"And your statement downplays the courage of those black conservatives "
My statement downplays NOTHING.
Like heck. There are a lot of black conservatives who catch non-stop flack from the lib media and from other blacks for their views. They aren't being paid - they are speaking of their own convictions. Williams is being criticized by both left and right not for his views, but for what he did - take money to shill those views. It has nothing to do with him leaving the liberal political plantation or his views. For you to the ethically-challenged Williams in the same league as honest black conservatives is wrong.