Posted on 12/29/2008 5:33:54 AM PST by Kaslin
oh I dunno, I think that had he lived, the dems wouldn’t have gotten so far left - he would have been a moderating force.
The reason that blacks vote Democrat is simple: The liberals have convinced them, through careful manipulation over the course of DECADES, that Republicans hate black people. It really is that simple.
I've posted this story before and I'll do so again. About ten years ago, I had a conversation with a young, female, black coworker. I took her through the Republican platform step by step, and she agreed with every single position. Then, I told her that she'd just agreed with every single position that the Republican party held, and asked her if that was enough to convince her to vote R instead of D. Her answer shocked me: “No... I won't vote for Republicans because they hate black people.”
Hasn't anyone ever wondered why they invariably call conservative blacks “Uncle Tom,” but never say any such thing for a successful liberal black? In the African American community, “Uncle Tom” doesn't just mean a black who acts “white,” as there are lots of blacks who do that, such as Barak Obama, Colin Powell, Oprah Winfrey, etc. It's okay to act “white” as long as you're not conservative. “Uncle Tom” goes further — it carries the same weight of meaning as “collaborator.”
We will continue to get less than ten percent of the African-American vote as long as we continue letting the Dems tell blacks that conservatives hate them.
Please see my post #42.
(I could whine about my own ethnic group, but that isn't relevent here, except the shared grievance politics.)
There is some merit in what you say, but it still doesn't explain the unpleasant fact that every single Black politician (as I said earlier, no matter how Southern, rural, or "sanctified") automatically becomes an across-the-board social liberal (advocating everything from euthanasia, to "animals are people too," to homosexuality, to "creationism is anti-science!") from the very instant they become politicians.
If your Black female was representative of the Black population, why aren't there ever any conservative Black Democrats (at least on non-racial, non-economic issues)?
Honestly. This is what I don't get.
In the sixties there were others like Kennedy (you know, the old Democrat Party - Moynihan, et al) they may have slowed the leftward lurch, but they certainly didn’t stop it.
you are correct, but JFK, being larger than life, would have had considerably greater influence.
Because, like all politicians, they lust for power above all else. If they want the power of moving up in the Democrat machine, that's what they have to believe. ALL politicians change their personal beliefs as they move up the ladder. Remember, Al Gore was pro-life at first...
If your Black female was representative of the Black population, why aren't there ever any conservative Black Democrats (at least on non-racial, non-economic issues)?
That's fairly simple. For decades now, the Democrats have taught blacks that conservative = Republican = racist. Black conservatives get ostracized and demonized, and so they either get quiet or switch over to the Republican party -- VERY hard to do when you've been taught your whole life that Republicans hate you.
Have you ever heard liberals use the phrase "voting in your self-interests?" That's code for "Republicans hate you, so you'd better vote for the Democrat instead."
An interesting theory, and perhaps correct. It just seems to me that at some level in some sleepy little Southern town there would be at least one Black conservative Democrat--and that eventually the radical left social positions would alienate some Blacks somewhere.
Good post. I would only add that IMO, Blacks were on the verge of revolution; a revolution they earned after centuries of abuse. I mean the real kind beyond big city rioting but making politicians fear for their very lives.
Their leaders sought and received $ for their flock from uncle sugar in exchange for peace. As you point out, dependence came with the peace.
Its too bad that Blacks were denied their revolution. Our country would today be better off. My two cents.
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