Monday, August 09, 2004
Repeating History
GOP Faces Uphill Battle for Black Vote
George Bush made a good point a few weeks ago when he addressed the Urban League. He asked the audience if it was in their best interests to have the black community essentially represented by only one party. Of course that's not a good idea, but perhaps the whole debate of excluding gays from the constitution gently reminds the black community that it was the Republicans who opposed fully incorporating blacks in American civic society by their opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In fact the Republican party remains the dominate party in the South because of Democratic support for Civil Rights. Who can blame the African American Community for turning a jaundiced eye to the overatures of the GOP when they are using the same fear and predjudices to get votes as they did in the 1960s. Not me.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128298,00.htmll
George Bush made a good point a few weeks ago when he addressed the Urban League. He asked the audience if it was in their best interests to have the black community essentially represented by only one party. Of course that's not a good idea, but perhaps the whole debate of excluding gays from the constitution gently reminds the black community that it was the Republicans who opposed fully incorporating blacks in American civic society by their opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In fact the Republican party remains the dominate party in the South because of Democratic support for Civil Rights. Who can blame the African American Community for turning a jaundiced eye to the overatures of the GOP when they are using the same fear and predjudices to get votes as they did in the 1960s. Not me.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128298,00.htmll
