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To: LindyBill who wrote (473370)	2/22/2012 4:29:32 AM
From: unclewest	14 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793964

Part 1 (9 min., 56 sec.): youtube.com Part 2 (6 min., 28 sec.): youtube.com To Celebrate Black History Month, Congressman West took to the House Floor with a remarkable speech on the relationship between African-Americans and the Republican Party. Listen to both parts of this speech in which Congressman West puts the lie to the many false claims of the Democratic Party that they are the party that stands up for African-American’s and other minorities. Here is just one short excerpt from this outstanding speech: “Mr. Speaker, what Republicans have long understood is that poor communities are best served when they are empowered to care for themselves. The more they come to rely on government checks, the less they learn to rely on their own ability and ingenuity. *** Our party firmly believes in the safety net. We reject the idea of the safety net becoming a hammock. For this reason, the Republican value of minimizing government dependence is particularly beneficial to the poorest among us. Conversely, the Democratic appetite for ever increasing redistributionary handouts is in fact the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today and it does not promote economic freedom.”