Open Letter from African Americans to the Democratic Party

Email from the author | 6/3/04 | Frances Rice

[JulieRNR21]

Frances Rice is an attorney and an African-American woman who served in the Army for 20 years before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. While in the Army she served as a company commander, an adjutant in a basic combat training brigade and a prosecutor in courts-marital.

Upon retiring, she was awarded the Legion of Merit. She is currently serving on the Board of the Military Officers Association of Sarasota, the SaraMana Black Republican Club and the SaraMana Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that helps low-income residents become homeowners and small business owners. In these positions, she puts both her Juris Doctorate and MBA degrees to good use.

She was recently appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to serve on the Medal of Merit Board for the state of Florida. Frances is married to Peter Rice, a retired diplomat from the U.S. Department of State.

[Kackikat]

"WOW", I can't wait to hear the democratic reply!

[Mears]

I'm speechless! Do you suppose we will be seeing this in our daily newspapers any time soon?

I wasn't even aware of many of these facts.

[Skooz]

Uh huh. And this November 96% of the black vote will go to...........?

It's hilarious when I hear a black person complaining that the Democrats are taking the black vote for granted. No voting block in the history of planet earth has so consistently demonstrated the rightfulness of being taken for granted.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[etcetera]

Whereas after Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt received the vote of African Americans, he banned African American newspapers from the military shortly after taking office because he was convinced the newspapers were communists,..."

Newspapers can be communists?

So if the Dems did all this, why do Blacks vote for them?

[Kate of Spice Island]

The Dems have so much to answer for that it is sickening.

[JulieRNR21]

Mega PING.....Please read this 'Open Letter' written by my friend, Frances Rice.....and ping your friends.

[Agent47]

Of course any black that dares speak the truth like this is instantly branded an "uncle tom". It is a sad fact. Will blacks ever wake up and realize they have been duped??

[NTegraT]

I'm just a smidge concerned about the "remuneration" part of this. When they've come for the Democrat Party on this, then they'll come to the rest of us for "remuneration."

[JulieRNR21]

So if the Dems did all this, why do Blacks vote for them?

Because Blacks don't know this history. Frances is trying to educate them.

[BluSky]

Good historical post.

Those that vote 'democrat' will: Ignore. Deny. Attack.

Those that vote 'democrat' will also, put the blinders back on.

[First_Salute]

See Cosby says tough words needed to right wrongs, Atlanta-Journal Constitution, May 22, 2004, by Bo Emerson, posted to Free Republic on May 22, 2004, by mhking.

See What's Holding Blacks Back, city-journal.org, Winter 2001, by John H. McWhorter, posted to Free Republic on March 28, 2001, by Pokey78.

[SunnySide]

"So if the Dems did all this, why do Blacks vote for them?"

The same reasons so many had and still support carpet baggers like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan(muslim male chauvinistic pig), which btw if they could would have all women back in the kitchen, barfoot and knocked up like arab men chattel their female population. It's all about control baby. Machismo blows.

[OXENinFLA]

Good read....

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[JulieRNR21]

I'm speechless! Do you suppose we will be seeing this in our daily newspapers any time soon?

The article has been printed in a local newspaper owned by Black business men in Sarasota Fl.

[grumple]

bump

[SunnySide]

oops, barfoot should be barefoot

[Joe Brower]

Glad you posted this, Julie.

Hey, send the URL for this thread to Peter. I'm sure he and Frances will enjoy checking it out.

[Mears]

Well you sure as heck won't see it in my Boston Globe.