Reply #19: I never really got the whole "take them for granted" thing.. [View All]

Yet, it's repeated here, almost daily. How exactly are the Democrats taking them for granted? The Democrat's positions haven't changed.. In an equal world, where we should be color-blind, what special things do you think blacks would like from the Democrats?

Either you agree with the Democrat's ideology, or you don't. If people of any color feel that what a party stands for no longer works for them.. then they should vote the other party. But.. the idea that a party should do special things, beyond promoting candidates of all colors and religions, beyond being the party that supports working families, beyond being the party that truly supports children, beyond being the party that is actively trying to solve the health insurance crisis.. I'm just not sure what they'd want.

Are people being a bit dismissive of blacks? Do people assume that blacks haven't moved toward the right, especially the religious right, as many other Americans did after 9/11? Are they they assuming that the blacks that have become more affluent aren't doing what people of other races often do? They move to the party they THINK is better at letting them keep what they earn?

I think the idea that a race or religious group switching parties because they feel "taken for granted" is just as dismissive toward them as believing that blacks only vote for black candidates, and Jewish people only vote as it relates to Israel. People paint such a one-dimensional portrait of people.