Do Blacks Have a Reason to Vote GOP? Michael Steele Says No

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Source: CBS News

The Republican Party has not given African Americans a good reason to vote for the party, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele said Tuesday night.

"You really don't have a reason to, to be honest -- we haven't done a very good job of really giving you one. True? True," Steele said at DePaul University, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Steele, the first African-American chairman for the RNC, said the GOP has lost its historical link to African Americans.

"This party was co-founded by blacks, among them Frederick Douglass," he said. "The Republican Party had a hand in forming the NAACP, and yet we have mistreated that relationship. People don't walk away from parties, their parties walk away from them."

He said the GOP's strategy of appealing to white, male voters in the South alienated minorities and ultimately proved ineffective when Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992.

Democrats have sought to highlight the GOP's lack of diversity and recently criticized the party for not having many strong female candidates for this year's midterm elections.

Steele added, however, that Republicans should embrace the Tea Party movement...

more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003147-503544.html

[Change Happens]

1. I agree with him, same for all hispanics, gays, women, and all Moslims...

and all young people for that matter.

G: Grand

O: Old

W: White

P: Party


Can I get an Amen?

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2. Finally!

Something that I agree with Steele about!

[CakeGrrl]

3. Good luck, Mr. Steele, bringing more blacks into the Republican fold while

you try to embrace the Tea Party simultaneously.

Can someone say "conflict of interest"?