Monday, February 18, 2008

The Real GOP

* Frank Rich talks about the politics of the Grand Old White Party in yesterday's New York Times.

* The Republican Party in Ohio is not even close to being multicultural.
Ohio.com:
More than 15 years have passed since the Ohio Republican Party boldly announced it would open its big tent to African-American voters and begin to run candidates of color.
The Ohio GOP's track record on this matter is unremarkable.......
.....The 99-member Ohio House of Representatives, the people's house as it is called, has no black Republicans and neither does the 33-member Ohio Senate.

Twelve of the 46 Democrats, about 26 percent, in the Ohio House are black. Five of the 12 Democrats, about 42 percent, in the Ohio Senate are black.....

When you see the members of the Ohio GOP, just think of the nearly all white political party.

* I was flipping through the cable channels when I came across some national political pundit who said he thought that Ohio Republican John Kasich would make an excellent Vice President for John McCain. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Kasich, a former member of Congress, is an author and talk show host on Fox News. The Fox News ties should disqualify him immediately.