That's what Salon.com did this week, blasting the North Alabama Congressman for a tirade against the already convicted Rangel.
The column by the site's news editor suggests it is unseemly for a white Alabama Congressman to be attacking a black New York Congressman, especially since Rangel had already been found guilty by the House ethics committee, of which Bonner is the highest ranking Republican.
If he were a House member from New Jersey, Bonners rant probably would not have merited even a mention. But we in Alabama travel wtih some very heavy, very nasty baggage. And unless we manage to become a kind of model state for racial equality and fairness, we'll always be a target, an example for editorial writers.
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