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GOP's tarnish: Token blacks
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| Contributor | CBlock941 |
| Last Edited | CBlock941 Nov 14, 2006 10:45am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | Newspaper - Orlando Sentinel |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 04:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON -- It didn't work. The Republican Party put up three high-profile black candidates to try to weaken the bond between the Democratic Party and African-Americans, and all three got slammed by the voters, big time. After a week of reflection, maybe Ken Blackwell, Lynn Swann and Michael Steele have come to understand that they never were intended to be viable candidates. From the start, they were more like cannon fodder.
There is no reason why Republicans can't someday win a big share of the African-American vote. All the GOP has to do is adopt policies that most black Americans believe will work to their advantage, rather than leave them behind. Oh, and Republicans also need to drop those coded appeals to white racists, like the infamous "Playboy party" ad that helped defeat Democrat Harold Ford in Tennessee. |
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