Wait a minute… there are STILL whites only country clubs?! And wouldn’t you know it, if there are STILL whites only country clubs (though I can’t believe that is legal), a potential Republican Chairman WOULD be a member.

No, sorry, Katon. No can do.. Thank you for pointing out that this discrimination still exists, but go back, lead the march to change the rules at your club and then come back for national leadership of anything. Now, Katon, here’s a line of thinking for you to pursue. What country clubs do those Private-jetters from the begging car industry belong to? You ferret that out, and we could have ourselves a Yankee-Dandy quarrel on our hands. I blame it on my youth that I thought being in a sorority was so important when I went off to college. By the time I was a senior, I was wanting to see the constitution to see if we were ethnically exclusive or our school just lacked diversity. The beginning of a civil rights worker. Joni, did you happen to see the ADT final on Sunday? I was pulling for Creamer, not because she is American and can speak English but because she was pulling a ‘Tiger’, playing through severe pain, heroic..a. Anywho, Shin from Korea won the million dollars, and she answered a few questions in her best English, which was charming and endearing. That’s really all the LPGA and the fans wanted. Don’t you agree?

‘Politics”……as leader of the RNC, he would be influential to all other GOP-ers…but guess what? Not all Republicans are racist! He is definitely playing politics, and quite frankly—-I am sickened by it and hope that the RNC recognizes the guy is walking backwards in time….

I too find it difficult to believe there are white only country clubs. Can I believe there are country clubs with low or no black membership? Sure, but not by bylaw. As for not knowing, that’s a crock.

I agree with my fellow posters, how on God’s green earth are there still “legal” Whites only country clubs? I find his resignation suspicious, or at least the timing. But more importantly if indeed there really is a Whites only country club in South Carolina, why are the citizens of this community allowing it? Why haven’t social groups or city/stage legislators stood up to speak against their membership restrictions? Based on the breakdown of the voting electorate based on the presidential campaign, I understand that certain areas in the South still cling to divisive beliefs and attitudes (based on their overwhelming support of McCain and Palin’s divisive rhetoric). But come on people, please….this is not 1958 its 2008. If you don’t change your thought process you are going to miss out on what is sure to be a type of change in our country that will benefit us all.

Oh, my dear fellow Americans, how can you be so naive? OF COURSE there are whites-only clubs even in the 21st century. Don’t for a moment think that all of the racial laws restricting such abominations are off the books. It only takes being a minority to know this, but, it also takes wanting to know the truth of such poison in our country. As to Katon’s attempt to shed the stink from his cloak, well, I say forget it good ol’ boy! You liked the smell for 11 years, go right ahead and be known by it. Tell your pastor why it was okay with you to take advantage for so long. Tell your congregation. Tell your children. Be man enough to justify it rather than hide in the real wool of decency, fairness and, yes, the real American way. a patriot, and not afraid to be one on behalf of all Americans

SHAME -SHAME-ON HIM,. BUT—-HOW MANY SECRET CLUBS ARE STILL OUT THERE? .DOESN’T THAT JUST SHOW US THE REPUBLICANS JUST LOVE THE RICH AND THE HELL WITH THE REST. IT HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO ME —-THE WELL TO DO ARE REPUBLICANS - AND THE LOW-IN-COME ARE JUST WHAT IT SAYS ——- THE LOW-IN-COME. THE RICH ARE TOO GOOD TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE LOW-IN-COME PEOPLE. WE NEED A FEW MORE RICHIEES TO BECOME VERY AWARE OF JUST WHAT IT MENAS TO BE LOW-IN-COME. PERHAPS THAT IS WHAT GOD IS DOING TO THE RICHIES RIGHT NOW. PUSH IT OUT PUSH-PUSH. PUSH IT OUT -PUSH IT OUT- PUSH PUSH. SUCK IT UP RICHIES - LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMBLE……. IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, LIKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE……..

Two of our country clubs here in Central Ky. had to relent when UofKy. hired a black basketball coach, which set off some fireworks several years ago. And, before then, Jews were restricted, whereupon back in the early 70’s they started another club that has an open policy and one of the best golf courses around. Yes, there are still whites only, restricted clubs, particularly in the Deep South. Just because there are Fair Housing Laws doesn’t mean that there aren’t people that are only comfortable with “their own kind”. There are a lot of people that are so narrow minded, even though they have money and education and travel. That is why, if I ever became very wealthy, I would never make the attempt to join one of those places. And, I still remember back in the 70’s being told that my beloved brother-in-law wouldn’t be welcome because he was Israeli and (god forbid!) Jewish!

Is this for real? There are still country clubs with barriers? I’m afraid I am ignorant about this, because I am not a country club person…..

Well, believe it or not, my husband long belonged to the Jonathan Club in LA…before I married him. He belonged because his family had belonged forever. We had our engagement party there. I had no idea it was an ‘exclusive club’ with no female or minority membership. Even when there I simply didn’t notice because women and minorites were allowed to lunch there with a member. I worked kitty corner from the JC at the LA EF Hutton HQ….and would frequently take co-workers to lunch there on my ‘wives card’ and there hadn’t been any questions because there had always been at least one man with us. Thenl one day in 1985 I took a female friend for lunch on my ‘wives’ card. She was choosen Alum of the Year from an Ivy League university, was a doctor and headed a medical department at USC. When we got to the elegant dining room door the conciege looked behind me. “Your escort?” And then stated that since we were unaccompanied by a male we’d have to eat in a tiny hallway off the kitchen by ourselves, and that he was making this special accomodation since he recognized me….he said as if handing me a throphy. We were both shocked but went ahead and ate in the hallway, I was embarrassed. The night before two women friends and I had gone to dinner there…and we were admitted without question because my then teenaged son had happened to join us…and I hadn’t made the connection that he had been our ‘entree.’ I made inquires into the extent of the policies and when I discovered them, refused to return. My husband would want to take business clients there…. I’d say we can take somewhere in Beverly Hills if you like, or you can take them to the JC alone, I would not step my foot back in there. A couple of years later, an LA white male banker got wind of the policies also by accident when he and a group of coworkers tried to pay basketball and were refused because their black friend was with them. Here is what he did: http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2007/03/jonathan_club.html Word spread around LA’s financial ‘hood by design gratis some of us more vocal types, and the JC was forced to change it’s policies of over 100 years…. As a USC site and the Daily News noted: “The Jonathan Club is a prestigious private social club in Los Angeles, California, U.S. It maintains two clubhouses, one in downtown Los Angeles at 545 South Figueroa Street (built in 1924) and one on the beach in Santa Monica. The Los Angeles headquarters has dining and residential facilities, ballrooms, a health club, a library and other accouterments. A USC Web site noted of it, “many important decisions have been made within its walls by the power elite,” The New York Daily News described as “a place for the wealthy and well-bred to see and be seen, cut deals and socialize.” ….The Jonathan Club has been rated among the top five private city clubs of the United States for many years. Membership in the club is by invitation. For most of its history it was for men only, but since 1987 it has accepted both women.” By barring women and minorities the white elite kept an important (and mostly GOP network) their safe haven for advancement. The reason I think this story is something is that I’m pretty aware as was the fellow in his story above…and we didn’t notice until something jarring occurred. I remember thinking to myself then…it’s frickin’ 1987. And 21 years later…….lol.