ace,
Thank you, sincerely, for sharing that with me (us). That really goes a long way towards understanding you and your positions.
Also, I agree with you entirely regarding black voting trends, and their actual beliefs. I have the pleasure of living and working with a wide variety of races. Of my many black friends and colleagues, I have seen exactly this. The most striking positions are social issues, where blacks tend to be far more conservative than me...well, that's not a good comparison since I'm pretty liberal on social issues. My neighbor across the street is one of the most conservative men I know. He's black and he votes straight ticket democrat EVERY election. It's a strange phenomenon which I would love to start a thread on, but won't for fear of being called a racist.
/ threadjack