West to stay in Black Caucus
West, a tea party favorite in his first term in Congress, had flirted with leaving the group after comments at a CBC event from Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.), that “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me … hanging on a tree.”
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An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
Obviously, West identifies himself as a Black-American rather than an unhyphenated American. Why the racist and separatist half-measure? Will his WHITE constituents think that he is being "indoctrinated" by affiliation with the Black Caucus?
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