-=> 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.   
      
   Oh... none were invited?  Sounds like you jumped on the O'Reilly ASSumed   
   bandwagon.   
      
      
    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.   
      
   Agreed.... which only enhances their commitment to a segregated America (My   
   reference here is poor [black & white] vs. the affluent.)     
      
    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 ...   
      
   Agreed....   
      
    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.   
      
   LOL.... irony as it's best... vote for the man who doesn't give a rat's ass   
   about you.    
      
      
   Bill   
      
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