Why Won't Blacks Trust the GOP?
by Jumper Bailey
http://jumperbailey.com

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Turn on your TV!

It's been forty-years-plus since Cow Palace, you see
When Goldwaterites [1] made black delegates flee
From the convention (A shame! A shame! We agree!)
And gave rise to a new "Southern strategy"

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Turn on your TV!

And, Nixon, oh my! Why, it's been thirty-plus years!
Since he had old Strom Thurmond [2] a'bending his ears
And quietly playing on Southerner's fears
But quietly so Northern whites wouldn't hear

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Turn on your TV!

And Reagan...Good grief! It's been twenty-five years!
Since he wowed Philly, Miss [3] and spoke to loud cheers
And then to Stone Mountain, birthplace of the Klan
To praise ol' Jeff Davis and to call states rights grand

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Turn on your TV!

And when Bush Senior's friends took Horton (Willie)
And plastered his menacing face on TV
To scare the white women, why, it's easy to see
It was the devil who did it! Or was it Atwater (Lee)[4]?

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Turn on your TV!

And Junior's response to the Byrd family [5]
That was misunderstood, really nothing, you see
He met with some of them once, but he was very busy
And hate crime laws don't fit in the ideol'gy

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Turn on your TV!

But just look at us now! Can't you now the love feel?
We gave you Clare Thomas (Gee, sorry, Ms. Hill[6])
We've got Colin Powell (Well, we had[7] Colin Powell)
But we've got Condi Rice! Now, isn't that swell?

Why won't blacks trust the GOP?
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
We're a new GOP! We've changed, can't you see?
See how different we look! Just turn on your TV!

Oh, what did you say? Were you speaking to me?
You've turned on your TV! Well, what do you see?
Katrina, you say? Katrina you see?
Turn off your TV! Turn off your TV!

Oh, my! Oh, my! Oh, my!

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URLs Referenced:

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...thern_Strategy

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...thern_Strategy

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...thern_Strategy

[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater

[5] http://www.salon.com/politics/featur...ds/index1.html

[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Anita_Hill

[7] http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/19/powell.un/