Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) begins “an effort to reach out to minorities and the poor this morning,” starting with a speech in Selma, AL. But Fox News’s Carl Cameron, who was at the speech, observed that the vast majority of the crowd was “white-middle class voters,” despite the event taking place in the nation’s Black Belt, “where there’s over 100 counties connected from here in Alabama all the way over to Georgia where African-Americans outnumber whites”:
But as you take a look at the shot, which is just off to my left here, you can see that the audience in large measure is white middle-class voters. The African-American poor folk of Selma, Alabama and around here haven’t turned out.
Watch it:
CNN reported last month that McCain was the subject of “a little bit of heckling” when he spoke to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Memphis to commemorate the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Reminds me of a saying in the ’60’s…
What if they gave a War and nobody came?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:35 amBut as you take a look at the shot, which is just off to my left here, you can see that the audience in large measure is white middle-class voters. The African-American poor folk of Selma, Alabama and around here haven’t turned out.
Nice to see that I’m kind of unique ; insomuch that I’m a white middle-class voter who would never attend any event that this stupid lying old imbecile is holding.
Says a lot that the poor African-American community is smarter than the white middle class community in not buying this lying old fart’s bullshit………..
April 21st, 2008 at 11:37 amThis would be like Reagan visiting a Union Hall.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:38 amanyone want to speculate how the percentage of the KKK vote will breakdown..
April 21st, 2008 at 11:38 amSen. John McCain (R-AZ) begins “an effort to reach out to minorities and the poor this morning,”
The African-American poor folk of Selma, Alabama and around here haven’t turned out.
John give it up while you are ahead, they don’t have memory issues like you. Remember a little thing like not voting for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. For the majority of us that is a big problem. I don’t think you have a chance in hell of reaching out to the poor or the minorities at this point. That should have been on your To-Do-List along time ago.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:41 amFrom Mcain’s perspective, middle class white people are poor minorities, at least in the circles he travels in.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:41 amI’m sure Keltoi has “proof” that there were many, many African-Americans in the crowd.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:43 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
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I’m sure Keltoi has “proof” that there were many, many African-Americans in the crowd.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:43 am
Yeah , he’s gonna’ claim they were masquerading as the entire white crowd there………
April 21st, 2008 at 11:49 amRe Dr Hussein,
you’re probably right, they were just wearing white-face so they would blend in. They were wearing dockers and birkenstocks, with socks, and Hawian shirts.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:49 amAnybody do a head count of white pointy hats?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:52 amBobwurst ~ And cameras dangling around necks, with maps folded in back pocket of bermuda shorts?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:53 amWhy in-the-hell would a black man, woman, or child stand in a all white crowd of red-necks, too here racist John McCain speak. “Cool” Carl Camaron who reduces politics to its lowest denominator, states the obvious. “White” Carl reports on “white” candidates, for a “white” audience FOX NEWS.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:53 amPerhaps McCain should have held his rally at the Barbie Museum?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:53 amRUCerious Says:
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Anybody do a head count of white pointy hats?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
I believe the Pope had a previous engagement ……….
April 21st, 2008 at 11:55 amRUCerious Says:
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Perhaps McCain should have held his rally at the Barbie Museum?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:53 am
To keep his wife occupied , and her mind off pills ?
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Perhaps McCain should have held his rally at the Barbie Museum?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:53 am
To keep his wife occupied , and her mind off pills ?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am
And , oh yeah ; so she could visit her family members …….
April 21st, 2008 at 11:57 amMcMetal, naw, just to be able to use the Himmler kiosk as the backdrop…
April 21st, 2008 at 11:58 amMcMetal ~ and he could make a grand exit in Hitler’s Mercedes convertible!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:58 amDark toned individuals need to shut up about not being able to get ahead in life. Senator McCain is trying to help them and they shut him out of their lives. I bet the suspective Martin Luther King would be very disappointed.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:59 amvat694848 Says:
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Why in-the-hell would a black man, woman, or child stand in a all white crowd of red-necks, too here racist John McCain speak. “Cool” Carl Camaron who reduces politics to its lowest denominator, states the obvious. “White” Carl reports on “white” candidates, for a “white” audience FOX NEWS.
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Are you a part of the Vanguard/KKK?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pmCool Cameron, formerly a used car salesperson-
Sam Brownoser, formerly a candidate, trying to be a politician-
John McCan’t, who actually wrote the Book of John, some 2,300 years ago-
Well, that’s quite a rally there, John. You can expect the same level of support from all minorities.
Isn’t that special?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pmMonday again huh.? Let’s see our next thread’s will be about O’lilie, krysthell,coultergeist, limpball or any number of Mcnut’s backer’s..Damn..Sure will be nice when we get our country back and remove all these traitor’s….Blessings
April 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pmDaryll Says:
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Dark toned individuals need to shut up about not being able to get ahead in life. Senator McCain is trying to help them and they shut him out of their lives. I bet the suspective Martin Luther King would be very disappointed.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:59 am
Voting against MLK and now being in favor of Chimpy’s useless tax cuts for the rich is going to empower the African-American community ?
Stumbling through a useless selection of words that includes the phrase “My friends” 50-60 times isn’t really “helpful” to the African-American community , Pterodactyl……..
Any white person who claims they know what being black is about is more full of shit than the world’s largest fertilizer plant ; and even intimating that you know how it feels is ludicrous. I don’t , and simply cannot ; I believe people would prefer to hear that , than have sunshine blown up their asses that is meaningless except to try and con them into voting a particular way………
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm“suspective Martin Luther King ”
Why are you such a traitor to the memory of this man?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pmAnd why do you use the term ‘dark toned individuals’? Are you dissing Indians, Pakistani’s, Indonesians???
During the upcoming campaign Mccain will be heard to say that he supports minorities and has given pro civil rights speaches in Selma Al.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:07 pmThat’s because they’re POOR not STUPID. Wish we could say the same about Fox News or McCain.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pmThese pretzels are makin’ me thirsty..
April 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pmDaryll Says:
I bet the suspective Martin Luther King would be very disappointed.
WTF?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pmDaryll, stay on your Church topics, please. I’m not sure what you mean by ’suspective’, but I suspect it’s more racist than holy.
Oh, & don’t worry about Dr. King. He earned his entry to what Christians deem Heaven; you’ll never get there supporting Bush or John InSane.
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“suspective Martin Luther King ”
Why are you such a traitor to the memory of this man?
And why do you use the term ‘dark toned individuals’? Are you dissing Indians, Pakistani’s, Indonesians???
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He’s a mere man who was caught with a cigarette in his mouth during a shooting. Ralph Abernathy has even stated in his book that King has had relationships outside of his marriage. To me, he is a mere man that I do not respect. I respect God for using him, but King was a sinful and vile person. Also, referring to an individual as “black” is demeaning.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pmSpell much?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:11 pmSpelling Suggestions
Either your spelling is incorrect or no definition is available for Suspective
Black hearted troll alert…”DARK TONED”……That is so christian of you little D…..You have become the worst representative of the bible thumping weirdos.Be gone, back under your piss soaked bed..You are the one who need’s to STFU..
April 21st, 2008 at 12:11 pmFlag ‘em, Dan-O
April 21st, 2008 at 12:11 pmCaught with a cigarette? Unsubstantiated rumors about infidelity?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:12 pmGet a clue, the good this man did for African Americans in this country shouldn’t be denigrated by your petty bullshit.
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“suspective Martin Luther King ”
Why are you such a traitor to the memory of this man?
And why do you use the term ‘dark toned individuals’? Are you dissing Indians, Pakistani’s, Indonesians???
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He’s a mere man who was caught with a cigarette in his mouth during a shooting. Ralph Abernathy has even stated in his book that King has had relationships outside of his marriage. To me, he is a mere man that I do not respect. I respect God for using him, but King was a sinful and vile person. Also, referring to an individual as “black” is demeaning.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Wait Wait Wait
King was a “sinful and vile person” , but a lying sack of shit who also had relationships outside his marriage is someone you stupidly and partisanly support ; how can you explain that ?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pmMaybe Teflon John McCain should have invited Don Siegleman to attend he has 90 per cent of the Black voters support. I don’t blame Teflon John for trying to trick Blacks to got voting for him it would be the first time nor the last for a candidate to do that. I wonder if Teflon John will attend the opening of the MLK Monument when it opens in Washington DC as former President Bill Clinton signed it into law. Now John will get to see alot of Black folk, maybe Obama will even show up to the event.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pmThe God you believe in is one evil bastard Daryll. Just the kind of guy you Republicans look up to. It makes sense now.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pmLITTLE D. need’s to do a comparison of mcwacko and MLK and see how that goe’s..Mcnasty’s record is so not good toward’s wive’s and mistresses not to mention he is a warmonger, lier and thief, worse than bull shit bush….Just go away jerk, you have lost your mind, go find it.
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“suspective Martin Luther King ”
Why are you such a traitor to the memory of this man?
And why do you use the term ‘dark toned individuals’? Are you dissing Indians, Pakistani’s, Indonesians???
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse
He’s a mere man who was caught with a cigarette in his mouth during a shooting. Ralph Abernathy has even stated in his book that King has had relationships outside of his marriage. To me, he is a mere man that I do not respect. I respect God for using him, but King was a sinful and vile person. Also, referring to an individual as “black” is demeaning.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Wait Wait Wait
King was a “sinful and vile person” , but a lying sack of shit who also had relationships outside his marriage is someone you stupidly and partisanly support ; how can you explain that ?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse
I don’t think Sen. McCain is a superior man, but he is a relevant fit for President. People treat King as if he is God. He is a man that made mistakes.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pmJust on the off chance that heaven IS going to be full of small minded, self-serving evil bastards like Daryll, I’ll pass and take my chances elsewhere.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pmSo ‘black’ is demeaning, but ‘dark toned’ isn’t>?
I know a couple of business men in LA who are tanned very dark. Should I refer to them as my ‘dark toned’ friends?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pmHis old white a$$ should be heckled back to whatever all white gated community he has crawled out of. Talk about your out of touch elitist.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pmPeople respect Dr. King for the contributions he made to civil society. Most of us don’t worry about the flaws in character the man had, as all of us have flaws, but few of us have such an impact.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pmWhy are you so hung up on sex, Daryll? Can’t get any? Sleeping in separate bedrooms?
Daryll is growing a set of jowels so he can “love the lord”.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pmDaryll is a bigger parody than the religion he espouses.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pmTranslation: He’s not a “darky” or an “uppidity woman.”
April 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pmDaryll, have you and your church made your Mecca to the west coast to visit homosexual fraternities yet?
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“suspective Martin Luther King ”
Why are you such a traitor to the memory of this man?
And why do you use the term ‘dark toned individuals’? Are you dissing Indians, Pakistani’s, Indonesians???
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse
He’s a mere man who was caught with a cigarette in his mouth during a shooting. Ralph Abernathy has even stated in his book that King has had relationships outside of his marriage. To me, he is a mere man that I do not respect. I respect God for using him, but King was a sinful and vile person. Also, referring to an individual as “black” is demeaning.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Wait Wait Wait
King was a “sinful and vile person” , but a lying sack of shit who also had relationships outside his marriage is someone you stupidly and partisanly support ; how can you explain that ?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse
I don’t think Sen. McCain is a superior man, but he is a relevant fit for President. People treat King as if he is God. He is a man that made mistakes.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Obama has made far less mistakes , and is indeed part of the group that HAS NEVER BEEN PROPERLY REPRESENTED IN THIS COUNTRY (insofar as government representation , anyway) ; he’s even more relevant to become president (and he will be ; it has been 2 centuries too long) , as he is much younger , sharper , more intelligent , more fluent , more honest , and has led a more diverse life.
Yet , you still cling to the rat bastood because of political party affiliation ; how sad are you , you phony ?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:25 pmThe African-American poor folk of Selma, Alabama and around here haven’t turned out.
Republicans never cease to be amazed that they can’t fool poor black folk into voting against their own interests. That’s probably because they have been fooling poor white folk into voting against their own interests for decades.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pmHey Pterodactyl
Dr King (according to you) , is merely a man (which I agree with) ; who is the better man and served all people better , as well as your lord , King or McStupid ?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:28 pmWe can’t fix stupid or little D…..Remember the saying about Bird’s of a feather…We can see who little D is flying with..Men who rape and plunder our country and the world…Men who leave their crippled wive’s behind to run off with many mistresses.Men who pramote and condone war’s, steal from their country men, neglect their fellow citizen’s in the time of disaster and even cut cake while our people drown…All the while they play a bible game and pander to more ignorant people than they are…..Crazy is as crazy doe’s..Never let us forget the dreadful name calling of his present wife…Little D and mcnut’s are a dreadful pair of bird’s.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pmDaryll buddy, time to pony up. We bet $1,000 a couple of months ago on the next President and Huckabee ain’t gonna make it. Send the $1,000 you owe to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in San Francisco like you promised.
Did God ever explain why he revealed to you that Huckabuck was going to be the next President? Was he lying to you? Maybe instead of being angry at Dr. King you should tell your God to go fck Himself. Or stop listening to the voices in your head and take your meds.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:34 pmthe vast majority of the crowd was “white-middle class voters,” despite the event taking place in the nation’s Black Belt, “where there’s over 100 counties connected from here in Alabama all the way over to Georgia where African-Americans outnumber whites”:
…And one could hear McCain’s audio system playing The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly for a White Guy”, before he spoke!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pmDRxJ Says:
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the vast majority of the crowd was “white-middle class voters,” despite the event taking place in the nation’s Black Belt, “where there’s over 100 counties connected from here in Alabama all the way over to Georgia where African-Americans outnumber whites”:
…And one could hear McCain’s audio system playing The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly for a White Guy”, before he spoke!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
McStupid believes he has some time of “connection” to the Afican-American community by using Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B Goode” tune everywhere ; as if McStupid , who was around THIRTY (30) WHEN THAT SONG WAS RELEASED , probably didn’t condemn it as being the “Devil’s music” originally ?
What a crock of shit …………
April 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pmDaryll Says:
Ralph Abernathy has even stated in his book that King has had relationships outside of his marriage.
Good thing John McCain never did anything so horrible.
McCain Deceived, then Divorced First Wife
Mother Jones says it’s quite hypocritical of John McCain to cast himself as the family values candidate, when his own life evinces family disregard:
The ol’ family values schtick—and McCain’s family values—happen to incorporate military values. But for more on McCain and family values, let’s turn to a 1999 Arizona Republic profile of McCain (which does not appear to be available on-line):
He prides himself on his personal integrity yet admits he wasn’t faithful to his first wife, Carol, who was injured in a horrific car accident while McCain was in Vietnam….
McCain needed a divorce from his wife of 14 years, Carol, who had been badly injured in a car accident while McCain languished in Hanoi.
The marriage had been strained by his years of absence, along with McCain’s admitted affairs after returning from Vietnam.
In February 1980, less than a year after he met Cindy, McCain petitioned a Florida court to dissolve his marriage to Carol, calling the union “irretrievably broken.”
McCain’s entitled to use his life’s story as part of his campaign narrative. But if his campaign is going to play the family card, there’s more than, as the ad references, “honor, courage, duty, perseverance and leadership” in the story of John McCain, family man. Mother Jones
Apparently, John McCain doesn’t value his second wife much more than the first. He’s called her a “c*nt” in public.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:45 pmnanlichi Says:
Daryll buddy,
Did God ever explain why he revealed to you that Huckabuck was going to be the next President?
Apparently, God gets bored occasionally, and amuses himself by telling wingnuts that a Christo-fascist will become president.
Remember, God told Pat Robertson he could be president, TWICE!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pmHey Daryll of Parodyll,
April 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pmYou’ve never answered my question.
Am I, along with my wife, going to Hell because she is once divorced?
Am I committing adultery?
You two are going to hell only if you are Democrats. Republicans get as many free passes as they need.
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Hey Daryll of Parodyll,
You’ve never answered my question.
Am I, along with my wife, going to Hell because she is once divorced?
Am I committing adultery?
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Yes.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pmDarryl is divorced too, folks… from reality.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pmAre John and Cindy McCain going to hell for having a year long illicit affair, while McCain’s poor disabled, disfigured wife was left behind?
April 21st, 2008 at 1:07 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Darryl is divorced too, folks… from reality.
His brother Larry says, that’s because he was kicked in the head by a mule when he was a young ‘un.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pmMcCain’s attempting to woo non-white voters from a position of general cluelessness kind of reminds me of the 1980 debate between Reagan and Carter during the presidential campaign that year. Anyone remember this exchange?
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MR. REAGAN: I happen to believe that we’ve made great progress from the days when I was young and when this country didn’t even know it had a racial problem.
MR. CARTER (later, when it was his turn to speak): I noticed that Governor Reagan said that when he was a young man that there was no knowledge of a racial problem in this country. Those who suffered from discrimination because of race or sex certainly knew we had a racial problem. We have gone a long way toward correcting these problems, but we still have a long way to go.
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I suspect that McCain remembers that Reagan won that election, so he figures if Reagan can win without understanding the racial situation in this country, he can too. It will be up to Americans to make sure no more boneheads wind up in office.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:17 pmThank you very much, Daryll of Parodyll.
I just needed you to post to prove you’re a hypocrite.
1) You know I, and my wife, are Christians.
2) Therefore, you know that we believe in Christ, which is the way to God.
3) You profess to be a Christian, yet throw down judgment rather harshly to those you oppose, even if they are of the same religion.
4) I will pray that eventually, you will see the Truth (Jesus), not the Lie (bearing false witness).
To all others, I sincerely apologize for derailing the importance of this thread, I just needed to catch Daryll in another falsehood, to be seen by everyone.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:23 pmDaryll doesn’t respect the cigarette smokin’, adulterous MLK. Now, Moses, the murderer, is OK. King David, the philanderer and murderer, is OK. The murderer St. Paul is OK, too. So is the adulterous John McCain. The once and still married Obama and once and still married Clinton, though, are evil.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:24 pmMcCain isn’t trying to woo African-American voters. He is playing a little charade in order to convince independent moderate white voters that he is not a typical racist Republican.
Black people understand this, as they are keen to such deception by bigots, having seen it all their lives.
They won’t go to his rallies, because they don’t want to be used as photo ops for his propaganda parade.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:26 pmDRxJ
No apology needed to this side of the thread. I truly believe that progressive Christians have been silent too long, because of their tolerant ideology, which has allowed the Christian Pharisees to hijack our religion and our country. It’s high time for that to end. Non-believers need to see that many of us Christians are not brain-dead, goose-stepping oppressors and bigots.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pmDaryll Says:
He’s a mere man who was caught with a cigarette in his mouth during a shooting. Ralph Abernathy has even stated in his book that King has had relationships outside of his marriage. To me, he is a mere man that I do not respect. I respect God for using him, but King was a sinful and vile person. Also, referring to an individual as “black” is demeaning.
Ok, following your logic I suppose you find McCain to be a sinful and vile person since he had many relationships outside his marriage. Or does your judgment only apply to left leaning individuals.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm…They won’t forget KATRINA! Yeah, next election is coming!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Ok, following your logic I suppose you find McCain to be a sinful and vile person since he had many relationships outside his marriage. Or does your judgment only apply to left leaning individuals.
Wingnuts, like Daryll don’t employ something as difficult to master as logic. They remain right-wing extremists by constantly blocking out uncomfortable facts about their corrupt, immoral leaders, while allowing themselves to be hypnotized by drug addled right-wing media propagandists into believing all manner of vile lies, and vitriole about anyone on the other side.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:14 pmMany of the people who will vote for McCain hate the poor and minorities. Many who will vote for McCain cheered the beating of peaceful demonstrators on that Selma bridge.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pmMaybe Poor people have to go to work?
April 21st, 2008 at 3:46 pmJohn, remember Work?
You have a job that you have been getting paid for; It would be nice if you had attended to vote for SCHIP.
But what the hey, those people don’t need healthcare for their kids.
Remember Monday is a workday for most of them.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:46 pmNext time hold a rally at a homeless shelter, where both black and white families, have had to go to , cause their homes have been foreclosed on…Oh, thats right, they don’t need a bailout. Only Bear Stearns and the Gang do.
According to you, they should have bought a cheaper home, or none at all.
Guess what, they took your advice and moved into a shelter…Way to go McCain!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pmI’m 73 years old and know that the Republican party once known as the Dixiecrats only use black folks as objects to “run against”. Somehow each and every election year they trot out the same lies of “reaching out” and appear surprised when they get the same results.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pmWhy wouldn’t Black Southerners like the
Grand
Old
Party? What could possibly be wrong with Grand or Old in the South? Was the past not completely pleasant?
And with the last 7 years you’d think they would come out of appreciation for a job well done!
/sarc
April 21st, 2008 at 6:14 pm