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Viewpoints: Racist cartoon of Obama forces me to leave GOP
SacBee.com ^ | 6/12/2011

Posted on 06/16/2011 3:25:08 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

I was one of those rare species: a black Republican, the guy willing to spit into the wind of conventional thought, who was often showcased on camera at party events to prove inclusiveness.

But as a proud black man, I can no longer be a member of the Republican Party.

Being a Republican has long been a part of my personal and professional identities, so leaving the party is a difficult and emotional decision.

In 1998, as a young man searching for what I believed were shared values, I cut ties with the Democratic Party and became a Republican. Democrats, in my view, had become unwelcoming to those holding center-right views not in lockstep with the party, and it was my belief that through hard work, the Republican Party could be utilized as a vehicle for improving our community.

For the next 13 years, I dedicated myself to growing the conservative base of the Republican Party, and in the process bound myself in emotion and deed.

...Ken Barnes is a small-business owner in Sacramento and a member of the executive committee of the California State Conference of the NAACP.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: getoverit; growup; icallbullshit; liberalpropaganda; pullsbarackcard; race; racecards; republican4only13yrs; seeya; thosepeople
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To: I see my hands

Very intelligent answer. You sir are part of the problem, like it or not. Did the Indians create reservations? Your either plain stupid or just don’t want to face reality. On top of that, you are proving my point. Question: would the Casinos be making Millions if white people refused to go there? You don’t believe that poverty level Indians are making the Casino tribes rich do you ? Use your brain for a change.


121 posted on 06/16/2011 6:59:18 PM PDT by fish hawk
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To: Jewbacca

Gee, that chimp with the blue cap reminds me of someone...must be the teeth...


122 posted on 06/16/2011 7:40:57 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: fish hawk
See my earlier post.

123 posted on 06/16/2011 7:49:35 PM PDT by I see my hands (Embrace misanthropy)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Think they enjoy reading all the "Amish" comments whenever there is a black crime committed?

Oh, and it's okay for white guys to complain about black-on-white crime? Really? Hence the sarcasm and oblique references to the absolute interdict against whites complaining about it, and officialdom lying about it because that 95% straight-ticket lever-pull will blow them out of their jobs the instant they wax candid.

124 posted on 06/16/2011 9:48:45 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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To: I see my hands

see mine


125 posted on 06/16/2011 10:04:11 PM PDT by fish hawk
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To: El Cid

He was overheard saying, “Whitey ain’t no good. I’m hangin’ with da hood, where I belong - da gangsters and communists. But, really, I used to be for freedom but whitey made me hate it.” :)


126 posted on 06/16/2011 11:32:52 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Altura Ct.

Anybody who’d abandom their governing philosphy because of a dubious cartoon they didn’t like, didn’t really believe in that philosophy anyway.


127 posted on 06/17/2011 5:46:17 AM PDT by MNnice (Showing fresh signs of liberalitis, the strain of the orbital muscles due to excessive eye rolling)
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To: Altura Ct.

I’ll say one thing about black skin: it is remarkably THIN.


128 posted on 06/17/2011 1:12:43 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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