the black vote, i don t believe that it s going to take over the h hispanic vote. on social issues, on defense, the military has been the pathway, the gi bill, for example, for most of us or a large part of us into the middle class. i wouldn t be here were it not for the gi bill and the way it allowed my father to get educated. but the gi bill is a liberal policy. but no, listen to what i m saying underneath it. i m talking about the commitment to national defense and understanding of the role of the military and the united states, the relationship between the military national readiness, how we project otherwise in the world. but that s the patriotic americans in the united states are african-american? sure. but is there liberals. those things are no. but i think when you go underneath, there is a deep well of social conservativism among