Hello Bill,   
      
   Bill McGarrity -> Lee Lofaso presented the following explanation :   
    -=>> Lee Lofaso wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-   
      
    LL>> You can find bad people in every neighborhood.  Right-wingers   
    LL>> like to point out that Rev. Martin Luther King was a troublemaker,   
    LL>> a black man who spoke for a violent people, all of whom happened   
    LL>> to also be black.  No white minister would ever encourage white   
    LL>> folks to disobey cops and other law enforcement officials.  There   
    LL>> is a reason why no Republican spoke at the Lincoln Memorial on   
    LL>> the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"   
    LL>> speech.  There is also a reason why no Republicans were invited   
    LL>> by the organizers to speak.   
      
   BM>Oh... none were invited?  Sounds like you jumped on the O'Reilly   
   BM>ASSumed bandwagon.   
      
   Former Republican Party Chairman Michael Steel made that announcement   
   on MSNBC - not on FoxNews or Bill O'Reilly's show.   
      
    BK>> The reality has been it isn't white or black, but haves and have   
    BK>> nots. The haves have taken more from the poor black community   
    BK>> than the poor black community ever got back.   
      
    LL>> For Republicans, it really is about white or black.  It wasn't always   
    LL>> like that, but it is today.  For example, George Romney received 30%   
    LL>> of the black vote as a candidate for governor of Michigan.  Mitt Romney   
    LL>> received 6% of the black vote as a candidate for president.  That is   
    LL>> how much the Republican Party has changed over the years.   
      
    BK>> Remember Mitt Romney's infamous 47%?   
      
    LL>> George Romney marched with MLK and the blacks for freedom.   
    LL>> Mitt Romney refused to speak at the Lincoln Memorial for the   
    LL>> 50th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.  What a   
    LL>> tremendous opportunity that was missed by Mitt Romney and the   
    LL>> Republican Party.  Even Michael Steel admitted the GOP goofed.   
      
   BM>Agreed.... which only enhances their commitment to a segregated   
   BM>America (My reference here is poor [black & white] vs. the affluent.)   
      
   Not all blacks are poor.  Not all whites are rich.  However, an   
   economic argument can be made, and strongly supported.  Bob Dole,   
   as a candidate for president, tried to make that argument in   
   reference to affirmative action, and actually had Bill Clinton   
   on the defensive (and on the ropes).  Dole's mistake was not   
   having a viable plan of his own to replace affirmative action.   
   Clinton managed to get up off the canvas, making a comeback   
   by suggesting affirmative action needed to be "fixed" rather   
   than "scrapped" - thus winning his bid for a second term.   
      
    BK>> Well, since blacks make up only about 13% of the population   
    BK>> of this country, That leaves 34% to be white.   
      
    LL>> Cajuns make up a much smaller percentage of the population   
    LL>> than blacks, hispanics, or asians.  Why this country wants to   
    LL>> identify itself by race is beyond me, as it is language that   
    LL>> defines a culture ...   
      
   BM>Agreed....   
      
   Black folks are more discriminatory of their own than any other race.   
   There are dark-skinned blacks, light-skinned blacks, blacks who pass   
   for white ...   
      
    BK>> Since even the 15% unemployment rate among blacks, or more   
    BK>> like 25% real unemployment rather than the fake numbers the   
    BK>> government uses, still means 25% of 13%. Or about 3 1/3% of   
    BK>> the population. That leaves about 45% out of 47% Mitt Romney   
    BK>> considers "takers" to be white.   
      
    LL>> Cajuns are not exactly the wealthiest folks in the world.  And yet   
    LL>> most of them voted for the man with the red face.  Probably because   
    LL>> they thought he was a crawfish.   
      
   BM>LOL.... irony as it's best... vote for the man who doesn't give a   
   BM>rat's ass about you.   
      
   You have to remember - we boil our crawfish LIVE.  :)   
      
   --Lee   
      
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