Posted on 09/09/2010 10:21:48 PM PDT by george76
“Overall, the GOP has fielded more than 30 African-American candidates for federal office”
Hope they don’t pull a Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, and J.C. Watts in backing Hussein.
I've gotta get out and mingle more, because I'm not seeing that transition occurring. I will say that there are a handful of black people who've attended our local Tea Party meeting, which is encouraging.
And, because of the internet, I've become aware of black conservative groups, and so forth. One group that I'm thinking of getting in touch with, is Apostle Claver's group, out of Houston. They're doing a lot to spread the conservative message in the black community, and they need the help of other black conservatives.
Ansel, my parents were born in 1930 and 1932. They lived through Jim Crow and the Great Depression. My dad's parents remained Republicans until the day they died (early 90s).
My mom's parents switched to the Democrats during the War Years, for many of the reasons that have been outlined. They saw FDR as a savior. They had suffered their whole lives, and the Great Depression made their lives nearly unbearable. It became very hard for most blacks of that era to refuse to give a Democrat their vote, when the Dems kept reminding them of all they'd done to save their bacon.
My dad's father was a very independent man who had professional skills, a can-do attitude a mile high, and a do-or-die spirit that would not quit. He was the type who would rather starve, than accept government 'charity'. He broke his neck and did whatever it took to keep my dad's family from ever having to go on "relief" (which was a horrible embarrassment to blacks of the day). He distrusted the Democrats, and saw the New Deal welfare programs for what they were...a trap.
Bottom line - black people succumbed to the temptation of free food and money, and sold their souls for it. What you might not know, is how long this process took. Even when I was a kid in the 50s, being on welfare had an enormous stigma attached to it, in the black community.
I love it when Obama says ‘Let me be clear’ because that’s my cue that a whole lotta BS is about to follow.
— Quentin Banks,
http://twitter.com/quen10banks
Frazier Pulls Even In New CO-7 Poll.
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/08/perlmutter-frazier-poll-colora.html
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