In other words, they woke up and smelled the coffee!
Congrats to them, but I hope they know about the civil war currently underway within the party itself. The establishment is just as bad as the rats.
Time for the conservatives to take back the GOP.
If all these 53% are so conservative, why did they continue to vote for the dimocarts and the carmel guy in DC?
More and more I see very smart and courageous black leaders emerging to carry forth the principles put in place by our Founding Fathers, supported by a belief in God. They know that socialism and communism only bring poverty and suffering to a nation and what they desire is the freedom to pursue the American dream, so that their families can enjoy the peace and prosperity that God intended.
I hate to sound cynical but a whole lot of these line crossers haven’t “seen the light”, they just know they’ll never be in the majority as a Democrat in a deep southern state. It has a lot more to do with committee assignments than morality and they bring their liberal views with them.
Bloomberg proved that the GOP has no standards for admission.
A Russian economist predicted the break up of this country. He said, basically that it would split into three parts. The Southeast, Southwest, and Central states all the way to Canada would become one. The west and east coasts would then be on their own.
Unless that happens soon, it won’t matter how many democrats change over to Republicans, especially in Louisiana. They have Landrieu and she’ll vote the party line no matter what. And pretty soon, like the rest of the country, republicans and conservatives will be a dying breed.
These are two exceptional individuals. We can be sure if they run again they will be soundly repudiated by their own past voters.
The GOP stepped closer to being the second party of disappointment last November. We need new members that will make a difference. I hope these folks will help shine a light into the dark corners of the system.
Possibly they will promote a presidential candidate that will actually have a chance to win.
Good. I will vote for any candidate who has the right ideology and values. The person’s race does not enter into the equation.
So are these new Republicans going to be Republicans or Black Republicans? Are they going to be members of the National Black Republican Association? Or just Republicans?
The GOP talks a lot about outreach but do they do it? The way you win people over is you spend time on their turf in their churches in their communities. The latest bs about immigration doesn’t help win Hispanic votes. Hell the primary beneficiaries cant even vote yet some how Hispanics are going to have an ahh-ha moment and start voting GOP because they suddenly perceive being Republican as not racist. The GOP needs to bring in some fresh marketing from the retail world. People who specialize in branding/selling that aren’t political insiders. Inside most of the time what they spend money on is crap.
Also they totally reject promotion of issues like marriage that resonate with the very religious blacks and Hispanics who are the most natural Democrat voters to peal off. If you go to marriage marches they are some of the most diverse gatherings I’ve ever seen in conservative politics but of course that doesn’t matter.
At one time, I may have considered this positive news. These days, however, being Republican is far less important than being CONSERVATIVE, in my mind.
Consider these Republicans: John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Chris Christie, Mitt Romney. The list goes on and on.
In general, I’m somewhat leery of black Republican converts. I’m not suggesting that they are intentional saboteurs, but I am wondering how much of their personal, traditionally-liberal “black experience” will bleed into their lives as Republicans. If this happens, it will further dilute what little staunch conservatism remains in the Stupid Party.
If blacks believe in what we believe - fine. Would love to have them in the party. But it's a fool's errand to spend money and time seeking the black vote.
] Democrats seeking Tea Party voters would be wasting their money and time too.
We need to get real guys... blacks are NOT going to vote for us in numbers that matter... Our time and money must be better spent.
Hope they are conservatives and not just opportunists. We need more conservatives of all stripes, especially folks who haven’t been seen as traditionally aligned with conservatism.
Good news.
Guillory released a new video yesterday called, “Why I Am a Repulican” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_YQ8560E1w
(I just posted it here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3032408/posts)