2 of 3 Most Admired Figures on the Right are Black

FrontPage Magazine ^ | 12-22-2014 | Daniel Greenfield - Commentary

[smalltownslick]

I don’t think it’s the internet so much as that most of these things are transcribed, and the person doing the transcribing writes what they think they hear. I notice it a lot lately, too.

[jazusamo]

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[MrB]

Drs Sowell and Williams are definitely in the top 10.

[GOPJ]

It’s an interesting phenomenon that two of the leading elder statement of the conservative movement are black. It’s especially interesting since liberals would have trouble pointing to two equally intellectually weighty and influential black figures dominating their side.

The left has lowlifes like Sharpton... people who have turned the civil rights movement upside down from protecting the rights and dignity of all to protecting black thugs and criminals...

[GOPJ]

I don’t see black or white guys here — I see strong, confident, conservative men.

That's because the black men on our side aren't there BECAUSE their black race.. they're there because they're our trusted leaders...

[rlmorel]

He has a lot of company.

[warsaw44]

Yes, their race doesn’t mean a damned thing to any true Conservative.

Conservatives are actually interested in the content of a man’s character.

[MrB]

And in this case, the brilliance of the man’s mind.

[rlmorel]

And, Old Sarge, let’s not forget our most admired man, Ronald Reagan, who signed into law with his own hand, the Immigration Act of 1986.

None of these people, NONE of them, are perfect, and none of them are the total answer.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

"Yes, their race doesn’t mean a damned thing to any true Conservative. Conservatives are actually interested in the content of a man’s character.

WRONG!

As a true Conservative, you must judge a threat and act upon it.

[Old Sarge]

I know all about Reagan, how he cut and ran from Lebanon, raised taxes, and granted amnesty - HE’S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH, say certain Freepers.

To them, Jesus was a RINO.

This bromance people have with West is unfounded.

[Theodore R.]

THAT Allen West?

Well, I guess nobody's perfect. Rick Santorum also jumped into the Trayvon column without knowing the facts.

[GeronL]

my list would look pretty different I guess

Thomas Sowell dropped down on my list with his sustained attacks on Ted Crus

[warsaw44]

Wrong? I think not.

I do not judge anyone based on their skin color. A man’s worth and contribution to society is based on the content of character - not what he looks like.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

On a street at night?

I don't think so.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The Democratic party has been terrorizing blacks into voting for them for about 150 years now.

Your timing is a bit off, IMHO. My understanding is that - Republicans being the party of Lincoln, and Democrats being the party of the KKK - blacks didn’t vote Democrat until bought off by FDR. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a Republican.

[ChildOfThe60s]

If facts swayed liberals, we wouldn’t be where we are now.

[rlmorel]

Thing is, everyone has an ox that gets gored, and it is important to keep in mind that it is better to be right than to be consistent, it is also important to be consistent, because the Left will come at you with every inconsistency, and you need to be prepared.

That’s all.

[RC one]

You're correct. They initially terrorized them into not voting at all once they got the franchise and then terrorized them into voting only for democrats once they couldn't prevent them from voting at all.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Conservatives celebrate achievement. Liberals celebrate, uh, liberalism.”

“Conservatives celebrate achievement. Liberals celebrate,THEMSELVES.

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