Almost two years ago, I helped to organized and sat in on a meeting of the minds between local leaders of the Tea Party and the NAACP. The three NAACP leaders were all Army veterans and had served in Desert Storm. The meeting was a little tense at first. . but soon it became a lovefest. When we focused upon the ideals expressed in the Declaration and core family values, we were totally on the same page.
However, and very telling, a question came up about whether or not we believed that the Constitution "guaranteed everyone a job in America?" The Tea Party leaders unequivocally said absolutely no. .the Constitution doesn't give that guarantee. It was like on TV when the record needle is raked across the vinyl record. . "WHAT??!!" They were shocked at first. In their mind, they were hearing that we were for racial discrimination in hiring. But interestingly, because a bond of trust had been built up in the meeting and they could see these Tea Party leaders where not racists or Klan members. . .they stayed engaged so that the dialogue on this issue could continue. It was very instructive for both sides.
The point is, if we can find opportunities to engage African-Americans in these kinds of exchanges, there is an opening for more blacks to recognize that the conservative principles implicit within our founding ideals, not dependency on government, are the truest path to justice and prosperity for us all.
“The point is, if we can find opportunities to engage African-Americans in these kinds of exchanges, there is an opening for more blacks to recognize that the conservative principles implicit within our founding ideals, not dependency on government, are the truest path to justice and prosperity for us all.”
That has been a main effort of the GOP for over two decades, the Bushes in particular. It may have brought over two or three percent. All of that will be undone by a Bishop Willard nomination, at which point the GOP will be forever associated not with abolition, but historical Mormon Aryan supremacy.