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August 04, 2004
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That's right, Dave, you don't, because it is painfully obvious when you do. Just as painfully obvious as it is that you are lying about it. I think I used to live in this guy's district, too:
“These two were selected because of their strengths, not because of their color,” said state Sen. Dave Syverson, a member of the Republican State Central Committee.“You don’t intentionally put up a person just to try to counterbalance” a black opponent, Syverson said.
He said the committee spent more than three hours debating the strengths and weaknesses of more than a dozen candidates — most of whom appeared for face-to-face interviews Tuesday.
Keyes could not make it to Chicago, but Syverson talked to the committee on his behalf. By delaying the decision until Wednesday, the committee gave Keyes time to get to Chicago for an interview. Syverson said Keyes did not want to talk to reporters Tuesday night.
Barthwell, a physician from suburban Chicago, was deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2002 until last month, when she quit to explore the Senate run.
Keyes has never lived in Illinois and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate twice from his home state of Maryland.
Let's do some quick math. 6% of Blacks support Bush. Blacks are about 10% of the population nationwide. So, we're expected to believe it's only a coincidence that BOTH finalists are members of the six-tenths of one percent (0.6%) of the population known as Black Republicans?
Call me a pessimist, but my bet is they figured it was a lost seat anyways, so why not score some political points by choosing an African American candidate?
Posted by Mike at August 4, 2004 01:25 AM
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