From USA Today:
WASHINGTON — Three of the four leading Republican presidential candidates turned down invitations to a PBS debate this month at a historically black college in Baltimore, leading moderator Tavis Smiley on Thursday to accuse them of ignoring minority voters.
Smiley told USA TODAY the rejections are part of a pattern, noting most GOP candidates declined invitations to address several black and Hispanic groups, including a Univision debate for a Latino audience.
"No one should be elected president of this country in 2008 if they think that along the way they can ignore people of color," said Smiley, host of radio and TV talk shows. "If you want to be president of all America, you need to speak to all Americans."
USA TODAY ON POLITICS: Smiley warns GOP contenders of political consequences
2 comments:
This will prove to be the GOP's biggest mistake. Our country has changed from the old days and people are not like they use to be. Long ago you could diss minorites and that was ok but now all people stand up as we saw with 9/11 there was no color line in the deaths. Our soldiers of all color are putting their lives on the line for the United States.
The GOP will have to regroup and start all over again.
Grand Old Peabrains. What does one expect?
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