No it is that we aren't racists like the liberals and most of "the community" are. Those are the two groups that insist on continuing racism in this country. The liberals use it because they can claim that "they care" and "the community" can keep blaming anyone but themselves for a lot of their problems. They also hold up as models such great minds as Spike Lee, Al Sharpton, and of course the biggest race pimp of them all,Jesse Jackson. Any person of color who is truly successful and free of a lot of the "problems" are accused of being "Uncle Toms" or "acting white" (now isn't that racist?..oh no because a black person cannot be racist..I forgot!).
It's all one big happy family of racism and stupidity. And then after all that they wan't to be "taken seriously". So why bother trying to change that mentality when I have a life to lead? I have way more people who are more intelligent to deal with.
Until "the community" looks in the mirror and also realizes that liberals are their biggest enemy they will go nowhere...and they have themselves to blame.

This doesnt makes sense. You have many younger Americans talking, walking, dressing, wanting to be gansta black. You have a large amount of white women dating black guys. You would think the whitest party on earth would be eating this up and eager to coddle blacks. Oh wait, maybe they think this is a bad thing and this is really neo kkkcons and republicans protesting blacks having some kind of popularity after 300 years.

No surprise!

The only black/brown people the GOP care about are the ones that work for them doing their house work; doing their yard work; doing their shopping; driving them to and from events; collecting their trash; or playing for their favorite sports team. Oh yeah...they also care about the black/brown folks committing crimes in their neighborhoods.

They figure "those people" will vote for Democrats, if they vote at all. And somehow, those votes for Democrats will miraculously "turn" Republican just like 2000 Florida and 2004 Ohio.

So, why waste campaign time and show up?

"Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman chose the date because it worked best for all the potential candidates, Smiley said."

DON'T be fooled by that sniveling racist closeted queer Ken Mehlman. HE MADE the racist "call me HAROLD" commercial used against Harold Ford.
I disagreed with almost every social issue Harold Ford represented, and after that commercial, this queer donated to his campaign to fight that racist sh*t!

WOW.

Wow.

We're not even interested in Pretending anymore?

Wow.

Makes me wonder what these candidates know that we don't.

Did the Repiglican leadership say - "uh - guys? . . . uh - don't, uh, WORRY about the minority voters - we've already got THAT covered"?

Even though I personally can't respect Smiley - this is a REAL back-handed slap to the face of ALL minorities, blacks, hispanics, gays, women, atheists - everyone.

If you're not a White Christian Male - we aren't interested and we CERTAINLY don't care.
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Republicans are creating an alternate set of black voters... They aren't going to get the ones Tavis talks to. Urban culture is evil in the Republican Party, and they are engaged in a "Culture War" currently... Perhaps you hadn't heard.

The GOP candidates send their regards and their apology for being too cowardly to face an audience which may have anger and resentment for many grievances. To show there are no bad feelings, please accept this hillarious comedy recording The Magic Negro made especially for you from Rush Limbaugh.

Actually Mr. Travis holding your debate with intelligent questions asked by a panel, to an EMPTY Stage, and each answer is a snippet of the Magic Negro....would be poetic JUSTICE.

MR.TAVIS SMILEY, you are the best thing to happen to american journalism in decades. I'm a white guy from indiana,(so what) KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK! THANKS! SQUIDLEE

Because he already knows the 3 people that will vote for him, Larry Elder, Michael steel and Lynn Swan.

Democrats snub Fox and the Huffers all cheer, the Republicans snub the left wing news groups and the Huffers boo. Go figure.

Thompson is pure GOP and of course this is a racist slight.

But consider the story on Thompson's knowledge of oil reserves in Florida and the living dead picture of him that goes with it.

It isn't likely he would have anything intelligent to contribute to a debate. Not that anything intelligent would be said, anyway.

Think he'll live until September 27?

Norman Bates's mother would be more engaging.

I wish Tavis and others would track some of these black and latino pundits, who are all over tv, all the time, defending the rightwing policies of these racists, and get them to defend this crap. Where are you now, J.C. Watts, et al.

You trolls are funny,minorities don't vote for Republicans because ________.Do you need to have it filled in?

HBC's are racist. I wouldn't condone a racist organization either.

Tavis Smiley, who confuses talking fast with being articulate, and Cornel West, who confuses using fifty cent words with being intelligent, can both suck my sausage.

When blacks vote for Democrats at 90% plus rates, they have no leverage with the GOP. They are owned by the Democrats. Maybe indentured would be a better word.

Two hundred years later and the beat goes on.

2000 black vote for Gore 90%.

2004 black vote for Kerry 88%.

What do the Repubs have to gain by courting the black vote?

They will only be able to give bad news when they are surely asked about reperations and affirmative action, that they don't support it.

Obama and/or Clinton 44 are going to get 95-97% of the black vote this time so why even pretend there is a chance for the repubs.

Espousing self reliance is not going to win favor there - it's all about government handouts and preferences.

The GOP candidates RSVP said;

Don't taze me bro!

To me it is still a matter of what racism really is...and how some people don't see that it is right to have debates segregated by certain groups like the liberals do.
I also again ask the question..if a liberal refused a debate at an all white college or in front of an all right group, wouldn't the Huffies cheer him as a hero?....isn't that racism by the true meaning (not the liberal twisted version?)...it is totally dishonest.

Wow, this'll hurt their candidacy.

Let's see, GW got 9% of the Black vote and they're roughly 13% of the overall population. So skipping this Media event will not hurt their electability one bit.

Also, "Tit for Tat"

Dems skipped CBC and Fox

Repubs skip Smiley and PBS

Duplicity is "I" sayeth a HuffPo Whiner

Alittle 'Tit for Tat' going on, eh?

Democrats snubbed the CBC and Fox

Republicans snub Smiley and PBS.

Duplicity is "I" sayeth a HuffPo Whiner.

Oh yeah, I REEEAAALLLYYY hope this comes back to bite these guys on the ass.

Of course it won't draw any blood from any of them

Fred and McCain are already dead.

Giuliani has no heart to begin with.

Mitt? Come on! Can a guy with helmet hair NOT have enough overspray from his FinalNet to have armored his butt in it?

You know that "R" behind the name of all those people? It doesn't really stand for "Republican".

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Today, the real issue in America politics is about demographics, i.e., which race, religion, or socio-economic group will actually vote and, as importantly, which one of these groups will donate the most money towards campaign contributions.

The Republican Party, more so than the Democratic Party, believes fewer African Americans vote than Latinos or other racial groups; therefore, they don't pay as much attention to the African American voting block.

The Jews contribute more money to political campaigns than any other religious group, so both parties pay very close attention to issues directly affecting Jews and Israel.

Demographics was the real issue in the South African political process during the rise of Nelson Mandela (black majority, white minority)and the fall of white South African government; and the birth and death rates of Palestineans vs. Israelis , (Palestinean majority, Jewish minority) i.e., demographics is the heart of the political problems in Israel and Palestine.

Now, America is going through the very same process. As the Latino population grows, and more and more of them vote and contribute to campaigns, their voice will be heard by both Repulicans and Democrats alike. Unlike the Latinos, however, African Americans, Catholics, and other racial groups less prominent in the media, have more severe and immediate internal economic and moral issues to deal with (poverty, lack of jobs, priest pedophile issues, etc.) and, therefore, at this time they are not capable of influencing elections in critical mass sufficient to offset the clout of these other groups.

Someday, this might change; however, demographically speaking, it will not change in the immediate future.