Posted on 03/30/2010 12:13:11 PM PDT by Maelstorm
The praise for conservative icon Ann Coulter and scorn for “Barack Hussein Obama’s” socialist agenda was plentiful at a Republican candidate forum in Washington, D.C. Thursday, and it certainly sounded like any standard GOP event. But it sure as heck didn’t look like one.
That’s because the 2nd annual Frederick Douglass Foundation Leadership Summit, which kicked off on Thursday and runs through Saturday, is a gathering for black Republican congressional candidates. The schedule includes a reception at the GOP’s Capitol Hill Club and an audience with Michael Steele, who last year became the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee.
At times Thursday’s event took on the feeling of a Sunday service at a traditional black church. Biblical references were plentiful and at one point shouts of “preach it” were called out from the front row as one candidate discussed the “nonsense that covers 2,700 pages” of the Democratic health care bill.
But turnout for the gathering was a far cry from revival size. The forum drew about 25 attendees besides the candidates themselves.
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The Dems are the party of free stuff. With a 68% out of wedlock birth rate and over 50% school drop out rate, blacks are part of the permanent underclass that is growing more and more dependent upon government. They will vote in lockstep for any Dem.
Charles Lollar can beat Hoyer.
I have spoken to him several times and have faith , that if anyone can do it he can, But first he must win in the Primary against Collins Bailey a perrennial candidate who is a fine man, but hasnt the drive or the personality to win.
I agree about Lollar—he’d be a terrific candidate against Hoyer. As I wrote a couple of days ago, if Lollar can get 60% of the white vote (not much more than what President Bush got in the CD in 2004) and just 30% of the black vote he can beat Hoyer.
As for a Republican winning black-majority CDs, it is not outside the realm of possibility in rural, black-majority CDs in the South, since whites in those districts often vote 75%+ Republican. But Rangel’s CD gave President Bush what, 10% in 2004? I read a long article about Faulkner a few weeks ago, and I think he’s terrific, but unless a second black (or Hispanic, for that matter) liberal Democrat joins Rangel on the general-election ballot there’s no way that Faulkner can come within 20% of someone with a D next to his name in that district.
Dr. Tim Johnson, Chairman of the The Frederick Douglass Foundation, is also the North Carolina Republican Party's Vice Chairman.
MitchellC: NC ping, please?
The GOP will never win a significant portion of the black vote by pandering or adding a “hip-hop” feel to its message or other gimmicks.
However, if the GOP would speak to blacks like adults (unlike the Democrat party) and point out all the ways that Liberalism has hurt and continues to hurt them, many can be won over. Sure, those who have been brought up in a lifestyle on leeching off taxpayers are almost impossible to reach. However, the average black American who works hard and sees way too many dollars taken from his paycheck in taxes, and is sick of his neighborhood being terrorized by thugs, seeing his kids go to lousy Liberal run government schools, and his friends’ jobs stolen by illegal aliens, is very reachable.
It won’t happen overnight, but if the GOP works hard on winning blacks over to conservatice ideas, it could get 25% to 35% of blacks to vote Republican in the next 10 years or so, and that would make a big difference in many elections.
It may take a miracle for Faulkner but if we don’t take advantage of the opportunity to take the conservative message to the black community then we will never win. We really need to break the chains that the liberals have locked around the minority community. How many times do GOP heads go into the black majority districts and invite black businessmen and women to come and join the local party? How often do they put on free family events in black neighborhoods to hand out literature and expose the community to the message? It isn’t just showing up to a black baptist church on Sunday. Some of the friendliest most loving people I’ve met are people of color. I don’t think I ever received more hugs the day I took my family to a black friends baptist church.
It is saddening for me when I think about it. Not because of seeking diversity or to feel better about myself but to know that a group of people finds the message of liberty alien when it should be one entirely natural to them. That they as a group feel more comfortable subserviant politically to politicians that have essentially chained their communities in a state of permanent poverty and helped break their families and leave them dependent when they should be thriving with the opportunity of their hard won freedoms.
Johnson is a Republican. I took this quote as a joke, pointing out that the Republican party, being founded as an anti-slavery party, is the natural party for blacks to join, not that Democrat party, and that blacks have even more reason to be Republicans than whites.
That is precisely what he meant (see my post #7).
I met Dr. Johnson at the 2009 NC GOP convention. He is a very personable guy, but I don’t know a lot about him politically.
I agree. I don’t believe in identity politics either but I believe that the message of liberty is a natural one for black Americans who till relatively recently in the historical sense faced the denial of many basic liberties.
You are 100% correct that we need to take our message to every corner of America, and that we need to recruit disciples from every walk of life to help spread the Good Word of conservatism and American values. I will not judge Faulkner’s success based on whether he wins or loses the election in what at this time is, essentially, an unwinnable district for us—we need to start changing minds for 2012 and 2014 and so on. I just wanted to point out that, at this time, we are nowhere near competitive in black-majority districts apart from a few rural districts in the South in which we are *potentially* competitive.
These folks are AMERICAN HEROES - they are fighting the good fight - these folks are treated hideously by the left and the leftist media - they should be given medals...
There are 4 black Republican congressional candidates that I think have at least even odds of being elected in 2010:
Bill Hardiman (MI-03) http://www.billhardiman.com/
Allen West (FL-22) http://allenwestforcongress.com/
Les Phillip (AL-05) http://www.lesphillip.com/
Ryan Frazier (CO-07) http://www.frazierforcolorado.com/
Here’s hoping they win.
When has Angela McGlowan said that she supports gun control? This quote is from her campaign site:
“I am deeply committed to the 2nd Amendment and unequivocally opposed to any government attempt to infringe on the right of law abiding Mississippians to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. My commitment to the 2nd Amendment is personal. My father taught me how to handle a gun as a youngster, at age 20 I carried a .38 as a licensed bails bondsman working my way through Ole Miss, and I’ve been a victim of violent crime. I will fight against each and every attempt by government to require law-abiding citizens to register the firearms they have the right to possess.”
Or is she just trying to sound pro-2A now in order to win the nomination. I would like to know what she has said in the past to indicate that she is a gun grabber.
I think Lou Huddleston (NC-8) has a shot too.
http://www.votehuddleston.com/
And in the Senate Michael Willaims TX
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