Most likely, the LEAST articulate guest commentator on CNN. Oftentimes you'll notice he slows down, slower, sloooower, because he's searching for the right words but can't find them. Then he'll say it's uhhh..uh..it's uhh, just..crazy. lol. Good vocabulary word JC. I also heard him recently on CNN saying the attack on USS Cole and the embassy bombings were related to the Iraq War. When challenged, he replied..."wellll, we can differ on that". He did his obligatory stint as a Baptist Minister to get elected but an honest and forthcoming man he is not.

JC Watts as a Man of Christ?! LOL! Ethics? Morals!!?! ROFLMFAO!!! Well, if Tom DeLay can be the keynote speaker at "Justice Sunday II" and a rich, prep-school, draft-dodging son-of-a-former-president Andover cheerleader like Gee Dubya Bush can be plain talkin' "uniter not a divider", then I guess NOTHING is too crazy for conservatives to believe. They ARE treating conservative thinking as a mental disorder now, (seriously, they are, Google "RWA Scale"!) so, whenever the Federal government offers a bounty, I'll come here to do my hunting! ='D

I seriously didn't think that we can do any harm by losing this dweeb. I thought that, since an ACTUAL empty suit would have been better legislator, then anyone who could get elected would be an improvement over Watts.

I was wrong.

I've since learned that you really need to be very specific when you wish for replacements because one can never underestimate the GOP's ability to lower the IQ bar. JC Watts had the intelligence of lawn rake, but not the personality, the usefullness nor the independence. There was once almost a fist-fight between on the floor of the House of Represntatives between this Oklahoma right-wing, judgemental, Clinton-bashing, sheet-sniffing "faith and values" salesman - who actually had multiple illigitimate children - from multiple women - all born on THE SAME DAY - and in the SAME HOSPITAL - and another legislator named Sherrod Brown called him on his BS after he gave one of his "family values Clinton bashing speeches. They had to pull them apart. After that incident, I briefly considered moving to Mr. Brown's district just so I could vote for him.

JC Watts should've never left the football field, but when he was forced to leave due to old age and decrepitude, he should have gone to work at a nice, safe, harmless McJob where there were little or no important responsibilities, loaded weapons or sharp objects. Since leavic pubic orifice, Congressman Watts, the only Republican African American in elected federal office at the time, has taken his tobacco and oil lobbyists bribe money and moved back to Oklahoma where he's beloved and admired by those who have absolutely no idea what's going on in the world around them. He occassionally reappears on Wolf "I can't pronounce Oraq" Blitzer's show just to say embarrassing things and make James Carvill look like a genius by relative comparison.

He is a great face man. Please don't let him talk or make any decisions.

"Uncle Tom" kceliz? Oh, that's right....I keep forgetting- any black man who thinks for himself and believes in the US Constitution is an "Uncle Tom". You should have mentioned that he fails to carry water for the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, or Osama Obama.

I think JC is a very good spokesman for the conservative cause. I enjoy listening to his commentary on tv and radio shows.

I really liked this guy. It's too bad he stepped out of politics but to be honest with you... his class was so far past a politician I'm sure he just felt like he didn't fit in... sort of like a sixth grader not wanting to play with a second grader because the younger one is still eating his boogers. Gee... I think my analogies are getting better and better every day!

Run for President

Uncle Tom? The radical left view reflected by a post further down says a lot: if an African-American blazes a trail of success without using the welfare state, then they are branded an Uncle Tom. With all due respect, rubbish!

Run for President!

A comment about Mr. Obama states: What a breath of fresh air Obama has been in this fatalistic election campaign. There is at least a glimmer of hope if he can be part of our political future. Oh...down with Bush. Can you possibly gush anymore about a senator who has hasnt even been in office long enough to achieve anything? Contrast that to the comments made about Mr. Watts: Can you say oreo? and Mr. Keyes Oreo. I suspect scorp66 wouldn't have dared make an Oreo statement about an African-American democrat, as that would be racist. Minorities are only admired by the left if they are LIBERAL minorities. If they think and act independent from that, theyre called Uncle Toms, unqualified, a tool of the Republican Party or Oreo. Now thats tolerance and diversity. Oh what hypocrites you liberals are.

He is very well educated and is not into gangster rap.So he is an Uncle Tom?I think many blacks are just jealous of him.

Uncle Tom. The truth hurts...

I like J.C. Watts a lot. I would love to see him on the ticket as a VP in 2008.

I really don't see why liberals continue to assail J.C. Watts as an 'Uncle Tom' or an 'Oreo'. What is so wrong about wanting to be judged by your merits and less by the color of your skin? If anything, he should be credited (and possibly acclaimed) for dismissing all stereotypes and doing what he feels is right or correct. As for being a candidate for President someday, who would not want this Sooner to be in the Oval Office? He is, in short, a role model for all minorities who believe in themselves. By the way, most people would rather have a leader who leads by what he feels is right (like Harry S Truman), rather than have a leader who is expected to tow the party line or follow a specific political philosophy and stereotype. Finally, to blueblitzkrieg who says, Fortuna[tely] all smart minority politicians are Democrats: does this mean that if a minority person happens to be a Republican, he/she is stupid? Are all minorities supposed to be Democrats? And if they happen to be Republicans, they are 'token minorites'? Though you have every right to say what you think and feel, what you said is utterly irresponsible and totally shameful. Moreover, it is insulting.

A great man, a great American, and a truely inspirational speaker. I have yet to hear any other Republican voice so strongly the things that I hold so dear (namely that faith, work, and diligence still mean something in this day and age). If he ran for President, I would vote for him in a second and with more confidence than any vote I have cast since Ronald Reagan. Oh, to the person who said that he ...mouths the party line. I don't think so. I believe that Mr. Watts believes, strongly, every word he says. No one is that good an actor.

I think JC could beat Hilary. She would prefer to run against a rich white male. Watts is intelligent, has no dirt on his record, and could unite convervative whites with conservative blacks, bringing moderates along too.

great football player awful politician

J.C. Watt sounds moderate until you listen to what he says. Then you realize he just mouths the party line

Buh bye. Now that he's gone there isn't a single African-American Republican Congressperson. The GOP is still looking for any idiot that can fill the 'token minority' spot left by JC Watts. Fortunantly all the smart minority politicians are Democrats.

Awesome person. Rosa Parks was right, you shouldn't have given up your seat.

JC for President! I find it hilarious and very telling that brainwashed blacks find other blacks that are successful, well-educated, responsible, ethical, followers of Christ so frightening. Why are so many intimidated by the idea of valuing a hard-work ethic? Only whites can be educated? Only whites can have strong family ties and ethical values? If a black achieves greatness it's because he or she must be a closet white? How dumb. Every time I hear the cry Uncle Tom and Oreo, I read insecurity, fear of success, peer pressure and a sheeple mentality. JC Watts is to be commended for being a man of principle, determination, inner personal strength and character. He thinks for himself - go ahead and call him playground names - doesn't challenge his character - puts yours into question . . .

I have discussed on numerous occasions the structural disfunctions of contemporary liberalism to which most liberals are only tacitly complicit. Nothing illuminates the intrinsic inconsistencies greater than successful conservative black republicans. The liberal dogma would hold blacks religiously bound to (most are) a paradigm of victimization regardless of individual natural ability to justify social contracts that prioritize rights and subequently quotas etc. Conservative blacks break that mold and are a threat to the dogma itself. The answer: unblack them! Call them oreos, uncle toms or whatever but don't call them black. JC was a stand out congressman and will be a standout presidential candidate someday if he polishes up his debating skills. And he's a proud AMERICAN- regardless of his skin color.

I don't know much about him, but any black guy who can be open about being Republican has balls --- and infinitely more balls than anyone who refers to him as an Oreo or an Uncle Tom.

Great American, curently reading his book What color is a Conservative. Realizes that political parties should not be defined by color. Also realises that there are more important things in life that fake loyalties. A minister, and sincere person, cares about real people. Great guy.

Cheney should drop off and bring J.C. forward.

Prediction: He'll be the first African-American VP nominee.

Can you say oreo?

Smart, articulate, stands up for his convictions. Obviously something the left-wing liberals can't stand, so they resort to totally bigoted racist rhetoric rather than addressing him on issues.

bright, intelligent, reasonable young man whom i would be proud to have as my representative in congress.

But he is gone now that is good but his replacement has yet to show if he will do better, Tom Cole is his replacement.

Uncle Tom-my...for now. Hey anyone wiling to bet that Tommy here comes back as a member of a different party. Ms. Rice, Mr. Powell and Justice Thomas...y'all on yo' own.

better now that he's left the Hill

I would be proud to vote J.C. Watts for President if he ran.

A man before him time.

J.C. Watts is a great man, and was a great politician. He has a mind of his own. A previous poster said he was "denying his own heritage". And I thought the liberals weren't supposed to be racist. Black conservatives should be treated with the same respect that any other politician should be treated with, not with Democrats calling him an "Uncle Tom". That is racist in its own right.

Self-hating black man who sold out to the rightwingers and ended up being the political equivalent of those little jockey sculptures you sometimes see on the front lawns of racist yucksters in the lily-white suburbs. A dumb jock from a primitive, backward, underperforming state who got plenty of attention by the mere merit of being one of the few token Uncle Toms on the GOP side. Interesting to note that when a totally wasteful military weapons program that was economically beneficial to his backwater parasitic constituency was canceled, Watts picked up his football and went home. Now, that's a real man!!! An exemplar of unwavering fortitude, of granitoid comittment to his mission, of rocksolid principles in the face of adversity!!! Actually, this self-impressed vial of flatulence is one of the biggest pussies ever to be caught on the short end of the political stick.

Has anyone ever told Mr Watts he is black. Two words can tell you all you need to know abut him Uncle Tom .

I have all the admiration and respect in the world for JC! He's the total package! I hope that in 4-8 years, he re-enters the political arena as a U.S. Senator, Governor, Vice President, or President! Some people accuse him of being an Uncle Tom, but he's the furthest thing from a Tom! What could possibly be more racist than saying that because JC's black, he has to be a Democrat? Shouldn't black Americans be accorded the same degree of intellectual freedom as white Americans? Earth to black and other minority Democrats: The Democratic Party is the party that supported slavery (the GOP ended it), segregation and Jim Crow laws for 100 years after slavery ended, were more likely to oppose Civil rights in the 1960s than Republicans were, supported the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War 2 (they could just as easily have interned German Americans, which would have been a bad thing for my paternal grandparents), and today oppose school vouchers (which most blacks support) and support genocide against blacks (black babies are disproportionately aborted). I hope that more black Americans wake up and realize the truth like JC and other black Republicans have: the Democratic Party takes them for granted, the Democratic Party is not their friend, and the Democratic Party does not share their values (if evolution isn't a racist theory, I don't know what is). Come back black Americans to your original home, the party of Lincoln and the emancipation, the Republican Party!

do the phrase uncle tom ring a bell!!!

A credit to the community at large, ALL PEOPLE! It's a shame and shameful that black americans would call him a sellout. I guess if you aren't a democrat you do not represent the black community.

I just wanted to weigh in on one issue which has arisen in a handful of the comments. That issue is 'hypocrisy'. To hear some tell it, any one who has ever failed in any way at any time in their lives is a hypocrite. Based on this definition, who ISN'T a hypocrite? Is a hypocrite someone who makes one or more mistakes, or is a hypocrite someone who deliberately lives a lie on an ongoing basis? Is anyone who has less than a perfect perspective on things a hypocrite, or is a hypocrite someone who, upon being confronted with the possibility that their way of seeing things might be flawed, adamantly refuses to do the needed self examination, and thus fails to benefit from the input and viewpoint of others? I think the latter definition is the correct one in both instances. There are any number of people in politics today, conservative as well as liberal, who have led terribly flawed lives. For those who seem to specialize in passing judgement on the 'hypocrites' in the opposing party, while ignoring the 'hypocrites' in your own party, can I just say that neither bad decision-making nor real hypocrisy knows a political party. MLK engaged in extramarital affairs, but he also had a dream. Trent Lott never divested himself of his segregationist sympathies, yet he contributed significantly to various aspects of U.S. public policy. While we certainly do not applaud the bad choices and blind spots of our leaders, neither should we crucify them. Could our lives measure up to the same scrutiny??

J.C. Watts is terrible. He lives in some sort of dream world- preaching on and on about personal responsibility while toeing the Republican party line on every single vote, destroying opportunity for normal people. The Republicans are losing their only African-American representative in either house of Congress, and it's unlikely they'll be able to find another one in the foreseeable future. Minorities saw right through the Republican National Convention in 2002- colorful faces on stage, destructive policies in practice. J.C. was there for the propaganda, but Bush Jr. got the lowest African-American share of the vote since Goldwater. Good riddance, J.C.!

Great to see a minority that is willing to see through the garbage the Democrats are always feeding them. I find it funny how all the people who feel negatively about him are against him because he is black and therefore shouldn't be a Republican. Well I’m sure they can appreciate that he can think for himself and doesn’t blindly follow the out of date lies that the Democratic Party is the party for minorities.

There is a shortage of couragous leaders in our country. We need more men like J.C. Watts.

The liberals think that every black person has to be a Democrat. J.C. Watts is demonstrating that he can have a mind of his own. I wish we had more like him.

Another useless conservative. Watts on George W. Bush: "You don't need to be smart to be president."

J.C. Watts is one of the most articulate voices of conservatism on Capitol Hill. He definitely has a future in the Republican Party. If Congressman Watts keeps his head up and runs for higher office in Oklahoma, he may very well have a good chance at grabbing the Presidential or Vice-Presidential Nomination of the GOP in a couple of years. Watts believes in all the right things and I like his brand of populist conservatism that worked so well for Ronald Reagan. He stands for the much-needed reform of the political system in this country.

Being a person of mixed race, I find J.C. Watts disgusting. I think he forgot what color his skin is. If you closed your eyes, and couldn't see the color of his skin, you would think that you were listening to Jesse Helms with an accent. Why is it that People of Color feel the need to surround themselves around people and a Political Party that (behind closed doors) uses derogatory names to refer to them by. Like Colin Powell, I think J.C. Watts has forgotten where his roots came from. I think Maxine Waters needs to take a strap to his hide.

This is the man who should be leading the "black Americans"! He is a man of principle

A shill for the right-wing wackos. This guy represents the "family-values-get-married-before-you-have-children" crowd and he fathers a child out of wedlock? Watts is acceptable to the Re-smug-licans because he does not threaten their white world and their socio-eco-political hegemony. Watts goes along to get along and doesn't make waves because he wants to present a "united" front so he can ascend the GOP hierarchy. Good luck, Watts. Even you, as a black man, would realize that the pablum-puking GOP would never truly accept you.

Being a star football player does not entitle you to a seat in Congress. Being black should not entitle you to a leadership position in the Republican Party. People should rate this guy on the same scale they rate all the athletically-challenged white people in Congress --"what has he done for the nation and his constituency?" If you ask yourself that question you will inevitably come to the conclusion that Watts is a horribly ineffective Congressman and representative for his District. If it becomes a question of "character" (what the hell does that mean anyways?) look no further than his child out of wedlock, estranged exwife and children, questionable land dealings, slumlord properties, etc.

It is interesting to read the comments from the raters who believe that Watts is a family man and a role model. Yeah right. We found out just how much he values his family and children during the impeachment farce when we all found out how he fathered a child out of wedlock and then abandoned the baby. He is a jerk.

J.C. abandoned his child? Well, what's new? Most of the right wing Republicans shoot their mouths off about family values but often have something to hid themselves! Didn't he write "Uncle J.C.'s Cabin?"

Just like Supreme Court Justice Thomas, JC Watts denies his own heritage.

I'm not from Oklahoma, so I don't know alot about him, except that he's a undaunted Black conservative. While I'm sure he has his flaws and has done his share of questionable deeds (as we all have in our lives), I wish him well. Even though I'm not usually very conservative in my political views, I get dismayed by the cowardly authoritarianism that dominates political discussions in the black community. A black man who dissents from the liberal left civil rights party line, a tired ideology of victim-focused rhetoric fostered by aging relics of the 60's, risks alot more than a white man who disagrees with victim-focused racial politics. It's relatively easy for us to blow off the pompous jackasses who call us "racist" for not agreeing with their every opinion. With the exception of P.C. white liberals who still cower with "white guilt", most whites have learned to laugh at "mainstream" black leadership, because most of these people are double-dealing opportunists and hypocrites who are looking not for "racial justice," as they claim, but merely for the power to manipulate the system and squeeze it for what it's worth. A black dissenter, however, risks real ostracism by declaring himself as openly as Watts has done. I suspect that being called an "Uncle Tom" carries a worse sting than being called a "racist." People like Watts can hardly get a word in sometimes, so loud is the angry shrieking directed at him by the black "mainstream" and their accommodating white liberal flunkies. So, yes, I wish him well. Black dissenters are a breath of fresh air in American political life. I may not agree with all his positions, but I can respect him as a decent and brave human being. I don't feel that kind of respect for Maxine Waters, Al Sharpton and any number of other black politicians. To tell you the truth, I have more respect for the last bug I squashed than I do for Waters and Sharpton.

JC Watts is good lookin' and quick, but he MIGHT be too young. He's still a boy in a lot of ways, and that's not a bad thing. He just doesn't want to get too full of himself. Katie V.

Am I the only Oklahoman who knows about Mr. Watts's abandonment of his child to the social welfare system? He doesn't support his own progeny and people call him a hero! Scandalous and sad.

This young man would make an excellant presidential candidate someday. Furthermore, he just might be able to convince many black voters that the democratic party is buying their vote by selling them their soul. I will never forget the statement that J.C.Watts made at a republican convention in his reference to Bill Clinton. He said: "CHARACTER IS DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN NOBODYS WATCHING" I rate him tops.

I am a white female who has watched J.C. Watts over the years. I am very impressed by him as a role model for all Amercans,k but especially black Americans. Jesse Jackon and Al Sharpton are two of the most ardent racists in this country. Their inflammatory rhetoris further divides the races. \I would hope that no black American would use either of these two as role models for their children. They should look to men like J.C. Watts!

You go JC. Articulate, up on the issues, truthful. Too bad more African Americans aren't familiar with who he is and what he stands for. As an African American who definetly is not a Democrat...I like what JC stands for and represents.

God bless this man of wisdom! What a leader!