In response to a couple of frustrated and misinformed local right-wingers concerning my letters, the facts certainly don’t get in my way of observing that republicans have (zero) elected officials in the U.S. Congress. That is not speculation. That is a FACT! It is beyond statistical probability and any reasonable judgment that this fact is anything but the result of blatant racism on the part of the Republican Party. Repus don’t support the election of black politicians. They don’t give them the money, party support or legislative bills needed in order to win over the black population. Since the 60’s when the voting rights act was passed by a Democratic Congress and a Democratic President, the repus have pursued Nixon’s southern strategy (i.e. Kevin Phillips) of ignoring the black voter and embracing the reactionist southern racist. That is a far cry from what Lincoln envisioned. It is obvious these young right-wing letter writers have no clue as to the reality of the civil rights struggle that actually transpired in the 60’s. They only rely on the biased FOX network and other right-wing talk show blow-hards for their history information all based around Reagan worship. How tragic that the repu party continues to reject black voters and won’t even try to accommodate some of their concerns. The fact is that over 90% of blacks do not vote republican and over 98% of white republicans do not vote for blacks. That is not speculation. That is fact. Colin Powell was forced out of the Bush administration and he would have no chance going up against the neocons of the repu party today. He would have a better chance of running as a democrat and he knows it. Rice has been one of the worst Sec. of State and National Security directors in history. She will go down as the one who ignored the August 6 FBI memo warning of airplane attacks on American targets from 911. She is radioactive as far as repus are concerned. The repus know that their own party will not vote for a black presidential candidate. They can’t even get a U.S. Congressman elected much less a president so before right-wingers start attacking Obama in their ads as the next convict Willie Horton or a horny Tenn. Congressman Harold Ford remember that they are the ones who campaign on demonizing blacks. The proof is in the pudding and facts don’t lie. Zero repu blacks in Congress. That is not a coincidence. That is intentional. Don’t be fooled by their diversion tactics. Just look at their record. Over 80% of the U.S. population thinks we have been going in the wrong direction and only 25% think w is doing a decent job. Presently the American people support democrat policies and know that repus are responsible for our terrible situation economically, militarily and constitutionally. These are the facts and they are on Obama’s side.