September 14, 2009 9:46 PM
Racism? Really? Black conservatives on Obama
Folks, this is madness! Under the leadership of an emotionally healthy black person, this country could have found healing and true friendship between the races. But under the leadership of people committed to the politics of division and class warfare and destruction of our way of life, the goals will always be confusion and chaos.
Hooray for black conservative thinkers and analysts who are courageously articulating the truth as Martin Luther King would have wanted - in a world where a man is judged by the content of his character and not by the color of his skin.
Other takes:Some blacks now have doubts about ObamaStar Parker - Syndicated Columnist - 9/14/2009 8:20:00 AM
Americans of all political persuasions agree that the nation has problems. Big problems.
And here's where we all part company. The political left, who now control our government, thinks we need more government -- a lot more. Those on the right see our problems as the result of excess government and want to move things in the opposite direction.
The fact that Democrats, with their man in the White House and control of both houses of Congress, are having difficulty getting their big government programs passed says something about the strength of the grassroots push back now taking place.
Stirring is even occurring among blacks.
According to the Pew Research Center, the president's approval rating nationwide is now 10 points lower than last April. Included in this is a three-point drop in his approval among blacks.
You might say, Star, a drop in approval ratings among blacks from 95 percent to 92 percent is trivial. But I say not so.
If we assume this reflects the 16 million blacks who voted for Obama last November, a three-point shift means there are about a half million blacks who now have buyer's remorse.
Read entire article at OneNewsNow
Another Black Conservative: Maureen Dowd joins the Raaaaacism Industrial Complex
Black & Right: Liberals Prefer the Wannabes and several other entries before and after
Mary Baker, writing at American Thinker: Why I am No Longer an African American
And another from American Thinker:
Barack and MeAnd in case you didn't have time to go exploring when I ran these before, you might want to revisit my Black conservatives rising: thinkers and blogs.
by Ron Miller
September 13, 2009
I've been a committed conservative and, with the exception of one year where I listed myself as an independent, a registered Republican since 1978. What makes that rather unremarkable statement more intriguing is that I'm an American who happens to be black.
Anyone who follows politics knows that puts me in rare and sometimes lonely company. Black voting percentages for the Republican nominee for President since 1964 are typically in the single digits, reaching 11% nationwide in 2004 and, perhaps more significantly, 16% in Ohio, helping George W. Bush take that state and the Presidency for a second term. There is no single demographic group in the nation that is more loyal and, in my opinion, more taken for granted by the beneficiaries of their votes than blacks.Until February 10, 2007, most of my black friends and associates tolerated my status as a conservative and Republican, dismissing me as a novelty or something less flattering but essentially harmless. After that date, and especially after the Iowa caucuses in the 2008 Presidential election, I became an enemy and someone who needed to be silenced at all costs.What changed? The emergence of Barack Hussein Obama as the first viable black candidate for the Presidency, an occasion that called for racial solidarity over ideological purity or party loyalty.
Read entire article at American Thinker.
Don't forget Pastor Stephen Broden, the antithesis of Rev. Jeremiah Wright - the God-Damn-America pastor who mentored Barack Obama for 20 years.
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See also:
Huntley Brown: A Black Man Won't Vote for Obama
Does Obama Hate White People?
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Comments
I'll have to come back and read these links later today - I'm a little bleary eyed due to a big parenting problem over here. Maybe I'll email for advice after this. :)
I'd read Dowd's article the other day and my first thought was that if she heard "boy" after anything Joe Wilson said, doesn't that make her the racist? Or at least the one thinking along those lines? There were no implications of any sort along the racist lines no matter Wilson's background. If we'd all known prior to Joe Wilson's outburst that he was this outspoken, bold and brazen white supremacist (not saying he is just as an example), her hearing an unspoken "boy" wouldn't have been so off the wall. But no one knew who Wilson really was prior to his outburst so it's kind of difficult to read any subtext into a vocal expression by someone so background in nature - until now of course. So if she's hearing imaginary "boys" in places where it wasn't spoken when a white person is speaking to a black person, I kind of think she's the one with her mind in the gutter. Or it's just wishful thinking to promote an idea that will further divide our country and polarize sides in an effort to push through legislation.
Posted by: Elle | September 15, 2009 5:42 AM
So interesting that you bring this up...I recently spent a good hour (and several days being worked up) arguing with some guy I don't even know when he jumped on a friends Face book post (about the education speech) and claimed that Republicans were all racist...sadly to say by the end he never got it...instead of owning up to what he said he just kept then trying to argue with me about Obamas policies....so infuriating! And seriously, Racist at 6 months!
Posted by: Malissa Coy | September 15, 2009 9:14 AM
Thank you again Barbara, for taking the time to compile truthful and desperately important pieces for your readers to pass on.
God Bless You today.
Posted by: Cynthia | September 15, 2009 12:02 PM
It seems like slowly, more black conservatives are being seen or heard, at least among the "alternative" media of conservative blogs & news sources. (And after all, who can believe the mainstream media anymore anyway?) When I worked at a major chain bookstore, there was a book that came out (which may have been "Our Kind of People" by Lawrence Graham) discussing the black upper-class, especially before the civil-rights movement, etc. If I remember correctly one of the comments (perhaps made by a book rep), it was that much of this history has been "lost" - that most people don't realize that there were upper-class blacks before the civil-rights movement, and that many had made huge strides for themselves and their families, despite difficulties. I believe also that this is one of the reasons Condoleezza Rice had such a hard time during the time she was Secretary of State - from the little bit I know about her, it seems that she was from one of these upper-class black families.
In any case, I was at the 9/12 rally in Chicago on Saturday, and there was a fellow out there by the name of John Arrington who is running for the Senate seat currently held by (the despicable) Roland Burris. I don't know if you heard much about him other than from the Blagojevich scandal, but basically, it was "decreed" by the Chicago Machine that this seat was somehow "owed" to the "black community", especially since it was Barack Obama's seat, and because he's now the only black Senator. Yet we all know what is meant by the media when they talk about black candidates - that they all adhere to the Democrat lines, come hell or high water. In any case, I don't know too much about Arrington, but apparently, he's running for the GOP nomination for that seat, but the GOP has pretty much already promised to back Mark Kirk, who is one of these RINOs who stands for nothing. (His vote for cap-and-trade was generally seen as his first step in a Senate run.) However, if the GOP in this state were more than just a bad joke, they'd be good to look at someone like Arrington, at least from what it says about him on his website (http://www.arringtonforsenate.com/).
Posted by: Katja | September 15, 2009 11:15 PM
Barbara, thank you for bringing this issue to light! As a black American who has many misgivings about the current administration, it's good to know that I'm not alone. I've been musing about race and its implications politically and personally for me over at my blog. My prayer is that more people will think independently and speak out about the atrocities, especially those of us who don't fit the stereotype that the left-wing media is propagating.
Posted by: Tammy | September 16, 2009 11:57 AM
