Maybe enough is finally enough in St. Louis County as Black Democrats endorse White Republican

Coach is Right ^ | 10/6/14 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

[Oldpuppymax]

Beware of the low flying pigs as you watch hell freeze over; a group of Black Democrats in St. Louis County has endorsed White Republican Rick Stream in his race for County Executive.

The group known as the Fannie Lou Hamer Coalition (FLHC), named for the Voting Rights giant who worked to give Blacks the right to vote in Mississippi during the summer of 1965, has finally awakened to the fact that Democrats do not care about them and never have. They point to the continuing failure of the county’s schools to educate Black children and the Democrat’s shameless pandering and agitation in Ferguson since the shooting of a Black would be cop killer.

The FLHC’s head Hazel Erby, herself a St. Louis County councilwoman, charged that repeated appeals to Democrat officials asking to be heard on matters of serious concern to the County’s Black community have been ignored. Erby defiantly announced, “That’s not happening anymore.”

The FLHC believes its endorsement will carry a great deal of weight and be able to put Stream over the top in an already close race against...

[cripplecreek]

The winds are shifting slowly but surely.

Detroit has a white mayor now. He’s a democrat but the fact that he’s a white mayor of an 80% black city says something.

[5thGenTexan]

I just hope RINOs don’t give them a bad impression and lead them To believe that is what Conservatism stands for.

[Tupelo]

There seems to be one or two stories a week about this black group or that black group agreeing, endorsing or supporting a Republican and every time the stories remind me of Sally Fields, when she won her Oscar. “They like us, They really like us” and “Oh Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy”, seems to be the theme of each and every story.

[cripplecreek]

Urban areas will always be more liberal. The best we can really hope for from most urban districts are “moderate” republicans.

I think its a result of being reliant on municipal services.

[Buckeye McFrog]

He’s a democrat but the fact that he’s a white mayor of an 80% black city says something.

Yeah, the fact that despite 100+ years of civil rights activism, there aren't enough black people qualified for the job.

So sad.

[5thGenTexan]

True. And I am not expecting any kind of hard swing right. I just hope they see a difference and don’t get the impression of “what’s the difference?” because they encounter some RINOs.