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Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.

Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.

Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.

Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

I don't believe in welfare.

I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.

I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.

I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.

I'm against abortion.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

I'm for economic independence.

I'm for prayer in schools.

Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.

I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.

So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.

Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.

The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.

The main thing I believe in is freedom.

The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.

The Republican Party does not reach out.

The Republican Party is not inclusive.

This is a racist country.

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.