Posted on 01/28/2005 6:52:14 PM PST by Libloather
Please recant that last post, I misread. Duh!!
One thing that helps to perpetuate the "Republicans are racists" garbage is people like Pat Buchanan pass themselves off as conservatives/Republicans. Buchanan has done more harm to the conservative cause than just about any other single person. His well known rants abouts Jews, immigrants, and other non native born Americans have probably cost the GOP a good percentage of votes from multiple ethnic voting blocks for years to come.
And in that statement tells it all. A conservative, believing that there is something in our life worth saving, cannot be racist, which destroys a life based on color, etc...
Nah, the KKK is just a bunch of stupid idiots.
Thanks for the post by the way. Good one bump.
This "author" is full of CRAPOLA!!!
Tell me about it. It's amazing how far you can go by calling yourself a conservative while trying to destroy conservatism.
The media is more than happy to push people like Pat as "conservatives" in order to convince the masses that conservatives really are racist, xenophobic, nutjobs.
Whhat is even more amazing is that many people pass themselves off as conservatives when they really are LBJ style Democrats.
That can't be true
Bingo. The MSM can always come up with thirty pieces of silver for a useful agent.
He stole his own thunder with that closing line.
He had just spent an entire article detailing how it was the democratic heritage to support slavery, Jim Crow, defeat of civil rights, and the prevention of advancement for blacks.
He shouldn't have wimped out at the end with this "individuals are racist" claptrap.
His conclusion should have read, "Conservatives have not been the ones holding back minorities...they've been the ones voting for opportunity and equality . But, all along it has been the democratic party that has held the black man down."
of course Jefferson raped slaves...by their very nature, a slave woman could not say no to her masters demands therefore, if Jefferson had sex with a black woman he, by defination, raped her...live with it
definition
I agree. Incidentally, one of my old college professors
has just had a book published, "Russell Kirk and the Age
of Ideology" by Wes McDonald. Very good and I think you
might enjoy it. Relative to why the vast majority of
blacks vote Democratic, it should be noted that historically they were Republican until FDR. It is largely
the welfare state (which has helped destroy the traditional
black family) which has made them a dependent class. Most
Democrats view them as workers on the party plantation.
Things are slowly beginning to change (welfare reform
was a small step) but it probably will take another generation. The Republicans must face the fact that
because a few individual blacks are off the plantation,
it doesn't change the reality that the Democrats can
still "outpromise" them. Take affirmative action. This
is in reality insulting and harmful to blacks. But who
is holding out the Big Carrot? The Democrats, and
they are professionals in the race game. Progress will
be gradual but consistent.
First, a belated welcome to Free Republic. Secondly, I'm going to ping you to a commentary article I wrote. And thanks for the book hint. I appreciate it. Chris
We became the ruling majority because we were able to purge the GOP from Buchanin and his followers.
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