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How Donald Trump Lost the Black Vote
Henry Louis Gates' "The Root" ^ | 15 April | Swerdlick

Posted on 04/18/2011 6:26:35 AM PDT by flowerplough

(lotsa prefacing trash, but gets to the proper point)

... where we are these days with Donald Trump -- in a matter of weeks, he's propelled himself into the "I wish a motherf***** would" phase of his as-yet-undeclared presidential campaign. He's talked enough smack about President Barack Obama that it's time, as Bill Cosby demanded last week on Today, for Trump to run or just "shut up." It's time that Trump talked about Obama to his face.

After a monthlong "Birther" tour that stopped at Good Morning America, O'Reilly and The View to deposit the recycled claim that under Obama, "this country is going to hell," and Trump's thoroughly debunked "doubts" about Obama's citizenship -- including his theory that the first black president's white grandparents fudged his birth records to get him on welfare -- this week Trump went on Fred Dicker's radio show and presented the caveat that he's got "a great relationship with the blacks."

Not anymore. Let's shoot it straight: Plenty of black folks appreciate a blunt-talking guy dipped in expensive suits, as much as -- if not more -- than the next person. If Trump had coupled his reality-TV and Twitter-friendly style with the tolerant social views and "You can have all this, too" team-of-me ethos that he once touted, he could have been the one candidate in the 2012 Republican field to peel away a few black votes from Obama.

While African Americans still support Obama at an 85 percent clip, contrary to popular belief, black America can roll with a lot of the criticism about the president's leadership. But once Trump started arguing that Obama wasn't American, whatever goodwill he had in blackworld up and vanished.

If Trump is even wondering, here's why his passport to black America is probably canceled:

"The Blacks"

(Excerpt) Read more at theroot.com ...


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1 posted on 04/18/2011 6:26:39 AM PDT by flowerplough
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To: flowerplough

Assuming that Trump runs as anything other than a Democrat, would he have ever had it in order to have lost it?


2 posted on 04/18/2011 6:28:58 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: flowerplough

Being born white has a little something to do with it.


3 posted on 04/18/2011 6:30:13 AM PDT by bereanway
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To: pnh102

Yeah, the point is moot.


4 posted on 04/18/2011 6:30:13 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans - Don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
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To: flowerplough

Donald lost the black vote because he’s a successful white man standing up to the black guy that’s throwing hardworking taxpayer’s money at them.

Duh...


5 posted on 04/18/2011 6:30:31 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: flowerplough

My, oh my! This is certainly troubling!


6 posted on 04/18/2011 6:30:53 AM PDT by immadashell
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To: flowerplough

Could we just get on with ‘judging by character and not by the color of the skin.’ ??? Let the candidates speak the Truth, and those who recognize it will follow. Those who need their ears tickled by falsehoods will not.


7 posted on 04/18/2011 6:31:08 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: flowerplough

The only reason Donald would lose the black vote is because he is not black..There I have said it..You know any intelligent black or white man are still looking into the who Donald trump really is and how can anyone know he has lost the black vote when he hasn’t even said he is running just hinted at it..

People stop listening to the Media they will make you crazy..Make up your own mind and do the research yourself..


8 posted on 04/18/2011 6:31:47 AM PDT by PLD
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To: flowerplough
There is NOTHING Trump can do to get the Black vote away from Obama. The only rational action is to not even try.

The Repubs will win or lose based on their ability to get THEIR base to be enthused enough to show up and vote. Pandering to Obama's base will get minimal response, and lose the Repub base's enthusiasm. Best to not even try.

9 posted on 04/18/2011 6:34:20 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: flowerplough

He lost it when they discovered he is white and might be a republican? Could it be blacks are racist?


10 posted on 04/18/2011 6:34:52 AM PDT by TxDas (This above all, to thine ownself be true.)
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To: PLD

If you think you might support Trump for President if he runs, you soon won’t, at least if you’re a conservative. Listen:

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/04/sound-trumpet.html


11 posted on 04/18/2011 6:35:52 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("We must have universal healthcare...I'm a liberal on this one." - D. Trump, "America We Deserve")
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To: flowerplough

to think Trump ever had a shot at the black vote up against Obama, Prof. Gates would have to have attended a few too many beer summits...


12 posted on 04/18/2011 6:36:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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He shouldn’t waste ONE PENNY on trying to reach black voters.


13 posted on 04/18/2011 6:36:37 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: PLD

If the majority of voters had done their research, we wouldn’t have Obummer as Pres..ent right now. The majority of voters don’t have the time nor inclination to work to find out the facts. WE knew how Zero would rule and WE didn’t vote for him. Many people still think Big Media spins for the Conservatives. I’m not kidding. Clueless and stupid is no way to go through life, son (paraphrase)


14 posted on 04/18/2011 6:37:10 AM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: flowerplough

He lost it when he said he was Republican. Screw ‘em....


16 posted on 04/18/2011 6:40:05 AM PDT by freebilly
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
I have not said I would support Trump..On other thread I did say I was warming up to him since it seemed he is the only one investigating Obama and his communist gang..At this time I am still hoping Sarah Palin is going to run..
17 posted on 04/18/2011 6:40:22 AM PDT by PLD
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To: flowerplough

98% of black voters are going to vote for Obama no matter who runs against him. Mainly because he’s black, and he has that stash of “Obama money” to spread around.


18 posted on 04/18/2011 6:41:58 AM PDT by BobinIL
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To: flowerplough

From one day to the next, Americans don’t know what to call THIS minority group, because THIS minority group has not decided who or what they are or want to be.

Why can’t they decide? Because being American is NOT enough for them as it is for All OTHER Americans!!!

• Have you sold yourself to the enemies of the United States?
• If you HAVE, what America would you rather see, INSTEAD of this prosperous, secure and racially inclusive one you hate so much?
• Do you (after 30+ years of gov’t. give away’s and Affirmative Action) feel you have NO STAKE in this country?
• Will you give up the ‘victim’ meal ticket to endless entitlements and get with the program? (Of course, you’ll have to FINALLY assimilate)
• Do YOU ever look at your paycheck and wonder where the tax orgy will end?

Decide who you are already!!!


19 posted on 04/18/2011 6:42:08 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: PLD

Go listen to the clips. I hope everyone will. It is jaw-dropping how Trump the lib is playing us all for fools.

Trump in his own words:

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/04/sound-trumpet.html


20 posted on 04/18/2011 6:42:37 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("We must have universal healthcare...I'm a liberal on this one." - D. Trump, "America We Deserve")
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