----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:37 PM Subject: Re: Double Standards on Regional Bigotry
> At 05:50 PM 1/14/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > >So, in 14 years under Republican rule, blacks lost about half a percent. > >In 8 years under Democratic rule, they gained over 30%. It seems to me that > >deciding that the Democrats are better for them than Republicans is > >straightforward. > > And these numbers are relevant, how? Because Republicans favor tax and spending policies that favor focusing wealth in the "entrepreneur class" because "they are the ones that give jobs to the rest of us." > I guess that they are relevant if you really truly believe that Al Gore > invented the Internet, Actually, do you really believe he claimed that? I do believe that he was part of the inspiration for "Love Story" > and if you believe that the recessions of '82, '91, > and '01 were all the Republicans' fault. No, their policies just exaperated the recessions and weakened the recoveries. But, I don't believe that a muli-sigma signal is just coincidence. >If only we had Democratic > Presidents, then I am sure that we would never have had recessions and the > 1990's asset bubble would have last forever, eh? No, its just that Gore wouldn't have handled it by running deficits up to record levels in order to concentrate wealth in the upper income bracket because he felt they are the only ones who make the ecconomy go. > And of course, I would also point out that it takes some pretty interesting > temporal dynamics to use economic results from the Clinton years to explain > voting patterns that have held for the past 30 years. Historically, blacks have done much better under Democrats. I can trace it with certainty as far back as the number go...to the '60s. And, that far back, there was some gratitude for the willingness of the Democratic leadership to give up the South in presidential elections for civil rights. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
