Posted on 01/09/2005 9:48:36 AM PST by Trueblackman
THE PERCEIVED STUPIDITY OF THE BLACK VOTER
My father once told me; “That when you become conformably living in a state of stupidity, you tend to want to stay there.”
When I made the choice to leave the Democratic Party over 10 years ago over ideology differences and general disrespect towards my community, I firmly believed that I broke those chains that had kept me tied to their plantation of electoral stupidity.
In the 10 years on the run, I have watched with anger as my community has been used repeatedly as a bullet proof vest to insulate Democratic Party Candidates and Leaders from their supporters when it comes to their repeated failures to win national elections. These candidates, party leaders, supporters and their Black operatives all complain the reason they lost is because Black voters were somehow disenfranchised, had their votes thrown out or suppressed and were intimidated by white Republican operatives, candidates and party leaders.
In 1998 I remember radio ads targeted towards the Black community put together by Jesse Jackson and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that claimed “When we don’t vote Democrat we let another brother get shot, when we don’t vote Democrat, we let another brother get lynched and when we don’t vote Democrat, we let another church burn.” It would seem that Jesse Jackson was willing to help the DNC in their campaign of fear targeted towards our community, the same community he abandon a long time ago for the big house of the Democratic Party.
In 2000, we saw the Democrats and their Black operatives and groups fear tactics targeted towards the Black community take a new twist as it was not good enough for Democrats to claim that a vote for Republicans would return us not only to the days of mass shootings, lynching and church burnings, but a vote for Republicans would return Black America to the days of slavery, mass jailings and a lost of all civil rights. When all these tactics failed and it looked like then Texas Governor George W. Bush would win the Electoral College Vote over then Vice President Albert Gore, Democrats and their Black operatives began a campaign of disinformation and excuses. These Democrats claimed that if all the votes had been counted in Florida’s heavily Black Democratic Areas, then Gore would be President, not Bush. Democrats went as far as to claim that Black voters were disenfranchised and had their votes thrown out, funny how these same Democrats never complained about those Black votes thrown out in New York City due to greater voter spoilage than in Florida, but New York was a state that Gore won by a wide margin and it only counts when it works against a Democrat.
In 2002 Democrats blamed Black voters outright for their failure to capture the House and retain their one vote majority in the Senate. Democrats had sought for over 2 years to fan the flames of hatred of Bush in the Black community and conduct a campaign of disinformation and smear, the battlecry was “Remember what happen in 2000, don’t let it happen again elect the Democrats to protect your vote, “but when their campaign fell flat Democrats and their Black operatives were quick to blame the Black community for not showing up and doing the right thing on election day.
In 2004 Democrats well aware that Blacks were getting a little sick and tired of being taken for granted and perceived as stupid sought to refine their tactics by claiming that electronic voting machines could not be trusted and that Republicans would use electronic voting machines to steal another election because the machines were made in Texas by a Bush supporter, Democrats went as far as to demand and had foreign election observers be brought in to make sure the election was fair.
When it was clear that Bush would win a second term, Democrats then claimed that Black voters in Ohio were disenfranchised because of the weather and long lines on Election Day. Democrats like Congressmen John Conyers went as far as to have mock hearing and had his staff put together a report that listed a whole host of conspiracy theories on why Senator John F. Kerry lost Ohio and thus the Presidency to Bush.
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxers fearful of having her fellow Democrat Senators lambasted again by master film propagandist Michael Moore signed on to an official Congressional Protest from Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Senator Boxer even came with tears in her eyes as Jones rattled off a list of far fetched theories on why Kerry lost Ohio in a vain attempt to turn out Constitutional Republic’s Election Process into a laughing stock, which in the end failed.
I will say one thing I do cry with Boxer over one thing and that is that a majority of Blacks will somehow believe that the election was once again stolen from another Democrat and for those Blacks I do weep, because their chains have been tighten once again and Democrats will continue to perceive our community as being stuck on stupid.
My Lab holds a stick in her teeth to type.
Wow!
She can't spell well but gets her point across.
"Bad spelers of the world, UNTIE!"
Some pretty basic Americanism here.
"I was looking back thru the posts and I have to agree with you to a degree, at least the crack is "self imposed". Whether it is actually worse than the plantation system you referred to, that I don't know and cannot be sure that I agree. The difference of course is the fact of being "self imposed". One would also argue it's not self imposed but rather imposed on young and stupid people before they are able to make wise decisions. I am not inner city, here in the country we have meth, I think it's quite similar but mostly I blame the availability to young people, like I said, who are not yet wise enough to realize the choice they are making. I am looking for your insight and wisdom, how do we keep this out of the hands of the youth? I have a son, 23, currently off meth only because he's in jail right now. Probably started about 16. I am afraid he's too far gone other than a very long treatment program or banishing him and others like him to an island where they can't get this stuff. It's such a pity people who could be so wonderful (he's normally a very kind and congenial person whom people flock to) have to be ruined by this stuff. I guess I'm just venting, I really don't expect you to have the answer as you apparently deal with these problems every day. It's just such a shame society in general must deal with this."
I am sorry to hear about your son. Meth is an amphetamine, a upper, that is addictive. It also causes symptoms of mental illness and can seriously affect long term health.
It is not as addictive as crack, which has similar problems with long term health and eventual death. But crack is the most resistant addiction I have ever seen. That is why I liken it to slavery. It takes away the will and substitutes depravity. Men in the inner city don't have to romantically date anymore. They just give the girl some crack and do what they want.
You will be surprised what I think the solution to most drug problems is: decriminalization.
We have to decriminalize and offer a separate system of treatment at the same time as we take the economic incentives out of engaging in drug trafficking. No money--no dealers.
Some say this strategy will lead to more drug addicts. I don't see how that could be possible.
"I think we need to get beyond attributing evil motives to people with different beliefs."
That would be naive.
If there were a few thousand felons that shouldn't be on the list, which I doubt; it was more than made up by the voter fraud and not counting the military votes by the Rats.
TBM - Great article.
The good thing about the Tubbs-Jones protest was that the Ohio vote was certified by Kenneth Blackwell. A smart, clean, black SOS & next Governor!
"If there were a few thousand felons that shouldn't be on the list, which I doubt; it was more than made up by the voter fraud and not counting the military votes by the Rats."
The military votes were counted. And it wasn't a few thousand -- it was tens upon tens of thousands, if you count people who were felons in other states AND people who weren't felons in the first place but landed on the list. When you add everything up, it's actually just under 100,000 by generous estimates, and maybe half that by conservative estimates. Just because the Dems are opportunistic doesn't mean there weren't serious problems that, in this case, benefited the Republicans.
'"I think we need to get beyond attributing evil motives to people with different beliefs."
That would be naive.'
It's the knee-jerk assumption of evil that bothers me. Sure, people like Jesse Jackson are opportunists, and he himself is a shake-down artist. If you think politicians become powerful by revering "truth, justice, and the American way," you're the one who's naive. People become powerful because they care about power.
Not all the military votes were counted.
I haven't been following this too closely, but I doubt if 100,000 people were deprived of voting by the attempt to prevent fraudulent votes. As to felons, I don't think they should ever be able to vote again, so it doesn't matter to me if they didn't.
Why should we have criminals deciding who our leaders are?
I think it is the voters fault if we get leaders that are less than honorable. This thread is about groups who vote for idiots routinely.
I guess we get what we deserve.
"As to felons, I don't think they should ever be able to vote again, so it doesn't matter to me if they didn't."
Neither do I, but I care about the rule of law. That's what representative democracy is supposed to be about.
If you can't say them, then perhaps you might want to reconsider your definition of racism, or racist."
Since I work in the inner city and was just told that our police do not have the "resources" to enforce the law, I am not too sure the system is working.
Arlen Specter as Chr. of Judicary is not representative either. The system has been corrupted and some of our laws are too weak-kneed. There are some things that are just wrong.
Then look at the nature of the public schools in the inner city. They are a fraud.
That's a lot of Clintonian rationalization for breaking the law. So, if someone thinks the "system" isn't working, it's OK to ignore whatever laws you don't like? Man, that justification could be used by anyone for any behavior. Come on: we're not liberals who believe in a "flexible" view of law. You don't like the law? Work to change it.
I think you misunderstood me.
But I do think that the government is defrauding inner city kids of a good education. Changing the law is a nice idea, but there has been a lot of resistance to doing what was right. I don't see most Republican politicians being all that aggressive at ending stupid programs.
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