A 'Paucity' of Reality

This Bryant Gumbel thing really hit a nerve with me. Here is what he said for any who may have missed it...

Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t like them and won’t watch them ... Because they’re so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Try not to point out that something’s not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in what’s called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day they’re done, when we can move on to March Madness — for God’s sake, let the games begin.

Where do I start?
How about, you Mr. Gumbel, are naive, simplistic, patronizing, and uninformed.
It is, of course, your statement...‘a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention’, that has me so riled up. You surely can not be serious, because if you are, the name calling above can only be a start.
First, do you truly believe that there are so few blacks in the Republican party because the party chooses this to be so? In the real world of politics, every voter is an asset. In your fantasy world, Mr. Gumbel’s, racists bar your people at the door. But the fact is....and I will say it again...the fact is...if blacks en masse were eager to enter the Republican party they would be accepted with open arms. This is reality. Political reality. A reality that would end the Democratic party as it is known today.
Second, do you really see the GOP as so lily white? What of Ms. Rice, Mr. Powell, Herman Cain, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, etc...? Oh that’s right, they’re simply Uncle Toms bent on enriching themselves through hard work and personal responsibility. They can’t be ‘real blacks’, can they Mr. Gumbel? Your ‘real blacks’ must be life long Democrats. Unable to provide for themselves. Surviving only by the leeching off of government’s redistributive powers. This, Bryant, so you can feel they are being true to their race. What elitist tripe this is.
But in your case, Mr. Gumbel, it makes perfect sense. ‘Cuz it sure ain’t yo talent done got you where you at. You down with that?
Here is a little advice, Bryant. Stick to sports and leave the Liberal politics to your Democratic leadership. They probably won’t do it any better, but the paucity of blacks in that group makes the Winter Olympics look like an Usher concert.