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It's a searing indictment of the GOP that Dick Armey ... ... is a voice of [cough]reason[cough] in the clown car that calls itself the Republican Party.
I've been saying that all the time. Conservatives cannot called African-Americans "dumb" and then expect them to vote for them. What part of that does no one get? Or perhaps this isn't so much about Blacks voting for Democrats as it is something else.
You are absolutely right about it not being the same as 40 years ago, its better. We are now an extension of the northern part of our party where as Republicans seem to be an extension of the southern arm of their's
I would say that both parties have been through changes over time. The Democrats of 1872 are not the same Democrats as 1972. The Democrats of 1972 aren't even the same as this year. The Republican Party has changed, especially since the 1960s. One thing to consider is the Southern Strategy.
Alot of this leads me to believe that the "election" is not the only thing bothering people. I think it has alot more to do with people having problems with Blacks as a whole and blaming Blacks for everything in this society. In fact, there is a website dedicated to blaming everything on Blacks called "stuffblackpeopledontlike".
Oh, for Pete's sake...there's a website for everything.
Oh, for Pete's sake...there's a website for everything.
Good Grief!
Some people take the internet far too seriously.
If there are people who truly think that way, there are some reasons to worry. It isn't so much what some people think, but how some people think that I should worry about.
Curious, have you thought why so many voted for Obama, perhaps because of the alternative? Has that dawned on you? Now, if you then state, "Well, Romney was the better candidate" then you are the dumb one. Mitt Romney was the worst candidate the republican party could have nominated, by far the worst, worse than McCain. If he wasn't the worst he would be the POTUS now. It is as simple as that.
Alot of this leads me to believe that the "election" is not the only thing bothering people. I think it has alot more to do with people having problems with Blacks as a whole and blaming Blacks for everything in this society. In fact, there is a website dedicated to blaming everything on Blacks called "stuffblackpeopledontlike".
Of course. They just don't like us anyway. The vote thing us just fuel to give them something else to talk about relative to black people.
In any case, I don't give a damn whether they like us or not. Not my problem.
I continue not to understand how republicans think we should come to their side? After that incident at the CPAC with that racist tea party voter, you really expect us to come to that side? Voter ID laws, paul ryan's budget, etc. Have you seen the topics created on this forum, you really expect us to join who people who think like that about us?
You would only have a case if the Republicans had a black candidate and suddenly Republicans get 90% of the vote. Until then you have no case.
Asians voted 75% in favor of Obama. Does that make them stupid? I've been bringing this up since November and nobody has tried to say anything about it.
You would only have a case if the Republicans had a black candidate and suddenly Republicans get 90% of the vote. Until then you have no case.
Asians voted 75% in favor of Obama. Does that make them stupid? I've been bringing this up since November and nobody has tried to say anything about it.
I've also done some math. 24 million Blacks voted in the 2004 election. 26 million Blacks voted in the 2008 election. That is a 2 million voter increase from one election to the other. I did a cumulative calculation. If you were to take the 2 million voters increase and divide it by 26 million, that would mean 7.7% of Black voters voted for President Obama simply because he was Black. That still leaves 92.3% of Black voters who did not vote based on race.
There is another variable to consider. New Black voters. Out of the 2 million voters who came out for the 2008 election, it might be important to ask this question: Which portion of that population was born between November 1,1986 and October 1, 1990? It is important to ask this because there were alot of voters in 2008 who were not old enough to vote in 2004.
And I think the fact the no one asks about Asian voting patterns is a revelation that some of this isn't really about Black voting patterns, but rather, about Blacks in general. I think some people are angry about the election, and are using Blacks as a scapegoat.
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... is a voice of [cough]reason[cough] in the clown car that calls itself the Republican Party.
