He was the Corps commander of the worst corps in the Federal Army, the XIth Corps: routed at both Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In my mind, he was kept on as the Corps commander after Chancellorsville only because of his radical Republican roots.
Posted on 04/10/2013 2:53:50 PM PDT by BornToBeAmerican
In a gutsy move, Rand Paul challenged young blacks to give the conservative party, once a civil rights leader, another chance
What was Rand Paul, a white Republican senator from Kentucky, doing at Howard University, a mostly black campus in Washington DC? Asking black Americans to give conservatism a second look.
Paul acknowledged that some people thought he was crazy to speak to a largely democratic group, who were probably part of the 93% of blacks who re-elected President Barack Obama in 2012. He joked:
"My response is that my trip will be a success if the Hilltop [the campus newspaper] will simply print that a Republican came to Howard, but he came in peace."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Another important story reported by the Brits, not the American press. This story just doesn’t fit in the MSM Obama propaganda machine.
So far Rand Paul is hitting a lot of the “conservative presidential candidate” bucket list items.
This is absolutely awesome.
Right now, Rand Paul is the closest thing we have to a conservative candidate. I am not completely sold on him yet, but he is looking like a better alternative to Rubio, who in all likelihood, will be the leading contender put forward by the GOPe.
The guy is building some cred, without doubt.
Wow. He's taking it to the Dems. Call them on it.
The bottom line will be, when people look at Rand will they come away thinking, “This guy is a leader”? I think at least W in 2000 gave people the impression that he could be a good leader, even if they had misgivings about some of his policies...And certainly Reagan’s leadership qualities hit home with many who didn’t necessarily agree with him on all of the issues.
He said after the Great Depression and Civil Rights Act, blacks wanted "economic emancipation" and began voting Democrat because Democrats promised "unlimited federal assistance". He added: Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible-the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets. After nearly 50 years of Democrat policies, Paul argued the evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans. He pointed to persistent high unemployment among blacks, presently 13.3%, nearly twice the national average, blacks trapped in failing schools and their declining wealth.
This is a very fair article.
GOOD on Rand Paul.
Going backwards in time, Paul reminded the crowd the GOP has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights, but also the party of limited government. "When some people hear that, they tune us out and say: he's just using code words for the state's right to discriminate, for the state's right to segregate and abuse. But that's simply not true." Paul used the 14th amendment guaranteeing all Americans citizenship and equal rights regardless of race as an example of such egregious injustice that requires federal involvement.
Paul asked a hushed audience:
"How did the party that elected the first black US Senator, the party that elected the first 20 African-American congressmen become a party that now loses 95% of the black vote?"
That’s a critical insight and something that you have to win in the minds of the voters. I think the Reagan magic was his consistency. He didn’t shift with the wind, but stayed on course throughout the storm.
That’s leadership and you couple that with the ability to answer hard questions and engage people in a respectful and positive way and you’ve got a winner.
There isn’t a “conservative” candidate in the last two cycles who has done that.
Plus, Rand Paul seems to have learned to temper himself in a way his dad just cannot.
It’s really hit home, when I’ve been hearing a lot of Thatcher’s opponents from the day, talking about how much they respected her despite their differences, because they all said that she had tremendous leadership qualities. They will remember Thatcher a hundred years from now along with Churchill, while every other PM will be trivia fodder.
He is an independent-thinker. We really need those kind of people right now. So, yes, I think he has leadership potential. We will see if can build a coalition of Conservatives and libertarian-leading people in the coming year. That winning strategy would be to emphasize limited government at all levels, fiscal responsibility, and a strong national defense imho.
Still, it would be good if he had more experience as an Executive, as a Governor of a State.
Shortly after the end of the Civil War, members of The First Congregational Society of Washington considered establishing a theological seminary for the education of African-American clergymen. Within a few weeks, the project expanded to include a provision for establishing a university. Within two years, the University consisted of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Medicine. The new institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero, who was both the founder of the University and, at the time, Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. Howard later served as President of the university from 1869-74.[5]
And who was Oliver Otis Howard?
Known as the "Christian general" because he tried to base his policy decisions on his deep religious piety,[1] he was given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid 1865, with the mission of integrating the freed slaves into Southern society and politics during the second phase of the Reconstruction Era. Howard took charge of labor policy, setting up a system that required free slaves to work on former plantation land under pay scales fixed by the Bureau, on terms negotiated by the Bureau with white land owners. Howard's Bureau was primarily responsible for the legal affairs of the freedmen. He attempted to protect the Negros from hostile conditions, but lacked adequate power, and was repeatedly frustrated by President Andrew Johnson. Howard's allies, the Radical Republicans, won control of Congress in the 1866 elections and imposed Radical Reconstruction, with the result that freedmen were given the vote. With the help and advice of the Bureau, they joined Republican coalitions along with "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" to take political control of most of the southern states. Howard was also a leader in promoting higher education for freedmen, most notably in founding of Howard University in Washington and serving as its president 1867–73. General Howard is also remembered for playing a role in founding Howard University, which was incorporated by Congress in 1867.[12] The school is nonsectarian and is open to both sexes without regard to race. On November 20, 1866, ten members, including Howard, of various socially concerned groups of the time met in Washington, D.C., to discuss plans for a theological seminary to train colored ministers. Interest was sufficient, however, in creating an educational institute for areas other than the ministry. The result was the Howard Normal and Theological Institute for the Education of Preachers and Teachers. On January 8, 1867, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the institution to Howard University. Howard served as president from 1869 to 1874. He was quoted in saying "The opposition to Negro education made itself felt everywhere in a combination not to allow the freedmen any room or building in which a school might be taught. In 1865, 1866, and 1877 mobs of the baser classes at intervals and in all parts of the South occasionally burned school buildings and churches used as schools, flogged teachers or drove them away, and in a number of instances murdered them."[13] He also founded Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, in 1895, for the education of the "mountain whites."
Basically a religious Republic that fought for the rights of Black people. Now instead of not allowing freedmen any room or building in which a school might be taught, the democrats now let them in the schools, but don't want them to learn....Instead of fighting the system, they took it over....
You’re exactly right. We need someone who can capture the mushy middle, along with the conservative vote. Consistency is that.
Granted. But compared to what we have right now, I would rather have the local Arby’s cashier running things.
Rand Paul would be a vast improvement for sure.
We agree completely on this as well. I don’t like electing Senators, that said I prefer electing a leader with conviction.
Rand’s libertarian streak can be channeled. I’d love to see us return to federalism, post haste.
He was the Corps commander of the worst corps in the Federal Army, the XIth Corps: routed at both Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In my mind, he was kept on as the Corps commander after Chancellorsville only because of his radical Republican roots.
True, but he was a Republican, something the students at Howard probably have never heard of...
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