If they are of good moral character, conservative, and can support his/her positions...why not!
Posted on 06/14/2004 11:04:36 AM PDT by kattracks
bttt
What a lie.
KKK is the militant wing of the DNC. Republicans promoted civil rights legislation...
If they are of good moral character, conservative, and can support his/her positions...why not!
Another ping for your consideration...
In TEXAS, we have two state wide elected officials who are black and GOP. Our Railroad Commissioner and a Supreme Court Justice are both good GOP. I belong to a GOP club in my town and we have quite a few active Latinos and blacks in our group.
Guess this reporter forgot all about JC Watts.
The reporter left out another candidate in Virginia running against Bobby Scott, former Marine and member of the Virginia General Assembly Winsome Sears.
Ditto. I would vote for Herman Cain in a heartbeat.
Bump. This is good news.
"Will white Republicans vote for a black candidate?"
If he/she shares my political views better then the alternative, certainly!
...for class.
IMO, this is a vital trend if the Republicans are to keep any principles at all. We need the moral blacks, hispanics and whoever else to join our side against the radical left. They belong with us!!!!
I think this article misses the biggest reason is happening and will only increase, though it sort of hints at it with the abortion issue:
Outside of civil rights issues that directly affect blacks and wealth redistribution, the average black person is extremely conservative.
They are, as the article suggests, not particularly excited about abortion, and the majority of them (60% in all the polls I've seen) favor school vouchers/choice. They're not exactly big fans of "alternative lifestyles" and often resent homosexuals portraying themselves as fellow "minorities" in the great civil rights struggle. They prefer that you cut to the chase and "make it plain" as they often say at my church -- and so are less easily mesmerized by psychobabble and more suspicious of "intellectuals".
In other words, they are at heart natural conservatives, and it's just a matter of clearing up the economic issues and the tendency to believe in conspiracies. I really believe we may be nearing a tipping point where blacks will start abandoning the Democrat Party in large numbers. 15%? Forget it! I predict that in 30 years, the majority of blacks will be voting Republican.
This Man Was NOT a Democrat....
Been there, done that. Gonna do it again, no doubt.
Remember all those folks who claimed we needed a "big tent" that included the homosexuals and pro-abortion types? What we are now seeing are the benefits of holding the line against that! As the homosexual agenda continues to anger morally conservative blacks by attempting to tie their campaign for special rights to the fight for civil rights, the Republican Party stands to make huge gains.
"Will white Republicans vote for a black candidate?
If they are of good moral character, conservative, and can support his/her positions...why not!"
I can't speak for all communities, but when a black candidate gets on the Republicans ticket he or she is called an "Uncle Tom" or "a token". That's the true character of the all inclusive Dems coming into the fore.
How long before the "superconservatives" here at FR start denouncing the GOP reaching out to black voters as "pandering"???
It is only a matter of time before blacks around the country get a lesson in racism from the socialists. They've tolerated them so long as they voted for the Democrats.
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