Posted on 10/22/2009 3:16:27 AM PDT by Daisyjane69
I had a similar experience “the day after.” I was standing in line to check out at the grocery store and one by one the people in front of me raved along with the checkout clerk how wonderful bambi was and what a great day blah blah barf. When I got to the checkout stand I was stone cold and matter of fact, the clerk and box girl seemed horrified and uncomfortable with me, suddenly silence all around as they begrudgingly rang up my groceries and bagged them. You could hear a pin drop. After I left it was back to the obama orgy.
The election of Obama was truly mass psychosis, what complete idiots. Looks like now they are slowly finding that out.
Yes but with 2 weeks to go and McDonnell polling 30% of the black vote, it suggests a major shift in this election at least.
Remember, McDonnell did receive the endorsement of Sheila Johnson, a co-founder of BET and a very influential member of the black community. So I think at least for this election the numbers are real.
Yep, "the morning after" is going to plague us for 3 1/2 years, dammit.
I just realized that I've lived in all three states which have had black governors. (Not counting Louisiana, which had an unelected black governor for a very brief while during reconstruction.)
Also, former Governor Wilder, the first black governor elected in the United States, has had a very good relationship with Republicans. He hasn’t endorsed McDonnell, but he has crossed party lines before and has severely criticized Deeds.
Someone should show this to that actress, whatever her name is, Janeane Garafolo.
"And who did not shed a tear of pride on Inauguration day when the African American community finally saw themselves complete the long journey from slaves, to second class citizens to acknowledged leaders?"
Umm....that would be me.
You are correct. Doug Wilder was the first, but not the only.
As for the rest of the article, maybe there's some truth to it. But more likely it's because the Democrats are not excited about Creigh Deeds and many African Americans see him as a rural bumpkin (as in country white guy).
In addition, Bob McDonnell has reached out to the African American community. And he's done so effectively. George Allen used to pull 20% of the black vote. I think McDonnell could see numbers higher than that.
I remember Governor Wilder, he is a class act.
Supreme Court Justice Powell administered the oath of office during his swearing in ceremony. Justice Powell was fairly conservative as I recall and after the swearing in Wilder went over and shook his hand warmly.
So with Shelia Johnson endorsing McDonnell and Wilder neutral, I would not be surprised if McDonnell gets at least 20% of the black vote. If that is a trend in the country-outside of big cities like Chicago or Detroit, the Democrats may face defeat across the country.
I remember Governor Wilder, he is a class act.
Supreme Court Justice Powell administered the oath of office during his swearing in ceremony. Justice Powell was fairly conservative as I recall and after the swearing in Wilder went over and shook his hand warmly.
So with Shelia Johnson endorsing McDonnell and Wilder neutral, I would not be surprised if McDonnell gets at least 20% of the black vote. If that is a trend in the country-outside of big cities like Chicago or Detroit, the Democrats may face defeat across the country.
http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/ for Governor
http://www.billbolling.com/ for Lieutenant Governor
http://www.cuccinelli.com/ for Attorney General
Some black politicians got in trouble for saying on audio that blacks needed to consolidate their votes to keep the office and to keep the white women out. I think there may be some backlash from embarrassed fair minded black people. At least, I hopey & changy.
BTTT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._B._S._Pinchback
Political career
In 1863, during the Civil War, Pinchback traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, and recruited African-American volunteers for the Union Army. He became captain of Company A, 1st Louisiana Native Guards (later reformed as the 73rd U. S. Colored Infantry Regiment). He resigned his commission because of racial prejudice against black officers.
After the war, Pinchback returned to New Orleans and became active in the Republican Party, participating in Reconstruction state conventions. In 1868, he organized the Fourth Ward Republican Club in New Orleans. That same year, he was elected as a State Senator, where he became senate president pro tempore of a Legislature that included 42 representatives of African American descent (half of the chamber, and seven of 36 seats in the Senate). In 1871 he became acting lieutenant governor upon the death of Oscar Dunn, the first elected African-American lieutenant governor of a U.S. state.
In 1872, the incumbent Republican governor Henry Clay Warmoth, suffered impeachment charges near the end of his term. State law required that Warmoth step aside until convicted or cleared of the charges. Pinchback, as lieutenant governor, succeeded as governor on December 9 and served for 35 days until the end of Warmoth's term. Warmoth was not convicted and the charges were eventually dropped."
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"...It was not until 1990 that another African American became governor of any U.S. state. In 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the second African-American state governor (and the first to be elected to office). Deval Patrick of Massachusetts was elected governor and took office in January 2007. David Paterson of New York became the fourth African-American governor on March 17, 2008 when he succeeded to office following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer. Wilder, Patrick and Paterson are all Democrats."
Yup, he’s the guy I was referring to in my parenthetical comment in post 25.
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