This is a HUGE admission of guilt.
The historic defection of the black vote, Perry admitted, reflects the failings not of African-Americans but the Republican Party itself. Perry conceded that his party’s obsession with states’ rights, including his own, alienated a constituency that has depended on the federal government to protect its rights. This is an important admission about the Republican Party’s history. What Perry has failed to display is any grasp of how African-Americans have been turned away by the Republican Party’s present incarnation.
There's a thread in the group that speaks to Bernie Sanders words on race - in context or out of context - the words remain.
If I listen to Sanders - AND listen to Perry - I should be voting Republican.
ETA -
http://www.democraticunderground.com/118717895
Sanders - along these lines - you should not be basing your politics on skin color - it should be based on "how is your family doing". If I take his advice - I should be a Republican.
But - if I believe climate change is humanity's greatest threat, and taking action to slow/stop/reverse it with an eye on America's infrastructure - I can create highly skilled jobs with an economic protectionist approach (makes no sense to import people from abroad to solder solar shingles). That puts me back with my beautiful Democratic Party voting and volunteering to get O'Malley elected.
That doesn't mean Rick Perry didn't tell the absolute truth - because he did. A politician told the truth! Who'da thunk it!
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