President Bush went before the Urban League to say that the Democratic Party is taking African Americans for granted, and to suggest they would have more political leverage if they spread their votes around. But he admitted that the Republican Party "has got a lot of work to do" to improve its paltry support among minority voters, reports the Washington Post.
I'm not the first to note the willful blindness that leads
George W. not to see that the same appeal could apply to gays. But
rather than seeking to expand our support, which overwhelmingly
goes to Democrats, Bush (and strategist Karl Rove) have decided the
bloc of 1 million gay votes he received in 2000 is
expendable.