The latter betrays the former. Did Mazza Kerry give you some hot cornbread when you came in from the field?
And don't even trip. This is a black man talking to you.
Believe that.
Posted on 10/23/2004 10:40:27 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
Ummm, let me think. MLK's birthday became a federal holiday under what President??? Ronald Reagan, Republican.
Add this to the list. Why support a party that has no regard for the education of black inner city youth? Schools in LA and DC are crumbling. Republicans wanted to get a voucher system passed; it was the Democratic party who fought to the bone to not let it be successful.
Let me give my opinion on this from what I see in my environment. I am black. I live in a city with a lot of black people, Philadelphia. I live in a poor black neighborhood. The mayor is black, much of city council is black. The city is overwhelmingly Democrat.
Last week someone put up a Kerry/Edwards sign around the corner but it started so many arguments they took it down.
Samesex marriage has had a lot to do with the shift, but there are a few other major factors. School vouchers is a BIG issue. One of the most popular black radio stations in Philadelphia is WDAS (adult urban contemporary music), and their hosts all seem pretty liberal. But I've heard several commercials pushing school choice and school vouchers on this station, featuring Democrats like city councilman Dwight Evans.
The pathetic state of the public schools hurts the black community more than any other. For many of them, education is THE number one issue. Republicans are the only ones offering hope. School choice plays VERY well in black communities.
Another factor would be the FACT that more and more blacks are achieving success. This started under Ronald Reagan. Under Reagan, the black middle class exploded and it hasn't looked back since. Once people get a little bit of money and start actually PAYING taxes, they start to care about things like income tax and property tax and the economy.
That is wonderful news!
Bush did the exact opposite of what the race hucksters and Dems said he would do during the last election. He did not go out burning crosses, he did not reinstitute slavery, he did not ride around shooting black people. On the contrary, he treated everyone the same regardless of skin color. Apparently some black folks realized they were lied to during the last election and are looking at Bush differently now.
The latter betrays the former. Did Mazza Kerry give you some hot cornbread when you came in from the field?
And don't even trip. This is a black man talking to you.
Believe that.
You give good reasons why Blacks (particularly inner city residents) would lean toward the Republicans. But in most elections, 90-92% of them vote Dem. Why is that?
I don't think anyone would say what way a particular African American would vote... but it has always been some 90-95% of that demographic vote for the Democrat whoever it is regardless of the current situation.
Socialism relies on an uneducated (or re-educated) public that beleives that they require the state to supply their needs. Personal acheivement, wealth building, personal responsibility, as well as advanced education go against the socialist ideal. Socialism always turns into an ogliarchy or totalitarianist regime as a result of the abdication of responsibilities to government, with the people lulled into beleif that they are the member of some People's Republic.
I welcome any African-Americans to the conservative and traditional value side. It's about time the accomplishments of men like Tony Evans, T. D. Jakes, etc are recognized. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't black families have a more intact family structure in 1900 than comparable whites? Many African-Americans need to get off the liberal handout plantation and start instilling their traditional religious values back into this moral vacuum.
Yes. I read a lot and recently finished a book by Sena Jeter Naslund called "Four Spirits" which is largely about the civil rights movement. NOT ONE page of this book - it has about 500 pages, mentions the Democratic party and the way they turned their back on Civil Rights in the 60s.
If we do that, I am of the opinion that it has more to do with what people of various minority groups think of conservatives in general than what they think about liberals in general. Conservatives of my youth, didn't walk the walk, they just talked the talk.
Anyway, its probably a moot questions as over half of the best conservative writers today are not middle aged white europeon males anyway. We aren't all that motivated for freeedom...more for football and 401ks.
As I understand, Jefferson helped form the Democratic-Republican Party, from which the Democratic Party later emerged. The Democratic party presented it's first Presidential candidate in 1828. That candidate was Andrew Jackson. Here's my source. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/democratic/features/history/
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1862. To me, a 34 year old party is relatively new.
By the way, why on earth are you calling me "Marse"?
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