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To: JohnM who wrote (49603)	6/9/2004 12:29:49 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793957

"You've ignored Marshall's point, Mike, that the Reps, however committed to racial equality any given Rep is, have tied themselves to a racist element in the population. " Yes i ignored it because it just aint true anymore, even if it once was. White folks get it now. Catering to racism doesnt play well. There are mixed couples everywhere and mixed children. The world is a better place save for reactionary democrats who still think its pre-reagan 1980 in the US. Blacks will get this soon as well. YOu missed my point that a rise from single digits to 20% will kill the dems. Yes this year might be like 1982 and the republicans may lose some seats because of iraq, if iraq doesnt improve. And the Black vote for bush will be in single digits for sure. But there will be other elections and many blacks will come to realize that low taxes and encouragement of small business are republican policies that can benefit them more than the empty rhetoric of the dems and their New Deal/Great Society fixation. As the kids say, its so over. MIke

To: JohnM who wrote (49603)	6/9/2004 1:18:10 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

the Reps, however committed to racial equality any given Rep is, have tied themselves to a racist element in the population. There are racists everywhere. I would call the Dem leaders who promise AAs the sun, moon, and stars yet deliver nothing racist. Subtly so, but still racist. I have not yet seen any black figure become prominent in Kerry's campaign. I live in a city which is 70% black and in which politics are controlled by blacks. I am routinely affected by racism against whites. I also see racism by lighter skinned blacks against those of darker hues. In fact, I would say the latter is much more prevalent than the former, though it may be due simply to statistics. The issues are not at heart racial, but economic. In this sense, the GOP has a lot more to offer blacks than the Demos. IMO, anyway.