Al Gore's Endorsement Speech....

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by acedawg00-02
[B]Did anyone get a chance to watch Al Gore deliver his endorsement speech backing Howard Dean this morning? Overall, it was an okay impromptu presentation, but there were some parts of their oration that left my jaw hanging - LOL! .....

I didn't here Gore's speech, but, in a way, I've heard it all before...

Interesting comments, Acedawg and well taken, but I think to marketers and political spinmeisters, your thinking (and I think that of several GCers) is very much a "minority" position. Yes, we're diverse and can be reached on a variety of levels beyond "civil rights and race, (CRR)" but in Harlem and for the millions more of us watching the evening news, CRR are what they're figuring will catch our attention most effectively.

I agree it's condesending, but they do it because it works.

Love_Spell_6, your point on our 90 percent voting pattern is interesting too, but I have a different take. Clearly, we don't play to our strength voting like this but isn't it up to others (in this case the R Party) to put more of our vote in play.

My best friends' dad had an interesting theory. He said every other interest group courted by the Repub. Party, Right-to-Life, NRA, etc, to some extent has their issues addressed -- some platform concession, etc.. He asked why is it Repubs. expect "us" to come for free? I think it's an interesting question becuase I don't think we're as monolithic in our thought as most.

He said if R's want our votes, they needed to do more than complain about our 90% and make programmatic suggestions that are seen, in the main, as non-hostile to Black interests.

...and welcome to GC, Acedawg.