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I agree.
The Republican Party should put together commercials that highlight its support for civil rights since it was the party of Abraham Lincoln. It should show how the dream of Dr. Martin Luthor King, Jr., that one day people will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their charactor, is a Republican, not a Democratic, value.
However, this can't be done by the Republican Party alone. It is more important for people like Roy Innis to keep making speeches like this one, to make the African-American constituency open to learning this history -- and about the involvement of the Bush family in particular in this battle.
Oxymoron. :)
Republicans have nothing to be ashamed of, and everything to be proud of. We are the party of color-blind citizenship. That was our position all during the bad old days, and it is our position still.
If you are obsessed with race, then you won't be happy in the Republican party. The DNC is your natural home, and may God bless you. But if you are an American first, if you see character first and foremost, then at least on that issue you would be a natural Republican. Republicans should never apologize for racism, or allow ourselves to be put in the position of explaining it or justifying it. Slavery was a Democrat institution, Jim Crow was a Democrat institution, the organized repression of Americans based on race was a Democrat institution right up into living memory for many of us.
Let the Democrats apologise for Democrat history. We are the good guys here. Again.
A sizable majority of blacks have been lied to by the democRATs for so long that they're predisposed to just accept as fact that Republicans are racists. Of course they are; everybody knows that.
Any attempts on the part of Republicans to refute allegations of racism are met with derision regardless of any facts that actually do refute them.
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And he got 15% of the legitimate black vote. Let no one forget about the 100% and 105% turnouts in inner city precincts across the nation.
no good deed goes unpunished. The United Negro College Fund founded and run by a Bush for 50 years and the people who benefit show their thanks by lying.
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I'll be darned if I can find one place in this article where Innis is upbraiding (scolding, sharply reproaching) the GOP leadership.
If there was any upbraiding done, it was to the nation in general and the African-American community in specific: “That is the profound, dismal ignorance that exists in our country and among our people.They do not realize what the Bush family has done, not just this decade but for many decades,” he said.
Sheesh.
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The party of Lincoln vs the party of Jim Crow.
Roy Innis has always been a classy guy, and his son Niger appears to be following in his footsteps.
Great post! I now have a great response for the Democrat that comes to my door in late October!
This thought was included last night by Michael Steele (Lt. Gov. Maryland) in his speech to the GOP Convention. Hey, if this guy runs for anthing, I'll give him money and vote for him.
MIchael Steele. A father of two and devout member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover, Steele has been widely recognized by his peers as a man of sterling character and an effective politician. He was selected as Maryland State Republican Man of the year and the Chairman of the Maryland State Republican Party. President Bush appointed him to the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy. Even his Catholic parish honored him as their Man of the Year in 1998.