It is unconsciously bigoted of you to assume 'free stuff' applies only to blacks. That might be what the PC police call a microaggression I think.I don't hear Bush saying he will win white Americans' votes by not giving them "free stuff".Yeah, entitlement programs sound so much better, especially since they've managed to lump in social security, unemployment benefits and the like into which recipients have contributed.He's delusional, if he thinks anyone who says "free stuff" can win.
"Free stuff" is a clearer and more specific term though, denoting programs into which no contribution were made by the recipients: welfare, food stamps and those things so beloved by Democrats.
The "free stuff" comment about blacks means Bush believes most, if not all, of the blacks whose votes he is soliciting are on welfare.
This is what never seems to penetrate the skulls of unconscious bigots.