Except that "Gran" translates as "Great." My feelings are crushed that you would ridicule a fellow Texan. :-)
Posted on 11/06/2004 7:29:37 AM PST by ConYoungBlack
Guys,
below is an editorial that I myself wrote. It is going to run in several small print media outlets here in Kansas City on next Tuesday and Wednesday. The big publication here ( Kansas City The Star) is "considering" it for their on-line edition for next Friday. I'm an aspiring conservative writer and a young African American male, (sell out, uncle tom - or so I'm told) nonetheless. I just Thought I'd let the Freepers get a load of it first hand so that you can me tell what you think.
Thanks,
Curt
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So here we are on another post election week in America, and from my point of view the good guys won and the bad guys lost, but that's over simplifying it a bit (OK it's oversimplifying it a lot). There are obviously some good hearted people that voted for Mr. Kerry (probably due to a lack of partaking in the lumbering work it takes to educate ones self on such a choice). The liberal media is reeling, and they have begun to lash out at the "extremist Christians" for our part in the matter of their defeat. This is, as we know, spin and hype, of course.
Their disillusionment is borne of their own pre-emptive gloat and over confidence pre election and early election day. Kerry had weathered the attack from the vets for truth, and went on to supposedly horse whip a lost looking Dubya in the debates, and then it started happening for them (or did it) on Nov. 2 the exit polls were good for Kerry, very good in fact, and this was a little slice of heaven to Danny Rather and company as he did his best to conceal a smug grin. Then something strange happened. The majority and mainstream of America spoke up for itself. (Something the Dem/libs didn't count on because for the last twenty years we've laid down and took what they dished us in silence). For the first time in years we spoke, and we spoke loudly.
We spoke to the media elite, and Hollywood, and even to my own poor leadership in the black community. Rather was inconsolable as he did his best to give a logical explanation as to why CBS was the last one left to call Ohio for Mr. Bush. Every major network had conceded the obvious, but not Rather and company. No surprise here, from the network news machine that always waits until all of the facts are in before reporting them (ha).
Then the morning after came, and America got the chance to behold Katie Couric dressed in full black as she addressed her viewers as if she were broadcasting live from a mortuary where her dear dad lay at rest. America had spoken to Katie and her ilk, and the message was clear, the message was that we don't care what Ben Affleck, P. Diddy, Babs, John Stewart, Dan Rather, Tommy Brokaw, Mike Moore, and even what the two John's (Kerry and Edwards) think our values should be, we've been friends with our values for quite a while and know our own values reasonably well, we appreciate the input but we feel that the ultra liberal progressivism, hypersexualism, and secularism just isn't our cup of tea, but hey, thanks for sharing. They were shocked, the exit polls had listed "morals" (yuk) as the driving force behind the result of the elections result.
Then the marginilazation of the Bush win began. The pollsters were running for the hills and the liberal media was a trainwreck on Wednesday, they began by launching the first salvo at values/morals based voters by insulting them (They still havent learned) by saying things like "Bush won by using the votes of over zealous knuckle dragging southern homophobic evangelicals". Several "Blue State" editorialists quipped that It was all part of Karl Roves plan to use "homophobia as a means to get out the conservative vote, by driving people to the polls with Defense of Marriage Amendments in eleven states".
Then they even turned on their own and began to eat their young, because the spin then turned on their golden boy, John Kerry. The left leaning media began to hint on Thursday that the only reason they lost was because their candidate was a bad candidate, and even poorly a organized one, and that is what had cost them this election. It couldn't be that (GASP) their Party and their ideals have shifted so far left that their MESSAGE is bad, not their messenger. No, no, no, that has never occurred to them. Must be the messenger. They believe that all of the training they have all recieved in their mega-city, liberal, Ivory tower schools of progressive thought has been spot on. That we common folk just haven't been as privelidged to gain enlightenment to the fact that liberal ideas are the smartest ideas.
Keep in mind that this is the same media that days earlier were still acting as if Kerry was the master on the campaign trail and on the stump. Even Kerry's own arrogant, narcissistic and selfishly morbid adoption of the acronym "JFK" per mere coincidence of his own initials being that in the same of their last presidential hero was brilliant in their eyes. To the lefty talking heads, he was to be the savior of America's unwashed masses and a warrior for the greater good of liberal politics in fly over midwest/south country with his effeminate, metro-sexual, Ivy trained, nor'easter politico. The lagging economy and the contentious attitudes about the war in Iraq had opened a door to the average middle American's mind (or so they thought), Boy, were they out of touch (duh).
So what was the message that America sent to the DNC and liberals in general.? Well, here's a list straight from Naithan's head that came immediately to mind.
If you plan on ever winning the minds of America again like you did during the "New Deal" era of Democrat Party dominance here's what you Dems and liberals alike need to be doing.
1. Distance your party from the ultra liberal Hollywood ninnies, feminists, and wacko's and their ideas. I know that we are in the Midwest/south and we are not privy to the brilliance that can only be gleaned in the art houses and coffee shops of New York and Los Angeles, but these loud mouth demagogues are out spoken, over exposed, and are actually energizing your oppositions voters against you. They are not changing peoples mind, they are pissing people off with their attack dog smears against the President and their constant arrogant smug remarks that war against OUR majority values and faiths. Letting these fringe based lunatics have front and center as your allies or strange bed fellows was an incredible tactical bogey. I'm all smiles today.
2. In regards to point number one, make sure that Michael Moore is the first to go. He should walk the plank immediately. I would excommunicate him in a very public manner, as to make a clean break.
3. Start promoting a culture in your elite journalism schools (which is most if not all of them) that the neat political correct notion of psuedo - "tolerance" doesn't end at the door of Christian and Conservative ideas. At that point you may start actually producing balanced and fair minded news anchors, editorialists, political analysts, etc. etc. etc. (Hence not once again pee'ing off 51% of Americans).
4. Start rethinking the dynamics of your partnership with the militant wing of the Gay and Lesbian "rights" movement. Currently your Party and liberal ideologues are bowing down to their every whim and it is starting to cause a rift with the average American. Most Americans have values that exclude the notion of homosexual marriage, and deem it as nonsense, not because they hate gays (on the contrary) but because they love their own families. This doesn't make any of them "homophobic" it makes them principled in their own values and traditions, mainly due to their (oh mi gosh get ready for this word) "FAITH". In your attempt to beat the rush, and seem ahead of the curve of enlightenment, you tried to pander to these radical groups every want and desire without any border or restraint. In doing so you became short sighted of the good of the country AS A WHOLE. You thought this would go over well if you just skipped the elected officials of the people and went straight through your pals on the bench. Tuesday was your reminder of who we are.
5. Abortion on demand, early term or late. This speaks to another far left element of your party that has become a mainstream component as of late, the ultra feminist radicals, like N.O.W. and N.A.R.A.L. and Planned Parenthood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know they pay the bills and all, but someone in your party needs to take a step back and take a deep breath. There is a conservative back lash going on in this country and it's against the sixty and seventy year old liberals in your party that were twenty something years old when they attended Woodstock in the sixties. The sexual revolution that was a part of their generations so called "revolution of the mind" has been force fed us to a point of exhaustion. The merits and horrors of abortion notwithstanding. With the internet around and with science improving, it just isn't possible to fool the electorate into thinking this is just a "surgical procedure" anymore. It's brutal, and with all of these media options and information outlets available to us, we just know better than we did, even ten years ago. A word of advice, give up the sham, and drop it. We are on to you now and so are our BORN children, which may I remind you will be your future electorate population in five to ten years.
6. Actually start finding, nurturing and promoting "Pro-Life" and "Faith based" candidates again in your party. This probably won't happen in a million years, but then again I couldn't care a less if you lose elections and the ear of mainstream thought for a million years either.
7. When you say tolerance - mean it.
(This was an independant editorial written by Curt Helm)
Bill Clinton taught lots of us not to be knee jerk, whatever they say is right kool-aid drinkers.
The guy's only 29, man. Geez!
You did it! Get out there amd make your voice heard. The blacks are waiting for you! They have been held down by phonys long enough. God bless you.
You have to realize that with XT polls showing near 20% voting for W that means the real number must have been 25-30%, so your not alone anymore. All things important take pain and what you are doing is monumental. God Bless Ya as a Brother in Christ!
Pray for W and Our Troops
"I didn't do this for dubious reasons or with self serving motive."
No problem. Draw some attention to yourself. Yours will be a valuable voice, and FR is a great forum for honest feedback!
Welcome.
Of course, since you are just a kid of 29--I am heartened that you realize you have a lot to learn. Someday you can become like me--you'll know everything. 'Cept you won't be able to remember half of it! :>)!
OOPS--even I can't forget this: welcome to our cyber "home"!
Except that "Gran" translates as "Great." My feelings are crushed that you would ridicule a fellow Texan. :-)
For me, the only valid test is following what they do, not what they say for a sufficiently long time to be convinced that it is not simply strategic deception.
Color me skeptical.
I liked your article; my position is with the leaders of the DNC like Nancy Pelosi.
House Democratic leader Pelosi recently stated "Quite frankly, I think the table is set for us in the next election," she said. "We have lost just about everything that we can lose."
No, No you haven’t Nancy. It will get better for you when your political party realizes what is important to America and not what is important to you and the liberal elite which make up less than 20% of Americans. The total contempt by those in your party’s base about what Americans believe is the core values of their everyday lives. I do not believe that you can persuade the political base of the Republican Party to join without completely disenfranchising yourself from the liberal socialist agenda, In other words a total reconstruction of your party and party leaders. When it’s raining its raining regardless of whether or not you wish to call it only a sprinkle it is still rain. The only way I see the Democratic Party to change is after a total meltdown and that in its self will cost 30 years of power on capital hill and in the White House. Democrats still like to say the race for the White House was close and that nothing is wrong other than the fact we were not nasty enough to get what we wanted. The fact they have begun to resort to violence and flocking to the Canadian border shows how close you may be to the meltdown right now. The silent majority has reached its breaking point and it has decided to take back our country from those who despise it from within our own borders. You may not like Joe six pack but truth is he doesn't like you either and never has. What will happen to your party is inevitable change because power can not be obtained without the will of the people to support it. I am not so much a Republican as I am of the values they currently stand for and I would be a Democrat if the situation was in reverse. Your remaining base is weak and only exists out of pure loyalty to a party that has failed to them justice.
It is a very good editorial and I agree with it. Keep it up and when you are a regular don't make us excerpt your editorials.
Oops!
And welcome aboard! :-)
Great! And I could hear my chair and those of countless other Freepers screeching as we moved over to your side.:) Because we all share the same basic values, though, we probably aren't your best sounding board, but we can act as an advisory board for you after your essay is published and you start catching some liberal heat.
I like your 7 points very much. The Dems have pandered to/been taken over by so many non-mainstream special interest groups that they are marginalizing themselves out of business in many states. And trust me, it is good to have two competeting politicals parties, because a monopoly by only one party inevitably leads to staleness and corruption. By making even the name "Democrat" a perjorative among so many of us, they are removing their party as any kind of competition.
And they don't seem to realize that what they say "blue states", they're really talking about "blue cities", some Indian Reservations, and Azatlan along the Rio Grande. USA Today's county map of the U.S. should bea devastating wake-up call for them - if they can force themselves to see the reality.
GREAT!!!! And very well said. The democrat party has become the hostage of a zillion special interest groups and has totally ignored that one huge special interest group, The America People.
Your editorial contains some of the essentials, but it needs to be made more concise. Examine whether 'commentary' (contained in parenthesis) should be part of the sentence or included. Please check your spelling and punctuation before submitting it as there are a number of errors.
You should also note that Michael Moore and his ilk are representative of the media and entertainment, neither respecting truth or our values. They are one and the same, not worthy of separate consideration.
I would also consider it important to mention our Constitution and Bill of Rights as representative of the underlying ideals from our founding fathers, religious and philosophically enlightened men. Those same ideals are what many individual Americans hold dear, the same people considered by so-called liberals to be "extremists".
Good Read, Good Job, Good to know you. Hope you stick around.
I agree that another argument outside of religion needs to be used against the gay lifestyle.
1) It is unhealthy. The average lifespan of gays is extreemly short. The same people who carp about smoking and McDonalds are being hypocritical.
2) It is "unnatural". The best line I've seen on this is from Dr. Laura who said "Penis, Vagina, what is it that you don't understand"?
3) There are innumerable studies that say that children need both a father and mother. And even if the "family" doesn't intend on having children, the example set that male-female couples is the "proper" family is good for the community. If others want to break these traditions, fine. But let's not encurage it with social custom.
Why not apply that same logic to abortion and keep religion out of it, if for no other reason than to keep the lefties from screaming, "Religious zealot?" When a leftie asks about abortion just reply, "It's not reproductive and is not in the best interests of bettering the human race." That should silence anyone.
This is even easier.
1) If it is important to give rights to all people. Then it is equally important to give rights to unborn people as well. The Constitution does not discriminate against unborn people.
2) Roe vs. Wade is just bad law. There is no legitimate Constitutional right of privacy that allows the Dr. Patient relationship to do anything it wants. Hell, we don't even allow Doctors the "privacy" to prescribe many drugs. And in that case there certianly is no third human involved. Dr. Kevorkian didn't have the right of privacy to conspire with his patients to kill them. He ended up in jail.
3) People might argue the merrits of abortion, but Roe sets a bad precident that the courts can just make up law. I would think that this would be anathema to good liberals, because some boogyman like John Ashcroft could come along and do real damage against them by bypassing the Congress and getting 5 justices to do his bidding.
4) If the Constitution gives the right to marry anyone they want simply because this makes them happy. Then it is certianly within the same argument to say that poligamy and polyamory should be allowed as well. When pro-gay marriage people insist that this isn't the case they're being hypocritical. And they're praciticing religious biggotry against the Arab and Mormon communities that want this practice recognized.
Excellent piece and welcome to Free Republic!!!
Welcome to FRee Republic, excellent post. Takes a lot of Nads to be a black conservative. I admire your courage.
Excellent effort, Curt.
Could use some minor fine tuning--paragraph II, for example...I think that conservatives haven't just awakened to actively promoting their politics. Think back to Newt in '94, the Broken Glass Republicans in 2000, some great successes in '02 all leading up to our remarkable win on Tuesday. We're on a roll!
As to your advice to the Libs? If they followed it (and you know they won't!) they wouldn't have a party left (Left! Ha, my own good play-on-words!) For it is all of these separate factions that come together to try to defeat conservatives, whether or not they share eachother's views on specific issues.
I hope you will shop your opinion piece to some predominately Black newspapers and mags. They need to hear the voices of young, black conservatives like you.
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