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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
You are comparing this to a lottery? That is dumb, on many levels. First of all, even if this was a lottery, everyone in the Democratic party can purchase a ticket, whereas for Republicans, Mormons can't buy a ticket to participate. They are excluded from the beginning. Second of all, this isn't even remotely like a lottery, which is dictated purely by chance and by a blind draw. Everyone saw Obama before they voted for him. Everyone heard him speak. Based on what they saw and heard, they voted for the guy. Many have argued, including yourself, that he won BECAUSE he was black. Romney arguably lost BECAUSE he was Mormon. Your comparisons are a weak attempt at an apology for the bigoted base which runs your party. Finally, the notion that the Democratic party abuses blacks, and has for years, is silly and unsupportable. Perhaps you should reexamine recent history (start with Brown v. Board and work forwards) before you so quickly conclude which of the two parties has a horrible civil rights record (hint: it rhymes with Bepublican).
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You missed the point of the analogy, which is: the success of one individual does not presuppose the success of all other individuals.
Republican hands are certainly not clean on the race issue, but then again, it's not the Republican party that 90+% of black voters are flocking to. The real question here is, why do blacks continue to show loyalty to a party whose past is at least as checkered, if not more so.