Kanye West, Oprah Winfrey and why celebrity outreach isn’t a great solution for politicians (tr)

It is not uncommon to see celebrities wade into presidential elections. In 2016, both the Republican and Democratic nominees had surrogates from the entertainment industry stumping for them at rallies, on cable news and on the trail.

But there’s a risk to latching your candidacy onto individuals known more for their ability to generate a following than their grasp of policy.

Perhaps no other demographic group gives Trump lower approval ratings than black voters. Support for the president from black Americans was already low before Trump called NFL players protesting racial injustice by kneeling during the anthem “sons of bitches” and called the white supremacists marching to preserve memorials honoring Confederate soldiers who fought to keep black people enslaved “very fine people.

It's so tedious to read the mainstream press. As you noted he's an all time high with Black voters, and the article says "it was already low". It's not difficult to parse. What's so bothersome to me is that they make their wordplay so obvious! The writer knows the truth, or should know it, but either chooses to mask the truth behind a straw man or is just writing wishful thinking.

Yes, his approval rating is and was low among Blacks, but that is not a point that matters at all. It is "low" among Hispanics and Jews too. But it's way up in 2018 compared to where it was in 2016 and that is what scares the left more than anything. They need to keep 90% of the black vote and 70% of the Hispanic vote in their camp. If they lost 10% points of both, they can't win any election. And they will lose a large % of both because all the deception, bullying, and demagoguery in the world can't convince a person who is making money than she ever has that she's worse off than before.

Trump is taking so much heat on immigration, but Black and Hispanic voters know the truth - the immigrants are not coming to do jobs nobody else will do, they are coming to take their jobs! The Dems will lose in attrition more than can gain by cheating. The left likes to say these immigrants are coming to work in farms. That is only a small part of it. There are no farms in the cities where most of the Hispanics migrate! The Democrats need low wage workers in the cities to work in hotels, convention centers not just menial labor but all kinds of jobs that keep the cities running; desk clerks, paper pushers, repair and maintenance, retail etc. The big developers and convention planners and hotel companies need low cost labor to make the cities run. Don't believe the BS they feed you. They are not coming to pick fruit. At least the left admits these people are mostly coming for the economic opportunities - put 2+2 together there is more economic opportunity working your way up the ladder in the cities than on any farm.

Good comment. Trump is kicking dirt in their faces so often that the public can't help laughing at the idiocy and arrogance of the Fake News fools.

We must attack and destroy the MSM by constantly poking fun at their stupidity. "One horse laugh is worth 1,000 syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent." -- words of America's greatest journalist/pundit, H L. Mencken.

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This article shows how worried the left are of people like Kanye West. That's why most outlets used misleading headlines to turn his recent statement into propaganda, and a lot of conservatives fell for it. His recent statement weren't shocking. He didn't like his name being used to promote a movement he wasn't associated with, or issues he hasn't given his opinions on. His beliefs didn't suddenly change overnight. He's not a traditional conservative republican like some expect him to be. He has a lot of opinions most here don't agree with, but he's important because he promotes freethinking in the black community where he has a lot of influence.

That's something democrats won't tolerate. They want mindless drones they can count on for votes each election, but who can then be ignored without any consequences. They know that strategy is in danger because of people like Kanye West.

I hope he stays involved in promoting freethinking. We have to understand his goal, and how it helps the country. We shouldn't expect him to agree with us on everything. MAGA!

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