Posted on 05/03/2015 10:10:19 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Pundits tell us that the Republican Party will never win the black vote. Is there a reason for that? Is it perhaps because conservatives put an emphasis on personal responsibility and the rights of the individual? But does a black man care less about his child’s education than a white man? Does a black man working two jobs to put his child through college care any less about the cost of insurance, or if he has to worry about a politically correct response to the burning question of what he wants out of life?
I am a retired military veteran and have worked with a great many people. And I have in my own world found something that would startle a great many people. Among blacks, whites, Asians, Latinos and all others (I would assume the numbers are basically the same) 85% are good people just trying to get through life, doing the best they can. Ten percent will do just enough to get by and 5% are just losers no matter what you do for them. So how did we get where we are?
Over the past several decades, America has been divided. Progressives have deliberately pushed Americans apart as they pander to women, blacks and Hispanics. These individual groups have formed the base of the Democrat Party for many years, not realizing that being a part of the progressive movement has not changed their lifestyle. What has happened to black employment under this Administration? Who has predicted the lowest of expectations for these groups?
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So the black vote, which was universally Republican from the Civil War until MLK switched sides in the early sixties (due to Kennedy shenanigans IIRC), can't switch in the other direction? It's only been Dem half as long as it was Rep, so why would a change be impossible now? Sounds like when Dem senators demand "stare decisis" respect for liberal SCOTUS decisions which themselves overturned far longer-standing precedents.
(It’s OK when DEMS change something, but if someone else tries, then it’s Katy bar the door!)
“So the black vote, which was universally Republican from the Civil War until MLK switched sides in the early sixties”
Blacks had been voting overwhelmingly Democrat since FDR in the 1930s. 71% Democrat in 1936
The only way we are going to ‘take America back’ is through the power of ALMIGHTY GOD. Only when people repent of their sins, forgive one another, and look to GOD for strength, guidance, and blessing will there be change.
IN GOD WE TRUST is the only way to ‘take America back.’
Really? I was unaware of that.
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Sir, as a fellow Navy vet (WestPac), I love every sentence of your article but one which I want to discuss oh so briefly with you. My consternation is your 85 % figure and it consternates me because I hark back to what Romney said about “the 47 %”. Indeed, whether there are 85% good people circulating in our society today or 53% is pretty damned important. Wouldn’t you agree?
To me, if you voted for this scalawag in the Oval Office one time you are fn insane!
If you voted for him TWICE you simply are incalculably DUMB/RETARDED or you wish harm to your country (ie socialism, Marxism, welfare state, secularism, worthless money and on and on ad infinitum).
So, am I wrong on my theories about these percentages when they are contrasted up against the very existence of our beloved country?!
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