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The blacks made their own bed and they'll simply have to lie in it and their plight's nothing for conservatives to shed any tears over.

We're not asking for your tears, you see? Conservative blacks such as mhking and myself are seeking 10-20% more of the American black vote into the conservative column. When this occurs, the RATS are doomed.

Now, the prospect of this should make conservatives everywhere salivate. So, I would hope that you would lend your support to our efforts. If not, no biggie, just don't depress the move. In other words (and by all means no offense), you can help by leading, following, or simply getting out of the way. That's all we ask.

Another comment--it bothers me that you aren't getting a lot of support here--I suspect many Freepers are like me, heartened by your efforts, and cheered at the prospect of a conservative trend for blacks. I applaud anyone who is working toward that.

I don't think it even has anything to do with conservative. What have the Democrats given blacks over the last 30 years? Ghettos, promises and crack. If you have any money, you move AWAY from Democrat-controlled areas. The Democrats can count on poll workers ensuring their victory and more misery for the citizens of that precinct.

Friend, I tend to agree with you but I have a question or two to ask. Ehrlich is running for Gov. in MD. He has Mike Steele - a black conservative - for his running mate. What happens, if after the race, he does not get the 10-20% you are asking for? Did you hear the tape of Harry Belafonte on Hannity and Colmes last night, where he basically called Colin Powell a house n*****, a term from slavery days? Now you have C Rice and C Powell in two extremely important Cabinet position, as well as the Ed Sec. Do the majority of blacks view these three as tokens?

Friend, I watched the debate between Townsend and Ehrlich. I was disgusted with the way the NAACP crowd acted toward Ehrlich and his family. How can these people be taken seriously when they act like this? Hope to hear from you soon.

Conservative blacks such as mhking and myself are seeking 10-20% more of the American black vote into the conservative column. When this occurs, the RATS are doomed.

That thought just made my day!

Any specific advice on "lend your support" and "help by leading" is welcome.

In Illinois the Republican party has improved since the March primary. But it still has a long way to go. The same hostility and baseless jumping to conclusions that you see in some posts also exists with some of our candidates, party officials and base. (regardless of a "Colin Powell Black" or "Alan Keyes Black" or anyone in between.

It is the nature of hostility that the "hostile" person attracts more attention than the "friendly" person. Thus the image of the group is skewed to the "hostile" person. In my lower middle class suburb, 100% of Hispanics (with 1 exception) and 25-30% of Blacks voted for Bush, and for the local Republican slate in a 3 way race in 2001. Yet almost all the paid professional consultants to candidates, and half the precinct and township committeemen refuse to even try because they think it is a waste of time.

Then some who claim to be "friendly" do an early endorsement of the most unfriendly candidate in the primary for governor, which is the high profile race here.

So how do we get both the Machiavellian and the allegedly principled Republicans to wake up? As you can guess, I am quite frustrated. Since March, we succeeded in knocking the 4 biggest problems out of the Republican Party. But the next tier, especially the candidate for governor and his advisors,
missed the wakeup call.