Black GOP tries to step past color

The Hill ^ | 1/7/04 | Lizzie Andrews

[TheGeezer]

According to this thinking, black people are not de facto Democrats whose political fortunes are necessarily tied to federal largesse AMEN!

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[4everontheRight]

"Black Democrats argued that black Republicans’ effort to divorce race from politics proves these conservatives are uncomfortable with their heritage."

No. What is proves is that they are trying to get elected on the content of their character, not the color of their skin!

[mhking]

Many black Republicans running for Congress are turning away from the identity politics of race and ethnicity and, in the process, seeking to reshape the way politicians and voters think about skin color and ideology.

As are many other conservatives, who happen to be black...

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[What Is Ain't]

For all their talk of forging a new color-blind politics, some black Republicans have shown that they are more than willing to make use of race to attract votes.

At times, these candidates appear to lapse into a sort of doublespeak — broadcasting a race-neutral politics to white voters, who make up the majority in their districts and states, while kowtowing to minorities by appealing to race.

Cain, for example, has targeted black Democrats at black churches and at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, a traditionally black school, spokeswoman Nicole Barry said. Scott has visited 15 black churches this year; the candidate said he hopes to attract black voters with his race and message.

Let's see if I have this right: black conservatives are only allowed to solicit votes from white folks. And, if they make an effort to get black votes, then they are kowtowing.

Right.

[MizzouTigerRepublican]

"Black Democrats argued that black Republicans’ effort to divorce race from politics proves these conservatives are uncomfortable with their heritage."

No. What is proves is that they are trying to get elected on the content of their character, not the color of their skin!"

I couldn't have said it any better. It is about time that all people start seeing themselves as Americans first. I don't care what color their skin is as long as they are standing for good Republican values. With that being said I am 1/2 Mexican. I get so many ethnic people automatically assuming that I am a DUMBocRAT. I hate that more than anything being lumped into their crowd. I don't ever check Latino or Hispanic on any kind of questionnaire or form I fill out. I always ask why their isn't a box that just says AMERICAN on the form. Ok I am off my soapbox for a bit so my blood pressure can go down.

[U S Army EOD]

There are a lot of Good Old Southern White Boys behind Herman Cain in Georgia for one simple reason. We just happen to like him. I for one am trying to talk him up in the local black community where we can get local blacks to at least come out and listen to him.

[Visalia]

I'd vote for a blue candidate if he/she were conservative.

[Tempest]

"I'd vote for a blue candidate if he/she were conservative."

I'll top that and vote for a poka-dot! :^P

[Randjuke]

Peter Onuf, a University of Virginia historian, disputes the notion that today’s Republican Party descends directly from the party of Lincoln. Onuf said that in the 1960s and ’70s, the GOP absorbed disenchanted Dixiecrats who had opposed integration and ending Jim Crow.

Gee, wonder why he threw this in. It doesn't have much to do with the topic. I guess the GOP missed absorbing Robert Byrd.

[Dan from Michigan]

I'll vote for the best candidate. I don't care about race whatsoever. I care about the message. If it is a solid conservative message, then that people has my vote.

In the campaigns, my state rep(white) and my state senator's(Latino) ethnicity was never an issue. That's how it should be.

[Dan from Michigan]

Or Mel Carnahan(blackface). Or Al Gore Sr.

[Tax-chick]

Vernon ping ...

“The Republican Party can either get more minority voters or have more babies.”

Why not both?

[TaxRelief]

We vote for more babies and more minorities!

Go Vernon, Go!

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

I played football in college and we were comprised of a true race pot which worked and played together. White, Mejican and Hawaiian lineman blocked for black backs and took pride in the yardage they gained. It was a team effort. What's the difference here?

[Kuksool]

An article of interest.

[Clintonfatigued]

It's going to take decades for the 'Rats lock on the African-American vote to be unlocked. Still, Republicans might do better in 2004 than in a long time among them.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"It's going to take decades for the 'Rats lock on the African-American vote to be unlocked. Still, Republicans might do better in 2004 than in a long time among them."

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Thirty percent. All we need is 30% of the black vote, and we could then start electing black conservative Republicans in black-majority districts in the South, which would in turn lead to every voter, regardless of skin color, to vote for the candidate and party with which they agree the most. When that happens, the Democrat Party will cease to exist in the South and parts of the Midwest and Northeast.