DISQUS

And of course the republican party sees beyond it self too! Give me a break! I am an African American and this just seems like a big cop out for their basic attitudes towards African Americans. I think as you see by this election we are no longer the angry non-conformists you make us out to be.
As for the party that believes in small government and big business ... you haven't been that in years.... In recent years, the republican party just seems like bitter racists who refused to see that the world has changed around them. By the way, you talk about handouts and how people should be ashamed in receiving them but you have no problem when these corporations get billions and billions of dollars in government funds (corporate welfare)

I think that African Americans do not want to join the republican party is because they simply do not associate themselves with African Americans. Yes they have figureheads like Colin Powell, Condelezza Rice or Alan keyes . However, they use these figures as background piece and expect African Americans to jump because they see black face which is an insult to black people.
Sarah Palin is a figure head too although I doubt she knows it .
Reality CHECK REPUBLICANS
WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK, ME AND A LOT OTHER NON-BLACKS VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED CHANGE. IN FACT, HE SPENT A LOT OF THE YEAR TRYING TO CATCH UP TO HILLARY CLINTON WHO WAS GETTING THE BLACK VOTE IN JULY IF YOU REMEMBER .