Posted on 09/19/2009 6:16:32 AM PDT by bilhosty
It's just one state. But it’s one of the centers of African-American culture and influence in the nation. Atlanta, with nearly 6 million residents in its metro area, is home to hundreds of top black musicians and other entertainers, civil rights leaders, and business entrepreneurs. Janet Jackson, Usher, Tyler Perry, and Andrew Young are just a handful of the many big names that can be found moving about the Georgia city on a given day. That's why I was startled when our firm, InsiderAdvantage, conducted this past week two separate surveys about various issues for corporate clients in the area. Both polls were conducted on the same night. To keep phone respondents on the line while the poll quizzed them on rather mundane subjects, they were told they'd be given a chance during the questioning to offer an opinion on the job performances of certain political leaders. I was shocked when one survey showed President Barack Obama with a disapproval rating of 35 percent among African Americans in Georgia, while the second one had it at 38 percent. Those two results are statistically identical, as both polls had margins of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
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No, they value party loyalty over the interests of their constituents. And they know that they will be reelected regardless of what they do.
Or vocal, perhaps, calling out those white crackers on their racism.
Of course - but the % is not as vital as is % of how many (voters)? I think though that even if a like number of blacks show up to vote in '12 as in '08 he will still be overwhelmed by Mrs Palin.
...Yet nary a word is heard from the black caucus or our first black President....
Like these guys have a long history of “Caring” for the black family.Right?
It’s more like a long history of “Exploiting” and “Destroying” the black family. It is a sad state of affairs to see the cultural (systematic) destruction brought about by government policies.
Single teenage moms on welfare, youths in gangs or in jail or being killed in the streets,widespread drug use,lack of education, abortions, unemployment, NO HOPE AND NO CHANGE JUST MORE OF THE SAME...
Maybe one day, the black community will understand that the “race” card was a “joker” in the hand of the black caucus.
Black people were Republican almost exclusively, less than half a century ago, and Democrats were despised by them, so it’s possible to alter the dynamic, since it so obviously already has been altered.
But, I’m not terribly concerned about the Republican Party. I vote for their candidates because they’re often closer to my beliefs than not. A rising conservative tide should lift conservatives. If they’re Democrat, and yes there actually still are a few, then so be it. If they’re third party, so be it. If it’s a key Democrat voting bloc, starting to resist some of the more egregious power grabs, then more power to them, whatever their affiliation.
That’s where I’m coming from, and have been since that very unfortunate push for amnesty, and the concurrent, nasty, arm-twisting effort directed at certain NC Congressmen, regarding CAFTA.
The Republican Party can pound sand, as a result. Republican candidates who actually are conservative, will get my support and my vote. But, not otherwise.
I am also from ATL. I agree with you on everything except the results of the runoff.
First of all, I have no real dog in the fight. I work in ATL but live outside and am only active in my hometown politics.
However, there is no way a white person will beat a black person for the ATL mayor’s job. Here are just a few reasons:
- The current (black) Shirley Franklin has not royally screwed anything up, if anything she has done IMHO a relatively decent (for ATL standards) job considering the pile she was handed by her predecessor. So to the extent there could be a “throw the (black) bums out” factor I dont see it here.
- While ATL ostensibly claimed to be “the city to busy to hate” there is no way the local or national media is going to let a black v white conflict turn out as a bad bellwether omen for the Messiah. If there is a runoff just can’t imagine how bad the rhetoric would be. They would have to print race cards by the millions. I can imagine a radio ad implying that the King Center would be shut down under a white mayor.
If I am wrong I will run down Peachtree Street butt naked.
Instead of denigrating a whole set of people for supporting this commie, we need to try to plant seeds of discontent in every left leaner, black or white, that we can in the hope of infecting others through them.
You’re correct that a Republican, even a black one, won’t get much of the black vote. However, if disgust of zero becomes pervasive enough, a lot of the black vote will stay home just like a lot of the conservative vote did last time...
“It may be that they see their hero is going to be reaching into THEIR pockets along with everyone else.
They are beginning to understand the forked tongue promise of “I will not raise your payroll taxes.” didn’t mean he wouldn’t raise/put taxes on everything you touch.”
Ayup. Everybody is hurting in Atlanta, black businesses, workers, homeowners as well as white ones. They pretty much all depend on each other. BO hasn’t been able to produce the magic he promised so there’s little wonder he’s losing support from all groups.
I’m thinking, they are decoupling from ‘party line’ and starting to THINK independently..?
Good point, and true.
Maybe the debt of TRILLIONS of dollars on their children and grandchildren, has something to do with it?
Well said.
And taking away the school vouchers.
I hope I’m wrong, but why do I get the feeling that the 35% is realy pi$$ed at Obama because their mortgages haven’t been paid off and there’s no new Mercedes in the garage?
I say bullsh*t.
Most black jobs are government jobs. If the government has to reduce they are out of work.
Right. The black caucus is Communist.
I’m a southerner too (on assignment in Yankee territory) and unfortunately, the stereotype is that blacks are God fearing. Going to church and being God fearing are not synonymous. Obama is living proof of that. Crime statistics, abortion rates, single mother birth rates, racial hatred, idol worship and exceptional tolerance for ungodly behavior are not signs of a God fearing people. The black friends I have had were not practicing hypocrites and did well. They of course are a minority within the minority and have been ostracized by black culture as being too white.
I think it is wishful thinking to read anything into these polls that implies some kind of major shift of cultural thinking. There is no basis for reaching that conclusion. Too many blacks have put their hope and faith in a political messiah myth, and that hasn’t changed. Obama has simply failed to live up to the myth.
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