[rdb3]

> 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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[brownie]

I disagree. I, for one, hope to see the republican party work hard to make inroads with hispanic and black voters. However, I do not want the party to do so by moving leftward. The problem is that there are many in republican leadership who seem to believe that the only way to obtain those votes is to move leftward (again, I cite Bush's moves viz a viz hispanics).

Therefore, there can be a disagreement on what can and should be done to court black and hispanic voters, without the element of racism.

[SauronOfMordor]

> 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.

I disagree. I welcome the Thomas Sowells, Walter Williams', Clarence Thomases, and other genuine conservatives. I just don't want the Republican Party to turn "Democrat lite" in order to court the Black vote. There's a difference.

Anybody who is in favor of free markets and limiting the size of government, I would welcome. Anybody who would make his coming over conditional upon the Republicans supporting racial preferences, etc, is welcome to stay with the Democrats