Posted on 11/21/2008 10:42:18 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan
Election night was a bittersweet night for me. Like most Americans, and especially as an African American, I found it deeply moving to watch President-elect Barack Obama and his family -- soon to be our nation's first African American first family -- stride onstage for his victory speech. I welcome the positive role models they'll present to black families and the American public at large.
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With those words Reeves expressed what many of us have felt over the years -- and felt again during the recent campaign as we listened to racially coded Republican ads and speeches aimed at scaring working-class and rural white voters about Obama. Reeves expressed why so many of us, including me, ended up, after struggling with our consciences, supporting and voting for the Illinois senator.
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In the final analysis, what the American people showed in this election is that they're looking for a more thoughtful and soulful politics. The Republican Party has to find its soul again. Only then will it be ready to lead and govern in a way that attracts a broad spectrum of people to it and makes them want to stay with it for generations to come.
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Well, Ms. Nelson, it would seem that you're in the market for a new political affiliation. Here are some parting words of wisdom for you - "Make haste. Don't let the door hit you."
Moderates like you are the reason we lost this election. Most conservatives aren't looking to embrace a broad spectrum of people because doing so would include embracing a broad spectrum of political beliefs. We know what we believe and we stand upon it. You sacrificed your "conservative" values to vote along racial lines. Live with the consequences.
All of us conservatives give our unconditional permission for all of you RINOs, moderates, and compromisers to leave and join the liberals and socialists in the democrat party. See how great it is over there.
You will find the libs are equally, if not more, obsessed with religion, guns, and abortion - just on the opposite side of the issues we are. You probably belong there if you think we’re the problem.
And I don’t care if the door hits you in the ass on your way out.
Equality before the law means that there are (or should be) "Americans" and nothing else.
The homosexual marriage protests and demonstration show just how tolerant the liberal side of that issue is.
When Newsom first allowed homosexual marriage in SF in 2004, nobody was out there protesting and marching and intimidating people.
Nobody did any of that protesting when the Calif. Supreme Court issued their ruling on the subject.
Nobody did anything to protest or get in the face of gay couples when they started to go get legally married.
After the election, the gay activists talk about how there is so much hatred for them, etc. All of the hate and animosity is coming from their side of the issue.
We are living in Orwell’s 1984 in some ways. White is black, up is down, and those showing such hatred and intolerance on the marriage issue are really the tolerant ones who want to celebrate diversity............
well we all feel as if the gop has left us behind.
That makes two of us...
...I don’t think any real conservatives feel like they’re a part of the GOP, so don’t feel too bad.
Now, in order for the GOP to return to power, the party will have to devise an agenda that is both socially and fiscally conservative while appealing to Blacks and Hispanics.
With the current demographic tends it will be very difficult for a party whose voting base is 90% white.
Just a long, boring rationalization about why she abandoned her principles to vote skin color. Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry if I want to...
Thoughtful, soulful politics? Personally, I’m looking for principled, morality-based politics.
he thinks he’s conflicted......look at me....this is my country and I don’t feel part of it at all....infact, if its true that over half of my fellow citizens voted for race rather than character and principles, than I feel very lonely.
All position eschewed by McCain. So, if you then turned around and voted for Obama, you must be voting based upon some belief other than the ones you claim are important to you.
Well, Mz Nelson, he has to PROVE he's actually an AMERICAN first!
So far it looks like he's just a plain ole African.
Why wont Hussein show proof?
Conservatives and the GOP: It's My Party, And I'll Cry If I Want To
The “racially coded Republican ads and speeches aimed at scaring working-class and rural white voters about Obama” were nothing compared to the overt racially charged remarks designed to scare everyone about McCain.
Obama played the race card over and over again. Right up front for everyone to see. That doesn’t scare anyone? No one objects to that?
And if you want to talk about “coded,” then how about Obama giving the finger to both Hillary and McCain on several occasions? Real classy. Or do you only see what you want to see?
What does the GOP have to do to become a party that would attack African American Voters?
The GOP has had the following leading politicians; Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice, Justice Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell, Michael Steele, candidate for governor of Pa., etc..
President Bush has worked to provide educational support with No Child Left Behind, All kind of aid for Africa, Pro Life support, Medicare Part D etc..
Democrats have honored a KKK member like Senator Byrd (just think if Byrd was a GOP) just think if Byrd was a Republican, the African Americans would raise all kind of hell! The Democrats are the Pro Abortion party which encourages African Americans to kill babies.
What do 96% of the African Americans want from the GOP? I don’t know what they are looking for!
Ninety six percent of blacks voted for The One.
That says it all, right there.
On a somewhat more humorous note I burned the two flaming libs that I work with right down to their loafers. I have a neat desktop background pic that someone here posted of the “Obama logo” integrated into a Star Wars Death Star. The really loudmouthed lib (black) saw it a couple of times and from his comments clearly did not have a clue what the logo was. About the third time this happened quite a few of the co-workers where right there at my desk so I called him on it. Pointed right at it and asked him if he knew what it was. – silence – So the other flaming lib (white) steps over, looks, and mumbled something about “it looks familiar” indicated he did not know either.
I pulled up http://my.barackobama.com/ and the entire office burst out laughing.
So much for their repeated claims of "knowing the issues."
What a load of crap. Most Obama voters couldn’t tell you anything about what he stands for. Other than some cliche about “change” or “the little guy.”
If the author isn’t comfortable with conservatism, then he should quit pretending and join the other sheep.
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