A LITTLE INSIDE INTO WHY ONE PERSON SWITCHES PARTIES
Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell writes this morning about the decision of Orange County NAACP chapter head and construction company executive Derrick Wallace to abandon principle and switch his party affiliation to the GOP.
"I've thought about this for two years," Wallace said Tuesday afternoon, just a few hours after returning from the elections office. "This is not a decision I made yesterday."
But why?
"It's purely a business decision. Ninety percent of those I do business with are Republicans," he said. "Opportunities that have come to my firm have been brought by Republicans."
At least the man was honest about it. We'll see just how he feels as he --- and we --- watch GOP policy, controlled by the Far Right, continue to screw African-Americans (and all Americans, for that matter) on everything from voting rights to health care issues.
2 Comments:
Smart move by Mr. Wallace. This may signal the beginning of a trend for professional African-Americans in Florida. I have seen it coming for quite some time.
Many African-Americans realize that although the Democrats talk a good game, they have not worked to provide opportunity for African-Americans. The Democrat Party's idea of opportunity for African-Americans is to expand welfare. The Republicans idea is to expand opportunity for all Americans.
-TWH
Smart move by Mr. Wallace. This may signal the beginning of a trend for professional African-Americans in Florida. I have seen it coming for quite some time.
Many African-Americans realize that although the Democrats talk a good game, they have not worked to provide opportunity for African-Americans. The Democrat Party's idea of opportunity for African-Americans is to expand welfare. The Republicans idea is to expand opportunity for all Americans.
-TWH
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