Senator John F. Kerry, D-MA, like other Democrats, is counting on getting the black vote during his Presidential bid. The Boston Globe reports that Kerry is already trying to shore up the black vote and paint Republicans as inherently racist. "It's important for politicians in my position, white politicians frankly, to show up, to stand up," said Kerry. "I wanted to make clear the unfinished business of the country is race."

The Boston Globe also noted that:

In 1992, [Kerry] said he supported affirmative action but described it as "an inherently limited and divisive program" that "has kept America thinking in racial terms."

Does anyone wonder why race is always an 'unfinished business'? The sad fact is that as long as blacks continue to show overwhelming support for democrats like Kerry, they will continue to be strung along in dependence and subservience.

What many people fail to realize, or refuse to admit, is that liberal Democrats don't have any vested interest in the success of black people, and in fact have everything to gain from the strife of black people. As long as blacks are in need, the liberal Dems know they can count on them for votes simply by making empty promises.

Contrast that co-dependent relationship to the relationship between conservatives and blacks. Conservatives and Republicans almost never get any black votes. Meanwhile, their 'rich' constituency is stuck paying the lions share of taxes that support government programs. Therefore they have every interest in getting people off of government assistance and programs and helping them to become independently successful and wealthy.

Consider another point of view. The business of all career politicians is to 'attract' votes. That is they want to basically 'buy' votes with promises and political favors. Liberals and Democrats don't really need to attract the 'black vote'; they already have it. Year after year, liberals get support from over 90% of the 'black vote', and thus have little to gain by actually paying off on those political promises. (A similar analogy could be made for Republicans and the 'religious right'.) This explains why people in need today are complaining about the same old problems they've been complaining about for the past 35 years. After all, if they solve some of those problems, will there still be a need for them as 'problem solvers'?