Repubs (and Rove's) mssg to Blacks: "You can't rise as a class..."

[Rose Siding]

"That rising tide will lift YOUR boat!" is more or less the message via the HUD sec


The HUD secretary said he has advised President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign to focus its efforts on younger blacks who did not grow up during the civil rights era because older blacks who did "have been conditioned" to vote Democratic by Jesse Jackson, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and others.
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The HUD secretary, who said he has been consulting with Bush strategist Karl Rove and other campaign officials, said Republicans are targeting blacks who are under 40 with a message that Bush's economic policies are better for them.

"You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand," he said. "They want us to rise together, they keep telling us that we are victims. If they keep telling us they are victims, then there is a role for them to play."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=696&e=10&u=/ap/20040929/ap_on_el_ge/hud_secretary_black_voters

[Blue_Tires]

1. do HUD sctys usually give campaign advice

shouldn't he be like; DOING HIS JOB, or something??

[Blue_Tires]

2. ttt

don't tell me i was the only one to read this!

[Rose Siding]

3. I'm sure you weren't...

But more revolting repub remarks don't raise eyebrows they way they used to- It's SOP for them. Spreading a message among the young that they are on their own, looking out for number one *still* sounds crazy, doesn't it?

I'll kick it once or twice to give it exposure at different times during the evening.

[Rose Siding]

4. once more

[ulysses]

5. that's their mantra for everyone.

Individuals are easier to control.

[K-W]

6. Cooperation is only for wealthy white people.

Everyone else is supposed to fight for thier crumbs.

[southlandshari]

7. In other words, divide and conquer

Same old, same old. How stupid do they think we are?!