[Wild Irish Rogue]

" "When you think Republican," she said, "you think racist."


Add this to clinton's legacy.

[Jeff Chandler]

Let them have the black vote. We'll take the Jewish vote.

[caspera]

"I don't think that black Americans have felt that Republicans truly stand for them and want to help them succeed." She added, apparently unmoved by the party's history, "I'm pretty sure that if they had it their way we'd all be enslaved still."

Apparently she is unaware that the Republican party was founded to abolish slavery. A product of our education system, no doubt.

[ancient_geezer]

Still, Mr. Jackson-Collins said that though he liked Mr. Bush, he would not vote for him. "It all comes down to money," he said. "Democrats have more social programs. Republicans say you've got to get your own."

This says much about how Democrats have placed the african-american community in hock to the company store, and many will not readily leave their enslavement. Slavery is a condition of mind more than it is a physical status.

[Post Toasties]

I notice that the blacks who profess greater antagonism toward Republicans because of Lott's resignation almost always give Democrat party line race card reasons for doing so, even to the point of practically saying that the North was Democrat and the South was Republican during the Civil War. With people so firmly on the Leftist plantation as that, there's little that reason or facts can do.

[Consort]

"I'm just not sure that the Republican leadership was comfortable with Trent, and this was their opportunity."

Mr. Mayfield sums it up perfectly.

[ambrose]

Still, Mr. Jackson-Collins said that though he liked Mr. Bush, he would not vote for him. "It all comes down to money," he said. "Democrats have more social programs. Republicans say you've got to get your own."

Bingo!

[A CA Guy]

The actual issue is that the great majority of Republicans aren't into racism and you never see them play race cards like the Democrats.
Trent Lott was ignorant to be in his position of power and to not keep his mind engaged with his mouth.
I never thought he was that great a leader and in the end it is for the better.
Let's pray the Democrats run this into the ground, people will start to ignore them on that issue as well then.

[denydenydeny]

Mr. Jackson-Collins is impressed by the prominent roles blacks play in the Republican Party. "You've got Colin Powell as secretary of state and Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser," he said. "How many Democrats get that kind of love on the international stage?"

A lightbulb goes on.

Still, Mr. Jackson-Collins said that though he liked Mr. Bush, he would not vote for him. "It all comes down to money," he said. "Democrats have more social programs. Republicans say you've got to get your own."

And quickly goes off.