"Would you mind listing the republican African Americans that currently hold elected office at a well known level?"
your thread drift is amazing. that has nothing to do with the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. that was my point. an administration appoints people. PEOPLE elect people. try to read what i posted
"Let's see if the voters of the republican party are as color blind as you suggest....."
clearly, the poll #'s as to how many repubs would vote for condi show this to be true.
"Then lets see the republican women, republican Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, etc. that the republicans have put up to run for office."
put up? hey, people CHOOSE to run for office. administrations, otoh, have the power to appoint people. there is no doubt that the vast majority of blacks are left of center (they vote approx. 90% dem iirc), that is tangential to the issue of admin appointments though, which was my point. of COURSE there are more black dems than black repubs. considering the ideological stratification, it would be amazing if this was not the case. you seem to miss the point consistently. not sure if this is intentional.
"p.s. If you think the current republican party is fully representative of Lincoln, you are nutz..."
the only thing that is fully representative of lincoln is ... wait for it... LINCOLN. and he's dead.
my point is that history shows that the repub party has been more protective of civil rights than the democrats. that is course arguable since it can't be proven statistically, and i am no big fan of the repub party as i have said several times. i simply prefer them to the dems. for a # of reasons, civil rights being a big part of my preference