Black GOP Candidates Accuse Party of Ignoring Them..

[HipChick]

I guessed they must have missed the memo..

http://www.rollcall.com/news/50951-1.html?mostread=1

“We have repeatedly asked them for support,” Creeden said. “It would have been nice if we could have counted on the Republican Party to deliver the voters.”

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“If you call getting no support, not even a phone call, not even a how are you doing kind of support, then I would have to say that is a pretty accurate assessment,” Alexander said.

Alexander said that he has talked with the other 14 African-American Republican candidates’ campaigns, and each has similar complaints.

“It’s been a bunch of guys grumbling that they are getting no support,” Alexander said of a slew of e-mails that were sent back and forth this week.
In particular, the Scott campaign is miffed that Steele traveled last week with his bus tour to Rep. Dan Burton’s nearby 5th district but didn’t stop at Scott’s district, about 3 miles away.

“It doesn’t take a lot of money, it just takes people saying we are in this, and the reality is I think Dr. Scott can win in spite of the challenges that we’re experiencing,” Alexander said.

[Radical Activist]

1. BOTH of them!

[kysrsoze]

4. I find their claims VERY hard to believe. It's a big tent, isn't it?

[gratuitous]

2. Nitwits

Someone so dedicated in going out of his way to get played for a sap deserves whatever he gets. I'm reminded of Elisha Cook Jr.'s character in The Big Sleep (see movie to get why I identify with Cook).

[demosincebirth]

3. Ain't that just too bad!

[NightHawk63]

5. Poor Deluded Twits

On the one hand, I can see how some people can look at Uncle Clarence and Juan Williams and want to go for the big payday, but me personally, I have too much self-respect to play that role.

[gateley]

6. They're afraid they may get more Steeles!

:evilgrin:

Nobody but rich white Americans should affiliate with the Republican party - they destroy everyone else.

[MrScorpio]

7. You'd think that these guys would listen to Ol' J.C. Watts

http://taino-red.blogspot.com/2007/10/jcwatts-to-gop-quit-dissing-african.html

J.C.Watts to GOP: Quit Dissing African Americans or Else


J.C.Watts, former Oklahoma football star, Congressman, Republican Party evangelizer, and all around nice guy, is fed up. He's had enough of the GOP presidential contenders dissing African Americans, i.e., Republican African Americans.

J.C. has penned this column in which he puts his party on notice that there will be a price to pay come the fall of '08 if Republican candidates continue shunning African Americans in their run up to the nomination.

But it's a long standing problem: Republicans just plain don't like black people.

[glowing]

8. Hmmm black and GOP.... Not something you see or hear everyday

[Loudmxr]

9. There is an old Dennis Miller Video where Alan Keyes ... "What am I doing here I'm black"

He used to be sooooo good. OK he was drunk. But good.

[bemildred]

10. Is that the sound of the clue train off there in the distance? nt