Kane on Dean
Kane isn't ready to grab his ankles for Dean just yet, as he states in his column today:I haven't seen him singing hymns inside a Baptist church, or eating a soul food dinner, or mingling with a predominantly black crowd.
For many black voters, that's a litmus test. Call it the Bill Clinton "Let's see who is the most comfortable around black folks" test.
After this inane, intellectually immature comment, he gets indignant about people who criticize African-American voters for their blind devotion to one party. Kane likes to think that he speaks for all African-Americans. I'd like to think that he doesn't. If their devotion to the democrats has more to do with transparant, silly symbolism, then they deserve the results and criticizm they get.
But he defends his views by saying that no matter how much Democrats take them for granted, they are better than Republicans.
As for those who think that makes blacks gullible or foolish, I've got two words for why most blacks don't think the Republican Party is serious about inclusion: Trent Lott.
Say What?!?
*Ahem*
Republicans ran Trent Lott out of his leadership position for his clumsily worded praise of Strom Thurmond. If anything, they way they handled the Lott affair should have gained black voters support, ...but only if you look at the facts.
Hey Eugene, I've got two more words for you: Robert Bryd.
Remember him? He's still a high-ranking Democrat who was once a night-riding member of the KKK. Another little tidbit Kane must have missed, Byrd used the N-word on national TV not more than 4 years ago.
But it's cool as long as he prays at a certain type of church and gets himself photographed eating a certain type of food. Right?
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