To: rdb3
"While this does not portend a major political shift among American blacks"
If Bush makes this a big issue, it may. There has never been an issue where the Democratic Party has been more at odds with its own base. What the 50/50 nation people forget is that the Democratic Party is still "leaving" its constituents... just as it was in the 60's, 70's, 80's. It left me 2 years ago... It is leaving African-Americans now.
3 posted on
03/08/2004 10:08:02 AM PST by
Betaille
(The city put the country back in me)
To: Betaille
It left me 2 years ago... It is leaving African-Americans now.We can hope.
Show 'em my motto!
4 posted on
03/08/2004 10:14:54 AM PST by
rdb3
(The Servant of Jehovah is the Christ of Calvary and of the empty tomb. <><)
To: Betaille
"If Bush makes this a big issue, it may. There has never been an issue where the Democratic Party has been more at odds with its own base."
That's true, but let us not minimize the many *other* major internal conflicts within the current Democratic Party.
To wit: Blacks are for school vouchers, Democrats are against them. Catholics are against abortions, Democrats are for them. Rural America is for gun rights, Democrats are against them. Unions want the jobs from drilling in Alaska, Democrats are against drilling for oil in Alaska.
Nor is the gay marriage issue limited only to Blacks. It definitely impacts Hispanics en masse and blue collar Americans in general.
19 posted on
03/08/2004 11:29:50 AM PST by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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