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In reply to the discussion: White People Think One Black Person's Success Proves Racism Is Over [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,800 posts)That was never going to happen - i.e. Powell. Simply no support from the base.
Did you know there was serious talk of him in 1996? And no go - because he wouldn't play the Dominionist Games. Even then - Dole - who is now probably considered a Democrat/Liberal by the party base had to fight to get that nomination.
They were put on watch in 1992 by Buchanan when Erik Prince split from his sister Betsy Devos on who he would support. It was young folks - people in my age group . . . on the other side of the aisle. Get in line with this extreme beliefs or we split.
It's funny - those folks are now all at the helm in that party in terms of financing their campaigns. The Gen Xers and late Boomers. . .
Dad was 70 (just turned it) in August 2011 - but he was of the mindset that old guys like him needed to get out of our way. He almost sounded like Poitier in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner when he would start ranting and raving about how we need to look to younger people to solve our problems. That was ONE reason he liked Obama - even though he really felt it should have been someone like Harold Ford who he was more politically aligned with. Obama represented youth and energy. Anyway in his mind - he would have liked to have seen that(Clinton whale on Newt) . You never took anyone speaking about any woman that way. He had zero tolerance for that bullshit!
The dominionists had taken over by the 1996 election and part of the key appeal of Bush (why he beat McCain) was his "I'm a fuck up but asked Jesus to forgive me and I'm born again" beliefs. They like that - the Dominionists.
If only Powell had played their little Christian Dominionist Games. Perhaps? But he never could have beat Clinton in 1996. No way. No how. That wasn't happening. Sorry - but it wasn't.