Michael Steele's election as the first black chairman of the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday have created a lot of discussion about the relationship - or lack of one - between African Americans and the party of Lincoln. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Some of the information is interesting, but seems a bit selective and lacking in providing context for statements and actions. Politics: could Lincoln have gotten elected if he went against the prevalent white superiority social beliefs of his era? The key role of Lyndon B. Johnson, a southerner, in championing the Civil Right Act, knowing the party would lose any racist southern white voters for a generation, is strangely omitted.
Political analysis solely by color is shallow, in that it ignores the social economic issues behind the votes of all races. Any party on the wrong side of history and the issues of the day deserves to decline, even if they own several networks.