I was a big fan of McWhorter but now I must ask myself who is dumber: Steele, Swann, et al who stupidly ran under the GOP banner or all those black folks that white racist Republicans knew were/are dumb after all....Too bad the black voting America he is looking at cannot tell that 2006 America is not quite the same old place as LBJ's poll-taxing Texas!
Maybe in 2008......?
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" your party was hoping they would usher more black voters into pulling the lever for you, you were neglecting... [MORE]
Tyrone
Nov 16, 2006 21:19
This article demands a respect than can only be commanded. For some, enough can never be done. [MORE]
Jacob Alling
Nov 16, 2006 20:23
Prof. McWhorter, I am one GOP-leaning independent who appreciates the frankness of your article. Politics is definitely as much perception... [MORE]
Alan Wolfson
Nov 16, 2006 19:06
Republicans never learn. They thought we would fall for their Manchurian candidates. If not for their insideous efforts to disenfranchise... [MORE]
Nat Turner
Nov 18, 2006 00:10
Prof. McWhorter:
As a retired Republican congressional campaign manager, who once managed hotly contested races in northern Indiana, western North Carolina,... [MORE]
Dirt Lawyer
Nov 16, 2006 17:09
Fact--EVERY story of voter fraud has taken place in inner city Democrat minority election districts. Whether it was Lyndon Johnson's... [MORE]
David S. Levine
Nov 16, 2006 22:44
I was a big fan of McWhorter but now I must ask myself who is dumber: Steele, Swann, et al...
carl palm
Nov 16, 2006 15:17
Republicans don't need to ask themselves what more they can do for blacks. Blacks need to start asking themselves why... [MORE]
Mike
Nov 16, 2006 14:09
I was reading the comments here, and I am struck by how easy it is to tell people that they... [MORE]
Mimi
Nov 21, 2006 17:28
Before any republican should devise legislation (dare I say pander) to the "black vote" they should receive more than 10%... [MORE]
John Koorey
Nov 16, 2006 14:02
I guess the man knows what he's talking about. The only thing for sure is the pubs won't listen!!
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Route 66
Nov 16, 2006 13:36
Dear Dr. Mcwhorter, I suspect you are aware of the fact that you have a very wide and appreciative audience... [MORE]
Robert Mandel
Nov 16, 2006 13:33
This article continues to propogate the notion that somehow when Democrats lose an election, it was because of the racist... [MORE]
Joe Money
Nov 16, 2006 11:04
Well, buddy, it almost seems that you are perpetuating a unproven allegation as fact when it's far from it, not... [MORE]
Leo
Nov 16, 2006 15:35
Leo,
I don't think you understood what McWhorter was trying to say. Worse than that, however, is that you thought you... [MORE]
Ben
Nov 16, 2006 19:07
After reading your letter to the GOP I thought I was back in the 50's and 60's. When is the... [MORE]
Bill Dockery
Nov 16, 2006 06:59
Prof. McWhorter fails to mention that in Ohio, all county election boards are bipartisan. Is he suggesting that the Dem... [MORE]