Posted on 06/18/2004 8:21:57 AM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
Somebody needs to tell Hazel that it's not about race. It's all about Conservatism vs Liberalism. Race-based handouts are sooooo 60's.
Agreed. What's wrong with Herman Cain? Walter Williams? JC Watts? Michael King?
It's an uphill battle, but one that with time, can yield some significant gains. The gains won't be instant (no, there won't be a massive change in the number of blacks voting for Bush in November). But nothing worth having ever is.
Exactly.
and they choose Don King to get black votes. Heads oughta roll for that one.
I believe that Justice Marshall was appointed By nixon.
They had one, boy was she pathetic. LOL!
Maybe Cain in GA may be another GOP anomaly.
I wonder how they'll splain that one, seriesly?
Fantastic Post!
I am one of those who believes that in ten years we can cut the # of blacks voting Dem down to 70% or so. What needs to happen is the funding of soldiers of conservatism in the inner city. Send them to Oakland, send them to LA, send them to New York, send them to Philadelphia, send them to Chicago, send them to Washington DC. If someone had the money, a George Soros type on the right, they should fund, say 10 activists going out amongst the people and spreading the word of conservatism.
It is important that blacks in the inner cities are reminded that the problem with their schools comes from the fact that they keep on voting for Democrats to sit on their school boards and oppose their getting school vouchers. Someone needs to remind them that gun control that keeps guns out of the hands of the law abiding citizens is championed by leftists. Someone needs to remind them that the patron saint of abortion, Margaret Sanger, started Planned Parenthood in a effort to hold down the birth rate of blacks. Someone needs to remind them that the welfare system, as it is presently configured, tends to encourage out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy leading to an extending of the cycle of poverty. Someone needs to remind them that the police are only their enemy if they break the law and that all law abiding blacks should welcome more and more of them.
We are always told about the legions of rich white Republicans. If they really exist, I would hope there is one or two out there willing to pich into a fund consisting of about $1 Million per large city in an effort to move the black vote from 10% to 30% within ten years. There are many blacks who will respond to logic when forced to face it. Let's get out there and force them to face it!
That would be LBJ who appointed Marshall.
Excellent post Mr. King.
Disagree about Don King - I'd take anyone who wants to help out.
Not every Republican/conservative is of the straight-arrow image - some might be called rouges or mavericks, if you will. The guys who do South Park lean more to our side than they do to the Left. If they wanted to campaign for President Bush and other Republicans, would you dismiss them as clowns - or even yet, DECLINE their offer because other folks might not like them? On the one hand, us folks on the right complaint hat all the celebrities seem to back Rats. Then when a Britney Spears or a Don King DOES come out and backs Republicans and/or conservative positions on something, they're trashed.
The GOP would be foolish to decline sincere offers of assistance from anyone who might get people's attention. That includes Don King.
Very well said! These "Republicans" are more proof that the party is moving to the center, they just don't get it!
If Kerry started campaigning with Marc Rich, we would lionize him. I am willing to take the help but not from a felon like Don King.
Please tell me what the republican controlled house, republican controlled senate, and republican controlled presidency have done to reverse or eliminate any of the laws, policies, regulations, etc that favor certain groups of people over others?
You just need to know your place, Mike. They'll be cool with you, then.
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Would you deny help from George Foreman if he wanted to help re-elect Bush? He is a former criminal as well...
Might there have been 537 black voters in Florida who voted for George W. Bush? If you accept the figures that 9% of black voters vote GOP, statistically, it is highly unlikely that Florida's black voters didn't help put Bush in the White House.
My biggest problem with Don King is that he's a clown, a court jester!
I'm sorry, but there are plenty of people who give a far less "troubling" appearance than Don King.
I've got no problem with him being a Republican. Hell, I've got no problem with him singing it from the rooftops! But he is not the picture I want to present to blacks who are on the fence about the GOP.
As I said before, there are far, far larger numbers of other people who would present a more presentable appearance than Don King.
“The Republicans, it’s all a photo op. If they think going out with Don King is somehow going to get young African-Americans out to vote for - Don King - it’s laughable,” says Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe.
The Dems are the ones pursuing the photo op. Their 20.1% was reached by mandatory quota. It's also the reason their convention organization is in shambles. Quota types got put in charge rather than the competent folks with experience (remember Oliphant down in Florida?)
Not that there aren't competent folks of all races who could do the job; they just don't seem to rise to the top in the DNC.
"reverse or eliminate any of the laws, policies, regulations, etc that favor certain groups of people over others?"
That's a good point but off topic from my statement.
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