I am a moderate Democrat but a young conservative brother from Atlanta who works for a South Carolina GOP member of congress sent me the short documentary “Young, Black & Republican.” As a kid reading Black Enterprise magazine and watching Tony Brown’s Journal on PBS, I remember this pro-business, self-determination type African-American Republican. Hell, every striding Black family could be considered conservative because “if you wait for the government to do for you, you will be waiting awhile” was the mindset.
The 2010 election season will be wild and as twisted as a mile of bad road—brace yourself for some ugliness. The fellow in this video who loves his party’s positions but questions the tone had me saying amen to the computer. Since the best documentary series follow-up with the subjects later, we should hope that the “tone” of the Far Right doesn’t push these outstanding young people out of a major political party before Thanksgiving. (That would be similar to moderates bailing out on the Dem Team over government spending.)
Keith with Peanut Politics blog is a young conservative Democrat who thinks the Black exodus from the GOP started in the primary and that it will kick into overdrive from the campaign rhetoric this fall. They might take my Blue Dog pin for saying this but stand your ground in the red team—be logical and cool when presenting a healthier “tone” option.
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Wow! So glad this was forwarded to you Slyram. I plan to share this, along with our blog of course, to every Republican candidate in Georgia. The Chair of the Ga. Republican Party and others. Right away. For starters.
my favorite quote: “it’s not easy being a bush defender. if you can defend bush, i think you can defend almost anything.”
what are these issues and beliefs alluded to that african-americans overwhelmingly are so republican about?
and i’d disagree some with the woman who says new york is totally different from the rest of the country in their thinking. most of the country is left of center. even augusta is left of center if we’re talking about the general population.
how does the republican party offer a system of equal opportunity?
no one answers the question “why are you a republican?” they say that the question is racist and that the gop does a bad job of presenting itself to african-africans and that they shouldn’t have to justify their beliefs, that people are never satisfied with the answer and that other people are embarrassed about being conservative, but no one answers the question.
What gets me is that I have always known some good brothers and sisters who were conservative and I respect them. We use to joke that everyone becomes a conservative after they make over 50K a year—that must be the reason I am still a moderate Democrat. Seriously, southerners know we always need someone at the table when the decisions are made and that’s why I am a little hurt that Honeycutt, Ruth, and Everson did not come out of their GOP primary. Michael Steele’s original plans for diversity have been overshadow by other stuff (some of it his) but our community should at least get to know all candidates in the event they are running things in January.
And hey, President Obama is the main Democrat who is constantly looking for Republicans with whom to dialog but the Far Right isn’t hearing that. Dr. Honeycutt would have broken it down for him in the best interest of our nation. I would appreciate Everson, Ruth or her commenting on what is next. Of course, the GOP candidates who remain might decide to foster stronger ties with the conservatives in our community if they follow the successful career of Senator Isakson.
I can’t call it…I can’t call it… But this article adds to the discussion.
http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-atlanta/gop-continues-to-show-lack-of-support-for-qualified-black-candidates-1