Posted on 07/25/2016 1:22:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
Black votes matter. If Republicans could get 20 percent of black votes, the Democrats would be ruined. This is highly unlikely, given the approach used by Republicans. However, the point is that Democrats must not only continue to get nine-tenths of black votes, they also need to get a high turnout of black voters on election day.
People who expected the election of President Barack Obama to lead to racial healing and a post-racial society failed to take account of the political reality that racial healing and a post-racial society would, at a minimum, reduce black voter turnout.
Black votes matter to many politicians — more so than black lives. That is why such politicians must try to keep black voters fearful, angry and resentful. Racial harmony would be a political disaster for such politicians.
Racial polarization makes both the black population and the white population worse off, but it makes politicians who depend on black votes better off.
Hillary Clinton desperately needs black votes in this year's close election. Promoting fear, anger and resentments among blacks — and, if possible, paranoia — serves her political interest. Barack Obama has mastered the art of keeping black voters aroused while keeping white voters soothed — thanks in part to the gullibility of much of the public, who mistake geniality and glib rhetoric for honesty and good will.
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Which is why I’m surprised she picked a cracker for VP.
Is Dr. Sowell still a nevertrumper?
I honestly don’t know, he hasn’t written an anti-Trump Column in 6 or 7 weeks so maybe he’s realized it’s Trump or Hillary and he will not support Hillary.
If more black voters would ever open their ears and minds, they would KNOW that the demodummies want to keep them on the plantation. Someway, somehow Trump needs to get that message to them, same goes for the Hispanics. Problem is many of them are either deaf or are unable to read English.
“This is highly unlikely, given the approach used by Republicans.”
Sorry, Tommy, but we’re not going to bribe blacks to vote for us or cater to their racial grievance fantasies.
I don't think he was a never trumper.
I too had other preferences but the choice is now Trump or Hillary.
Vote for Trump.
I’m surprised to see that Sowell’s writings are still allowed here since he has shown that he doesn’t toe the line.
I can respect that. I was a Cruz guy till the first debate but, was liking a lot of Trump’s message before. Then Donald came out blasting away and not backing down, I switched. We had a fighter.
I had hoped Ted could come out with the AG spot or something. But, he augered in. Burnt a lot of bridges on his way down too.
Hope he’s got a nice quiet cottage up on a Canadian lake.
The campaign rhetoric got a little too personal I think. Too bad. Like they say politics is a blood sport.
In the year 2000, the DEMOCRATS ran an ad showing a pickup truck dragging a chain behind it.
It was made clear that the real-life person dragged to his death was a black man named James Byrd - a man they tell us was partially retarded (as if that matters). He was killed by three HORRIBLE white guys - and an unspeakable crime. One of those white guys has been executed, the second one will be executed if Hillary doesn’t make it to White House to pack the Supreme Court (think about that, NeverTrumpers, and I know you are there), and the third one, who was given a life sentence without parole, for testifying against the first two.
To me, and to pretty much all Texans, THE SYSTEM WORKED. The killers were made to pay. There was NEVER any doubt regarding charging and prosecuting them - the evidence was there, and skin color of both the victim and the accused had NOTHING to do with justice - kill a man in cold blood, you pay - and justice is COLORBLIND (something that was NOT true when Democrats ran the South, by the way). This was one of the PROUDEST moments in this conservative’s life.
But that was NOT ENOUGH for the left. The reason that they ran the ad was because then-governor George W. Bush, who was now running for President, refused to sign a ‘hate crimes’ bill in Texas that included LGBTQs. He correctly made the case that justice already works in his state. Yet the Democrats ran that ad anyway, NATIONALLY, and both got the black vote out, and made sure it was polarized against Bush.
This is how they operate - there is NO COMPROMISE - they must be DEFEATED, once and for all.
I remember the crime and very clearly remember that ad, it was unbelievable to me they would stoop so low as to run it.
Thanks for posting the details of the entire episode and I’m surprised the second one hasn’t been executed.
Like you say, they must be defeated and the place to start is with Mrs. Bill Clinton in this upcoming election.
cause he can speak spanish?
Yes!
I am sick of people on the right effectively validating the leftist narrative.
Non-whites of all kinds would be very welcome in the conservative ranks - all they have to do is choose conservatism. True conservatism is truly colorblind - which the racist communists hate.
The elites on the left - and on the right - blame us conservatives for not totally capitulating to racist leftists and their communistic demands.
As long as the black vote is 95% for the Bolshies, blacks will achieve nothing. If their vote were competitive they might have a chance of getting something.
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