
Originally Posted by
tony
I had to do some research cause I knew Alan Keyes' name sounded familiar, ironically do you know he lost to Barack Obama in the Illinois State senate race? Interesting, he's a republican too.. no way blacks are going to swarm to him on that notion alone.
Jesse Jackson ran for the democratic nomination in 84 and 88, we see how that worked out.
...Bill Clinton said what he said that the tide changed.. its hard to offend an entire race of people (even unintentionally) and expect their support.
Same goes with John McCain, how can he expect to gain the support of black democrats when he voted against the MLK holiday?