GOP runs a record number of blacks (YouTube)

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***GOP Makes History Running A Record Number of Black GOP Candidates (3).***

GOP runs a record number of blacks

[Danno 1,228]

***GOP Makes History Running A Record Number of Black GOP Candidates (3).***

GOP runs a record number of blacks

There are a number of fantastic Black Conservatives running and in the movement, the gentleman featured in the clip is one.

The Tea Party is historical for a number of reasons, this is just one more.

My only hope is, color is not a factor when people are pushed to the front but rather they are supported because of their A) principles B) Talent C) the ability to win.

If a number of incoming Conservatives were Black and they joined the Congressional Black Caucus....... can you imagine the fireworks in that room?

If you want to know how decent is handled in that chamber just ask Ralph Nader.

Ralph Nader incident

In 2004, independent presidential candidate and consumer activist Ralph Nader attended a meeting with the Caucus which turned into a shouting exchange. The caucus urged Nader to give up his presidential run, fearing that it could hurt John Kerry, the Democratic Party's nominee. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) called the upcoming election "a life or death matter" for the Caucus members' constituents. Nader accused Congressman Mel Watt of twice uttering an "obscene racial epithet" towards Nader; he alleged that Watt said: "You're just another arrogant white man – telling us what we can do – it's all about your ego – another f—king arrogant white man." Watt never offered an apology.[12]

Nader wrote to the Caucus afterwards:

"Instead, exclamations at the meeting... end[ed] with the obscene racist epithet repeated twice by Yale Law School alumnus Congressman Melvin Watt of North Carolina. One member of your caucus called to apologize for the crudity of some of the members. I had expected an expression of regret or apology from Congressman Watt in the subsequent days after he had cooled down. After all there was absolutely no vocal or verbal provocation from me or from my associates, including Peter Miguel Camejo, to warrant such an outburst. In all my years of struggling for justice, especially for the deprived and downtrodden, has any legislator—white or black—used such language? I do not like double standards, especially since our premise for interactions must be equality of respect that has no room, as I responded to Mr. Watt, for playing the race card. Therefore, just as African-Americans demanded an apology from Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and Senator Trent Lott—prior to their resignation and demotion respectively—for their racist remarks, I expect that you and others in the Caucus will exert your moral persuasion and request an apology from Congressman Watt. Please consider this also my request for such an expression—a copy of which is being forwarded directly to Mr. Watt's office."[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Congressional_Caucus

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

They aren't really blacks.