View source for 2006-09-21 Black GOP Groups Woo Mfume, Blast Democrats to Back Steele

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{{data.pair|Topics|\right-wing lies\Michael S. Steele\neocon reality inversion\National Black Republican Association\US Republican Party\US Democratic Party}}
{{data.pair|URL|2=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092100735.html}}
{{data.pair|Title|Black GOP Groups Woo Mfume, Blast Democrats to Back Steele}}
{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;...radio advertisement targeting [[African American]] listeners that was sponsored by the Washington-based [[National Black Republican Association]]. The ad identifies [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] as a [[US Republican|Republican]] and pins the founding of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] on [[US Democrat|Democrat]]s. .. One woman says: "Democrats passed those black codes and [[Jim Crow]] laws. Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan." .. "The Klan?" her friend replies. "White hoods and sheets?" .. First woman: "Democrats fought all civil rights legislation from the 1860s to the 1960s. Democrats released those vicious dogs and fire hoses on blacks." .. Second woman: "Seriously?" .. The ad says that "Democrats want to keep us poor while voting ONLY Democrat" and, "Democrats have bamboozled blacks." .. In an interview yesterday, [[Michael S. Steele|Steele]] said he had not heard the 60-second spot but said he generally does not oppose Republican efforts to assert their "real place in history." Today, though, his campaign released a statement blasting the ad.&rdquo;}}<noinclude>
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