Posted on 10/13/2014 9:56:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When the North Carolina State Assembly set out to pass a resolution in 2007 expressing the body’s regret for its participation in the institution of slavery, conservatives objected on the grounds that black North Carolinians would use it to advance the cause of reparations.
Republican Assemblyman Thom Tillis, who is now challenging Democrat Kay Hagan for her U.S. Senate seat, sought to allay those conservatives' concerns by flipping the argument. Reparations already exist in the form of welfare programs, he noted, and Republicans would be better positioned to oppose them if they purchased some goodwill with conservative Democrats by acknowledging that the legacy of slavery isn’t just a liberal fiction.
TPM dug up Tillis’ old statement explaining his vote. Here’s the key nugget.
A subset of the democrat [sic] majority has never ceased to propose legislation that is de facto reparations and they will continue to do so as long as they are in the majority. Federal and State governments have redistributed trillions of dollars of wealth over the years by funding programs that are at least in part driven by their belief that we should provide additional reparations. I believe there are several conservative democrats who are prepared join Republicans in OPPOSITION to measures that propose new entitlements and reparations. However, a vote against the resolution would most likely eliminate any chance that we would to get support from more conservative members of the democrat [sic] party members to oppose such measures.
Tillis voted the right way, for the wrong reasons. And in so doing he surfaced his actual belief about social spending programs, which he’s discussed in other venues using barely submerged grievances...
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It could be argued that welfare is a form on continued slavery.
The work being performed in this case however is the electing of democrats.
He’s not wrong. And, this will not hurt him in the upcoming election. The Welfare Queens wouldn’t vote for a Republican anyhow.
none of this would matter if it wasn’t for the existence of a slime ball libertarian in the race. Once again, libertarians could do the only thing they ever do; elect extremist liberals to congress.
I don’t know what it is with NC. Maybe it’s all the “smart kids” in the research triangle.
And the producers are getting fed-up to here...
right or wrong does not matter, in this case. Why supply the rope to the people who want to hang you?
I wish NC and other states had runoff elections. That would prevent Libertarian or others from draining votes away from conservatives, enabling the liberal Democrat to win with less than 50% of the vote.
I believe that Louisiana and Georgia have runoff elections if nobody gets 50% +1 vote. Not sure if any others do.
Has North Carolina changed that much?
You can be dead right and dead wrong at the same time.
This guy is too stupid to be a spinator. Even I wuouldn’t say something like this.
It is more like “walking around money.”
right or wrong does not matter, in this case. Why supply the rope to the people who want to hang you?
I’ve read before that he’s run a foolish campaign. Damn shame the republicans couldn’t have picked a better candidate for North Carolina. They really wanted to dump that woman.
What he said was stupid.
Welfare recepients come in a wide variety of complexions.
That is correct on GA.
Bold colors not broad pastels,Thats why.
You sure about that? Could it be that he is just saying what everyone else is thinking? Its not like those flaming parasites would ever consider voting for him in the first place and it may get people to vote for him that were going to sit this one out.Black conservatives think the same way we do so I see nothing wrong with what he said.
They used to vote Republican. Welfare/reparations began in 1865 with the Freedmen’s Bureau.
I don't think he is. But will he have the nerve to stand by what he said, or will he try to backtrack, which just about guarantees a loss?
Precisely.
I’m afraid it’s another Todd Akin moment.
But’s he’s the establishment candidate.
We can’t afford to lose even one Senate seat.
Not with the Lamestream media pulling out all the stops for the other side.
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