By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--February 13, 2008
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Blitzer: Tell us why you think black Americans would actually be better off with Republicans.First of all, that question implies that Blitzer personally does not believe the premise.
Elder: The Democrats want blacks to focus on white racism. Why? Because if you go point by point by point and look at some of the Republican ideas, they will disproportionately benefit black people. I'll give you one: vouchers– Blitzer: Let's talk about, let's talk about tax cuts for the rich.Sloppy use of a liberal talking point. Try and be a little more discreet there, Wolf….
Elder: Tax cuts, as my dad used to say, my dad was a janitor, worked two jobs as a janitor. "I've never gotten a job from a poor person." Tax cuts benefit everybody. If not poor people directly, they benefit their bosses who have more money to hire them and buy plants and buy equipment and buy resources. So tax cuts benefit America, not just rich people. But Democrats don't want you to focus on things like vouchers. In California, we had a referendum a few years ago. It failed. But it passed, Wolf, interestingly, among inner city parents. They wanted their kids to have the right to go to the school that they wanted them to go to. That's a Republican idea. Blitzer: Why do Republicans have so much trouble attracting African-American support? Elder: Because of the perceived history of the Republican party. The Democratic party has a pretty # background, Wolf. After the Civil War, you had all these Democrats that were there voting against civil rights legislation. Republicans, as a percentage of the party, more of them voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did Democrats. Al Gore's dad voted against it. Democrats founded the Klan. I'm not saying the party, but those who founded the Klan were, in fact, Democrats, and one of their goals was to stop the spread of Republicanism.Wrong answer. Like most in-denial Democrats, Blitzer then went instinctive…
Blitzer: How worried are you, and you're obviously sympathetic to the Republicans, that if Barack Obama gets the Democratic presidential nomination, that there could be elements of racism that come up from the other side? Elder: I'm sure there are people who won't vote for him because he's black. I'm sure there are people who are voting for him because he's black. Blitzer: No, I'm talking about the Willie Horton kind of commercials, the ads that could be used against potentially against Barack Obama. Elder: I think if Republicans, and they won't, were to go that low, there would be such a backlash that it would backfire. It would be counterproductive. Nobody wants that….I don't believe Willie Horton's issues is in any way relevant to Barack Obama, as I don't recall him giving any inmates weekend furloughs resulting in the violent murder of innocent citizens. I contend the only reason there was outrage against the Willie Horton ad, was because it was truthfully used against a Democrat. The fact that Willie was Black was what Democrats used to distract from the fact that ad was factual. Blitzer, tail between legs, was admonished by the Hillary camp so he's now doing the Democrat dirty work so Bill doesn't have to. Before Wolf Blitzer attempts to pose himself as some Black advocate, he should do a little self-reflection and see if he may not be just exposing the problem. He may be part of the problem.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight