Posted on 03/26/2010 9:33:09 AM PDT by MindBender26
I kow it sounds strange, but Please, Please, Please, do not encourage ANYONE to go against Congresswoman Corrine Brown.
This is Practical Politics 101:
No Republican has ever defeated a Black Dem in a Minority-Majority district such as Browns FL-3. In fact, since these M-M districts were formed, no one, anywhere, nationwide, has even beaten a Black Dem.
The districts were designed to be permanently Black. Brown's FL-3 starts in the Black section of Palatka, runs up a sliver of land to the Black section of Jacksonville, then down to the Black sections of Deland and Orange City, down to the Black sections of Eatonville and Orlando.
She cannot be defeated. It cannot be done. Even with J.C. Watts' help, two candidates could not do it in FL-3.
Her electorate knows she is a total scam, but she is putting one over on The Man. They love her for that, beyond any other consideration. The more criminal, the more liberal she became, the more votes she would get.
Look at Alcee Hastings. A black convicted, impeached, bribe-taking federal judge. He wins his congressional seat from South Florida in a landslide every cycle!
So, Corrine will win. But if we dont run anyone against her, she runs a very low-key campaign, there is no media interest in her distict and 20,000 voters Black Dem will stay home on election day! Thats 20,000 fewer Dem votes for the Dem governor candidate, the Dem senate candidate, etc.
The smart move is to NOT run anyone against her. We cannot win the seat, and ANY opponent only adds 20,000 Dem voters to the statewide races on election day.
There are three or four Republicans running right now.
Go away TROLL NEWBIE. You DUers always come in late and try to concentrate on a minor BS point.
But why????? Think about it..........
Justice Dept. draws those race-based districts.
What are you talking about? Your the one who said ‘black section’. If you cant see beyond color, that’s your own problem.
Interesting idea.
How about "most crime-ridden area?" Or, "Least Diverse Area?" Am I getting warm? Shun political correctness. It's going to get us all killed.
LOL!
“The smart move is to NOT run anyone against her. We cannot win the seat, and ANY opponent only adds 20,000 Dem voters to the statewide races on election day.”
Yeah, there is truth to that sadly.
Still, it is hard to just cede away congressional districts like this. I’d think it’s better to just keep trying until one day maybe, just maybe, enough black folks realize Corrine Brown is a complete embarrassment to their district and a horrible reflection on themselves.
But, as of now, black people tend to vote for whoever offers them the most freebies. The number two issue tends to be about whomever bitches a lot about whitie. Black voters will virtually always vote for ANY Democrat over a Republican, but strongly prefer a Black Democrat over any other option. Also being well spoken, educated, reasonable intelligent, etc are not really qualifications most black voters are looking for. Corrine Brown being a prime example of this.
Sad state of affairs, but I think we gotta keep putting up candidates and hope one day things change.
First off, Kilroy, learn to use proper grammar. The word is "you're," as in "you are," not "your." Second, there's an apostrophe in the contraction "can't," unless you meant a salient angle.
Secondly, fine. You don't like describing a district as "black." Would you prefer "primarily African-American?" "Persons of Other than European or Asian descent?" Happy now? Great, because it doesn't change the facts.
If the best you can do is quibble over the difference between "black" and "African-American," it's simply not good enough.
I don’t think it defeatist to keep 20.000 home. It’s called “choose your battles.”
Is Florida one of those states where the Feds. do this instead of the State Legislators under the Voting Rights Act?
Do you realize what a boon that would be, an opportunity to highlight the black-on-white racism that is the real "race" story today? A way to expose the Tawanna Brawley, the astroturf, ACORN...
Interesting strategy. If it helps Marco Rubio, that is all I care about.
Twenty years too late. And after Clinton killed it originally.
Oh. I do like your idea though :-)
The leaders in that group to NOT want to be educated on the merits of conservatism if such a program means they will have to give up their free lunches (Schools), free rent (HUD), free food (Food stamps), free medical care (Medicaid and Obamacare), free money for having additional kids out of wedlock,(AFDC), Not paying their mortgage (the latest Obama Executive Order), preference in government jobs and contracts, (Affirmative Action)
The list goes on and on.
How bad is it? J.C Watts NEVER won the Black vote in his district, OK-4.
Rather than thinking of it as defeatism. please see it as a away to PREVENT 20,000 votes for the Dem candidate for Gov or Senator.
Soooo, there is not ONE black conservative in that district???
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