Black Republican, gay Republican, Jewish Republican - they're all quite adept at selling out.
But I do love this issue, because it just goes to show how racist, and overall bigoted, the Republican party continues to be. In a nutshell, a top candidate for leadership of the entire Republican party has been a member for 12 years of a club that bars black people. The guy claims he's been trying since August - August of this year, just four months ago - to change the policy, and that he's now quit the club. Coincidentally that was at the same time that his name was being discussed as a possible candidate for the head of the party. Gee, what a coincidence. Why didn't he try changing the policy before August? Why is there even a club at all that still bars black members?
Oh, and check out how the local paper describes his reaction to the whites-only policy:
Dawson said last week his continued membership at Forest Lake Club could become a distraction to his efforts to help win elections for Republicans in South Carolina.A distraction? How about, "I don't associate with racist pigs"? The guy sounds like the perfect man to lead a party built on hate and intolerance.
