Black Republicans
I am a democrat and proud of it. However, Black republicans have some use too. I don't mind them. If they can effectively defend their positions, then they're okay. If they are idealogues and don't have the ability to see reality, then I think they should go sit down. Are you listening, Alan Keyes?
posted by LAJBX94 | 1:16 PM
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In terms of the Black Republican debate--I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with being a Black Republican except for the fact you are following a party who really doesn't give a crap about your people! However, the question is: does either one of the parties, Republican OR Democrat, really give a damn about the plight of the American Minority, particularly Black people? Ummmm...no. Not since the days of the Clinton Era have we had a president who truly knew what it meant to grow up in the economic struggle? A president who knew how to coexist with others that were different than him at someplace other than a prayer breakfast or a peace summit in some faraway Asian destination? The Magic Eightball says: Outlook not good.
This election will be about voting for the lesser of the two evils--Bush, who with his Texas ride-em-cowboy antics has thrown our young men & women (primarily poor and minority)into a war against other brown people because we selfishly think that our American way of life is so much better than the rest of the world. Or you could vote for Kerry, who debate after debate, continues to disappoint me. I could never be a Black Republican--I am probably one of the most unpatriotic people I know (and it seems like it is a requirement to wrap yourself in an American flag and sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic in order to be a member of the Elephant Club). I do consider myself a conservative Democrat--while I am quite conservative on a lot of issues: gay marriage, prayer in schools, faith-based initiatives, I am also quite liberal on others: social and economic issues, diversity of thought. This is a country divided between the Haves and the Have Nots. Republicans are always talking about God and how He gives us gifts and it is our duty to do this and do that....well, how about God's commandment that to whom much is given much is required? The Haves have a moral and ethical responsibility to help out the Have Nots--make sure that people have food, quality health care, equal education, affordable housing. There will always be a class system--there were always be the man that has to grill the burgers at McDonald's who only makes $6 an hour in order to feed the wealthy neurosurgeon who comes in to grab a bite to eat between patients. Regardless of the job, everyone in this country has their place and their purpose and instead of recognizing that the social constructs of America are designed to perpetuate cycles of poverty and distress among families, generation after generation, Republicans would like us to believe that EVERYONE has the same opportunities and EVERYONE can pull themselves up by the bootstraps. I will never align myself with a party that doesn't see the writing on the wall. The poor are getting poorer and more and more jobs are being sent overeas so that the CEOS can have a little extra money in the bonus pool at the end of the fiscal year. Children are suffering because their parents are out of work and they don't have access to quality health care. Forget about school: most teachers don't care about them either. How can we as Americans, the Land of Opportunity, stand by while our children, regardless of color, starve? How can we stand by while our neighborhoods are ravaged by drugs and violence because the poor people in those neighborhoods are never taught to value their lives or those of others? How can we stand by while this country slides into another four years of recession if W gets reelected and think that it's ok? None of us are safe from the narrowminded Republican ideology of George W and his cronies--God help us all if he gets into office again.
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