Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante (D) CA,

Democratic California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, as described in my new book, "Showdown," received comparative kid glove treatment when, incredibly, in a speech before a group of black trade unionists, he referred to blacks as "niggers." After Bustamante's profuse apologies, the story died.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2002/12/19/a_lott_of_double_standards