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Back in 1984' after Reagan had been re-elected in a huge landslide , one of Tip O'Neil's colleagues in the House said to him, "I'm afraid we have made our grand kids a bunch of Republicans." This was reference to his belief that the New Deal and Great Society programs were responsible for one generation lifting out of poverty, and the next growing up middle class. If that be the case, then can we not expect more Black Republicans in the next 20 years? The fallacy in the Congressmans thinking was that liberal policies and affirmative action programs actually lift people up the economic ladder. I feel what happened in the 1980's was that people realized that they had achieved success through hard work and self reliance...not big government. I have a feeling that over time millions of successful Blacks will realize that it was their hard work that gave them success, not liberal Democrats. Ergo, an increase in Black Republicans.
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