What part of Africa were you born in???????
Welcome! I don’t understand why so many here are getting their panties in a wad over your statement of African-Americanness. It’s just a way to identify yourself as a developing Conservative black American, and I think that is a wonderful thing to be!!! We in the GOP need more of you, and your fellow (confused, liberal) black Americans need you even more. :)
Welcome! Michael Steele/Bobby Jindal (or the reverse). This is the most promising for 2012.
1, 2 and 3.....is that you John McCain?
Welcome, new freeper!
I believe that cutting to the chase is a good policy. Concentrate on what is urgent and important, ignore the things you can’t immediately address, and focus, focus, focus on what must be done. Obviously, the message needs to be concise and to the point to get attention and gain a following. And a unified front would be nice......
My brother from another mother! Welcome to FR.
I made the final conversion from AA liberal Democrat about ten years ago. Glad to see you made it also.
I think Republicans don’t need to do much beyond going back to being real conservatives with a conservative agenda.
We don’t need to give impressions of who we are, they need to act and be conservative.
I assume this is a joke post.
my two cents where the GOP needs to move to for success-—
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1
You’re in dire need of watching this my friend.
If I were you I wouldn’t be looking into a job as a political strategist any time soon either.
I think the GOP needs to support Entrepreneurs and Cottage Industries. And the National Black Republican Association needs to be involved in the RNC, too. Martin Luther King Jr and Frederick Douglass were both Republicans!
I’d like to see the Republicans remind the Democrats that they’re the Party of Segregation, too. Stress it, push it into their faces and use the divisiveness of Obama as an example of the “New Segregation.”
Don't be offended if we are all NOT in agreement on some issues... and believe me, I don't agree with half your points... but FR is sorta the no spin zone... you either like us or start an opposition site...
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0706/prager071106.php3?printer_friendly
We play rough sometimes with unpopular idea, but you learn to stick up for what you believe is right and go on.
Hi Obushma. Not liking a few of your ideas but the rest look ok...welcome. Good luck. Warning..FR is addictive.
1)The hell with affirmative action. It’s racism pure and simple. Blacks would have gotten a lot further in the US if affirmative action had never occurred. In the end the black community is worse off, and all that we’ve done is create a tougher breed of white male.
2)Amnesty? For breaking our laws? I know a large number of Hispanics in my family, and none of them support illegal immigration. Illegal immigration hurts Blacks and Hispanics much more than whites.
3)I’ve never heard of a real Conservative opposed to real Environmentalism. Teddy Roosevelt was a great conservationist as the Governor of New York. Republicans were the original environmentalists.
4)We are the middle class!
We only win when we act like Conservatives and make ourselves heard. To paraphrase Rush, Conservatism wins every time it’s real.
Welcome to Free Republic.
I friggen HATE newby vanities. I vote that you be zotted for your dumb contribution to FR.
... if you haven’t been zotted already.
Hey Obushma! Welcome to FR.
But I have to tell you this: I could give a fig what the color of your skin is. I’m a Jew and I’ve found nothing but friendship here. If I get flamed, it’s for my thoughts and words, not for my religion.
If you count yourself as a Constitutional Conservative, you’ll be right at home. ;-)
(And don’t think you’re the first AA here! lol!)
Get ready to argue. The people will test your limits. They’ll force you to think and to defend your positions. I’ve been FReeping for 9 years and they still force me to be my intellectual best, every day. (Can’t count the times I’ve admitted I’m wrong! lol!)
So have FUN with it.
Today’s a good day to be an American! :-D
PS: I do like your ideas!
Nope. We're either all equal or not. You can't have it both ways.
2 Drop the formal opposition to “Amnesty” for Illegal Immigrants: Focus on securing the borders. The status of the 20 million or so illegal immigrants is now more or less an Obama/Democrat problem and has been essentially a lost issue for the GOP. We in opposition to Obama will need to cut into his Hispanic support in 2012 in order to defeat him.
You have a good point, but you're thinking that we can't do two things at the same time. Yes, we can fight amnesty and fight for a fence.
3 Drop formal opposition to Environmentalism. Yes, I know that environmental extremist are nuts, but the GOP must recognize when a battle is probably lost and not waste precious political capital on what I consider minor issues (especially when there will be major battles to be fought over major issues). Remember this is just a formal dropping of an issue, but not the issue itself in principle.
As far as I've noticed, this idea has already been picked up by the right. I don't hear a lot of protests. If anything we need to fight this point harder.
4 Focus on middle class, middle class, middle class!
OK. I'm going to say it. I *AM* MIDDLE CLASS. SCREW THE MIDDLE CLASS. I'M 38 AND I WANT TO REACH HIGHER!
5 Focus on domestic/economic/education issues. Less on foreign policy. To be sure there will certainly be new issues of both to tackle in ’12, but I can guarantee with the failed economic policies put in place by The Obama administration---domestic policies will again be front and center.
Bingo. You did hit the nail on the head with this one.
6 Build bridges to unions/working class. Historically Unions and the GOP have been arch-enemies. But the alliance between big business and the GOP in decline. Big Business seem to have found a new love REDs---“Rich Elite Democrats”. We need to counter this with courting some of there core constituencies. This may have already have begun in West Virginia and among many Hillary Clinton Dems.
Not going to comment on this one. I don't know enough on the subject... except that coal union leaders are insane or completely corrupt.
7 Continue with strong opposition to Gay “marriage”, Abortion and Adult Euthanasia.
8 Continue with strong opposition to Islamic Extremism, and Socialistic Liberal Extremism.
9 Continue to be strong on crime, the death penalty and gun ownership rights.
Yup, yup, yup.
Excellent post and Welcome to Free Republic.
Another one.
#2: Securing the borders is the lesser half of solving the illegal immigration problem. The greater half is making crime (illegal immigration and hiring illegal aliens) not pay. Do that, and they'll deport themselves.
#3 I'd rather subvert the eco-freak issue. Nukes emit no greenhouse gases.
#5 OK but ... there are bad guys in the world, and they mean to harm us. Ignoring them won't make them go away.