Compatibilist
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This is the kind of affirmative action crap that hurts America. The only candidates that deserve to win from the list above are the ones who sway the least from conservative principles.
Your article is a bit out of date. Larry Linney for North Carolina already lost the primaries and I'm sure a number of those other candidates are in the same situation (I just didn't want to take the time to look them all up). Nonetheless a few black republican Congressmen would be good for the US and might begin to show a more color-blind politics as one's skin color no longer is also one's voting bloc.
I don't believe you could call this affirmative action... more like educated blacks realizing which party has thier best overall interest covered. I think they see an opportunity and are stepping up to the plate so others can become enlightened too. Traditionally the dems have kept a significant number of all minorities dependent on govt services and entitlements. No one [of any race] can have real success when they continue to look for govt assistance for the basic necessities.
I find all the affirmative action talk silly. However, why would skin color matter?
So insecure Republicans can claim the party is not racist. :coffeepap
Shouldn't matter
how have dems 'kept' a significant number of minorities dependent?I don't believe you could call this affirmative action... more like educated blacks realizing which party has thier best overall interest covered. I think they see an opportunity and are stepping up to the plate so others can become enlightened too. Traditionally the dems have kept a significant number of all minorities dependent on govt services and entitlements. No one [of any race] can have real success when they continue to look for govt assistance for the basic necessities.
how have dems 'kept' a significant number of minorities dependent?
The Republican party isn't racist. The Dems just want to paint them that way, so blacks won't come over to the right side. Maybe the tide has turned.So insecure Republicans can claim the party is not racist. :coffeepap
Shouldn't matter
The Republican party isn't racist. The Dems just want to paint them that way, so blacks won't come over to the right side. Maybe the tide has turned.
You're right, it shouldn't matter.
So why does skin color matter so much to the Dems?
I know the party's not racist, but I think too many people worry about it being labeled as such (or certain areas of the party), that they dig a bigger hole by trying to defend it staunchly.
Richard Nixon got one thing right at least: a great way to defeat your opponent or his views is to not even acknowledge them as relevant.
how have dems 'kept' a significant number of minorities dependent?
so....it it the dems fault that NEARLY HALF of all U.S. children will eat meals provided by food stamps, or are they just responsible for the BLACK CHILDREN having to use them??You asked for it, here it is...
Dems have always been the party promoting entitlements and social welfare.
Anyone whose studied recent us history knows that during the 60's the Dems realized they needed to attract afican americans to the party. As a result their campaigns concentrated on eliminating the societal infringement on the civil rights of minorities, but the main focus was on blacks for their probable ability to unite their vote. Also, dems understood that most black social problems were caused mainly by segregation, unemployment and financial insecurity. In an effort to gain and keep the "Black Vote"... dems instituted the Civil Rights Act AND increased the amount of social welfare funding to urban areas. These laws did help the social distrust and provided blacks with some hope that [with government assist] they would one day have the same success opportunities as whites.
Further study of our history reveals that dems used govt assistance as an enticement to gain black votes, and at the same time worked to keep blacks in poverty. This was described by Obama as “plantation politics” in his book "Dreams From My Father". As a result of the politics of poverty used by dems, this belief is now deep seeded in poor black communities. In essence, the government must “do something” for blacks. Dems have been active to the point where they now have political control over poor black neighborhoods... This began in the 1960's and is why they get 90% of their vote today. But that hasn't always been the case... At one point in our history, almost all blacks were repubs because the GOP was the anti-slavery party and has since been the party of freedom and equality for blacks. When polled, most blacks share the values of the Republican Party in that they are very conservative and do NOT agree with liberal values that supports same-sex marriage, partial-birth abortion and banning God from public schools...etc. In order to keep blacks from voting along these lines, Dems preach hate and racism against the GOP and get many blacks to vote AGAINST repubs, rather than vote FOR Dems. The message libs give to poor blacks is reprehensible. If you're poor, uneducated and vote dem, we will liberate you. If you get a good education, get a good job and vote GOP, you will be “acting white”, or “uncle tom”...etc
In case you didn't know... over 60 million Americans are dependent on the government for housing, food, and health care. According to a recent study... 90 percent of black children will be clients of the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/Food Stamps) at least once by the time they turn 20.... and 61% of those who receive AFDC are non white.
AFP: Half of US kids depend on food stamps during childhood: study
so....it it the dems fault that NEARLY HALF of all U.S. children will eat meals provided by food stamps, or are they just responsible for the BLACK CHILDREN having to use them??
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