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Cosby and conservative black FReepers are part of that less than 10%, sadly they don't get to speak for their community, the social leaders that have the black community voting largely in lockstep are hardcore welfare state liberals that have shown they're extremely skilled at belittling and marginalizing people like Rice and Cosby.

You know, you're right. But a huge part of the problem with blacks and the GOP is that the GOP has totally failed in battling the image Dems have painted them with.

President G. W. Bush is the one I point to as to why I finally joined the GOP. When campaigning last year in Detroit, he simply asked for blacks to vote for him. That shows the seriousness in valuing the black community by simply respecting them enough to ask for their vote. Who did that before him?

The Dems say that the GOP is full of kluxers, to which the GOP had remained relatively quiet. Therefore, the win by default goes to the Dems.

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And that's been a problem for a long time. Nixon said it was something the GOP needed to fix after 68 (which was the first time the dems got the majority of the black vote). Unfortunately instead of listening to Nixon and trying to do something about it they just kind of wrote off the black vote, it'll take decades to swing the balance. Every little bit helps and I'm all for continuing the effort, but it's not going to change the picture for 08.