Black Republicans offer hope

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Its about time.

“Scott will be the first black Republican congressman from the Deep South in more than a century. Republicans hope to elect at least two other black candidates to Congress next month. Allen West, in Florida, and Ryan Frazier in Colorado, both with distinguished military records, are in very close races against Democrats”

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“*The election wasn’t so much about what Obama brought to the table,” said. “People voted for him because they wanted to feel good about themselves, that they weren’t racist.”

Johnson even argued, Mr Obama had set back the cause of race relations by playing down the white side of his heritage. “His mother was white, his father was a person of colour but every time there’s a racial issue he plays the race card just the same as everyone else.”*

Scott, an avowed Tea Party supporter, dismisses the accusation that the movement is racist, saying: “this whole race issue is a diversion away from the real basic platform of the Tea Party”.

telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8053023/Black-Republicans-offer-hope-after-Barack-Obamas-failures-on-race.html

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There is a tradition of black Republican members of Congress going back to 1870.

There is a discussion in “Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White” by David Barton. He also has a poster showing portraits and biographical sketches of some of the early black members of Congress. There were also three black U.S. Senators early on.

www.wallbuilders.com has ordering information.

Excellent resources for reference.

My black friends were shocked to read that aspect of their heritage here in the U.S.A. had been suppressed for one hundred years.
 
Black Republicans offer hope for what exactly? The Republican Party?
 
Tsuwano said:
Black Republicans offer hope for what exactly? The Republican Party?
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Hope for restoration of Constitutional government.

The black community often feels as if they have been excluded by the United States. But when they look at their history in detail, they find that Progressives have rewritten history. And now, with the crises that have developed over the past two years, they see they do have a role in Constitutional restoration and that the only way to get a real voice is by running as Republicans.

Read the Constitution. Read it aloud because it is tightly packed with things people miss because of the way the punctuation is arranged.

The Constitution is a brief document. It is an amazing document.

Here is a link to Charlie Reese’s final column … on the Constitution.

rustycrawford.com/CharlieReese/

You can read the Constitution in ten minutes. Look especially at Article 1, Section 8. which is the enumerated powers.

Read the 9th Amendment and the 10th Amendment.

If you wonder how in the heck we got into the mess that Reese describes, get a copy of “None Dare Call It Treason” by John A. Stormer. It was a super best seller at one time. Stormer explains how our government became perverted starting with Woodrow Wilson.

I also recently gave a copy of “Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White” by David Barton. It describes in great detail how so much of American history went “down the memory hole” over the past 100 years. I gave a copy to a family friend who is black and she was absolutely shocked to learn how there were black members of Congress in the 1870’s … and that they were Republicans. And the background of the KKK. www.wallbuilders.com

You all need to read this stuff … Mark Levin’s OUTSTANDING book, “Liberty and Tyranny” www.marklevinshow.com and talk with your friends, neighbors and friends. I get a chuckle at liberal friends who get priced out of New Jersey and move to lower tax states and then start demanding the things that bankrupted their home state to begin with!

I will take a couple of minor quibbles with Reese. The House of Representatives has ENORMOUS power over spending. [Nancy Pelosi?] Lobbyists operate under the clause of the Constitution dealing with “redress of grievances” … anyone can call their member of congress and complain or demand a REDRESS OF THEIR GRIEVANCES. [One of my friends from a third world country dictatorship was uttering a whispered complaint about some tax issue or other, being very careful not be be overheard. I excused myself and returned a few minutes later with the answer to the complaint. When he asked how did I get the information, I said I had called my Congressman. “YOU CAN DO THAT?” In his country, you and your family are killed by thugs. “Yes, this is the United States”.

One of the many places where we went wrong was the 17th Amendment. The Senate used to look out for the issues that the states worried about. Original intent. Now the Senators are free agents; they don’t answer to anyone.

So we should repeal the 17th Amendment.

We can do that.

Anyway, gather around the dinner table with your family and read the Constitution. You might be shocked.

The Supreme Court runs things, right? Well, no. CONGRESS controls the Supreme Court: Article 3, Section 1 [end of the first sentence]. Article 3, Section 2, (second paragraph and last paragraph) Congress frequently takes things away from the Supreme Court; it just doesn’t make the evening news. And Congress doesn’t do it often enough.

Read it out loud, because the Constitution is so tersely written that even skipping one word or one comma can change the meaning.

The Constitution is well written, thoughtfully written.

Read IT, also, before you vote.
 
How did we get on the subject of directly electing our senators?

Anyways, the mentioned candidate sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders, regardless of what party he belongs to or what skin color he has.
 
Monte_RCMS said:
Hope for restoration of Constitutional government.

The black community often feels as if they have been excluded by the United States. But when they look at their history in detail, they find that Progressives have rewritten history. And now, with the crises that have developed over the past two years, they see they do have a role in Constitutional restoration and that the only way to get a real voice is by running as Republicans.

Read the Constitution. Read it aloud because it is tightly packed with things people miss because of the way the punctuation is arranged.

The Constitution is a brief document. It is an amazing document.

Here is a link to Charlie Reese’s final column … on the Constitution.

rustycrawford.com/CharlieReese/

You can read the Constitution in ten minutes. Look especially at Article 1, Section 8. which is the enumerated powers.

Read the 9th Amendment and the 10th Amendment.

If you wonder how in the heck we got into the mess that Reese describes, get a copy of “None Dare Call It Treason” by John A. Stormer. It was a super best seller at one time. Stormer explains how our government became perverted starting with Woodrow Wilson.

I also recently gave a copy of “Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White” by David Barton. It describes in great detail how so much of American history went “down the memory hole” over the past 100 years. I gave a copy to a family friend who is black and she was absolutely shocked to learn how there were black members of Congress in the 1870’s … and that they were Republicans. And the background of the KKK. www.wallbuilders.com

You all need to read this stuff … Mark Levin’s OUTSTANDING book, “Liberty and Tyranny” www.marklevinshow.com and talk with your friends, neighbors and friends. I get a chuckle at liberal friends who get priced out of New Jersey and move to lower tax states and then start demanding the things that bankrupted their home state to begin with!

I will take a couple of minor quibbles with Reese. The House of Representatives has ENORMOUS power over spending. [Nancy Pelosi?] Lobbyists operate under the clause of the Constitution dealing with “redress of grievances” … anyone can call their member of congress and complain or demand a REDRESS OF THEIR GRIEVANCES. [One of my friends from a third world country dictatorship was uttering a whispered complaint about some tax issue or other, being very careful not be be overheard. I excused myself and returned a few minutes later with the answer to the complaint. When he asked how did I get the information, I said I had called my Congressman. “YOU CAN DO THAT?” In his country, you and your family are killed by thugs. “Yes, this is the United States”.

One of the many places where we went wrong was the 17th Amendment. The Senate used to look out for the issues that the states worried about. Original intent. Now the Senators are free agents; they don’t answer to anyone.

So we should repeal the 17th Amendment.

We can do that.

Anyway, gather around the dinner table with your family and read the Constitution. You might be shocked.

The Supreme Court runs things, right? Well, no. CONGRESS controls the Supreme Court: Article 3, Section 1 [end of the first sentence]. Article 3, Section 2, (second paragraph and last paragraph) Congress frequently takes things away from the Supreme Court; it just doesn’t make the evening news. And Congress doesn’t do it often enough.

Read it out loud, because the Constitution is so tersely written that even skipping one word or one comma can change the meaning.

The Constitution is well written, thoughtfully written.

Read IT, also, before you vote.
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Oh . . . ok . . . well, I’ll just let you get on with your little Constitutional rant then. Good luck with those Black Republicans and all that hope stuff.
 
Tsuwano said:
Good luck with those Black Republicans and all that hope stuff.
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Yes, good luck. I will wait, but will not hold my breath while I am doing so, to see black people turning from their overwhelming support for the Democratic Party to the GOP in the next two national elections.
 
Most recently black Republicans offered the country the fiction that MLK was a Republican, according to statements by his niece. He was not and she never said that.

With that type of background, I would like to see more of a positive offering of black Republicans than the current statement that they are the alternative. That’s just another interest group of ‘no’.

What would be a positive development would be for the GOP to be more attractive to black Americans. We’ll wait here until Kwanza, when conservative folks here chime in with their criticisms. (Does anyone think that we shall hear anything tomorrow about who were really the first Europeans in the Americas?)
 
It’s an inciteful article.
Rather than ushering in a post-racial era, Obama’s election to the White House appears to have intensified racial divisions in America. This is not, as the Left asserts, because Right-wing opponents are full of white-hooded bigots who refuse to accept a black man as President. Obama’s own strange myopia on race has played a big part.
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This seems pretty obvious to me, and the politics of racial division have been accelerated by Obama supporters who frame every disagreement as a racist attack. It has created a sad state of affairs in our country.
 
It is slowly and painfully becoming apparent to all that the left is the most racist segment of American society.
 
RWMorris said:
It is slowly and painfully becoming apparent to all that the left is the most racist segment of American society.
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Apparent to all? Beau and I would certainly disagree about that as well as about the supposed racism from our side. :hmmm:
 
rlg94086 said:
This seems pretty obvious to me, and the politics of racial division have been accelerated by Obama supporters who frame every disagreement as a racist attack.
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I’ve heard this allegation several times before. However, I never get a response to the question: "Easily said. For instance?"
RWMorris said:
It is slowly and painfully becoming apparent to all that the left is the most racist segment of American society.
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Unverifiable, blanket statement. Throw in a ‘for instance’.
 
Beau_Ouiville said:
I’ve heard this allegation several times before. However, I never get a response to the question: “Easily said. For instance?”.
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You have apparently never read your own posts attributing racism to the Tea Party. 😛
 
Suudy said:
We’ve been over this before Beau–affirmative action.

But like then, I’m sure you’ll say something like "Start a thread, I’m not discussing it here."
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:rotfl: “Don’t personalize this,” Pete. :rotfl:
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
Apparent to all? Beau and I would certainly disagree about that as well as about the supposed racism from our side. :hmmm:
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Beau is perfectly consistent in his own mind. I don’t know about you, since I’ve not read enough of what you post with regard to race relations. But Beau has expressed support for the position that racism can only be determined by the victim and that only minorities can be victims of racism. Thus from his point of view, it is impossible for the left to be racist since they pledge support of minorities. And if their policies lead to identical situations and circumstances in every aspect except for the race of those affected, only the minority would be a victim of racism. Beau also seems to think that a failure in equal outcome can only be explained by racism. Black are underrepresented in television? Racism. But when whites are underrepresented in any other category, for example the number of professional athletes, it is not racism.

Now, those of us on the other side use independent criteria to determine if racism exists. Was a guy passed over for a job because of his race? What a contract awarded because of the person’s race? Was a student admitted with different academic credentials because of her race? We see racism as an act measured against an external, objective standard. If you answer yes to any of these questions, in our book it is racism You don’t have to be a victim to see it, and you don’t have to be a minority to be a victim.
 
rlg94086 said:
You have apparently never read your own posts attributing racism to the Tea Party.
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I stated and documented the racist elements involved in the tea parties. It was not any throw-out statement. Since that which we call the ‘tea party’ is not a group or a political party I certainly did not ‘attribute any racism to the Tea Party’.
Suudy said:
We’ve been over this before Beau–affirmative action.
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That’s not racist.
Suudy said:
But Beau has expressed support for the position that racism can only be determined by the victim and that only minorities can be victims of racism. Thus from his point of view, it is impossible for the left to be racist …
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You are wrong. Discuss the thread.
 
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