Pearl Bailey for Gerald Ford in the 1976 Election

[MIKESOWELL]

I find it funny that many Republicans like to blame blacks for talking about race, calling them "whiners," but that's the only thing that you guys point out about this clip. HER RACE. A black woman voting for a Republican. That's all you guys see, the skin color....I would have voted for Ford back then. The problem now is that the part consistently nominates people who don't give a damn about blacks and even use racial tactics to get votes. Then they wonder why we do not vote for them.

[bdgop]

@MIKESOWELL And yet unemployment among young black men has reached epidemic proportions and food stamp receipts have soared. Hope and change, huh?

[MIKESOWELL]

@bdgop I see you assume that I support Obama, which is incorrect. They are all a bunch of corporate whores, the left, middle, and the right. It's not about race, though being a Black man has many disadvantages. The middle class is being fazed out by the new plutocracy.

[jimmbo13]

Imagine a black celebrity supporting a Republic today...our system is too partisan now

[AmericanRuffian]

Interesting commercial. I like it.

[JoseTwitterFan]

In my opinion even if I am a supporter of President Obama, I thought America elected the wrong guy in 1976.

[WC3POchannel10A]

@JoseTwitterFan Same here Jose.

[TheIndependenceParty]

hmmmm back then dude it's kinda the other way around...learn your history.

[dznutz1971]

I didn't know Pearl Bailey was a Black Republican

[qwisp]

Simplicity. That's what I like about him. And the fact that I'm supporting a party that has a beautiful history of not giving a DAMN about civil rights.