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Posted on 06/18/2004 8:21:57 AM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
What is the Republican Party supposed to do? They're already compromising on one conservative principle after another. Expecting them to beat the drum for affirmative action and "desegregation programs" (which the US Supreme Court has largely found unconstitutional anyway) is stupid. Turning the GOP into a clone of the Democratic Party is not worth it - they've gone far enough as it is under President Bush, with his pandering to the Hispanic vote.
As a black American myself I have talked to many blacks about why they vote democrat. A spoke to a minister friend of mine and asked him how can a man of God support a man that is double minded and is for infanticide? His response "I am not voting for Bush he is a warmonger." I was stunned here is a man that debates the bible but is a political babe in the woods.
I am tired of blacks giving away their votes for nothing in return and for not embracing the American dream. My father had to fight in Korea so that me and my brothers could have a better life. I never had to go though growing up in the South during the 1930's and 1940's he did. Liberalism = ignorance.
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George Foreman, as far as I know, has completely turned his life around. So I would have no problem with Gillespie campaigning with him.
Maybe the problem for conservatives/Republicans is that they really do consider all peoples to be of equal weight and ability, so there isn't a special outreach because we figure they are equal and just need the same handshake of welcome as others and that is it.
All people are equal and maybe if you really reflect that in your attitude and behavior, some see that as unwelcoming and that is just a **mess** of a interpretation of intent.
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We're supposed to be hiring high-profile Blacks to get the message out that Republicans are pro-life just like all Black churches...that Republicans are against gay marriage just like all Black churches...that Republicans support private school choice vouchers for inner-city minority children just like all Black churches...that Republicans favor faith-based charity programs just like all Black churches...etc.
You might even detect a theme here.
If I remember correctly, Brooke was a RINO.
As far as securing Black Votes, the Republicans should try to get them, but by selling Republicanism to blacks, not by absorbing Democratic political philosophies which have already failed in the black community - like affirmative discrimination.
I do recall him as being a typical Northeastern Republican.
I don't have a problem with the GOP reaching out to black voters - but I would hope those black voters would be *conservative* and in touch with GOP principles, which would mean that these black voters wouldn't expect the GOP to push affirmative action, or push more money for welfare programs, etc. Race shouldn't be the issue - political conservatism should be.
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