The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 17th, 2004
DERRICK JACKSON
By nominating Keyes, GOP takes black voters for fools
By DERRICK JACKSON The Boston Globe
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
The top headline on the Web site of the Republican National Convention boasts: "Delegate Diversity: The most diverse group of delegates in party history."
The Republicans say that people of color will make up a record 17% of delegates and alternates. That is halfway home in a nation where about 33% of people are of color and indeed, for them, a dramatic increase from 2000 and 1996, when the delegate percentages were respectively 10% and 6.3%.
The increase has...
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