In the mid-eighties I had many black acquaintances and we would talk politics. They were against abortion,homosexual activities,easy divorce laws and easy access to aid for single mothers. When I would ask them why they weren't supporting the Republican candidate for governor since he held the same positions as I did,they were silent. I knew they liked me too much and were polite enough not to want to insult me to say that they couldn't trust me because I was white as was the condidate,but I knew that was it in a nutshell.
I hope and pray that those blacks,like my acquaintances, will hear the compelling ring of truth stated by one of their own and cross the party line. It would serve all us well,especially the Republican Party.
I was in a school auditorium the other night with Dr. Keyes and about 400 inner city residents of the projects. The event was a neighborhood meeting called to expose the corruption going on with federal housing funds. A severely neglected apartment building had collapsed and narrowly missed killing or maiming a number of kids.
When Ambassador Keyes was announced, there was scattered booing from the crowd...they are overwhelmingly brainwashed Dems. But by the time he had finished, and they understood that the man really cared about their plight, there was no more of that...he received an ovation, and it took Alan over an hour to work his way out of the hall because so many folks wanted to talk to him.
So, who knows what might happen...