Associated Press writer Nancy Benac plays the "diversity" card with a piece tallying up how many women and minorities serve in power positions for the various presidential candidates. But take a look at the AP Board of Directors:
The Board Consists Of 22 Members.
19 out of 22 are men.
0 out of 22 are "women of color."
1 out of 22 is a "man of color."
Nevertheless, the AP writer slams Republicans for not promoting enough non-white people in her piece entitled "Democrats seek diversity in advisers:"
When the leading Republican presidential candidates sit down with their top advisers, those with a seat at the table don't exactly look like America, to use the phrase popularized by former President Clinton.
The 2008 presidential race is notable for the presence of a woman and a black among the leading Democratic candidates. But progress is much slower when it comes to diversifying the ranks of top decision-makers within the various campaigns, especially those of the Republicans.
The campaigns of the top GOP candidates — Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani — couldn't point to any key advisers who are black, although there are some women in the top tier. Not unsurprisingly, those campaigns with the most women and minorities among top staff members are Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
Perhaps Nancy Benac should follow-up with why her own organization seems to be whistling the same "we can't find qualified black folk" diversity song.
When the leading Republican presidential candidates sit down with their top advisers, those with a seat at the table don't exactly look like America, to use the phrase popularized by former President Clinton.
The 2008 presidential race is notable for the presence of a woman and a black among the leading Democratic candidates. But progress is much slower when it comes to diversifying the ranks of top decision-makers within the various campaigns, especially those of the Republicans.
The campaigns of the top GOP candidates — Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani — couldn't point to any key advisers who are black, although there are some women in the top tier. Not unsurprisingly, those campaigns with the most women and minorities among top staff members are Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
Perhaps Nancy Benac should follow-up with why her own organization seems to be whistling the same "we can't find qualified black folk" diversity song.