Tavis Smiley: No Good Reason To Vote for Democrats ‘if You’re Black or Brown’
‘Neither party has focused clearly enough on the issues of black and brown voters to inspire them and motivate them to turn out in 2014’
Tavis Smiley: No Good Reason To Vote ‘If You’re Black or Brown, Other than Helping To Save the Democrats’ Hide’ (RealClearPolitics)
SMILEY: "There's a front-page story, George, as you know, in "The New York Times" today. They talk about the black vote is what the Democratic Party is relying upon now to save the Senate. News flash: if you're relying on the black vote, in a midterm election -- and I'm not suggesting that black voters don't care about this -- but if you're relying on that vote, then I think it's uninspired because we have double- and triple-digit unemployment in the African American community.
And again, if the message is something other than employment and what we're going to do for you, then what's the reason to go vote?"
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