I have this co-worker. He's a pretty good guy; but definitely a conservative Christian. We've been on a couple of business trips together, and once the subject of black voters and the Republican party came up. I pointed out to him guys like David Duke and Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms and Trent Lott and... told him that even though black Americans were largely conservative and Christian in their personal lives and in their outlook, the Republicans would have to go pretty far to bring them in.

The other day I saw him in the hall, walked up and said, "If the question of why black people don't vote GOP ever pops into your head, I've got two words for you to remember: Bill Bennett.

He seemed rather surprised that I should take offense.

And the poor bastard doesn't think he's a bigot at all. He doesn't meanto be a bigot. He doesn't want to be a bigot.

But he's surprised that a black man would take offense at the idea that aborting black babies would reduce crime.