The Greater Bluffton Republican Club held a meeting on last month at Bluffton BBQ. Author Marvin Rogers, was the special guest speaker. "How could the Party of abolition - the Party of Abraham Lincoln - become the Party of scorn in the eyes of the vast majority of African Americans? How did the Republican Party lose its black soul?" he asked the packed room of wide-eyed, captivated, margarita-sipping listeners. SILENCE MAKES THE LOUDEST SOUND is the title of his book and silence embraced the quaint eatery as Mr. Rogers spoke about his life, his upbringing in a predominantly African-American neighborhood, his family, his freestyle rap, his work as a Spanish speaking missionary in Mexico and Nicaragua, his job with Congressman Bob Inglis, his political career and how he came to identify with the Republican Party at a very young age. Afterwards, he answered questions.