"I told blacks not to vote for blacks, just before I told blacks to vote for blacks."

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

Of course, it might be interesting to note that the last Senators from the South who were Black were in fact Republicans.

Southerners - albeit in one border state - have an opportunity to elect another Black candidate to the Senate - and he's a Republican. So, if it's about "huge social implications" why not support Steele AND Ford???? Then there would be three Senators who were Americans with an African heritage, correct?

Being a Republican in 1877, when the last Black Senators were in office, is a completely different thing than being a Republican in 2007. Hell, being a Democrat in 1948 was completely different from being a Democrat today.

I'm really over this two-party BS. I've been registered as Independent as long as I've voted.