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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