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Old 05-12-2009, 07:45 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Cali Coug View Post
You saying that Democrats' past with blacks is "at lesat as checkered, if not more so [than Republicans] doesn't make it true. Clearly, blacks, at least, do not believe that to be the case (for great reason, by the way).
Obviously my view of what the Democrats have done for black Americans is different from yours (or theirs, for that matter).

But reason doesn't always win. For many blacks, voting Democrat is a religion.

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You don't want to address Mormons at all. Instead, you keep asking "but why do blacks support Democrats? That doesn't make sense either!" For the sake of getting you to actually stay on point for once, let's assume that blacks are making an awful choice by supporting Democrats. Where does that leave your and Mormon support of Republicans?
I don't view Republican treatment of Mormons the way you do.
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