Why are the Republicans not gaining ground among African Americans?
I love reading stuff like this. The question pops up right around election time or during the Presidential campaign season — why can’t the Republicans get the black vote?
Sometimes, I just want to say “Duh!” when I read that the Republicans can’t figure it out.
Well, to help them, they can read here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
The bottom line is all of this is that, instead of putting black faces up to us to get us to buy in, start dealing with the actual concerns of black people — for example, employment, better access to health care, better public education, better access to capital, etc.
When you do things like the following, it’s no wonder you don’t get our votes:
Regardless of how many supportive columns Black conservatives Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Star Parker, John McWhorter, LaShawn Barber and Larry Elder write; how much money talk show host and syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams gathered up from the Bush administration for touting its policies; multiple appearances by Black conservative “spokespersons” on conservative radio and cable television’s talk shows; large amounts of right wing foundation money poured into creating and sustaining Black conservative organizations; invitations extended to conservative Black clergy to White House gatherings; and Mehlman-authored apologies for the party’s racist policies — including Nixon’s Southern Strategy and the infamous Willie Horton advertisement– the Republican Party continues to be unable to win significant numbers of Black votes.
When Republicans get substance to go with the flash, we can talk. Until then, they can, as I have said before, go kick rocks. Until you want to deal with the issues that affect the majority of black folks don’t expect to garner a majority of black votes.
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