Southern conservatives show signs of color-blindness
Conventional wisdom holds that America’s changing demographics, with whites expected to lose their majority status nationally within a few decades, spell trouble for the Republican Party. But while it’s true that Republicans have relied heavily on white voters for the better part of a half-century, we should also ask whether the demographic trend is really as politically problematic for the GOP as Democrats seem to think it is.
Particularly after last night’s Republican primary run-off results in the Carolinas.
South Carolina is getting most of the attention, and deservedly so, for the wins of Nikki Haley in the gubernatorial run-off and Tim Scott in a congressional race. Haley is Indian-American. Scott not only is black, but he defeated the son of one-time Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond to advance to November’s general electi0n.
And in North Carolina, another black Republican, William Randall, won his congressional run-off last night and will oppose Democratic incumbent Brad Miller in November. Texas Republicans also gave a black congressional candidate, Stephen Broden, the nod in their primary earlier this year. Other black GOPers, in states like Virginia, won congressional nominations unopposed and will be on ballots in November.
In other words, the meme that conservatives won’t vote for minority candidates is crumbling this year. What we’re seeing is that conservatives will vote candidates who share their political values, regardless of heritage or skin color.
And the number of minorities running as conservatives is rising. The Frederick Douglass Foundation, which champions conservative stances on abortion and economics, reports that more African Americans than ever are running for Congress as Republicans. Then there are people like Haley and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, not to mention Labor commissioner candidate Melvin Everson here in Georgia.
Although Thurbert Baker is a Democrat, he withstood GOP momentum in 2002 and 2006 to remain Georgia’s attorney general in large part because conservative Georgians saw him as tough on crime and reluctant to engage in the kind of lawsuit adventurism that other Democratic AGs across the country have become famous for. One could easily argue that that track record has hurt him in his quest to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary this year.
The typical question has been whether Republicans are ready to welcome minorities into their ranks. If results like last night’s are repeated later this year and into the future, the question may become whether Democrats are prepared if they do.
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The Snark
June 23rd, 2010
10:51 am
Good news indeed, that non-white Republican candidates win on their merits. But an emerging trend? That’s wishful thinking. I personally do not see the party as a whole as racist or any other particular noxious -ist, BUT, the fact is that the GOP has long had a strategy of tacitly drawing from the well of racism, xenophobia, etc., using cleverly coded appeals, and rarely stands up to the ugle elements in its midst (slamming the “raghead” comments being a rare but welcome exception.)
Until the GOP gathers its moral strength and weans itself from courting the support of the Tea Party/Sarah Palin/talk radio crowd, it will remain the party of angry white people.
Jon
June 23rd, 2010
10:57 am
If the party is color blind, then why does this column exist? It’s the equivalent of “Hey, look! I have a black friend!”
Tyler Durden
June 23rd, 2010
10:58 am
Yes, historically the GOP has featured a platform that seemingly went out its way to alienate minorities at every turn. The fact that non-whites have won a few GOP primaries is surprising, but I might be a little wary of suggesting a sea change just yet. Until a trend develops, these are just anomalies (altho certainly worthy of noting and monitoring on both sides of the aisle for the obvious reasons).
You use an interesting phrase in your post as well: lawsuit adventurism. Hmmmm…. would pursuing a patently pointless and destined-for-failure lawsuit against Federally-approved healthcare reform qualify for this moniker? Cus i seem to remember a lot of Litponites and other fringe elements screaming for Baker to do just that, which would contradict your characterization…
arnold
June 23rd, 2010
11:02 am
You have to live in another universe. The silent majority still rules the Republican Party. You are probably too young to remember Nixon and the rest. I wish it would change. I wish we had political parties that were not only color blind, but actually attempted to govern reasonably. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans want to give the other party credit for any thing. Therefore, it’s no, no no.
Kyle Wingfield
June 23rd, 2010
11:04 am
Jon: See the first two words of the piece. CW is not always correct, but it does exist.
Tyler: “Sea change” is farther than I would go. But I think it’s significant that this is happening so early in Obama’s presidency. It does suggest the beginning of a real break in the race-party politics link, doesn’t it?
Nice Try
June 23rd, 2010
11:09 am
Sorry, but claiming the end (or the beginning of the end) of Southern bigotry because the (capable) Indian-American Nikki Haley has won her run-off is a bit premature, and fails key “correlation/causality” tests. Do you think she would have done as well if she were the same accomplished, Indian–American she is if she looked like, say, Janet Reno or Ruth Bader Ginsberg? I don’t. I think that is sad, because competence should rule, but alas, it doesn’t. Just look at Sarah “Spill Baby Spill” Palin. Does anyone think she would be as popular or as much of a right-wing standard bearer if, all her history and accomplishments the same, she were dog-butt ugly? Really now… I’m afraid I’m with Jon @10:57 on this one.
hotlanta
June 23rd, 2010
11:13 am
What they do is elect a black person and DEMAND that things be done while the white person they defeated sat in office did nothing and gets a pension. That is just like saying that because Atlanta has a black mayor we are colorblind. When we know in reality it’s the rich white folks with money who are actually running things.
Is anyone noticing the same thing that I am noticing. The Repulicans are NOT working. Yet they accuse the President of not working time and time again. They are busy campaigning for November and 2012. They are busy complaining against the Obama administration and not coming up solutions. Thay haven’t passed a thing. It’s amazing how no one is talking about that.
Ragnar Danneskjöld
June 23rd, 2010
11:13 am
Seemingly the only “race-conscious” ones still standing are the “affirmative action crowd.” With them racism will live forever.
TehranDawg
June 23rd, 2010
11:24 am
“Although Thurbert Baker is a Democrat, he withstood GOP momentum in 2002 and 2006 to remain Georgia’s attorney general in large part because conservative Georgians saw him as tough on crime and reluctant to engage in the kind of lawsuit adventurism that other Democratic AGs across the country have become famous for.”
Like all the republican AGs suing over the healthcare bill, or the AG in VA with the funny name who’s attempting to end discrimination policies against gays at public colleges in the state. I assumed you were more moderate Wingfield. Every time you criticize a democrat, there are facts that back up the same actions taken by republicans.
Ed
June 23rd, 2010
11:25 am
Considering it’s the GOP and NOT the democrats who pushed for the end to slavery, pushed for equal rights, and elevated the highest minorities to non-elected positions withing it’s govt administrations, I find it laughable when ANY democrat says the GOP are racist.
Dems play the game for votes. The GOP simply doesn’t play the game.
Remember, the dem leaders wanted Hillary… NOT Obama.
First Sergeant
June 23rd, 2010
11:25 am
hotlanta
June 23rd, 2010
11:13 am
“Is anyone noticing the same thing that I am noticing. The Repulicans are NOT working”.
Very good point! John McCain even stated earlier this year, “I will not work with this administration for the rest of the year (meaning until the elections of 2010). This guy actually told his supporters that he quit for the year. How pathetic! And guess what? Yelp, he’s now campaigning for reelection! What a sad state of affairs if this guy is reelected! So sad!
JF McNamara
June 23rd, 2010
11:29 am
Times are changing at glacial speed, and hopefully we are heading for a period of restored balance because of it. We’ve got to get away from the extremes of both parties and get to back to the center where the majority of the populace resides. Then maybe we’ll see some negotiation from both parties and some Change, Change I (and the majority of United States Citizens regardless of political gang) can believe in.
JF McNamara
June 23rd, 2010
11:35 am
Hey Ed,
Ever heard of Dixiecrats? I think that’s the key component missing from your argument. There was a shift of Southern Democrats to the Republican party because of segregation. Here is a reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat
Peter Haskett
June 23rd, 2010
11:35 am
I agree with you on this, although I would submit that it’s not about race, it’s about education. In my opinion, an educated minority would less inclined to vote for a candidate based on party loyalty.
In 2000, when I lived in Texas, Bush and future AG Alberto Gonzales successfully captured large portions of the Hispanic vote. Enough to win the state, which was not a forgone conclusion for Bush, even though he was governor at the time. I see no reason why Republicans couldn’t repeat that success nationwide.
Additionally, I think US citizens with roots in India, Pakistan, and the Phillipines will make up an ever growing block of voters, and their general political opinions are more in line with Republicans than Democrats. That’s just my opinion, but the SC gov. and Bobby Jindal lend credence to that opinion.
voter
June 23rd, 2010
11:38 am
It’s not that the GOP has disregarded minorities, it’s actually the other way around. But thanks to the information age, all the lies and misconceptions Dems have made all people can now see how the liberal policies have hurt America in every way. As long as there is a Democratic party there will always be cries of racism, it’s the only card they can play, and as long as people believe these lies they’ll play that card.
Whacks Eloquent
June 23rd, 2010
11:41 am
Ed and voter, good points. Unfortunately, American society in general is too naive and takes what politicians say at face value, without investigating their motives. So, someone who is less pandering to minorities out of respect or just indifference may actually get labeled as racist for being fair and logical. Luckily for the GOP, the Dixiecrats are mostly dead now…the hijacking of the GOP may be nearly over. Once the racial sensitivity angle is gone, then the Dems will have to stand on ideas alone, and may be in some trouble.
Last Word
June 23rd, 2010
11:51 am
Reeeally?
Is that why the Evangelical Right were “uneasy” with Nikki Haley’s Sikh background even though she converted to christianity years ago?!!!
The xenophobic rantings from their pulpits rsulted in a group-think that went something like:
“Uh, we don’t trust her, she ain’t Uhmerican. And besides, can she DO that?”
budman
June 23rd, 2010
11:56 am
As Jon stated ” and why do we have this article” the problem is not parties it is the failure of Americans to VOTE. Political parties are the excuse for doing nothing!!! When people start railing on the political atmosphere of America…ask them if they voted…if the didn’t, which is usually the case, ask them why they have an opinion now but could not invest 20-30 minutes of there time to vote. People are very hesitant to admit there failure as a good citizen. Vote, pay your taxes and show up when called for jury duty..its really that easy.
joe
June 23rd, 2010
11:59 am
Welcome aboard, to anyone of any race, creed, color, religion, yada, yada, yada who has conservative principles and family values. I value highly intelligent people from all walks of life who take personal responsibility seriously. As RR once said, government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. The smaller the better, the more freedom the better.
Whacks Eloquent
June 23rd, 2010
12:02 pm
Not condoning their criticism of her, but concern about her religious upbringing which could affect her moral stances is not the same as the Dixiecrats’ skin-deep discrimination based upon color. The fundies may have been a bit worked up over nothing, IMO. But it is not fair to compare concern about religious backgrounds to unfounded racism. If you had a similar candidate running as a Dem in Catholic rural New England, you’d encounter similar concerns…
Kyle Wingfield
June 23rd, 2010
12:08 pm
Last Word: Haley nearly won a majority in the initial round and got 65 percent in the runoff. That’s some kind of anti-Haley “groupthink” going on.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 23rd, 2010
12:10 pm
Kyle, you forgot J.C. Watts of Ok.
Liberals call these Uncle Tom’s to rationalize their bigoted and racist views.
The spin has spun and it’s finally coming to light for many Africa-Americans that the liberals are the true racist in this county.
Isn’t that right Chris Matthews?
Last Word
June 23rd, 2010
12:14 pm
KW:
see:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/15/haleys-path-to-christianity-leaves-some-evangelicals-uneasy/?fbid=bGRZ9Y8-JtE
Last Word
June 23rd, 2010
12:19 pm
Also:
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/06/15/s-c-evangelicals-begin-to-take-measure-of-nikki-haleys-sikh-heritage/
Whacks Eloquent
June 23rd, 2010
12:19 pm
Oh, and also, having lived in SC for a few years…the area that just picked Tim Scott over Son of Strom – very conservative, very Christian. Majority white (Especially in the GOP primary). But wait, aren’t southern whites all supposed to be Bible and gun-wielding racists? The left loves their stereotypes – what do they do when the stereotypes fail?
Back to Haley – would her background have given me pause? Maybe, but only if she came from a culture that did not respect freedom and individual responsibility. And India is notorious for the caste system, so is it unfounded? Now I take her word on it when she says she converted, but I do understand some level of hesitance. Apparently they still picked her over the competition, though, so props to them!
Pondering
June 23rd, 2010
12:20 pm
If you look at the demographics of who votes for Democrats, over 90% of blacks vote Democrat. Perhaps it’s the blacks that are being racist? Why is that okay? If 90% of whites voted Republican, it would be fair to question if it was a racist thing. Maybe it’s just not okay to suggest or consider whether blacks are biggoted or racist? Just pondering…
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:24 pm
But Kyle, according to Cynthia McKinny Tucker all conservatives are racist plantation owners who belong to the Klan.
I bet Tucker is pulling out her corn rows right now. LOL
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:25 pm
“Yes, historically the GOP has featured a platform that seemingly went out its way to alienate minorities at every turn.”
Explain Negro Reid and Klanner Byrd..
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:26 pm
“If the party is color blind, then why does this column exist?”
To show proof that blacks can be conservative. It also shows proof to left wing retards that conservatives are not in the klan.
Last Word
June 23rd, 2010
12:31 pm
OhtIQod:
My, and isn’t YOUR intelligence showing!
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:32 pm
“They are busy complaining against the Obama administration and not coming up solutions.”
This line proves that democrat voters have low IQ’s. Anyone who has half a brain knows that the GOP has been out of power since 2006. Of course they can’t get anything passed etc because the democrat party is too busy acting like effing retards.
“Thay haven’t passed a thing. It’s amazing how no one is talking about that.”
Again, more evidence of a low IQ.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:33 pm
“My, and isn’t YOUR intelligence showing!”
Nice comeback, Kathy Griffin.
Kyle Wingfield
June 23rd, 2010
12:33 pm
Last Word: http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16213/29126/en/summary.html
You can’t alienate too many evangelicals and win a GOP primary almost 2-to-1.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:35 pm
Last Word
Funny you post a CNN opinion column. CNN is about as relevant as Ted Kennedy.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:39 pm
From the amazing CNN article:
“CNN surveyed nearly two dozen faith leaders and conservative activists across the state on Monday to see what their communities are saying about Haley’s religion as she stands on the verge of capturing the GOP nomination.”
Wow, so CNN surveyed “nearly” 24 people……. WOW, that is solid non-journalism there.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:40 pm
Black conservatives who racist left wing retards call Uncle Toms:
Condi Rice
Thomas Sowell
JC Watts
Clarence Thomas
Herman Cain
Larry Elder
Star Parker
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:44 pm
Hey Kyle
Why did you take my “D’s” comment off the blog?
1: Left wingers are always talking about how stupid conservatives are.
2: Why?
Williebkind
June 23rd, 2010
12:46 pm
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:41 pm
You mean she scored that high!
Williebkind
June 23rd, 2010
12:47 pm
It must have been in the journalist classes.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:47 pm
“You mean she scored that high!”
Affirmative Action yo!
sane jane
June 23rd, 2010
12:50 pm
Yep, nothing says color-blindness like a GOPer calling Nikki Haley (and Obama) a “raghead”!
Very forward looking, very color blind! Not at ALL what we would expect from SC!
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
12:53 pm
“Yep, nothing says color-blindness like a GOPer calling Nikki Haley (and Obama) a “raghead”!”
And nothing says colorblindness like a Democrat who hung black people in the 1950’s…Robert Byrd.
Or Harry Reid calling Obama a non-negro speaking negro……
Yep, you left wingers are colorblind alright.
Liberalism is a joke
June 23rd, 2010
1:02 pm
What do you call a liberal with a degree in philosophy?
A janitor.
Liberalism is a joke
June 23rd, 2010
1:03 pm
Where do most liberals move after college?
Their parents basement.
Ray Gunnite
June 23rd, 2010
1:04 pm
Now leave the liberals alone. They really need to feel superior since their positions aren’t very logical or defensible. It’s really quite amusing to watch their pitiful little rants about how the Rs are mean old white racists. I think most other (educated) liberals even laugh at that notion.
t
June 23rd, 2010
1:05 pm
this is the way i see racial politics to this date, and no i’m not trying to be mean.
Republicans ARE color blind, and favor policies that treat everyone equally regardless of skin color.
Democrats see this and tell minorities that republicans don’t care about them because they are racists and they hate all minorities.
Ya see where trying to be fair to all gets you republicans?
retiredds
June 23rd, 2010
1:06 pm
Nice article, Kyle, but wishful thinking. GA might come around in 50 years.
Bubba
June 23rd, 2010
1:07 pm
Im not racist. i used to have a afro-american freind.
Bubba
June 23rd, 2010
1:07 pm
friend, sorry
No More Progressives!
June 23rd, 2010
1:08 pm
Nice Try
June 23rd, 2010
11:09 am
Sorry, but claiming the end (or the beginning of the end) of Southern bigotry………..
So are we to conclude that there is no bigotry/bias/discrimination in the vaunted North, where everything is perfect?
Horse feathers & apple butter.
Who did LBJ turn to for help in getting the Civil Rights bill passed? Republicans, because those world famous, tolerant Democrats of the 60’s wouldn’t agree with LBJ.
BlackaFlacka
June 23rd, 2010
1:09 pm
Wow @Obama.
I find it VERY telling that in our nation of over 300 million people that you could only come uwith SEVEN so called notable “Black” conservatives. I will give you one more, because we don’t want him either – Michael Steele..and yes they ARE sellouts and are identified as such for good reason.
You have been foaming at the mouth on this blog with your serial swipes against all things non-white, yet you want to convince us it is other folks who are the racists. Nice try, epic fail.
RN
June 23rd, 2010
1:11 pm
@Obama has the IQ of dung… No wonder some think most Republicans are ignorant, obnoxious jerks…
You are an embarrassment.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:16 pm
“I find it VERY telling that in our nation of over 300 million people that you could only come uwith SEVEN so called notable “Black” conservatives.”
Ok, here are some more.
Bo Jackson, Frank Thomas, Lynn Swann, Ken Griffey Jr and Sr., Michael Jordan…..
Also, I was just naming some prominent black conservatives.
“and yes they ARE sellouts and are identified as such for good reason.”
Thanks for proving what a douche bag you guys are on the left!
“You have been foaming at the mouth on this blog with your serial swipes against all things non-white”
Nope, I’ve made fun of racist blacks like Jesse and Sharpton……
If I had made swipes against anything non-white why did I praise black conservatives?
“yet you want to convince us it is other folks who are the racists. ”
I think you just did that ma’am.
“Nice try, epic fail.”
Well that does describe Obama to a T.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:17 pm
“No wonder some think most Republicans are ignorant, obnoxious jerks…”
“some” being the key word there. Call me whatever you want, ma’am. It doesn’t change the fact that left wingers are retarded.
“You are an embarrassment.”
LOL! Oh no! Some left winger said that I am an embarrassment! What EVER will I do???????
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:19 pm
“No wonder some think most Republicans are ignorant, obnoxious jerks…”
People like Jesse Jackson, Hugo Chavez, Stalin, Castro, Kim Jong Il, Louis Farrakhan, Al Sharpton…
Yep, that’s great company for you to be in!
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 23rd, 2010
1:21 pm
BlackaFlacka, so who has the most housing foreclosures, jail inmates, and one parent families.
So, after over 40 years of African Americans predominantly voting Democrat, what exactly have they done for the Black Community, besides welfare and Affirmative Action (the handouts that keep you voting democrat).
t
June 23rd, 2010
1:24 pm
@blackaflacka
Do you ever get tired of being a pawn for the democrat party? I mean seriously, your hate for black people who actually realize that dem policies aimed toward minorities aren’t really helping them at all. Look at most major U.S. cities. They are run by liberals, but many minorities are still struggling. Dem policies aimed at minorities are aimed at keeping them in line and making sure they vote 90% for the dems. If the poliices work, great!–too bad lib economic poliices never do…
Bring Me the Head of Deforest Kelley
June 23rd, 2010
1:32 pm
“Georgians saw [Baker] as tough on crime and reluctant to engage in the kind of lawsuit adventurism that other Democratic AGs across the country have become famous for.”
Anyone else recall Sonny and the other rightwingnuts hounding Baker to engage in some adventurism earlier this year, under the threat of impeachment?
The idea that Democrats engage in frivolousness but Republicans don’t is laughable. Keep drinking the kool aid, I guess.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:33 pm
Another reason CNN is tanking.
Eliot Spitzer, democrat douche bag, gets his own show on CNN.
Left wingers got nothin on FOX.
Sandra
June 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
Whoever you are ‘Obama has the IQ of dung’, you are the one who comes across sounding very ignorant. You cannot tell me that racism in Georgia is not alive and well. Before you start calling me names, please know that I am white, decently educated, and have worked all my life. I also know that members of my family from central Georgia still call blacks the ‘n’ word even to President Obama. Much of what you have said in your series of comments makes me believe you are just like them. Why don’t you take a drive to Kennesaw and look at the white face picture of our President hanging outside Wild Man’s store. That’s not racism? It is certainly disrespect. The KKK is also alive and well. You pretend to be Mr. Perfect and know everything. You are either lying to all of us or to yourself.
Why don’t you take a good look in the mirror? President Obama is not perfect but neither were any of the other presidents in the last 40 years. This country is in such a sick place with all the hatefulness and just pure meaness going on. You are a big part of that from what I read. I’ll pray for you.
jconservative
June 23rd, 2010
1:36 pm
Nice column Wingfield. When I heard the election results the same thoughts crossed my mind. But, apparently like you, I always try not to read to much into one election cycle.
For example, the elections of 2006 & 2008 were not a swing to the Left but a rejection of the big spending Liberal Republicans in the White House and Congress starting in 2001. As Obama and the Democrats are finding out big spending is a bad word. Now as soon as my fellow countrymen realize that “tax cuts” is also a bad word, we will get the finances of this country turned around.
Laura
June 23rd, 2010
1:38 pm
Sounds like “voter” wants to eliminate the two-party system we have, in favor of a one-party system. Have you been out in the sun too long…because you sound RED dear comrade.
Brannon
June 23rd, 2010
1:42 pm
Let’s see…two southern states elect Indian-American REPUBLICAN candidates for Governor. Dems elect zero. -Does that mean Demorcats don’t like Indians?
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 23rd, 2010
1:43 pm
Oh yeah, blackaflacka. I almost forgot, Unemployment?
After 40 years, has that liberal voting working out for you there too?
DawgDad
June 23rd, 2010
1:52 pm
“What we’re seeing is that conservatives will vote candidates who share their political values, regardless of heritage or skin color.”
True conservatives ARE color-blind politically, otherwise they aren’t by definition conservative. Progressives and liberals are the ones that divide people into groups for political manipulation.
The leftist mainstream media has been allowed to contort definition of terms for so long the good people of our country are now viewed as curiosities or even worse as pariahs. I do not speak for the Republican leadership; many (not all) of them are part of the problem. Conservatives are the solution, not the problem. If you don’t think so, try getting by without our tax dollars, would ya please?
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:52 pm
“You cannot tell me that racism in Georgia is not alive and well.”
Never said it wasn’t. Maybe you should read what I wrote before putting your foot in your mouth.
“Much of what you have said in your series of comments makes me believe you are just like them. ”
Interesting, I pointed out the hypocrisy of people like Robert Byrd (D) who hung black people and you are calling me a racist????
“The KKK is also alive and well. ”
Yep, and a sitting member of the democrat party belongs to it.
Hypocrite much?
“You are either lying to all of us or to yourself.”
Again, if you were educated then you’d be able to explain what I lied about.
“This country is in such a sick place with all the hatefulness and just pure meaness going on. ”
You must have been in a coma from 2000-2008 when left wingers made movies about killing Bush.
Oh, and “meaness” is spelled “meanness.”
So much for edumacation on your end.
“I’ll pray for you.”
I love it when self-righteous people like you say things like “bless your heart” and “I’ll pray for you.”
Let me ask you this:
1: What will you pray about?
2: Who are you praying to?
3: Are you a Bible believing Christian?
Bottom line: Left wingers like to quote Bible versus yet they don’t believe the Bible is real.
Could this be you?
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:53 pm
“Does that mean Demorcats don’t like Indians?”
Joe Biden said that Indians all work at the 7-eleven. So no, they don’t.
Williebkind
June 23rd, 2010
1:53 pm
Sandra
June 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
I lived in Maryland for seven years and worked for NSA. I heard the “N” word more there than I did in my small hometown. You have been poluted by Hollywood and progressive liberal division. Please open your eyes and move out of Atlanta.
Williebkind
June 23rd, 2010
1:55 pm
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:53 pm
You impress me with your wit and willingness to challenge the progressive liberals. Keep it up!
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:56 pm
Williebkind
People like Sandra come on blogs, act self-righteously and then make up stuff. She called me ignorant and racist yet she didn’t point out anything that I said. She also totally ignored the fact that a sitting member of the democrat party is a KKK member.
Gotta love hypocritical democrat voters.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
1:59 pm
“You impress me with your wit and willingness to challenge the progressive liberals. Keep it up!”
Oh thanks. It’s super easy to debunk liberals.
1: When liberals can’t argue facts they play the race, nazi and bigot card.
2: Liberals make fun of Christianity yet they quote Bible versus as a means of defense for their welfare programs. EX: Jesus fed the poor = Government should give away rich people’s money.
C from Marietta
June 23rd, 2010
1:59 pm
Ever heard the phrase divide and conquer people? The polticians have effectly divided and conquered the American poeple. You need to wake up quick or we are done.
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
2:00 pm
“Whoever you are ‘Obama has the IQ of dung’, you are the one who comes across sounding very ignorant.”
Well Sandra, please explain HOW I come across as ignorant.
Truth Teller
June 23rd, 2010
2:09 pm
@Ramble ON, Actually White Americans have more foreclosures, jail population, and single parent house holds. Also more addicted to drugs, on welfare, and other Gov’t Programs. It is a high precentage among Blacks but higher among whites. News media shows you the trash of Blacks, but not the trash of Whites. Read articles of where police make arrest and patrol. It is described and presented differently between the races. Its yellow journalism. Media needs to sell so they present scare you stories to the suburbs to make people afraid of blacks and make it seem like blacks are dangerous. by the way I vote for the best person, not a single party. Regards.
No More Progressives!
June 23rd, 2010
2:16 pm
Truth Teller
June 23rd, 2010
2:09 pm
News media shows you the trash of Blacks, but not the trash of Whites.
“Tell us, Sir; what did the tornado sound like when it passed through your trailer park?”
Biff Barf here, with channel 7 news…………….
Obama has the IQ of dung
June 23rd, 2010
2:18 pm
“Actually White Americans have more foreclosures, jail population, and single parent house holds.”
Do you always lie?
Real Athens
June 23rd, 2010
2:20 pm
Grasping for straws if you’re going to base any argument on what happens in South Carolina. Have you paid any attention to the almost daily shenanigans going on with “Romeo” Sanford, “Raghead” Knotts, “Stray Animal” Bauer, “Waterloo” DeMint, Nikki Haley and her two suitors who claim …
Something hilarious happens there everyday.
The American People
June 23rd, 2010
2:25 pm
Down with Dems in 2K10 and lets get rid of the community organizer in 2012.
songbird
June 23rd, 2010
2:26 pm
Quote from Bob Hope “One political party can’t fool all of the people all of the time, that’s why we have two political parties”.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 23rd, 2010
2:38 pm
Truth Teller,
Foreclosures:
http://www.responsiblelending.org/mortgage-lending/research-analysis/foreclosures-by-race-and-ethnicity.pdf
prison:
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/raceinc.html
unemployed:
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsrace2008.pdf
single parents:
http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/strib94.html
Dear lord, the only thing in common are the words disproportionately and blacks.
Just like a typical liberal, you use the name “Truth Teller” and you say nothing but lies.
Williebkind
June 23rd, 2010
3:25 pm
News media! News must have a different meaning than I thought. Who reads such? Do they have facts? Is there reporting shaped to their ideology? Is it profitable or does a rich whacko liberal fund it? New media must be the place you apply when you have a degree in international communications, the mating rituals of desert frogs, home psycology, or basket weaving.
Othello
June 23rd, 2010
4:35 pm
When conservative politicians quit sending emails depicting President Obama as a witch doctor or any other form of stereotypical African…
When conservative television pundits quit accusing of President Obama of being racist (Beck) and/or accusing Gulf Coastians as waiting on their checks because they’re all on welfare (Steele) or praising Tennessee because it didn’t ask for help (can’t remember who, might’ve also been Steele)…
When people in my community quit gleefully sending emails full of watermelon jokes, birtherism, and Islamic accusations (despite wanting equally to scream at him for Jeremiah Wright) …
I might start believing that conservative are trying to move beyond race.
Until then, I am convinced this is a drop in the proverbial bucket.
Port O'John
June 23rd, 2010
5:10 pm
I wonder how conservatives would feel if all of the citizen “militias” that have formed since Obama was elected were made of armed, angry black men, instead of armed, angry white men? Had black men in america formed militias in response to the election of George Bush, I think the GOP would be singing a different tune:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204792.html?hpid=topnews
I don’t particularly care for the dems, especially the Georgia Democratic Party, but the GOP has a long way to go before you can convince me that its color-blind or cares about average working men and women.
The dems may be fools, but the GOP is a bunch of corporate tools.
RAMBLE ON!!!
June 23rd, 2010
5:22 pm
Port O’John…quoting a far left wing newspaper column stat from a far left survey.
May as well site Comrade Tucker from the AJC. or Daily Kos.
Keep playing that race card.
Othello
June 23rd, 2010
6:55 pm
Just realized I quoted the wrong individual as accusing Gulf Coastians as waiting for their checks as it’s a welfare area.
Michael Savage, not Michael Steele.
Ivan
June 24th, 2010
5:36 am
For too long Republicans have let the Democrats get away with baseless accusations of Republican racism.
1) The Republican party was created by being the party in favor of ending slavery.
2) It was the Democrats that obstructed the Civil Rights act for all those years.
3) It was Republicans that nominated the only black man on the Supreme court
4) The only member of the Senate who was a KKK leader (Robert Byrd) is a Democrat.
5) Alan Keyes, J.C. Watts, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Armstrong Williams, Ken Hamblin, Walter Williams, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Michael Steele, and many others disprove the stereotype that Democrats seek to maintainin their own self interests.
Leela Martin
June 24th, 2010
9:14 pm
The year is now 2010. There are ZERO Republican African American members of Congress. ZERO. And that’s been the number for years since the lone J.C. Watts departed. Every election cycle we get a spate of these columns bragging about how “Big Tent” the new, improved GOP is. And then once the dust is settled, we get the new number: ZERO. The GOP “supports” minority candidates in races they know they will lose. It’s another wink, wink, nudge, nudge. See? We’re diverse. It’s not OUR fault they didn’t win. Actually, it is. You put them in no-win situations and then say, “oh, well, we tried.” Mission accomplished. Another GOP rope a dope.
By the way, Ivan, Colin Powell supported Obama. And the majority of African Americans you mention were APPOINTED, not elected. Or are not even in politics. I think you missed the point of the column.
By the way, that number again is ZERO.
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HDB
June 25th, 2010
11:53 am
Ivan June 24th, 2010
5:36 am
“It was Republicans that nominated the only black man on the Supreme court.”
FALSE – LBJ nominated the FIRST Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall……upon Marshall’s death, Clarence Thomas was nominated by GHWB……
PROUD BLACK REPUBLICAN
June 26th, 2010
11:29 am
There is nothing progressive about the Democrat party. They are hard left liberal extremists who want America to be transformed into a big gov’t socialist paradise that has failed all over the world. Well, liberal extremists, look to your models with your exposed facts & reason, look to Greece, & Spain, & Portugal, & ask yourself: why would I want America to fail just as these? These big gov’t policies hurt every American from every background & in due time, I predict, more black folks will realize that the party that loves American values is more in tune with whom they are rather than the party of godless European values. Thank you & God Bless. VOTE REPUBLICAN! PROUD BLACK REPUBLICAN
Leigh
June 26th, 2010
12:23 pm
“Until the GOP gathers its moral strength and weans itself from courting the support of the Tea Party/Sarah Palin/talk radio crowd, it will remain the party of angry white people.”
What proof do you have that Sarah Palin is racist? Sarah Palin endorsed Nikki Haley, and took her under her wing when Haley was facing smears from the SC GOP…and has endorsed two African-American Republicans in their congressional campaigns.
Just because she disagrees with Obama does not mean she is a racist…it means that she is against his Left-Wing agenda.
Would you say that Obama is sexist because he disagrees with Sarah Palin’s politics?