The Key To Getting Simon Elected Part II

myself | 4/11/02 | grlfrnd

[I_Love_My_Husband]

This is part 2 of this series.

In the last part, we were discussing how to reach out to African Americans in our communities to help them see the light, proselytize if you will, about voting for Simon. Strategies include: known person by known person.

People were saying 90% vote Democrat, etc. But the truth of the matter is that if only 75% voted for Davis, that would certainly help us elect our man.

I wanted to give another (hopeful) example of why we should reach out to the American Black community, as there are a lot of elements of the American Black community and the Republican community that overlap. I live in a pretty mixed ethnic building. Most are (unfortunately) immigrants on our welfare system but there are some blacks in the building as well. A woman on my floor, elder black woman whom I've known for years was wearing a tee shirt that said "Proud of my grandson who is in the MARINES". That started a conversation between us today, and she said, that it was in fact her nephew who was "out in the war somewhere". And I said "Oh you should be proud of him". And she said she was. And she mentioned the biblical prophesy, etc. that she feels correlates to this time.

Another incident is when I worked at an almost all black school and the Principal wanted to have the Boy Scouts there. The SF City Council forbids Boy Scouts on any public property, so she set it up at a nearby church. She liked the Boy Scouts and herself had been in the armed services.

Just reminding people, that although many blacks do vote democrat, the democrats are against what many blacks are for: Church, God, Boy Scouts, Anti-Gay, Anti-Immigration, Pro-Armed Services.

Again, my idea, is if you have friends, etc, we can win this election, one person at a time.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

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[GraniteStateConservative]

Do all that you can to get Condi Rice to speak in favor of Simon's candidacy. That would help with moderate women, Asian women (with the highest percentage of female professionals of any racial or ethnic group) and some blacks.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Great idea!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Dr. Rice in Stanford University warmup suit.

[GraniteStateConservative]

As you can see from my profile page, I'm something of a fan of hers.

[rdb3]

You have the right idea, my friend. Keep on keepin' on! Don't let these knuckle-dragging, neanderthal paleocons deter you.

We need to convince 10% more of my race to come to the Right. The accomplishment of this goal will result in breaking the back of the Left. You may not see it this way, but, the stakes are indeed high. We need more with a heart like yours to go into battle and do what desparately needs to be done.

I, for one, am glad to see that I am not alone in this struggle. I bid you Godspeed, friend.

[GrandMoM]

Do all that you can to get Condi Rice to speak in favor of Simon's candidacy. That would help with moderate women, Asian women (with the highest percentage of female professionals of any racial or ethnic group) and some blacks.

....I agree!!

[GrandMoM]

....I think she is neat, too!!
...beats the HE!! out of Finkelstien, Boxface or ole' Crusty!!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

And Jews too! I'm working on grandma as we speak :)...everytime I speak to her I just add something, ie, about governmental job discrimination (don't hire english speakers but you must be bi-lingul, etc,.). We Jews are just as entrenched Dems (holding on to the past?). It actually might be harder to get through to Jews though, although I know they're here on Freep, in real life it's very few and far between. (Not totally a loss, my gm's friend Mina is a Repub..).

Trying to keep the focus on the *issues* rather than the Parties would be very good. For many middle-of-the-road Jews, illegal immigration is something they don't approve of, nor bilingual education. And...high taxes they dislike. I know that in Los Angeles (home of the great Terry Anderson) there is a Jewish Republican Party. Imagine if Terry Anderson was on KSFO for 3 hours! Or all throughout California! We can fight the good fight together (in SF too!).

[I_Love_My_Husband]

I see it your way :). Agreed, that 10% would be quite an EDGE! I think my friend from the other day just might be convinced to vote for Simon. I'm hoping ripple effects. She influences her friends, etc. There's several months till November so we still have time to keep persuading people in the nicest possible way. Rdb3, I know you will sir!

[helmsman]

I think that appealing to blacks based on the God and country approach could eventually bear fruit for Republicans. But the problem is that the Democrats have successfully placed African Americans in a bunker mentality after decades of shameless scare tactic political warfare directed against the GOP. To illustrate this, when I was in boot camp, our recruit equivalent of a chaplain, who happened to be a terribly witty and engaging black fellow from the south, was incessantly trying to get me to convert to Christianity. His persistence was more than impressive, proving that he indeed was a deeply convicted Christian himself. Later on, when we were discussing the upcoming presidential election (this was in 1992), he mentioned that he was going to be enthusiastically voting for Bill Clinton.

It occured to me then, as I am reminded of it now in reflection, that the reasons people vote for parties can be complex and not easily dismantled. It goes far beyond shared value systems or religions. I would say the Republicans have a shot at their share of the black vote, but it may take quite a bit of time and investment to make it happen. I, frankly, don't believe that the party is willing to mount the effort.