Hey Dean, you ready for that conversation on race you promised me so long ago?
Because I LOVE it when folks set themselves up.
But here is the danger: no matter what your interest is, or ethnicity, or whatever, you are always making a major miscalculation if you align yourself with only one party. Because then the fate of your issue rises and falls with the fate of that party. Black people need to start realizing this: Democrats do not respect them, and Republicans don't bother with them. And believe it or not, it is not because either party is racist. It's a simple matter of pragmatism: Democrats know they don't need to do anything but play the "rah rah" game to win black votes, and Republicans have learned through difficult experience that nothing they do will get black votes anyway.
Republicans have tried reminding Black folks they're "the party of Lincoln" and been bitterly disappointed at the results. I would now like to remind Republicans they used to be the party of Lincoln but don't seem to be anymore.
Republicans should remember they USED TO have the same lock on the Black vote Democrats do now. If you REALLY want the Black vote you need to think about what changed that caused Black people to abandon the Republican party in droves.
Republicans CAN get the Black vote. But they won't. They don't have the will to do so.
Oh, yeah, blame Ambra for bringing your error to my attention.
