Slavery  Conservatives and liberals had
entirely different reactions to the recent confrontation between
Attorney General Eric Holder and Republican Congressman Louie
Gohmert. After the event, Holder expressed his view that no
previous attorney general or president had ever had to deal with
such treatment and that the reason had to do with race. Gohmert,
on the other hand, said he was just performing congressional
oversight because he didn't think Holder was doing his job.
This is the latest episode in an American tragedy that has been
unfolding since the English first settled colonies in North
America. In July 1619, the first colonial representative
assembly was seated in Jamestown, Va. Of the 22 members who took
office that day, 15 were elected by the colonists. The first
legislature had limited power, but it established the concept of
representative government tha