[rdb3]

The hysteria about New Orleans--complete with the Oprah circus-- reveals that the blacks will probably be in the Democratic camp until Jesse Jackson, and maybe Jesse Jackson Jr. are dead and gone. It took a hundred years for the yellow dog Democrats in the South to switch to the Republicans and only then because of the Civil Rights revolution. Bush's hope of buying some black votes with Katrina money is doomed to failure.

Do you realize the admission you made here?

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[RobbyS]

The only admission I made is that peoples have long memories. The Greeks still hate the pope because of the Fourth Crusade in 1202, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople by a western army.But that is an extreme example. Segregation, not slavery, made American blacks into a sub-nationality, sort of like Irish Catholics. Like the Irish they nurse past grievances. Until recently they have contributed to the IRA. The Irish-Catholics, those who still take their religion seriously and have got a little money, are just now starting to vote for Republican candidates. Probably they still feel guilty about betraying family tradition, because many who do vote Republican call themselves independents.