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I think the fear might be that when someone starts talking about getting more of the black vote, people believe that the Republican party will move to the left to court the votes. I think that is a legitimate concern - look at what Bush has proposed in his efforts to court hispanics (amnesty, social security for illegal aliens, etc.). But, such fears should cause us to focus on ensuring that such is not done. Instead, we should fight to have the republican party get a conservative message to black people. At some point, the black population has to realize that the constant calling of republicans and conservatives "racist" cannot all be true. When that day comes, blacks will start to listen to conservative ideas. Once a significant portion joins the republican party, there will be a landslide as the social ostracism of being a black conservative will no longer be a threat. That is what the democrats fear most. And I believe that is why the democrats fight any republican minority nominee more than any other. Once the social stigmatism is gone, more and more blacks will join in the good fight.

Now, if the people simply don't want people with different skin colors in the party, that is a different story, and, as unfortunate as it is, every group, institution, etc. has its share of climers. We just have to attempt to marginalize and get rid of those people.

> I think the fear might be that when someone starts talking about getting more of the black vote, people believe that the Republican party will move to the left to court the votes.

>> Now, if the people simply don't want people with different skin colors in the party, that is a different story, and, as unfortunate as it is, every group, institution, etc. has its share of climers.

The two are one and the same, my friend. The former only lends faux-credibility to their argument.

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