http://ncdp.org/taxonomy/term/22 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://ncdp.org/GOP_North_Carolina_Governor_Republican_Primary_NAACP_Debate <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em;"> <a href="http://ncdp.org/GOP_North_Carolina_Governor_Republican_Primary_NAACP_Debate"> <img src = "http://ncdp.org/files/200gop_prejudice.png"> </a></div> <p>Following a page from the national GOP playbook, nearly all of the Republican gubernatorial candidates refused to show up Saturday for the <a href="http://www.naacp.org/home/index.htm" target="_blank">NAACP</a> debate.</p> <p>African-Americans make up more than 20 percent of North Carolina’s population. </p> <p>Republicans would rather ignore 1.1 million African-American voters than address concerns about education, health care, jobs, and safe communities. </p> <p>Republicans have no trouble pandering to special interests. But they can’t look black voters in the eye and tell them they will govern for all people, not just those who look like them. </p> <p>Then Republicans complain that black people won’t vote for them. </p> <p>Maybe it’s because a Republican redistricting lawsuit threatens to pack minorities in districts and dilute their vote and representation in the General Assembly.</p> <p><a href="http://ncdp.org/GOP_North_Carolina_Governor_Republican_Primary_NAACP_Debate">read more</a></p> http://ncdp.org/GOP_North_Carolina_Governor_Republican_Primary_NAACP_Debate#comments African Americans Bill Graham Elections &amp; Democracy Fred Smith Les Merritt Statement Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:59:26 -0700 admin 2289 at http://ncdp.org