Krugman: Bush & Blacks African-Americans distrust President Bushs party with good reason.... "Above all, theres the continuing effort of the G.O.P. to suppress black voting."
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Black and Blue
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 24, 2006
According to the White House transcript, heres how it went last week, when President Bush addressed the N.A.A.C.P. for the first time:
THE PRESIDENT: I understand that many African-Americans distrust my political party.
AUDIENCE: Yes! (Applause.)
But Mr. Bush didnt talk about why African-Americans dont trust his party, and black districts are always blue on election maps. So let me fill in the blanks.
First, G.O.P. policies consistently help those who are already doing extremely well, not those lagging behind ... [B]oth the relative and absolute economic status of blacks, after improving substantially during the Clinton years, have worsened since 2000.
The G.O.P. obsession with helping the haves and have-mores, and lack of concern for everyone else, was evident ... in Mr. Bushs speech... Mr. Bush never mentioned wages, which have been falling behind inflation... Mr. Bush also never used the word poverty, a condition that afflicts almost one in four blacks.
But he found time to call for repeal of the estate tax, even though African-Americans are more than a thousand times as likely to live below the poverty line as they are to ... leave a taxable estate.
Economic issues alone, then, partially explain African-American disdain for the G.O.P. But even more important is the way Republicans win elections
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Black and Blue
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 24, 2006
According to the White House transcript, heres how it went last week, when President Bush addressed the N.A.A.C.P. for the first time:
THE PRESIDENT: I understand that many African-Americans distrust my political party.
AUDIENCE: Yes! (Applause.)
But Mr. Bush didnt talk about why African-Americans dont trust his party, and black districts are always blue on election maps. So let me fill in the blanks.
First, G.O.P. policies consistently help those who are already doing extremely well, not those lagging behind ... [B]oth the relative and absolute economic status of blacks, after improving substantially during the Clinton years, have worsened since 2000.
The G.O.P. obsession with helping the haves and have-mores, and lack of concern for everyone else, was evident ... in Mr. Bushs speech... Mr. Bush never mentioned wages, which have been falling behind inflation... Mr. Bush also never used the word poverty, a condition that afflicts almost one in four blacks.
But he found time to call for repeal of the estate tax, even though African-Americans are more than a thousand times as likely to live below the poverty line as they are to ... leave a taxable estate.
Economic issues alone, then, partially explain African-American disdain for the G.O.P. But even more important is the way Republicans win elections
Continued:
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/10544488.html
LOOK IF YOU DARE
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/10543771.html
Four children and the cost of war: Burned children bring war horrors home
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/10544199.html
THE JERUSALEM POST: Israel Plans Occupation
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/10541514.html
Today's Newswire:
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/2006/07/24/
MARC PARENT
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