Now that we are alone...
When at first I spotted Jonathan Tilove's article, Blacks Line Up Behind "Electable" Kerry Because "We've Got to Get Rid of Bush", I thought "predictable". Predictable in the sense that those in search of anybody but Bush would find a way to position the Black vote as in favor of their man, whoever he may be. But, I took a look anyway, and after wading through the usual assumptions that Bush is bad, (no reasons given), and the claptrap of how their guy will be better, (even though they haven't shown him how to appear to be their friend yet); huzza, I found this telling paragraph.
In fact, after his last patron leaves, Ulysses Blakely, a barber on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Belle Glade, allows that he plans to vote Republican for the first time in his life. Bush is a leader, and more true to the Bible, said Blakely, who when he is through says he is grateful for the opportunity to get that out. "That felt great," said Blakely, for whom Kerry, at this point, is pretty much a cipher.Hmmmmm.... Very interesting.
