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Originally posted by Gattigap
Why? At the moment it shows GWB getting two percent more than he got in 2000. (Implicitly, anyway -- I doubt that there were many black Nader supporters.)
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The article where that quote came from illustrates the shamelessness of the Democratic party.
First, The Democrats run ads saying that Bush wants blacks to stay home on election day.
The Republicans say, no actually we want them to come and vote for us because the Democrats are slaughtering their people (abortion), oppressing them into perpetual poverty (race-concious programs) etc. etc.
The Democrats come back and scream like little girls that the Republicans are race-baiting.
Would any Democrat like to defend this charge, or will somebody please stand up and admit that you have taken this voting bloc for granted?
I would love just for GWB to invite local blacks leaders over for a saturday morning chat now and again. Not Jesse and his extortion crew, but school principals, popular preachers, local politicians etc. I don't care if it never changed one person's mind... but its embarrasing at the national level that the Republicans don't even try. Getting 25 or 30% of the black vote (i.e., middle class, conservatives, suburbanites) would be a no brainer if the Republicans would just feel comfortable reaching out without looking guilty.
But hey, anyone want to argue that its really the Right that race baits?
