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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (6157)	12/13/2000 6:20:01 PM
From: globestocks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

But a black man in a position to make a significant contribution towards the leveling of racial imbalance, to be against affirmative action is a travesty.

To: Ilaine who wrote (6157)	12/13/2000 6:26:54 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6710

Hi CB, I think that you will find that ethnic minorities who self-select to come to the US, like the Africans you describe, are far more likely to be entrepreneurial individuals and thus inclined toward the GOP. Those blacks who had forbears who were slaves come from a line of folks who were losers in African wars of plunder many centuries ago. Thus, it wouldn't be surprising that they aren't, on average, the creme de la creme. I would agree that there isn't a terribly long distance between Gush and Bore. It's the rigging of future Supreme Courts that troubles me. For, you see, I believe the Supreme Court just told me that my vote isn't important in their scheme of things. I'm sure you see it differently. Another concern that I have is the tone to be set by a Bush Presidency regarding police state tactics. Here's what the Court is doing when it's not deciding who is President: washingtonpost.com I am not sure how you are going to accommodate your libertarian views with the propensity of this USSC and the Bush regime to impose greater restrictions on individual liberty. For surely this is coming. Be warned, Ray

To: Ilaine who wrote (6157)	12/14/2000 9:24:21 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 6710

It appears Arabs and Muslims are the only ethnic group the GOP can count on. A lot of work needs to be done in attracting blacks and Hispanics, and soon. The data are not conclusive, but it appears that Arabs and Muslims (different but overlapping categories) were the only new "ethnic" groups to lean Republican in the last election. Despite his full-court press for Hispanic votes, George W. Bush’s 31 percent rate nationally with them was lower than Ronald Reagan’s; and in California, no better than former Gov. Pete Wilson’s. Bush also lost with Asian-Americans, and was crushed by traditionally liberal blacks (9-1) and Jews (4-1). But an AAI poll of Arab voters showed Bush carrying the Arab vote by 46 to 38 percent over Gore; Nader (of Lebanese descent) garnered 13 percent. And in a broader if unscientific survey of 1774 Muslim voters done by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Bush won 72 percent. antiwar.com