I'm afraid that's just not going to happen.
I come from a large family of black Democrats, and can tell you for a fact that most of the adults (and even some of the adolescents) in my family are hugely disappointed in Mr. Hope & Change.
Where they once inundated me with gushing emails about him, and refused to listen to me as I patiently explained what he really is, they now don't even breathe his name, nor do they shut me down when I express my opinions about the mess our country's in.
They may not be ready to join us, but the wind has definitely gone out of their sails. Many won't be able to find the energy to support Obama, or to give him their vote on election day.
Windy, that’s simply unpossible. There’s no such thing as a black conservative. I read it in the NYT and saw it on MSNBC.
To put it simply, you are a figment of the FR collective imagination ;)
> I come from a large family of black Democrats, and can tell
> you for a fact that most of the adults (and even some of
> the adolescents) in my family are hugely disappointed in
> Mr. Hope & Change.
Well, that’s some of the best news I’ve heard in a long time. That’s genuine hope, and if your family jumps off the democrat plantation, even when the president is an African (no hyphen, because I don’t consider him to be an American), well that will be a real change.
It might help if the African descendents in this country were reminded that 0bama is most likely the descendent of slave TRADERS, not a descendent of slaves like most of the African descendents here.
However, I heard 0bama on the radio singing at one of his $35,000 per plate dinners, and the guests were swooning as if he were some great music star. I almost ralphed.
[They may not be ready to join us, but the wind has definitely gone out of their sails. ]
I’m just praying for they day they realize the Dems have kept them on the plantation too long. Black youth unemployment is just devastating.
What i don’t get is, I think the blacks I know in the Republican party have a fair amount of leverage, much more so than they do in the Democratic herd. If they really wanted to accomplish something politically, they’d be welcomed with open arms.