Posted on 10/24/2004 3:36:49 PM PDT by plushaye
The Rev. O'Neal Dozier recently spent a weekend knocking on doors in West Palm Beach's black community canvassing votes for President Bush.
"The results were very mixed," said Dozier, pastor of Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach. "At one house they'd tell you, `I'm not interested. I'm going to vote for Kerry.' But at the next house, they would sit and listen."
Dozier, who was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to Broward County's judicial nominating committee in 2001, said his pitch might emphasize the Republican Party's abolitionist roots. If the family regarded themselves as Christians, he would focus on the president's opposition to homosexual marriage and abortion.
Either way, Dozier is among a growing group of black leaders trying to bring African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans into the Republican fold.
Black Republicans are a demographic group often ridiculed by other African-Americans, who sometimes portray them as "sellouts." The late Buddy Watts, the father of former Republican Congressman J.C. Watts, once said, "A black person voting for a Republican makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."
But in this age of White House faith-based initiatives and a growing black middle class, many blacks no longer view black Republicans as self-haters.
"Black people have gotten past the whole voodoo thing with black Republicans," said Michael Brady, co-chairman of the president's re-election committee in Palm Beach County.
Encouraged by polls that show young black entrepreneurs are more independent politically, Republicans are aggressively courting black voters; older blacks are trickling away from the Democratic Party because they say Democrats have taken their vote for granted.
"I looked at all the issues Democrats are fighting for, and I saw no good ideas," said Ron Smith, 36, a Lauderhill management consultant. "Too many African-Americans vote for Democrats just because we always have.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
I think that's when the damn matrix... I mean the Media decided to really get pro-active and try to influence things. They had done so before but never in my life would I have imagined how much basic historical facts could be so twisted to conform to a political ideaology. Leftism in this case.
Oh well, these things take time.
This was a college student? And she was satisfied with "cuz that's what Teacher told me" ??? Pathetic. Must've been an education major!
More Blacks are closet Bush/GOP supporters than many realize it's just that few can come out and admit it lest they suffer due to the ignorance of too many fellow Blacks who just buy the Dem pap, especially at this time every 4 years. It's changing though, however slowly.
Outstanding news Bumps
Actually the reverse is TRUE...
"A black person voting for a DEMOCRAT makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."
The brain washing is deep among blacks and Jews.. The same could be said about Jews too.. The MSM had been brain washing them for generations.. LEGALLY.. and with their own consent..
When, Asked WHO stood in the doors of school houses in the south against blacks entering.. What do you think.. they think ?...
If you said democrats you'd be WRONG...
Spread the word, Ron-bo...
Thanks for the ping!
Actually Nixon implemented the affirmative action programs.
Take heed, Democrats: Unrequited love is not an option
***SNELLVILLE, GA. The black American electorate is at zero hour; a vital decision must be made.
After 64 years of mostly unrequited love, black voters must choose to end their unilateral devotion to the Democratic Party. This will not be easy, and what is
required for black voters to let go and realize their full potential will be counterintuitive to prevailing political thought in the African-American community.
Prior to 1940, most blacks who were able to vote identified themselves as Republicans because Abraham Lincoln - the great Emancipator - was a Republican. But
with the success of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies, blacks began voting for Democratic candidates and by 1960, most had migrated to the
party. For the second half of the 20th century, blacks have been a reliable constituency for the Democrats. Yet no longer can we afford to base party affiliation and
voting patterns on sentimentalism.
The black electorate has received only a small and inconsistent return on its unyielding loyalty. Self-respecting black voters should not be counted on to flex their
enormous political muscles on cue without asking for, and receiving, more return on their investment.
That yield must include more blacks in all levels of Democratic Party leadership and an unfeigned effort to promote blacks for statewide and national office - even
the presidency.
Eloquent speeches at the 2004 Democratic convention by the Rev. Al Sharpton, a former presidential candidate and by Barack Obama, a candidate for US Senate
from Illinois, are not fair trade for robust black electoral capital
***
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We as Blacks need to give the political process a much closer look. Being military I generally support the party that supports me, meaning GOP. Not keen on the idea of always voting along party lines I must advocate getting underneath the issues before we cast our vote.
Freaking amazing... Sounds just like ANY neighborhood to me.
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