Left behind by arrogant Democrats
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| Sun, 09-26-2004 - 10:18pm |
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/09/26/INGAG8T3GR1.DTL
"The John Kerry campaign...steers a straight course toward oblivion. No Democratic presidential candidate since Eugene McCarthy's run in 1968 has shown such patrician disdain for the Democrats' most loyal and fundamental social base.
While Condoleezza Rice hovers, a tight-lipped and constant presence at Dubya's side, the highest-ranking, self-proclaimed African American in the Kerry camp is Teresa Heinz (born and raised in white colonial privilege). This crude joke has been compounded by Kerry's reluctance to mobilize black voters.
As Rainbow Coalition veterans like Ron Waters have bitterly pointed out, Kerry has been absolutely churlish about financing voter registration drives in African American communities. Ralph Nader, I fear, was cruelly accurate when he warned recently that "the Democrats do not win when they do not have Jesse Jackson and African Americans in the core of the campaign.""
Renee ~~~
