| Being an independent, some times both parties can | | | | Who is Rush Limbaughs most popular fill in? You got it, |
| really make me laugh some times. Something I have | | | | a black guy named Walter Williams. A recent study of |
| noticed the past 10-15 years is the evolution of ideas | | | | voting patterns from Yale found out that historically |
| that are quite simply sad and distorted. It's similar to | | | | 25% of republicans are more likely to vote for a |
| what the bible says - Stop pointing out the spec in | | | | black GOP hopeful if they are black, in house races |
| your brothers eye and remove the plank from your | | | | white democrats are 38% less likely to vote |
| own. | | | | democratic if their candidate is black. It would have |
| According to many studies and references including | | | | been better if they decided to poll republicans and |
| wikipedia, minorities often opt for the democratic party. | | | | democrats evenly for the 2 different polls, but it's still |
| But, historically - the republican party has done much | | | | interesting data. |
| more for major minorities improvement in their "day to | | | | There was another study from a professor at |
| day life". | | | | Stanford on how much government largess |
| Although republicans aren't big on providing a free ride | | | | democrats and republicans believe people deserved to |
| to citizens of any ethnicity, They were founded by | | | | be given a Katrina, and surprisingly democrats |
| anti-slavery activists. In contrast, the democratic party | | | | behaved in a racist fashion, yet the republican party |
| was pro-slavery. Good ol' Abraham Lincoln was the | | | | was considered racist for not responding within 10 |
| reason that slavery was abolished and he lead the | | | | hours or so to organize their troops and drive in |
| way in fighting the democrats succeeding from the | | | | through the feet of flood water. |
| union, and he won so that all blacks could be free. | | | | Often times, it seems to me that parties are very |
| President Lincoln was one of the first republicans to | | | | good at distorting views on issues and I am actually |
| really reach out to minorities. He first stopped the | | | | shocked that the democratic party ever had the gull to |
| growth of slavery, and then cut it off by the head. | | | | make these allegations. |
| After saying no more slavery would be allowed, | | | | My opinion is this, there are a going to be racists in |
| Lincoln said in order to save the Union he would | | | | both parties, however there are more in the |
| accept slavery or denounce it to save the Union. | | | | democratic party - but they will never tell you that. |
| However, his initial belief was to abolish it, and he was | | | | I am glad that the democratic party now has a black |
| fearful when the democratic party started to succeed | | | | leader, but I really believe that they simply could not |
| from the union to keep their slaves, choosing their own | | | | ignore Obama because he is probably the most |
| prosperity over the rights of others. | | | | eloquent speaker that American government has ever |
| The notion that republicans are racist evolved from | | | | seen. He is a smart man in my opinion, I believe he is |
| large numbers of allegations over time. For example, | | | | spending amazing amounts of money, and I don't know |
| just recently there have been numerous allegations of | | | | if that is the right choice. Time will tell, I would like to be |
| the entire republican party being racist for making | | | | educated more about the reasons that they required |
| border access from Mexico cease and desist. | | | | so much money - but that information may be hidden |
| However, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 received 20% | | | | to protect our economy from collapse. The fact that |
| more votes from republicans. I want everyone to | | | | the government has been buying up banks since the |
| be an independent, but democrats raged about racist | | | | Bush administration leads me to believe we are on the |
| republicans should really look at who has protected | | | | edge of collapse, and I also believe that this money |
| their rights. | | | | being pumped in is simply an economy collapse |
| Let's look at the first 3 black people placed in to major | | | | deterrent in hope that american innovation will off-set |
| government positions. Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, | | | | inflation and eventually get us out of this. |
| and Condi Rice. Weird. | | | | |