Why did John Kerry fail to win one county here?
John Kerry didn’t come to Oklahoma and connect with the right people. He was not able to get his message out. I voted for him and I think he got most of his votes from the east side of Oklahoma City. The east side is predominantly black. What can politicians do to get more blacks to vote? We’ve got to get them registered and to the polls. A lot of them are still afraid to vote. What advice would you give to the Democratic party? I think they should make use of the black media. I’m on the radio. I work for KTLV. We couldn’t get Kerry’s group to spend any money in the black community. We have black newspapers and black radio programs. They’ve got to become involved because the day is over when you can have a barbeque and ask people to come out and vote. They’re really struggling with issues like gay marriage and abortion because the Republicans have done such a good job of turning those into wedge issues. Those aren’t our issues. I don’t know any black people who are concerned with gay m
