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democrats have been doing this for years upon years. let's list all the blacks who have been kept down by the democrats.

First off, clinton pal terry macauliffe was picked as dnc chair over maynard jackson, the former mayor of atlanta. Then Terry goes out and screws up the 2002 eection for the dems. nice choice there.

Carl McCall wins the Dem primary for Gov. in New York, a very heated primary with former Clinton cabinet member Andrew "the son" Coo-mo. The dems then basically bail on McCall and offer him up like a sacrifice to the Pataki re-election campaign.

Harold Ford Jr. from Tennessee, a young, intelligent congressman who has represented the party hundreds of times on cable news shows, and would have been a terrific choice to lead the party, is passed over in favor of that crazy broad from the left coast.

Democrats have not elevated minorities to substantial leadership positions, compare this to J.C. Watts, a Republican who served in the leadership of his party before retiring this year.

Add the fact that Dems have not had a single black candidate for the Senate in recent memory (i think), and the senate campaigns of republicans like Alan Keyes in Maryland (he lost to Sen. Paul Sarbanes D-MD in 1988 and Sen. Barbara Mikulski D-MD in 1992).

Also, George W. Bush instead has elevated two very intelligent and charismatic minorities, Powell and Rice, to leadership posts in his administration. In the meantime, Clinton nominated some people to his cabinet, but Elders and Espy did not last long on the cabinet, and Clinton held Ron Brown in such high regard that he laughed at the man's funeral. I dont even need to get into what happened to Vince Foster. It seems to me that these were token appointments, while in Bush's case, all the minorities he has picked, right down to Labor Sec. Elaine Chao, have been qualified and competent in their jobs.

Democrats have not elevated minorities to substantial leadership positions, compare this to J.C. Watts, a Republican who served in the leadership of his party before retiring this year.

Watts was promoted because he was good. He ran as a conservative Republican in a predominately white conservative district. All the voters saw was his credentials, not his color. He did a fine job and his constituents thought the world of him. He represented their values.