Damning with faint praise. Oh, well.
Posted on 09/05/2004 6:32:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The Rat's days of taking blacks for granted and getting 90 percent of their vote is fast coming to an end. Well, at least getting 90 percent of their vote is coming to an end.
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Wow! That is eloquent. It brought tears to my eyes. I thought I would never see the day. God bless Dubya!
God bless Lynn Swann and his beautiful family...they do commercials on SkyAngel.
I sat next to a young black woman, her daughter and their two young friends. They were ecstatic about GWB. She told me that her friends gave her a lot of static for supporting a Republican, but when she told them about what Republicans stand for, their attitude changed, at least to the point they were willing to listen.
There is obviously a lot of pressure w/i the "Black Community" to remain loyal to the Democrats, but when it becomes acceptable to back a Republican, the dam might just break loose.
I'm waiting for Cynthia Tucker to write a similar column.
This was always going to happen. It was just a question of when. The Democrats' support for public sector vested interests clashes so clearly with their professed support for the poor. The interests of public sector workers (i.e. teachers) does not coincide with the interests of the people they serve (i.e. pupils, especially poor ones stuck in failing schools), so it's unsustainable for any party to pacify both. School choice could be the one big issue that drives blacks and other minorities (as well as poor whites) to the GOP.
I don't know that black voters have that many disagreements with conservative Republicans any more than most other Democrats do. They just reflexively vote for the Democrat candidate and listen to the propaganda from their party not the proposals from the conservatives.
This lady should re-read her own article.
Too Bad Al Sharpton, is too busy riding that Donkey.
Well at least these brave Black Americans are getting some respect! It must be hard to be or want to be a republican and have to keep it quiet in fear of reaction!
Me neither. African Americans poll more socially conservative than white Americans.
Damning with faint praise. Oh, well.
Revelation has struck the author. If only our schools taught logic and common sense, instead of Socialist drivel by those hungry to guarantee their jobs, a lot more would
"get a clue".
The logic here, or lack thereof, is immensely frustrating. This foolish writer interviews black Republicans who give excellent reasons for supporting the Republican Party, she says that she admires them, and yet says at the closing that because her daddy voted Democrat she must do so, too. What weakness! How can adults let the political views of their parents on issues that passed by fifty years ago influence their secret vote today? Incomprehensible. . .
What are those conservative things which are so anathema to blacks? I really don't understand.
Well, they changed from never voting from a Republican to may never vote for one. I guess thats progress, it will take a younger generation to realize that not only do democrats take them for granted, but they are more than willing to subvert their role in the party to homosexuals and other groups.
Bump.
Hope you've got a LOT of time!
For the most part the Blacks that I know, and that are in my family, are very committed to family values. They may think they are liberal because that is what they've been told for years but when you actually talk about things it is apparent that they are mostly conservative. Same thing was true about the Black people I worked with, voted Democrat but really had strong conservative beliefs and usually strong religious faith.
I was struck by the fact that at the RNC the Black people were seated throughout the facility, not grouped together like a special interest group. Also that the Black speakers seemed especially eloquent and (dare I say it?) better looking than the Democrats. MrsPD
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