One can only hope that black voters are looking around at the current batch of exciting, young, black Republican candidates and saying, “Hmmmm. The Democrats haven’t really done much for me in the last 50 years….”
Keep your fingers crossed. Maybe a recent caller to Al Sharpton’s radio show is a sign of things to come.
The Radio Equalizer has the audio:
Caller: Reverend Al, I’ve been following you since the eighties ever since Tawana Brawley. Brother, you’ve had a place in my heart that is special.
But I’m from Chicago and the Democrats here can’t stand on their record, Reverend Al. That’s why the people are not coming out to vote, because they’ve been abused and misused. And I would just like to end with this that the Democratic Party has controlled the state government for at least ten or fifteen years.
The Democratic Party has controlled Chicago for at least 50 years and the blacks in Chicago and the blacks in the State of Illinois are worse off here, Reverend Al. You should come to Chicago so that you can see how bad they treat the people and now you gonna ask the people that you’ve been beaten down smacked up for ten or fifteen years to vote for me?
I’m not that ignorant, Reverend Al. I’m not going to keep expecting different results doing the same thing. Love you, brother. Out of here.
We assume this audio was cut off just before Reverend Al said, “Ah, crap. Looks like my scam is starting to unravel.”
H/T: RadioEqualizer
