...and then there is LeBron James and his woke NBA brothers.
Posted on 09/02/2021 6:22:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
The election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now less than two weeks away. According to California law, Newsom will be removed from office if more than 50% of those casting ballots vote in favor of recall. The ballot also asks who should replace the governor if he is recalled. However, Newsom's replacement would be whichever person named on the ballot receives the most votes. There is no requirement that he or she must receive more than 50% of the votes, or indeed any specific percentage at all.
At this writing, conservative commentator and talk show host Larry Elder appears to be the frontrunner to replace Newsom if the recall succeeds. Elder is a Black man running as a Republican. He also calls himself a "small-'l' libertarian."
This is giving the left apoplectic fits. Exhibit A is the news coverage. On Aug. 20, for example, the Los Angeles Times published a column, "Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy." Newspapers and online sites across the country have published articles with a similar bent. And, of course, the smear machine has kicked into high gear, ransacking Elder's past for disgruntled girlfriends or inappropriate comments that the public is somehow supposed to care about.
Elder has largely brushed off the attacks as false and has poked fun at his attackers. In one tweet with a link to the LA Times' column, he joked that it was really something to accuse a kid from "South Central" (Los Angeles, where Elder grew up) of being a white supremacist.
The number of Black Americans who have dared to publicly break with the Democratic Party is growing, as is their visibility. Thomas Sowell and the recently deceased Walter E. Williams are among the best-known conservative economists and scholars in the world. Alan Keyes, Herman Cain and Ben Carson were candidates for president. More recently, Maryland congressional candidate Kim Klacik made waves with her campaign ads. Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell's political switch has made him a fan favorite on Sean Hannity's show. Former Georgia Rep. Vernon Jones is now a candidate for the state's governor, and former football great Herschel Walker is running for a Georgia U.S. Senate seat. Broadcast personalities such as Candace Owens, Sonnie Johnson, David Webb and Charles Payne are grabbing audience attention, as are musicians Kanye West and Zuby.
The rise of Black conservatives has exposed the rank hypocrisy in the left's attitude towards minorities generally and Black Americans specifically. "Politics ain't beanbag," as the saying goes, and anyone who enters the space has to anticipate vehement opposition. But Black conservatives have to endure accusations that they are stupid, are voting (or running) against their own self-interest and that they have betrayed their race. Now, they're being told, often by white liberals, that they aren't really "Black" if they don't agree with the policy positions of the left or support Democrat politicians. President Joe Biden notoriously said during the 2020 campaign that if you were a Black American and voting for Donald Trump, "you ain't black."
It's shocking how condescending and insulting these attacks are. And yet those making them get away with it. No wonder conservatives such as Owens refer to their conversion to conservatism as "escaping" the "Democrat plantation."
What's behind the viciousness? The emergence of a class of Black conservative intellectuals, theorists, politicians, pundits and voters destroys the narrative Democrats have run on for 60 years -- that they are the champions of Blacks, and their policies are integral to Blacks' success in America.
This same phenomenon is playing out among other minorities as well. When Dade County went for Trump in 2020, the papers were filled with op-eds explaining that Cubans, Venezuelans and other Latin American Trump supporters weren't really "Hispanic." The numbers of Mexican Americans in Texas who went for Trump did not help this narrative. Neither does the number of Hispanics in California supporting Newsom's recall.
In a saner political environment, disgruntled Blacks, like all similarly situated Americans, could tell the Democratic Party something like this: "We want the same objectives -- stronger families, safer neighborhoods, better schools, lower incarceration rates, more employment opportunities, reduced homelessness, increased treatment options for mental illness and substance abuse, a healthier relationship between law enforcement and citizens -- but we disagree on the best way to achieve those aims."
But it's no longer clear what the Democratic Party wants besides power. Today's Democratic leadership is controlled by splinter factions angrily pushing issues that lack support from a majority of Americans: open borders, more COVID lockdowns, defunding the police, refusing to enforce laws against theft and vandalism, releasing criminals without bail, and conversion from free market entrepreneurial capitalism to some kind of top-down socialism.
This is unlikely to persuade anyone who's paying attention, especially politicians and activists such as Bernie Sanders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and Newsom, who are repeatedly exposed as hypocrites for not living by the rules they demand everyone else follow.
As more Black conservatives make their presence felt, it should be clear, finally, that the Black vote has never been monolithic. Republicans, who have never been particularly adept at courting minority votes anyway, cannot count on the loyalty of Black conservatives any more than they can white conservatives. The real political divide today is not between Republican and Democrat, but between those who defend individual agency and liberty, and those who believe that a relatively small number of elites should control the lives of the much larger majority.
We fought a war over that political ideology almost 250 years ago, and won because those in power underestimated us and believed that the old political structures would carry the day forever.
Wrong then. Wrong now.
Look into the recent treatment of Allen Wesr’s wife by the Dallas Police Department.
Hats off to Candace Owens for her fearless pioneering into the swamp and battling the critters with brilliance and tenacity.
The ‘rise of black conservatives’ is directly attributed to the rise of black financial and societal gains since the 60’s.
As their incomes, and therefore their lifestyles, became more wealthy, be it from sports, entertainment or business, their self esteem rose as well.
It is only natural that they will want their wealth preserved, not just for themselves, but their descendants and heirs.
That is why the Dems need them to stay poor and marginalized.
That is also why the Dems are importing more and more poor from whatever country or source they can.
If you have a political party that depends on poor and disaffected people for it power base, then you are gonna make damn sure you NEVER RUN OUT OF POOR AND DISAFFECTED PEOPLE!...................
Let me know when 20% of blacks vote R.
I remember not long ago when some FReepers were saying 30-40% of blacks were going to vote for Trump. F’ing comical.
Nothing terrifies the left. I am so tired of the lies. The ONLY thing that would terrify them would be that they would be facing the gallows.
That reason is good enough to nominate him. Incumbent has served 2 terms already. Others need to step aside and open the doors.
I read somewhere that if it wasn’t for immigration, blacks in America would be a declining part of the population, certainly by percentage, but perhaps on absolute terms also. I’m looking for that information again
The main reason is abortion, followed by murder/drugs and then lifestyle (obesity, etc...)
It seemed like a reasonable argument, and would be an impetus for at least educated blacks to realize that they are victims of progressivism.
Let me know when over 5% of Muslims vote R.
Candace is every mother’s dream for her little girl. A one in a million go getter who stands and does not “cry baby” her way through life. How I wish more women and men of her race had her “lionheart”. It would narrow the gap between race and eventually totally eradicate any disparities between black and white.
I beg to differ. Liberals biggest fear is legal evidence that massive vote manipulation occurred in the 2020 presidential election.
It won’t happen over night and may never happen at all, but I personally believe 20% of the black vote is possible if the Republicans are serious about attracting it....
There will be tons of loses along the way but you have to run qualified candidates in races over and over again chipping away at the total....
If Larry Elder were to win in California, that would be huge, but we could also have a black Republican as Governor and US Senator from Georgia, plus we already have a black Republican Senator from South Carolina....
A credible black republican is running for Governor in Michigan, he’s the former Police Chief of Detroit....is he a rock solid conservative ?? Probably not but he would be a helluva lot better than Whitmer...
You can win unless you are in the game, so 20% is a reasonable goal, it wont’t be easy but you have to go for it and not just give up without a fight....so sit this one out if you want but I think it’s worth the attempt.
Why? Because they lose their most effective lie that everything sensible is "racist."
Black people are a tool the liberals have been using to hold onto power, and it is always about the power, because through the power they enrich themselves and their cronies.
It has been a trick for over 150 years, and now it's beginning to fail because brilliant black conservatives are calling them out now.
I've seen this same article re-printed over & over for the past 45 years.
But this time is different, suuuuurrrreee, and I am a Chinese Jet Pilot
“As their incomes, and therefore their lifestyles, became more wealthy, be it from sports, entertainment or business, their self esteem rose as well.”
...and then there is LeBron James and his woke NBA brothers.
Just drove up the center of California yesterday - was pleased to see lots of “recall Newsom” signs - along with “Larry Elder for Governor.”
Not one sign saying to vote “no” on the recall.
I’ve been listening to Larry since 1995 and one of the things I like about him is he’s not race-centric.
He would make a fine governor - especially over the hypocritical, arrogant Newsom.
What I fear is the election will be stolen since millions of mail-in ballots were sent out - and vote harvesting is legal here.
I’d prefer zero Muslims live here...
I don’t believe in pandering to any race. Identity politics is for Democrats, and we won’t win in the giving out free shit game.
Come move to Philly, with Camden, Chester, and Wilmington all around you. Let me hear your arguments after that.
I lived in FL for 14 years, and the south is better integrated than up here. Blacks also behave better in the south. The mid Atlantic black (including Baltimore and DC) are the biggest pieces of shit in our country.
...and then there is LeBron James and his woke NBA brothers.
It’s not about pandering to anyone, what are the black candidates I’ve mentioned running on ?? Traditional American Values and Conservatism.....they aren’t pandering to anyone....
Over 90% of Black Americans who vote, vote Democratic and results have been catastrophic...that’s a voting block begging for an alternative....
For example, supporting school choice in the Black Community is not pandering in my book, it’s good politics and would help everyone....
Unless we prepared to sit back and watch our country burned to the ground, we have to attract more people to our side....
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