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GOP leaders seek involvement of blacks
The Washington Times ^
| January 14, 2003
| Ralph Z. Hallow
Posted on 01/14/2003 6:10:53 AM PST by syriacus
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01/14/2003 6:10:54 AM PST
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syriacus
To: syriacus
This is the entire article.
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:12:07 AM PST
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syriacus
(Global Warming could be Nature's way of saving the homeless in Winter.)
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:12:22 AM PST
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Mo1
(Join the DC Chapter at the Patriots Rally III on 1/18/03)
To: syriacus
one participant stated that the GOP was too 'lily white'. I was completely disgusted by the post I read yesterday regarding this meeting.
To: syriacus
I've seen no mention of Alan Keyes. Wondering if anybody knows if he participated? Was he even invited?
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:20:31 AM PST
by
Coop
To: Coop
Or Ward Connerly.
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:22:42 AM PST
by
x1stcav
(HooAhh!!!)
To: Texas_Jarhead
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:24:01 AM PST
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syriacus
(Global Warming could be Nature's way of saving the homeless in Winter.)
To: syriacus
..frankness on both sides in a meeting yesterday with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.. I would expect nothing less from Dr. Frist.
Impressive....so far.
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:25:04 AM PST
by
evad
To: syriacus
"The Republican Party has to realize that it cannot be lily white any longer," Williams said
An odd statement from a 'conservative' of any race. I wonder if it is misquoted.
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:29:12 AM PST
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x1stcav
(HooAhh!!!)
To: syriacus
Let's wait and see what happens before we judge. In reality, we can help blacks more than the Dems if we can just get our message out. The Republican Party IS too lily-white and we should try to get middle-class blacks into our Party. They share many of our values - they just don't get the truth because the Dems are such liars. The Dems will tremble in fear over what Bush and his people might accomplish with the conservative black vote. Also, from a purely political standpoint, Bush's own pollster has said if he does not get 3 million more minority votes in 2004, he will lose the election. We cannot let this happen. It is time for our Party to reach out to ALL Americans. Bush is not just President of the whites. That fact upsets some on FR, but it is the truth. We can help blacks with conservative solutions and that will help the country as a whole - isn't that what everyone wants? Or is it easier to just cut those we are not comfortable with out of the Party?
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:33:49 AM PST
by
Wait4Truth
(I HATE THE MEDIA!!!)
To: syriacus
The Republican party has been attempting to groom promising young black politicians for decades, but without much success. I think they've been looking in the wrong places.
I think they need committed conservative Christian blacks. The problem is that very few of the Republican pros, the people who run the party and groom the candidates, are conservative or religious themselves.
Clarence Thomas is a model of what is needed. I'm a great admirer of Alan Keyes, but I don't think he has the political smarts or personality to be a political operator. Instead he's cut out to be an adviser or commentator. He's too inclined to lecture people and to sacrifice the good that can be achieved for the perfect that is currently beyond reach. That kind of mind makes an excellent adviser for someone better able to attract votes and wheel and deal with other politicians.
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01/14/2003 6:40:34 AM PST
by
Cicero
To: syriacus
...among a new generation of middle-class black Americans who they say share conservative political values but have yet to break their decades-long loyalty to the Democratic Party... Speaking from the perspective of a white guy, I suspect many blacks are reluctant to identify themself as conservative or republican to avoid backlash from within their own community. Consider the abuse that Clarence Thomas receives from many RATS who pretend to represent tolerance in matters involving race.
Second, if many blacks "share conservative political values" but continue to support the RATS as the article suggests, it follows that a vote based on the color of one's political party and not the content of the candidates character goes against the values of the civil rights movement.
Unless these black leaders step-up to the plate and put their support where their values are, American blacks will continue to see their community underperform educationally, economically, and socially.
What a shame.
To: x1stcav
The Republican Party has to realize that it cannot be lily white any longer," Williams said An odd statement from a 'conservative' of any race. I wonder if it is misquoted. What is your problem with the statement? We should be trying to increase voter identification with the Republican Party from all races.
Even if you believe it's moral to exclude Blacks, from a practical standpoint, Whites are going to be in the minority in this country in the near future. The demographics are against us. The Black and Hispanic populations are growing at much faster rates than Whites. Better that we start planning now to expand the party, than wait till judgement day and sell out our principles and pander to retain power.
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01/14/2003 6:54:52 AM PST
by
Dave S
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I suspect many blacks are reluctant to identify themself as conservative or republican to avoid backlash from within their own community.I think I know what you mean.
I'm reluctant to identify myself as even a "non-liberal" among my relatives. The liberals in my family feel they have a monopoly on "insight" and "compassion," and I have to "diplomatically" choose the moments when I present even a little of the other side of an issue.
I can't blame them, because I was like them once. They are like the inhabitants of Flatland, who don't realize the world can have three dimensions.
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posted on
01/14/2003 6:55:39 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Global Warming could be Nature's way of saving the homeless in Winter.)
To: syriacus
Republicans will kick some major butt if they can successfully work with Black conservatives. The Dems have patronized Black America for too long. Scumbags like Al Sharpton will crumble before a strong Black Republican presidential candidate.
Racism has no place in America; it has no place in either of the major parties.
All of the minorities added together form a majority.
To: Wait4Truth
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01/14/2003 7:31:12 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
To: Dave S
Merely commenting on the tone and tenor of the statement. Sounds more like something a lefty would say. Not a typical statement from a mainstream conservative.
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01/14/2003 4:58:54 PM PST
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x1stcav
(HooAhh!!!)
To: syriacus
There's an elected black Republican woman, Winsome Sears, who's being snubbed by the Legislative Black Caucus (Dems) in Richmond, Virginia the national GOP should highlight. There was an elected black Republican man, Paul Harris, but he left for the Bush administration.
This is all I could get from the July 2000 archived FR thread about Harris.
Va. Black Republican Tells His StoryPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Paul Harris will tell anyone willing to listen why he joined the GOP and how he became the first black Republican in the Virginia Legislature since Reconstruction. Monday night, he gets a chance to tell the nation. For about three minutes on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, Harris, 36, will discuss his ascent from public housing to the General Assembly seat once held by Thomas Jefferson. ''We didn't have two pennies to rub together back then,'' Harris said. ''What we did have, though, was a sense of community. I'd come home and see a ...
Republican Sears says Va. black caucus is excluding her
Associated Press
© January 9, 2003
Last updated 7:28 PM Jan. 9
RICHMOND -- The only Republican member of the Legislative Black Caucus said Thursday she has been excluded from meetings of the group because of her political affiliation.
Del. Winsome E. Sears, the first black Republican woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, said Democratic members of the caucus did not include her in discussions over the group's response to the Republican-drawn redistricting plan last summer. They also did not tell her about an informal meeting of the group when the legislative session opened on Wednesday.
``Sometimes I ask myself, 'Is it worth it? Is it worth it to try to prove that I'm black?''' she said.
Sears, a 38-year-old ex-Marine who upset a Democratic incumbent in 2001 to win her Norfolk seat, said she believes the caucus would be stronger with a bipartisan exchange of ideas, but Democrats have rebuffed her attempts at being involved. Continue
Background threads:
Black Republican Woman Elected To Black Majority District
Black Republican woman stuns Virginia political establishment with win in Democratic stronghold
Black GOP Woman Stuns Va. Politics
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posted on
01/14/2003 5:38:29 PM PST
by
Ligeia
To: syriacus
Frist should have had a list of goodies to buy votes with.
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posted on
01/14/2003 5:40:47 PM PST
by
cynicom
To: syriacus
Several black leaders who attended yesterday's meeting later characterized Mr. Frist, a Tennessee heart surgeon who entered politics at the top by getting elected to the Senate, as "naive" about racial issues but eager to learn.There's something about that statement that gives me the creeps.
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01/14/2003 5:46:24 PM PST
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AM2000
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