a question to ponder....

[Rob]

Bredesen might carry Mississippi against a liberal northern Republican like Giuliani, but it would be close.

[Rob]

Not for a while. Mississippi will become Democratic in a few decades when it becomes black majority.

Isn't that rather presumptuous? Where is it written than blacks must and will vote Democrat? The Democrats continue to push a policy that says that blacks need a helping hand to succeed (affirmative action), continue to feel entitled to black support at elections; by contrast, the Repulbicans continue to push individualism, diversity and personal responsibility. What exactly is it that gives the other party such arrogance - I was about to say "confidence" - that "black" equates to "democrat'?

Well, the exit polls have proven conclusively that blacks are almost all Democrats, regardless of how you feel about ideology. The GOP  once had a lock on black votes, but lost them through ignoring their needs. Will the same thing happen to the Democrats? Unlikely, but you never know.

[Rob]

Take away welfare and subsidies to states and I bet Mississippi or even Alabama could quite possibly go to the Democrats. Mississippi is the poorest state in the nation---it has the lowest per capita income of any state in the union. It's pretty dry down there with jobs and oppurtunity being limited the way they are. Still, I don't see a whole lot changing any time soon.

The thing is, Mississippians and Alabamians don't vote on economics; they vote on social issues. Whites regard welfare as a giveway to blacks, anyway.

[Rob]

"A black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.” - JC Watts Sr.

well weve been through this many times on this board....

it wasnt a republican standing in the schoolhouse door in alabama.  it wasnt a republican who defied orders to let blacks in little rock central high school.  it wasnt a republican who wouldnt let james merideth into the university of mississippi (by the way, merideth is a republican now)  it wasnt the republicans who filibustered the civil rights bill of 1964.

saying that *all* blacks should vote for one political party over another is just as ignorant as saying all blacks should like watermelon.

Those Democrats are all Republicans now... just ask Trent Lott. I agree with your second statement, but right now, blacks' interests are better served by the Democrats.

[Rob]

Hilary can't win against a black woman. Period.

That's one of the few scenarios Hillary would win.

[Rob]

It is indeed ironic that it is GOP administrations that promote blacks to positions of great power, while their friends in the Democrat Party pay them just enough lip service to keep them on the plantation.

The GOP has to have token blacks in positions of power to deflect accusations of racism.