You Don't Understand Why I'm Conservative

So, that's the GOP's Spin-Machine's response to the fact that they haven't got a prayer with the black population?

Too bad all those talking points were written by WHITE Karl Rove...

Blacks and the Democratic Party

Blacks mostly voted Republican from after the Civil War and through the early part of the 20th century. That’s not surprising when one considers that Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, and the white, segregationist politicians who governed Southern states in those days were Democrats. The Democratic Party didn’t welcome blacks then, and it wasn’t until 1924 that blacks were even permitted to attend Democratic conventions in any official capacity. Most blacks lived in the South, where they were mostly prevented from voting at all.

The election of Roosevelt in 1932 marked the beginning of a change. He got 71 percent of the black vote for president in 1936 and did nearly that well in the next two elections, according to historical figures kept by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. But even then, the number of blacks identifying themselves as Republicans was about the same as the number who thought of themselves as Democrats.

It wasn’t until Harry Truman garnered 77 percent of the black vote in 1948 that a majority of blacks reported that they thought of themselves as Democrats. Earlier that year Truman had issued an order desegregating the armed services and an executive order setting up regulations against racial bias in federal employment.

http://www.factcheck.org/2008/04/blacks ... tic-party/

Kate wrote:

AMEN! :thumbsup:

O'Donnel needs to check his history. Liberals don't equate to Democrats. Much of the above happened because of Republicans.

But irony? The Dems themselves won't even use the term liberal anymore, they prefer progressive, because even they realized they have taken Clean Air & Clean Water too far, etc.

FredHayek wrote: The Dems themselves won't even use the term liberal anymore, they prefer progressive, because even they realized they have taken Clean Air & Clean Water too far, etc.

And how do you know this information about what "they" think and prefer?

760AM is called progressive radio instead of liberal radio.

How many times do you hear any politician or talking head saying they are a proud liberal...or any kind of liberal?

FredHayek wrote: 760AM is called progressive radio instead of liberal radio.

THAT'S your evidence? rofllol

850KOA is called News radio instead of conservative radio.

That must mean they're ashamed of being labeled as conservative.