Posted on 09/14/2009 4:09:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
Americans of all political persuasions agree that the nation has problems. Big problems.
And here's where we all part company. The political left, who now control our government, thinks we need more government -- a lot more. Those on the right see our problems as the result of excess government and want to move things in the opposite direction.
The fact that Democrats, with their man in the White House, and control of both houses of Congress, are having difficulty getting their big government programs passed says something about the strength of the grass roots push back now taking place.
Stirring is even occurring among blacks.
According to the Pew Research Center, the president's approval rating nationwide is now 10 points lower than last April. Included in this is a three-point drop in his approval among blacks.
You might say, Star, a drop in approval ratings among blacks from 95 percent to 92 percent is trivial. But I say not so.
If we assume this reflects the 16 million blacks who voted for Obama last November, a three point shift means there are about a half million blacks who now have buyer's remorse.
This is meaningful. You take real risks going against the establishment in black America. Psychological risks, professional risks, and sometimes risks to personal safety. Peeling off a black who voted for Obama means moving heaven and earth.
Even a star like Bill Cosby incurred the wrath of the black establishment when he started talking about black families and personal responsibility. As result, he backed off and toned down his message.
Recall during the campaign, candidate Obama ruffled Jesse Jackson's feathers when he spoke about personal responsibility among black males. An inadvertently "on" microphone picked up Jackson saying that he wanted to castrate Obama (not exactly in that language).
The black conservative is not that rare freak of nature that so many think.
According to a Pew Research Center report, almost a third of blacks consider themselves conservative.
However, these folks have always been inclined to be quiet because of the social pressures and intimidation.
But this is changing.
Despite slurs, intimidation, and widely reported physical attacks from union thugs, a few brave black souls have showed up at tea party protest rallies.
I'm getting more and more calls from black conservatives around the country running for local office. I see black conservative Web sites popping up and there's even black rappers rapping a conservative message.
Who, after all, could know more about the lie about government and the pretense of political answers to life's problems than blacks?
It's black families that have been devastated by welfare state programs and black kids now trapped in hopeless public schools. And it's overwhelmingly black unborn children who never see the light of day.
How can blacks who have their eyes open not have noticed that it was Obama who killed the D.C. school voucher program and sent black children back to one of the worst public school systems in the country.
The Cato Institute reports that, after adjusting for inflation, funds spent on public schools have doubled since 1970, with no improvement in education performance and a decrease in graduation rates. This is government at work.
The Israelites wandered for 40 years after they left Egypt, giving time for the slave generation to disappear and for a new generation to bear the responsibilities of freedom.
Next year marks 40 years since the decade of the '60s, which gave us the civil rights movement.
I see a new generation of freedom loving, church going black Americans coming on the scene. Many voted for Obama out of racial pride. But their values and aspirations for freedom are causing a change of heart.
Come on in. The water’s fine, fellow Americans!! ;-)
LLS
some blacks have doubts about Obama.....the rest work for ACORN
The largest example of racism in human history. Check your numbers.
I predict only 95% of blacks will vote for Obama in 2012 no matter how bad he does.
Voted for the bamster out of racial pride=dumbassed reason.
I was surfing my cable channels when I came across a program where older black man were talking to younger (high school) black man. The message was that almost 50% of blacks do not finnish high school. When questions the young man had one of three goals in life. To be a rapper, to be a ball player or to be a husler. The program ignored the third option but brought in professional ball players and rappers to explain reality to the young man.
Only a very small percentage of people make it in professional sports and even smaller number make it in entertainment.
Even if you are very good, the odds are they would not make the team or become a star.
The message, stay in school and go after a more realistic goal in business or technology.
I only watched about 20 minutes of the program (after all it was not directed at me). This is the message white America has been saying for years but of course if it comes from white America it is racist.
Regardless, I am happy to see the message is getting out.
Oh the channel was BET.
Some Blacks Now Have Doubts About Obama
Great. Now if only AMERICANS would have doubts about Obama...
Let my people go.
This post-racial, post-partisan milestone in American history was such a crock from the very beginning. Never before in my life has this country been so polarized on issues of race. Huge step backward. Huge. The fact that some blacks are waking up does not alter the fact that African American culture in the US is in sad, sad shape. That's where the racism is.
I know more than a few “blacks” who have been against our fearless leader since day one. This type of monolithic nonsense insults them.
Two Predictions:
1) In 2012, Obama will still get 90%+ of the black vote THAT ARE CAST,although I believe many black middle class will stay home rather than vote Republican.
2) The same group of white middle class that voted for Obama out of ‘white guilt’ will turn on Obama like a rapid dog.
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You must be very young.
The working poor, white, black and hispanic, should be conservative. They work their tails off, they tell their children to work hard in school, so they’ll have better jobs, and they go to church. They see the lazy leeches in their midst living off government handouts and question how this is fair. The welfare kids may have better sneakers than their own. While they struggle to support a small family, a single welfare mom gets more money for each child that she’s irresponsible enough to have. I grew up in the South Bronx in the ‘60’s. I know.
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I guess that's because, as we all know, Blacks are incabable of thinking.
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Yep, we all remember how Blacks almost never voted for a democrat before the messiah came aslong.
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