Posted on 10/21/2024 2:35:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The race for the White House is being fiercely contested in Atlanta’s barbershops.
Amid the bustle of these busy, makeshift public squares in a city known as a bulwark of Democratic support, there are warning signs for Kamala Harris.
Nowhere more so than in Atlanta’s West Side, perhaps best remembered as a one-time meeting point for Dr Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights icons.
Between cuts and shaves, barber Umar Thames explains that he is preparing to cast a ballot for Donald Trump for the first time.
The 48-year-old was once a supporter of Barack Obama, but says Democrats can no longer take his vote for granted.
Ms Harris, and her historic candidacy, have done little to sway him.
“She’s playing on the fact that she’s black, and we’re black,” he says of the US vice-president, accusing her of prioritising identity over policy.
For him, the White House race “is not about colour”, but the flow of business into his swivel chair.
Its current occupant, Lawrence Gates, listens attentively as his barber pulls an apron over him and debates the merits of Trump’s third White House bid.
Mr Gates is not a fan of Ms Harris either, but as an employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, he says he cannot countenance voting for a convicted felon.
“We have got to have checks and balances in our system,” Mr Gates said, arguing Trump’s actions disqualified him from the highest office. “I think he should have been charged with murder [for] what he pulled on January 6,” he added, in reference to the 2021 Capitol riots. Trump could still face election interference charges in Georgia.
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On the one hand, blacks cannot be racist.
On the other hand, it’s mighty racist of these black men not to vote for Kamala.
Oh, good grief.
Umar Thames is a smart man.
Lawrence Gates is an uninformed idiot.
Kamala is an indian and claims to be a woman. That might have something to do with it.
“ Kamala is an indian and claims to be a woman. That might have something to do with it.”
A Canadian Indian. Brahmin class, Tamil ethnicity.
She’s half Tamil.
Part British Islander, part African on the other half.
One thing she’s not is black American but she pretends to be.



“he says he cannot countenance voting for a convicted felon.”
Mission accomplished. Destroy the entire justice system to get that on one man. Blacks should never vote for democrats after living in democrat run s holes. But there is still the rotten culture holding blacks on the plantation.
I lost my last Quatloos playing Fizbin.
Is it just me, or does it seem to you that there have been a TON of FR activity today and yesterday?
[I lost my last Quatloos playing Fizbin.]
You must have played on a Tuesday!
If you look closely when Kirk is driving, can’t remember if it’s start or finish, you can see Universal Studio warehouses / sound stages at the bottom of the skyline (I think back...and to the left - no, not JFK)
LOL!
BUMP
Why? Perhaps because they’re not STUPID?
[Between cuts and shaves, barber Umar Thames explains that he is preparing to cast a ballot for Donald Trump for the first time.
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For him, the White House race “is not about colour”, but the flow of business into his swivel chair.]
Yes, Mr. Thames seems to have gotten wiser since Obama. Sounds like he’s a smart guy now. My kind of fellow.
The other guy.....
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