Posted by
Silvio Canto, Jr. on Saturday, July 22, 2006 9:22:09 AM
In 2000, candidate George W. Bush spoke before the NAACP. Bush came to the NAACP with a positive message. He was governor of the 2nd largest state in the union. In 1998, he was reelected with 69% of the vote because he was seen as a governor that got things done. (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/TX/G/)
Beyond the numbers, he did very well with minorities:
"Bush made strong inroads within typically reliable Democratic groups, including 21 percent of the vote among African-Americans." (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/03/election/governors/texas/)
Bush's 2000 speech went over well. In fact, it went over so well that the NAACP shifted into panic mode. They created a TV ad about the death of James Byrd, a black man killed in East Texas. It was despicable and dishonest. It was intended to paint Bush as a racist:
"In October 2000, a project of the NAACP National Voter Fund nationally aired a television ad that accused Bush, then governor of Texas, of being unsympathetic to James Byrd, a black Texas man who was dragged to death by three white men in a pickup truck in 1998. It seems to me that, by distributing that ad, the NAACP very knowingly set the tone for its relationship with the Bush administration." (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/07/19/jnelson.DTL)
Why did the NAACP panic? Because the modern NAACP is a subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Years ago, the NAACP was a civil rights organization. Today, their main mission is to lie about Republicans and to keep the Democrats' monopoly on the black vote at any cost.
The Democrats understand the importance of the black vote. Give any Republican presidential candidate 15% of the black vote and the election is over at 9pm central time.
Bush got 11% of the black vote in 2004, up from 9% in 2000. Again, give Bush 15% and he'd won Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
Nevertheless, I am glad that Pres. Bush went to the NAACP convention a few days ago. He listed some of the advances made by the new black middle class. At the same time, the NAACP needs to get real because they are not in tune with what is happening in black America.
The Republicans have a better plan for blacks. It is called personal responsibility and family values. It includes school vouchers. It rejects abortion and same sex marriage.
P.S. I feel confident about Republicans and blacks! (http://www.theblackgop.com/) There are several top black candidates in 2006:
Michael Steele for U.S. Senate: Maryland
Lynn Swann for Governor: Pennsylvania
Keith Butler for U.S. Senate: Michigan
Ken Blackwell for Governor: Ohio
Dr. Ada Fisher for U.S. House: North Carolina
Sherman Parker for U.S. House: Missouri
One, or a couple of them, will make history in 2006. My money is on Lynn Swann.