From Frank Rich at the New York Times: The Republicans haven’t had a single African-American in the Senate or the House since 2003 and have had only three in total since 1935. And: The Tea Party movement is virtually all white. Can you put 2 + 2 together?
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Republicans — The Other White Meat
In a demonstration of the GOP’s continuing pigginess, the Republican National Convention shows they are the party of “white meat.” According to the Washington Post, only 1.5% of the delegates to the Republican National Convention were black: ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 — Organizers conceived of this convention as a means to inspire, but some African American Republicans…