Posted by
Reeson on Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:04:21 PM
In a good article from
The New Media Journal on Maryland GOP Senate candidate Michael Steele, Paul Miller talks about how the Democratic Party is not interested in African American politicians if they are Republican.
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"They are the faces and voices the media wants you to see and hear. Both are young, charismatic, intelligent and African American. More importantly, in the eyes of the mainstream press, they are Democrats. Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Tennessee Senate candidate, Congressman Harold Ford, are the featured stories and interviews in magazines, newspapers and on talk shows. There are other prominent African Americans running for high profile offices, but they are viewed with great disdain because they run under the banner of the GOP."
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