My wife and I noticed that in the building where the RNC convention is being held, that there was virtually no people of color, african-american, hispanic, asian, muslim, etc. I did see one and yelled out to my wife, "there's an african american man over Wolf Blitzer's shoulder.

She looked and corrected me that he was not a participant, but a security staff member.

So, I was curious. I did some surfing.

The United states is, approximately, 12.9% African American. That equates to, approximately, 39 million people.

The city of Wasilla, AK, Palin's home town shows an African-American population of 1%.

And then I came across this article.

Oscar Tillman heads the Phoenix area branch of the NAACP and is a former statewide president of the group. He has been a leader of Arizona's small, tight-knit African-American community for decades.

So it comes as something of a surprise to learn the name of one person, over all those years, with whom he has never spoken. It is the state's senior senator better known these days as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

John McCain, said Tillman, "has pretty well zero relationship with the African-American community that I know of."

"I don't recall him ever attending any function with the NAACP," Tillman added. "Each year we send them an invitation [to an annual banquet], and each year they say no."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9429.html

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Am I missing something here??? NEM

and some of the entertainers ,

but that's how the GOP likes it




PS god help the 1%

I have to admit that i refuse to even tune in out of a "car-accident-like" curiosity.
I heard Fred Thompson on AP radio for a 30 second sound bite, and ws sickened enough to
even take a look.