Your daily jolt: Black voters in Georgia casting ballots at higher rate than ‘08
Even without any major statewide candidate contests to encourage turnout, African-American voters in Georgia are on track to cast a larger share of the presidential vote than in 2008, according to the latest figures from the secretary of state’s office.
As of today, 780,545 Georgia voters have cast their ballots for the Nov. 6 election. Of those, 33 percent have been African-American.
In 2008, when drawn to the polls by the prospect of electing the nation’s first black president, African-Americans cast 30 percent of 3.9 million votes in Georgia.
The question is whether this year’s participation statistic will shrink between now and Tuesday week. Even if it drops slightly, it could be taken as a sign that President Barack Obama’s political base remains enthusiastic, and hasn’t been discouraged by the ups and downs of October.
You also have to wonder what heavy black turnout would mean for Georgia’s charter school measure.
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Here’s that “first time” ad from the Barack Obama campaign – clearly aimed at the young and virginal – that everyone’s talking about:
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Those polls that show the presidential campaign to be a squeaker? Newt Gingrich doesn’t believe them. From Politico.com:
“I believe the minimum result will be 53-47 Romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the Republicans will pick up the Senate,” the former House speaker said Thursday night on Fox News’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”
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Earlier this week, during an interview in Iowa, President Barack Obama predicted that, after the election was done, Washington would come together and create that “grand bargain” to address a $16 trillion federal debt and avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect at the close of the year.
On Thursday, speaking Republican rather than Democrat, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said much the same thing:
Said Georgia’s junior senator:
”I think we’ll postpone the ‘fiscal cliff’ from the end of this year, into next year, with certain speed-bumps and thresholds that Congress must perform on before we get there. We’ve got a crisis ahead of us. It’s got to be solved, it’s got to be a comprehensive solution, which is going to take pushing it into next year. But we need a deadline to make sure Congress faces the music on spending, on entitlements and on taxes….”
It was pointed out that sequestration would cost Georgia 24,000 jobs. Said Isakson:
”Most of those jobs are in Marietta, Ga., where I live, at Lockheed-Martin. So I know a lot about what you’re talking about. Automatic sequestration, across-the-board at the Department of Defense would be disastrous. Congress ought to be doing its jobs. We ought to be finding efficiencies that make sense.”
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Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge K. Dawson Jackson on Thursday dismissed a second lawsuit against opponents of the Nov. 6 ballot measure on charter schools. See the details here.
Plaintiffs had accused the Gwinnett school board and the Georgia School Board Association of improperly using taxpayer resources to campaign against the measure.
In tossing the request for court intervention, Jackson made a finding worth reading. He said the lawsuit qualified as a SLAPP action. That’s a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” – often used by developers to freeze civilian opponents in zoning cases and such.
Lawson invoked the state’s anti-SLAPP statute:
The General Assembly of Georgia has recognized that “it is in the public interest to encourage participation by the citizens of Georgia in matters of public significance through the exercise of their constitutional rights of freedom of speech and the right to petition government for redress of grievances.
“The General Assembly of Georgia further finds and declares that the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and the right to petition government for a redress of grievances should not be chilled through abuse of the judicial process.”
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Over at WABE (90.1FM), Rose Scott reports that state Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, will introduce legislation to give parents more control over all public schools – including the right to change the administration of a low-performing school.
Now, some people might argue that Lindsey is advocating a reduction in local school board authority – and they would be right.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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153 comments Add your comment
Jon Lester
October 26th, 2012
11:23 am
This is good news. We’ll know who’s against minority voter participation with other comments.
DNM
October 26th, 2012
11:27 am
Now, more than ever the votes of fair minded people are essential, and that vote should be for Obama. So go vote. Vote for justice, accountability, a man who says what he means and does what he says. Vote for what is decent and right for America, all of America. Vote for the man who will stand up for women’s rights, for equal rights, for equal pay, and the chance for a good life for all Americans, not just the wealthy. Vote for the future, for technology and education and a decent world for our children. If you think deeply and unselfishly you will see Obama is not only the better choice, but that he is truly special. You likely won’t see the likes of a statesman of Obama’s caliber again in your lifetime. In their own time most of the great presidents from both parties have been tested by events, and many faced a challenging path to election– Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, Kennedy. Obama will be compared by history to such men. Look at his steady hand in foreign policy. Getting the job done with Bin Laden. Ending wars successfully rather than starting them recklessly. Effective and respected when working with world leaders. Look at his courage in taking the difficult path with healthcare—so badly in need of change. Look at his foresight in moving America towards clean energy, and away from dependency on foreign oil, and environmental damage from fossil fuels. Take the long view, the unselfish view, the righteous and patriotic view. Vote for Obama.
Bern
October 26th, 2012
11:31 am
DNM – Great post. But sadly, they won’t look at any of that.
Nitemare
October 26th, 2012
11:41 am
the super-cool tattoos and cheap attire on “my first time” girl make her look so young and innocent…
ByteMe
October 26th, 2012
11:43 am
The Lena Dunham video is awesome! Thanks, Jim! If you’re on the other side, you’re wishing right now your guy thought to do a video like that.
Jim, any word on the Hispanic turnout so far in the state relative to 2008?
And why did Isaakson vote FOR the budget compromise if implementing it would be a “disaster” as he calls it? Or did he think we’d forget that part?
Committed to freedom
October 26th, 2012
11:49 am
But it isn’t racist that every single one of them is voting for Obama because he is black.
How many of these voters even know or even care that he supports indefinite detention and even assassination of US citizens without due process? How many of them even know anything about his policies other than the platitudes that show up on bumper stickers or the mainstream media?
But then how many Romney supporters know that he is just as bad as Obama on virtually every critical issue in this campaign?
Kevin
October 26th, 2012
11:54 am
Jim is that not prejudicial to assume that the African-American voters are all voting for President Obama?
How about pointing out a great thing? More African-American voters are actually voting in Georgia.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 26th, 2012
12:05 pm
The parent trigger law concept sounds interesting. If the major gripe about public schools is poor performance, too often the higher ups tend to stand behind their people or do to little to late. If such a law could be constructed so as to not allow a small but loud group of parents to ouster a school administration, it could be a better alternative than open a charter school and send your kids there.
There would need to be process in place for notification, discovery, debate, & voting by a plurality of parents. I would love to see such a process in place for the principal of Simpson Middle School.
jess
October 26th, 2012
12:05 pm
How do they know? I do not recall ever being asked my race in the voting process.
Teamocil
October 26th, 2012
12:06 pm
@ Kevin, Jim never said they were voting for Pres. Obama. He said, “it could be taken as a sign that President Barack Obama’s political base remains enthusiastic.” I would put a bit more heavy emphasis on the COULD part. As in, it COULD be a sign of that, but it may not be.
JR
October 26th, 2012
12:07 pm
I’m interested in the Mormon turnout in the South.
Dum-Bass
October 26th, 2012
12:09 pm
The question is how do they know that 33% of the early voters have been African-American? Is someone sitting there recording the race of each one of those votes that comes in? Would this not be profiling? Are the Democrats not the ones who are always complaining about profiling? Also, most of them do not bat an eye when someone says they voted for BO just because he is Black, yet if you or I said we were voting for Romney since he is a white man running against a Black man, they would be aghast and all up in arms. The hypocrisy is rampant and shameless!
BLAH!!! BLAH!!!! BLAH!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2012
12:13 pm
Jess, they know because they are able to keep track of the AREA in which the votes are being casted at; thus, being able to put two and two together……
jconservative
October 26th, 2012
12:16 pm
“Automatic sequestration, across-the-board at the Department of Defense would be disastrous.”
Maybe. But the bill creating the automatic sequestration passed the Republican controlled House and the Democratic controlled Senate (over 60 votes) and was signed into law by the Democratic President.
Dum-Bass
October 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
“jess” you and I at least are on the same page. Yours was not posted when I was sending mine. Perhaps Jim Galloway could shed some light on this since he is the one who posted the article. Bet he doesn’t even know. Also, just went back and watched the “first time” ad for BO. Her credibility was shot to h— right off the bat when I saw the huge tattoo on her arm. Looks like they really picked a winner to do that commercial. Virginal? yeah, right? Give me a break! Maybe that’s why she is unemployed.(assuming that, just seems she would be) as most employers count that as a very negative thing in a job interview. Here’s hoping the Obama campaign keeps running these type commercials.
BLAH!!! BLAH!!!! BLAH!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2012
12:20 pm
Agreed Dum-Bass, this is an issue that I have been discussing with others’, that is really the number #1 problem with this election (as well) as the last election, it’s a genuine stereotype that if you are “black” you will only vote for Obama because he is not white; on the other hand, outside of homosexuals, will “white” people only vote for Romney so that the “black” President will be removed from the white house???? Questions, Questions, but very little answers…. I am a “black’ male who is pulling for Romney, not because I dislike Obama, but because I am more Pro-Republican… but maybe I shouldn’t speak too loudy… don’t want to be called an “Uncle Tom”….lol
Kevin
October 26th, 2012
12:21 pm
@ Teamocil ARE voting or COULD be voting, it makes no difference!!!!! Just the thought of tying race to a voting preference/practice is prejudicial.
Think about it this way, if Romney had said “well I am white, so I could lose the African-American vote.” How much hell would he have caught?
I was just saying how about we take the numbers from the SoS and put a heavy emphasis on the fact that this might show more people are voting!! In 2008 about half the people in this state voted. That is sad. More early voting and more absentee ballots shows that more people are voting. Perhaps a story on how this shows we should have the polls open for more than 1 day. Nah, he just went the easy route, race.
Georgia
October 26th, 2012
12:22 pm
Frankenstorm could help Romney, after all, us Obama supporters are the poor huddled masses yearning to mouth-breathe free, and we would get washed out by a Franken anything.
GaBlue
October 26th, 2012
12:26 pm
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Georgia
October 26th, 2012
12:30 pm
Lawson? Dawson? Now just who is this guy, and when did he change his name and what did he know when he changed his name?
The Kung Fu Panda! and that bunt for the ages!! Hope the Tigers can weather Kung Fu FrankenPanda. What a world series.
Voter
October 26th, 2012
12:30 pm
Your race is a field in the voter registration records. That’s why they know.
Brian Washington
October 26th, 2012
12:33 pm
The walking around money thirty dollars this year, and if you bring two more people who can register you get fifty.
kray
October 26th, 2012
12:36 pm
GO OBAMA 2012!
DAWG POUND
October 26th, 2012
12:38 pm
Galloway, have you ever heard of the Law of Large numbers? I know you stayed awake in English class but let me catch you up on the math classes you slept through…
Georgia has the largest black population in the country. Almost 32.8% of Georgians now call themselves black which is up from around 30% in 2008. For the past 40 years and since the Civil Rights era, African Americans have been migrating to the South and specifically to Atlanta, GA where it is seen as the Great Mecca of Black Culture.
So from election cycle to election cycle we would expect this trend to continue. So seeing 2 to 3 percentage points increase in voter turnout by blacks is in line with over all population trends here in Georgia.
Chris
October 26th, 2012
12:39 pm
DMV, I likely will vote for Obama but you are miles from reality. In truth he is the lesser of evils at this point. He is no statesman of consequence and has done very little to help anyone in the last four years. The hero worship of any politician is dangerous to everyone.
Chris
October 26th, 2012
12:40 pm
sorry I meant DNM
You better Testifyl!
October 26th, 2012
12:40 pm
@ DMN,
Awesome Post!! You should be running for office somewhere!
And by the way, people on this blog commenting about black people voting for the POTUS just because he’s black, would never admit that they are *not* voting for him because he *is* black!
Just a comment!
Pandora
October 26th, 2012
12:42 pm
This is great news!!!!! It’s amazing how the GOP totally ignore the African-American race. Just amazing. Yeah African-Americans will NOT be ignored….the GOP will realize that when they lose this election!
MUSTANG100
October 26th, 2012
12:45 pm
Cemetary voters. Gotta luv em, cause you sure won’t see em.
Chris
October 26th, 2012
12:48 pm
Quickly realizing why I don’t normally read the comment sections of stories. If it’s not people making irresponsible statements of voter fraud it’s people making ignorant comments about a party “ignoring” a race of people. All of these people are clueless
Louis
October 26th, 2012
12:48 pm
How do they Know???/ Because they know who votes early and when you REGISTER to vote you put down your race…. Simple as that
Will
October 26th, 2012
12:50 pm
Jim,
I will bet you dollars to donuts that a lower percentage of AA voters cast their ballot for Obama this go round than did so in 2008. Turnout? If we get a higher AA turnout this time then it will be because the AA’s who couldn’t bring themselves to vote against the first AA nominee even though they disagreed with his socialist leanings, are not willing to sit on the sideline this time around after seeing the man trample on the future of our country for the last four years. We absolutely cannot withstand the long-term consequences of his judicial appointees.
As for you democrats who think you stand for something higher and more moral in the World – get over yourselves. Everyone on both sides of the aisle would like to see everyone prosper. Its the math in the bank account and historically significant statistics that show tax increases produce less revenue that are being ignored by the left. You can’t support someone for life. Jesus didn’t give Peter his fish. He taught him how to be a fisherman so that he could catch his own fish.
Fighting against Democrat Tyranny
October 26th, 2012
12:50 pm
Jimbo Galloway, I would have expected it to be illegal to publish early voting stats. What say you?
DAWG POUND
October 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
@ DMN,
Awesome Post!! You should be running for office somewhere!
And by the way, people on this blog commenting about black people voting for the POTUS just because he’s black, would never admit that they are *not* voting for him because he *is* black!
Just a comment!
Your assumptions are foolish! I voted Obama in 2008. I’m white middle class. Millions of white wealthy, middle class and poor voted for him as well in 2008. To be honest, I’m not that excited about him again in 2012. Not because he is black because I and most could give a rats ass about whether he’s black or half black. It’s because he hasn’t done much for the country by way of solving its problems. No one cares who caused it. Either you can fix it or you can’t! If you can’t let’s get someone else in there that can!
Don Coyote
October 26th, 2012
12:54 pm
A virgin is more rare than an honest politician. A virgin with tats would be beyond rare and into the realm of mythical.
I’m pretty sure that the salacious tone, no matter how much of it is tongue-in-cheek, is just un-Presidential and unbecoming of a sitting President. But what the hell, so is the scripted sarcasm used in the last debate and showing up on The View.
yuzeyurbrane
October 26th, 2012
12:55 pm
Lindsey is also for vouchers to help private schools.
Kris
October 26th, 2012
1:01 pm
I does not matter if your black or white the best man for the Job is
Barrack OBAMA.
Vote the GOP scum out and keep the others out as well. KEEP THE SLIMY RETARDS out of women’s personal business’s.
President BARRACK OBAMA 2012
You better Testifyl!
October 26th, 2012
1:03 pm
@ Dawg #:
A hit dog will holla!
But, I guess the POTUS should apologize for not enabling you to stuff more money in your pockets, strengthen your investments and by that bently, after only 4 years of trying to work with group of haters in a GOP house that contentiously agreed to blocked every plan he had/has to help this country out of the hole it was in and cleaning up Bush’s $h!+
BG
October 26th, 2012
1:03 pm
All the black voters are voting for Romney. LMAO
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1:05 pm
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Kevin
October 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
@ Kris
2 things.
is the use of the R word not offensive and wrong? I guess if you are describing a republican is it okay.
When you demand payment to take care of a women’s personal business from the government, YOU are inviting them in. The government should not be a sugar daddy that just gives you a blank check to go shopping.
Progressive Humanist
October 26th, 2012
1:10 pm
Dawg Pound- From one Dawg to another, too many people don’t realize that the president IS getting the job done. Six months into Obama’s presidency, before his policies started to take effect, unemployment stood at 9.5%. It’s now at 7.8%. So unemployment is actually way down. The number of people filing for new unemployment benefits is down. The real estate market is back up. Foreclosures are down. The stock market has nearly doubled since his first year. Not to mention he took out Bin Laden and saved the U.S. auto industry. THE JOB IS GETTING DONE. Don’t go back to Bush era policies and economics when we’re just now recovering from them.
jabster
October 26th, 2012
1:16 pm
If the black vote is up significantly in GA but not neighboring states, this could be a sign of support for the charter amendment and not support for Obama.
jabster
October 26th, 2012
1:18 pm
A LOT of the state charter schools are majority minority.
MadMax
October 26th, 2012
1:27 pm
If this country was unbiased enough to vote in a black president, it should be unbiased enough to vote out a bad president. IMO
mom0824
October 26th, 2012
1:27 pm
The high turnout of black vote is largely for Obama but the charter school amendment will be huge benefactor. This will stop the crooks in Gwinnett from treating minorities like they are not worthy of a good education.
Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
October 26th, 2012
1:28 pm
It does not matter what happens on national level….. Georgia will continue on it’s path of self destruction……… Johnny Reb Logic rules the day in Georgia……..Love it or Leave it !
Ray
October 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
Great news.
George Chidi
October 26th, 2012
1:35 pm
A little history about the black people voting for Obama because he’s black thing. No Democrat since Carter has managed to win less than 84 percent of the black vote in the presidential election. Kerry managed to win 88 percent, and Gore won 90 percent of the black vote. I suggest that 88-89 percent is the average any Democrat could expect to earn.
Voter participation among blacks increased by about 10 percent in 2008 — to about the average participation rate for white voters — and Obama won 95 percent of the black vote. It is reasonable to conclude that the extra 10 percent all turned out for Obama, and that those people may be voting with racial identification in mind. But it’s hard to argue that “they’re all just voting for him because he’s black.” He’s a Democrat. That’s all it takes.
NoMoreRawDeal
October 26th, 2012
1:37 pm
Meh. I’m wasting my vote on Gary Johnson, rather than vote for Obama or Obama v1.5 (that’s Romney for those of you from Waycross).
retro
October 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
“Parental Triggers” putting management of local schools in parents’ hands? What does Ed propose to do about this:
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
ARTICLE VIII. EDUCATION
SECTION V. LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Ga. Const. Art. VIII, § V, Para. II (2012)
PARAGRAPH II. Boards of education
Each school system shall be under the management and control of a board of education, the members of which shall be elected as provided by law. School board members shall reside within the territory embraced by the school system and shall have such compensation and additional qualifications as may be provided by law. Any board of education to which the members are appointed as of December 31, 1992, shall continue as an appointed board of education through December 31, 1993, and the appointed members of such board of education who are in office on December 31, 1992, shall continue in office as members of such appointed board until December 31, 1993, on which date the terms of office of all appointed members shall end.
My guess is that “management and control” includes decisions on administration. Hate to go all legal here, but Ed’s bill is a pretty obvious constitutional violation. And no, nothing in the “Charter School” amendment changes the term “management and control”.
Georgia
October 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
Isakson just said Congress is the biggest enemy to the united states. He’s referring to the gridlock about economic reforms. He spoke in the conditional about a collapse, when the reality is that our collapse is a fresh wound. He talks about a deadline, when the fiscal cliff is already a deadline, so he’s kicking the can down the road, and worse, he’s the bravest of our senators. You should hear what the rest of senators think we should do. Yes, dressing up like indians and throwing tea in the harbor is one of their initiatives.
Wow
October 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
I love how race is an issue, but if you bring it to attention you are a racist…I am voting white…I mean for Romney. Ask any black who they are voting for and then ask them a question pertaining to the economy, foreign policy, unemployment and their answer remains the same…he is black.
As far as schools, no difference..parents are not involved in schools.
Jeffrey
October 26th, 2012
1:46 pm
Newt’s on drugs.
Manny
October 26th, 2012
1:47 pm
Hi!
As a minority (African-American), I can tell you that those people voting for Obama because he’s black is as much as those in the majority voting for Romney because he’s white. Most minorities are voting for Obama because unemployment is under 8%. And they like his economic stances, particularly on more taxes for the Top 1%. And shutting down the wars. That’s why they’re going to the polls so strongly.
Believe me, if the unemployment rate was going up and not down, and if we doubled down on the wars and didn’t have a plan for the deficit and healthcare, they would vote for Romney or stay home.
Here’s the issue for me: How is Romney going to pay for all of his spending? How is he going to pay for these tax cuts? How is he going to pay for the military spending? The deficit is going to explode! Obama has a gap in his spending, but at least tax increases are on the table. But I’m personally sick of folks talking about a tax cut during times where the deficit is so large.
At least that why I’m not voting for Romney.
joe
October 26th, 2012
1:49 pm
Won’t matter. GA is and always will be a red state. That ad that equates first time voting to losing virginity is a new low for the Obama campaign. Pathetic.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
1:52 pm
@Kevin
October 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
@ Kris
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When you demand payment to take care of a women’s personal business from the government, YOU are inviting them in. The government should not be a sugar daddy that just gives you a blank check to go shopping.
==================================================
The government should not be a sugar daddy that just gives MILLIONAIRES
and BILLIONAIRES a blank check that they do not NEED.
The government should not be a sugar daddy that just gives MILLIONAIRES
and BILLIONAIRES a TAX CUT that they do not NEED.
The government should not be a sugar daddy that just gives MILLIONAIRES
and BILLIONAIRES a LOWER TAX RATE that they do not NEED.
Kris Jones
October 26th, 2012
1:52 pm
It’s racist to vote for a candidate because he’s white, but not racist to vote for a candidate because he’s black. Vote for the best man – Romney! We’ve had four years of broken promises- enough is enough!
Call It Like It Is
October 26th, 2012
1:54 pm
Okay, so what. Blacks are voting democratic and their voting for Obama. Man that is just a shocker, way to go AJC with that cutting news.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
1:57 pm
@joe
October 26th, 2012
1:49 pm
Won’t matter. GA is and always will be a red state. That ad that equates first time voting to losing virginity is a new low for the Obama campaign. Pathetic.
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You are right…Georgia is and always will be a RED MUD state.
You can tell a person from Georgia by the RED MUD on his shoes
and his truck.
RED MUD is HARD to wash off. Its in some people’s blood.
There is a CURE: Obamacare covers PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Kris
October 26th, 2012
1:59 pm
Loyalty Comes In All Colors …………….Thank You
OBAMA 2012
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
2:02 pm
@Kris Jones
October 26th, 2012
1:52 pm
@Call It Like It Is
October 26th, 2012
1:54 pm
=======================================
Loyalty Comes In All Colors….BLACK.. ..WHITE….RED….YELLOW
You don’t have a lock on LOYALTY.
Obama 2012
MysteryMoves
October 26th, 2012
2:03 pm
To George Chidi, I am White Caucasian, voted early and voted for Obama! I didn’t vote for Obama because of the color of his skin, and I suspect black voters see precisely what I see in Obama, which is clearly a man of great character and leadership qualities, plus the best candidate for Presidency at this particular time in history. On the other hand, a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Bernard Lawrence “Bernie” Madoff types, the KKK and wrong crowd! We don’t need a Twit in The White House, but what is needed is the kind of steady “proven” leadership Obama has provided our Nation during the worst financial, housing and auto crisis since the Great Depression. GOP cannot be trusted in office.
David
October 26th, 2012
2:06 pm
I have often wondered what makes someone vote the way they do? What is it that makes someone vote one way or another. What are their driving factors. The reason I wonder this is becuase no 1 candidate, or one political party can be all things to all people. The facts are simple that there has never been a political party or a candidate that you agree with 100% of the time. My questions is based on the first part of this article, the talk and the assumption is that the black vote will go for the President, based on pols and history nothing surprizing there. Then you look at the Charter School amendment, and I would bet that the major of black votes will be for that. I look at the Democratic Party of today and wonder what it has in common with black voters that support it. I could take any number of current hot button issues and again will wager that the offical stance of todays Democratic Party goes against what you see in polling data from the black community. So again I ask what is it that draws someone to vote the way they do?
Rafe Hollister
October 26th, 2012
2:09 pm
I know this sounds “not serious”, but I am truly curious. Who counts “blacks” at the polls? I did not know voter registration records listed race, if it does then it should be removed. Does someone select them by how they look, or do they ask, what race are you?
I can just see some idiot with a tally sheet trying to decide how to classify some of these multiracial people.
D Right One
October 26th, 2012
2:09 pm
The real question that needs answering is why do AA’s vote Democrat not just for Obama but for the last 40 or 50 years? Why aren’t the Republicans more attactive to minorities?
james
October 26th, 2012
2:11 pm
Ahhh the black vote… who cares it shouldn’t even
be about color but the media loves to bring the race
card out… By the way I’m guessing the Latino vote
is larger then the black vote now anyway so maybe the media
should focus on them… give me a break…. I don’t care
what color someone is vote for who you think will turn this
country around by creating more jobs and less govenment………
Kris
October 26th, 2012
2:13 pm
@ David
Polling data is crap, the charter is a no good pocket lining SCAM (Shady DEAL and his cronies).
I vote based on Whom I think will do the better job, be it REPUKE or Democrat.
Save our schools vote NO on the charter school SCAM.
Re-elect President OBAMA
Rafe Hollister
October 26th, 2012
2:15 pm
mystery
steady “proven” leadership Obama has provided our Nation during the worst financial, housing and auto crisis since the Great Depression. GOP cannot be trusted in office.
Now, that is a knee slapper! 43 months of unemployment over 8%, 23 million under or unemployed Americans, 5T more debt, 1.5T deficit, record unemployment numbers for blacks, women, and other minorities, a failed foreign policy, diplomatic personnel killed, and blame and excuses for everyone of those stats. I can’t stop laughing, that was a good one!
Pedro
October 26th, 2012
2:23 pm
Just shows how easily duped the Negro population is here in Georgia. Pathetic.
kim
October 26th, 2012
2:29 pm
I’m voting for the person that shows he cares. I have often wonderful why a man born with money or money passed down to him would want to be the President…. This person can’t imagine how hard it is to pay bills, shop at the grocery store, take care of children, and pay for gas. Right now I don’t see that in the republican choice. He brags on one statement that I’m so tried of hearing “I know how to bring jobs to the USA”, but he has also taking jobs from the USA…. I tend to read the facts. I don’t vote for someone because of their race. If I did that, I wouldn’t be able to vote for anyone…….You see there is good and bad in all races of people. None of us are prefect. We will never get a 100% approve of anyone.
Malcolm
October 26th, 2012
2:31 pm
The ballot or the bullet.
Marlboro Man
October 26th, 2012
2:32 pm
We already have a deadline. Congress is the problem.
Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
October 26th, 2012
2:37 pm
Come on… Georgia is a red (neck) state. R-money will win by a wide margin. After minorities work through and overcome the GOP voter suppression laws , 2016 will be the recognized turning point in American political history.
Kris
October 26th, 2012
2:37 pm
Time to saddle up my finest show horse and sharpen my bayonet…
@ Malcolm…The ballot or the bullet…or bayonet…
Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
October 26th, 2012
2:39 pm
@ Pedro….. What is a Negro ?
Zippity Doo Da
October 26th, 2012
2:40 pm
1. Who cares what color people are? Why do we need to talk about the racial divide all the dang time? Voters are voters. How many of those are single? Wear size 8 shoes? Like peanut butter? Have a wife named Michelle? More than just color impacts a person’s decisions at the ballot box….all sorts of factors may apply.
2. Black parents care about school choice, too. Amazingly, 50% of Georgia’s charters are children of color. And the number is higher in just the state charters.
Give color a rest. Please!
kim
October 26th, 2012
2:41 pm
Oh by the way, I’m the 47% that Mr. Romney doesn’t care about. You see I haven’t forgotten that. Look at the math, there are more people in the 47% than in the 1%. That means a lot people are not reading the facts….People if you haven’t voted, please read the facts and also read about the position that each candidate has on the issues in the world.
Napoleon Dynamite
October 26th, 2012
2:49 pm
Vote for Pedro.
Thank you.
SBinF
October 26th, 2012
2:51 pm
“I believe the minimum result will be 53-47 Romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the Republicans will pick up the Senate,” the former House speaker said Thursday night on Fox News’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”
——
This is the same Newt Gingrich that predicted he would be the GOP nominee. I think his crystal ball must be broken. Maybe he can pick up another one at Tiffany’s.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
2:52 pm
@D Right One
October 26th, 2012
2:09 pm
The real question that needs answering is why do AA’s vote Democrat not just for Obama but for the last 40 or 50 years? Why aren’t the Republicans more attactive to minorities?
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WHY African Americans vote Democrat?
Because of the vicious things that were said by people
who are Republicans about Afican Americans.
We are not STUPID or DUMB. We know a snake when
we see and hear one.
Like:
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
John Boehner
Mitch McConnell
Donald Trump
Sarah Palin
Sean Hannity
Bill O’Reilly
Glenn Beck
Rush Limbaugh
Ann Coulter
Newt Ginghrich
The Koch Brothers
Sheldon Adelson
Carl Rove
Reince Preibus (sp?)
Michelle Bachmann
Rick Perry
Rick Santorum
The list gones on and on and on and on and on…………..
“A farmer who finds a SNAKE freezing in the snow. Taking pity on it, he picks it up and places it within his coat. The SNAKE, revived by the warmth, bites his rescuer, who dies realising that it is his own FAULT.”
“Fool me once, shame on you . Fool me twice, shame on me”
Pedro
October 26th, 2012
2:53 pm
@ the new Mississippi, Negro is word used to describe Black people and it is not derogatory unlike your references to Georgians. Voter suppression huh. That is funny.
And no I will not define derogatory.
SBinF
October 26th, 2012
2:54 pm
‘Negro’ isn’t derogatory?
How about you head to the south side and start referring to the folks you see as ‘negroes’, then we’ll see if it’s derogatory or not.
Drudge
October 26th, 2012
2:57 pm
I’m glad Obama is focused on the important things – birth control pills and big bird. Reelect him and you will have $22T in debt and double digit inflation. This is 100% inevitable. You think it’s painful now? Add 25% to the price you pay for everything and tell me how you do at the end of the month.
SBinF
October 26th, 2012
2:58 pm
I also saw Obama in the back yard of the White House, drowning kittens in motor oil. That devil!
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
2:59 pm
@james
October 26th, 2012
2:11 pm
I don’t care what color someone is vote for who you think will turn this
country around by creating more jobs and less govenment………
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I don’t care what color someone is either.
I vote for the one who cares about the poor, the elderly, the children,
and the ones who cannot speak for themselves.
I WILL NOT VOTE for the one who cares only about the 1%
(Millionairs and Billionaires) who have car elevators.
I like to sleep at night with a clear conscience.
Curious
October 26th, 2012
3:00 pm
Notice how politicians are ready to make big cuts UNTIL it impacts their State, District, or favorite special interest.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
3:02 pm
@SBinF
October 26th, 2012
2:58 pm
I also saw Obama in the back yard of the White House, drowning kittens in motor oil. That devil!
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YOU ARE WHY African Americans VOTE Democrat.
CAN ANYONE TRUST A LIAR?
Mitt Romney is ANOTHER pathological LIAR.
The Ghost of Lester Maddox
October 26th, 2012
3:04 pm
Some favorite political/election quotes of all time:
“Ain’t folks nice to you, when you win” – (Cong. Ed Jenkins of Georgia’s 9th District)
“Just cause you can’t be in the choir don’t mean you can’t come in the church” – (Roy Barnes, to a Lewis Massey supporter who wanted to donate to his campaign)
“There just weren’t enough black people or poor people in Oregon, that’s why” – (An RFK staffer, explaining why RFK lost the Oregon primary to Eugene McCarthy)
“A vote for Jessie Ventura is a vote for Jessie Ventura” – (Jessie Ventura)
“I feel like a one-man shop competing with a big nationwide chain” – (Hubert Humphrey, on running against RFK)
“I’ll take a drug test if my opponent will take an IQ test” – (Sen. Ernest Hollings, when his little known opponent challenged him to take an on-the-spot drug test during a debate)
“Like 3 truck loads of bean pickers without a foreman” – (Ga Governor Marvin Griffin describing the Ga General Assembly)
“Little boys just will walk barefoot through the cow pasture” – (An unknown Congressman, commenting on Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky)
“The State of Confusion” – (Cong. Ed Jenkins, when asked what the District of Columbia should be named if it ever became an official state)
“The Bathroom” – (Sen. Sam Ervin’s favorite room in the Capital Bldg, because ‘It’s the only room where at least everybody knows what they are trying to accomplish”)
Mark
October 26th, 2012
3:06 pm
Obama has 95% of the African American vote. Imagine what the media would say if Romney had 95% of the White vote?
trueblueeagle
October 26th, 2012
3:06 pm
Interesting to see how Atlanta is so far out of step with the rest of the state or maybe its just the AJC. Because in south georgia its hard to find an Obama supporter black or white. The question in this election is do you socialism or capitalism? Socialism has never been the best form of government. Capitalism has given the United States its place in the world. Obama would cut the Navy an if you study history you would know that a Navy project power. The more powerful a nation the less you have fight. We need to be building our Navy not cutting it Mr. President.
SBinF
October 26th, 2012
3:08 pm
Loyalty Comes In All Colors,
You don’t get irony, do you?
and Mark,
90% of GOP voters are white. That is a far more damning statistic. At least Democrats pull support from various ethnic groups.
SBinF
October 26th, 2012
3:09 pm
“Interesting to see how Atlanta is so far out of step with the rest of the state or maybe its just the AJC. Because in south georgia its hard to find an Obama supporter black or white.”
Without Atlanta, Georgia would be Mississippi. You’re welcome!
gsmith
October 26th, 2012
3:16 pm
if you like black leadership , look at clayton, dekalb and the city of atlanta…. school boards are a mess, counties are being run into the ground ,, neighborhoods are falling apart , home values are decreasing, corrupton is all over the place. now take a look at North Fulton, cherokee, east cobb, flowery branch, duluth, suwanee, forsyth, wonder why those parts of town are still nice places to live? still have nice public schools?? gee i wonder why
Dan Higgins
October 26th, 2012
3:18 pm
It was one of Barack Obama’s favorite green-energy companies… Obama touting Abound Solar personally in a weekly address in 2009.
The president claimed the project will create 2,000 construction jobs and 1,500 permanent jobs.
Well, yesterday, The Denver Post detailed the criminal investigation of Abound Solar, a defunct solar-panel manufacturer in Colorado that was run on taxpayer “investments,”….. for securities fraud, consumer fraud and financial misrepresentation.
Abound shuttered its Colorado plant and filed for bankruptcy, leaving “125 workers without jobs and taxpayers holding the bag for up to $260 million in defaulted loans.
You might also be aware that the company was a big contributor to the Obama campaign.
Abound Solar was awarded a $400 million loan guarantee ….Taxpayers money !!!…….Deeply troubling ??….. You tell me…..
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
3:18 pm
@Drudge
October 26th, 2012
2:57 pm
I’m glad Obama is focused on the important things – birth control pills and big bird. Reelect him and you will have $22T in debt and double digit inflation. This is 100% inevitable. You think it’s painful now? Add 25% to the price you pay for everything and tell me how you do at the end of the month.
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From Mitt’s mouth to God’s ear.
Romney On Whether We’re Better Off: ‘Of Course It’s Getting Better’
By Pat Garofalo on Sep 4, 2012 at 9:30 am
Interview with Laura Ingraham and Mitt Romney:
INGRAHAM: Isn’t it a hard argument to make if you’re saying, like, OK, Obama inherited this recession, he took a bunch of steps to try to turn the economy around, and now, we’re seeing more jobs, but vote against him anyway? Isn’t that a hard argument to make? Is that a stark enough contrast?
ROMNEY: Have you got a better one, Laura? It just happens to be the truth that
things are getting better..
Douglas American public feel the same way now
October 26th, 2012
3:19 pm
DNM
It’s obvious you would vote for Obama no matter what he did. I think we should heed Eastwood’s advice – “If he is not getting the job done, we have to let him go.”
Obama had both house’s of congress for two years and got much of what he wanted regardless of the will of the people. It did not help. The economy is still on hold and underperforming. The people saw this, and it resulted in major gains for the Republicans in the 2010 elections. The American people still feel the same way two years later which should result in a Romney victory. We need to try something new instead of choosing more of the same.
Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:19 pm
Kim says, “I’m voting for the person that shows he cares.”
I’m a woman, and this type of comment is a perfect example of why a lot of mindless women support Obama and people like him. Forget about electing someone who can run the country, keep the economy improving, help create jobs, sign laws that protect us – oh, no. It’s all about having a president that “cares.” It’s truly scary that people like Kim vote.
Lester Maddox....
October 26th, 2012
3:22 pm
Are we talking about Osama Hussein Obama? Man, all these black Muslims look alike……
trueblueeagle
October 26th, 2012
3:24 pm
what is so bad about Mississippi? Maybe we should move Atlanta there! Or bring back Gen Sherman to finish the job! Some people are just stuck tin 90’s the 1890. Thinking that Mississippi is still racist. Or maybe they should move to NYcity or LA with their holy than thou attitude.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
3:25 pm
@gsmith
October 26th, 2012
3:16 pm
if you like black leadership , look at clayton, dekalb and the city of atlanta…. school boards are a mess, counties are being run into the ground ,, neighborhoods are falling apart , home values are decreasing, corrupton is all over the place. now take a look at North Fulton, cherokee, east cobb, flowery branch, duluth, suwanee, forsyth, wonder why those parts of town are still nice places to live? still have nice public schools?? gee i wonder why
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Black people have had to put up with the white leadership for hundreds
of year.
In those years the white leadership WAS NOT PERFECT and they had their
scandals and issues too.
SO WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
Black people can’t be leaders like white people?
Whte people are NOT PERFECT.
Ask the jews about the germans’ leadership.
Ask the native americans about the white leaderhip who
stole their land.
Ask the slaves who were brought here from Africa about
the white leadership.
Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:26 pm
Here’s what Mychal Massie has to say about the Obamas, and he’s black, BTW:
http://voicesofthenation.com/mychal-massies-summation-of-barack-and-michelle/
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
3:28 pm
@Lester Maddox….
October 26th, 2012
3:22 pm
Are we talking about Osama Hussein Obama? Man, all these black Muslims look alike……
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Man, all these white christian hypocrites smell alike.
The smell of racism.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
3:34 pm
@Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:26 pm
Here’s what Mychal Massie has to say about the Obamas, and he’s black, BTW:
http://voicesofthenation.com/mychal-massies-summation-of-barack-and-michelle/
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Mychal Massie SUFFERS from SELF HATRED.
Self-hatred (also called self-loathing) refers to an extreme dislike or hatred of oneself, or being angry at or even prejudiced against oneself.
Look at him and look at Obama.
A sharp contrast.
Mychal Massie hates his DARK SKIN, his WIDE NOSE, his
THICK LIPS.
Mychal Massie hates Obama because Obama is more like
what he wants to be and can’t.
Frederick Douglass
October 26th, 2012
3:36 pm
Scrivener @ 3:26
Rick Perry and his old lady (whites), don’t like Romney and his old lady (whites), so what’s your point?
Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:38 pm
The point is that he makes great points in that article.
Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:40 pm
AND the point is also that for him at least the issues are more important than his skin color.
MiltonMan
October 26th, 2012
3:41 pm
“…it could be taken as a sign that President Barack Obama’s political base remains enthusiastic,”
More like a sign that they are idiotic – the same morons who elected Vic Hill.
Pedro
October 26th, 2012
3:41 pm
@lester Maddox. Hussein Obama is only half black remember that his mother is quite a white specimen. Just FYI!
Google Ann Dunham and you will see his baby momma. I bets it ain’t what’s you think.
Lester Maddox....
October 26th, 2012
3:46 pm
@Loyalty Comes…….Osama Hussein Obama got 98% of the black vote in “08….Something about the color of his skin….See the racism…Did you really think that white people have a monopoly on racism, you fool.?…….
Committed to freedom
October 26th, 2012
3:49 pm
I voted for Ron Paul because he stands for freedom, liberty, the constitution, sound money, sound foreign policy, and sound economics. I would vote against Obama, Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, Cain, and every other totalitarian candidate because they don’t. I don’t care what your skin color is. I care that you hate freedom and liberty and don’t respect my rights as a human being or the freedoms and liberties I possess simply because I exist. Please don’t excuse your support for a dictator like Obama by claiming everyone who hates him hates him just because he is black. There are plenty of wonderful reasons to hate him without bringing race into it.
Mark
October 26th, 2012
3:49 pm
@ SBinF
October 26th, 2012
3:08 pm
So what is your point? You failed to make one.
Pedro
October 26th, 2012
3:50 pm
His momma when he was a baby.
Lester Maddox....
October 26th, 2012
3:52 pm
@ Pedro…..One drop of chocolate makes chocolate milk….So says Charles Barkley….So go punch him out…..
Pedro
October 26th, 2012
4:04 pm
@ Lester Maddox, I hate it when I run out of Hershey’s syrup…thanks for the laugh.
gsmith
October 26th, 2012
4:08 pm
my point was MADE!! black leadership has TAKEN OVER CLAYTON, DEKALB AND CITY OF ATLANTA, AND those places have gone to HELL !! areas in north fulton, forstyh ,cherokee , east cobb, johns creek, are all thriving !!! why are they thriving because the leadership and the people who live there are not INCOMPETENT…. you might not know this but dekalb and clayton USED TO BE NICE PLACES TO LIVE , BUT WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF BLACKS MOVED TO THESE COUNTIES AND TOOK OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL, THE SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENTIRE COUNTIES HAVE GONE TO HELL !!! I HOPE THIS MAKES MY POINT… YOUR POINT OF COMPARING ALL WHITE LEADERSHIP TO HITLER AND SLAVE OWENRS IS JUST BRILLIANT??? MAKES ME WONDER IF YOU ARE ON THE CLAYTON OR DEKALB BOARD OF EDUCATION!!! VERY SMART COMMENT
PALANA
October 26th, 2012
4:08 pm
So now tell me, just why is so many “more blacks voting in Georgia than 2008″ such a great thing now? Where were they all the years BEFORE there was a black (half black, I might add) candidate to vote for? Too many are voting for color and we all know it. They just won’t admit it outright. And they aren’t being racist? Yep, only they are being racist against anybody except blacks. Go figure. He’s going back in, make no mistake about it, but not because he is best. And most of us know that, too. He’s just best at pulling the wool over our eyes and making everybody think he’s God’s gift to mankind. NOT! And when he turns us into a socialist, or worse yet, Communist country (look at his cronies and which countries really stand behind him) then who do we point our fingers at? Ummm hmmmm. You got it. All of you who voted for him. Let’s see, Castro has been head of Cuba for 50 years now? Well, O has 46 more to go. It will happen folks. It will.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
4:23 pm
@Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:19 pm
Kim says, “I’m voting for the person that shows he cares.”
I’m a woman, and this type of comment is a perfect example of why a lot of mindless women support Obama and people like him. Forget about electing someone who can run the country, keep the economy improving, help create jobs, sign laws that protect us – oh, no. It’s all about having a president that “cares.” It’s truly scary that people like Kim vote.
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You are the TYPICAL republican voter.
Obama’s Problem Is With White, Non-College Educated Voters.
PALANA
October 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
The slaves who came to American cannot factor into any argument. They were SOLD TO US BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE, they were not kidnapped, as many of you would have us believe. It wasn’t the evil whites who enslaved these people (not that some masters weren’t cruel) any more than their own kind who sold them into slavery. And we have been apologizing to YOU for it for years, and none of you were ever slaves. You don’t hear of any Jews whining because of Hitler and the death camps wherein most of them lost relatives, but you people have whined for years over something that nobody in our generation, or yours, had any control over.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
@PALANA
October 26th, 2012
4:08 pm
So now tell me, just why is so many “more blacks voting in Georgia than 2008″ such a great thing now? Where were they all the years BEFORE there was a black (half black, I might add) candidate to vote for? Too many are voting for color and we all know it. They just won’t admit it outright. And they aren’t being racist? Yep, only they are being racist against anybody except blacks.
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Obama NEVER had a problem with black voters.
However, Obama’s Problem Is With White, Non-College Educated Voters.
Its the white UNEDUCATED voter that is so OUTRAGED at black people
for voting for Obama.
The “newer” elements of the Democratic coalition—college educated
and non-white voters—have continued to offer elevated levels
of support to the president.
Mark
October 26th, 2012
4:32 pm
PALANA
October 26th, 2012
4:08 pm
Where were your bullsh*t stats when blacks were voting in large numbers in all previous elections? It’s funny that your racist ass wasn’t concerned about the black vote when blacks were voting for Clinton, or Kerry!
cc
October 26th, 2012
4:34 pm
“Even if it drops slightly, it could be taken as a sign that President Barack Obama’s political base remains enthusiastic,”
This race has never been about the “political base”, but about the independent undecided. It matters not what Hussein’s base turns out, Georgia will go decidedly for President Romney.
“create that “grand bargain” to address a $16 trillion federal debt and avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect at the close of the year.”
Why would anyone believe anything the Liar-in-Chief says? He created $6 trillion of this indebtedness and has run annual deficits of $1+ trillion.
“I believe the minimum result will be 53-47 Romney, over 300 electoral votes”
I believe that is about right . . .
“Vote for justice, accountability, a man who says what he means and does what he says. Vote for what is decent and right for America, all of America. Vote for the man who will stand up for women’s rights, for equal rights, for equal pay, and the chance for a good life for all Americans”
That would, of course, be President Romney.
“Great post. But sadly, they won’t look at any of that.”
Heard enough and seen enough lies from Hussein himself for the past five years: why believe a mere sycophant?
“But it isn’t racist that every single one of them is voting for Obama because he is black.”
Of course it is! You expected differently?
“How do they know? I do not recall ever being asked my race in the voting process.”
Dimocrats keep up with that statistic: they have to be sure that none escape the dimocrat plantation.
“I’m interested in the Mormon turnout in the South.”
It’s going to be higher than the muslim turnout . . .
“The walking around money thirty dollars this year, and if you bring two more people who can register you get fifty.”
. . . plus a bottle of cheap wine and three $1 scratch-offs.
“GO OBAMA 2012!”
Yeah, go straight to . . .
“And by the way, people on this blog commenting about black people voting for the POTUS just because he’s black,”
You’re wrong: I’m not voting for him because he is a liar, a muslim and a communist.
“How about you head to the south side and start referring to the folks you see as ‘negroes’, then we’ll see if it’s derogatory or not.”
You’d get mugged before you had the opportunity to say it . . .
Loyalty Comes In All Colors@3:02 pm:
Give it a rest, Bernie . . .
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
4:36 pm
@PALANA
October 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
The slaves who came to American cannot factor into any argument. They were SOLD TO US BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE, they were not kidnapped, as many of you would have us believe. It wasn’t the evil whites who enslaved these people (not that some masters weren’t cruel) any more than their own kind who sold them into slavery.
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WHITE people DID NOT have to buy slaves just because they
were being sold by their own people.
You could not make me do something that goes against my
christian values.
So just because africans sold other africans does
NOT MAKE IT OKAY.
Your people did not HAVE TO BUY THEM.
TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT.
luangtom
October 26th, 2012
4:38 pm
You know the old saying, “vote early, vote often…”………..Chicago politics………sarcasm, folks.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
4:44 pm
@cc
October 26th, 2012
4:34 pm
=================================
WHERE was your OUTRAGE when blacks were voting for
white presidents long before Obama?
Now that WE are voting for a Black man WHITE people
say we are RACIST.
Whats good for the GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
We KNOW who the RACISTS ARE.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
4:47 pm
@luangtom
October 26th, 2012
4:38 pm
You know the old saying, “vote early, vote often…”………..Chicago politics………sarcasm, folks
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My saying is VOTE EARLY for Obama because they
are TRYING TO BLOCK THE VOTE.
If they can’t win HONESTLY….they will STEAL THE ELECTION.
NO SARCASM,,,,,,,,JUST FACT.
Buymadeinusjobs
October 26th, 2012
5:20 pm
A vote for a republican is a vote for Paul Ryans Budget 20ll which all Republican senators and house of representative members voted for and Rommey said he would sign. Sometimes, I say I really hope the republicans take the president, senate and house and stick it to all??? who post here/ elsewhere/ more worried about social issues than food in your belly., millionaires do not waste their time here
You do not have to vote against your own interest. Go to c-span. Check out Rommey’s video 5/14/12, Ryan’s budget 2011 which cut billions from veterans program, 35% from medicaid-which pays for healthcare for unemployed, low paid childrens healthcare, nursing home care for seniors/disabled, food stamps, medicare to vouchers, cut taxes for rich. It will be law if repub. take over. check c-span for primary source/facts, votes/budget.
Rommey::: get rid of healthcare, you think it’s ok to pay for well paid temporary Washingon, state, county politicians to have healthcare insurance/pensions paid for by taxpayers. They put their britches on the same way you do. Why should they get better deal than you?
41% of georgians fit Rommey’s 47% victims he is talking about you low paid /unemployed white fellows too. If you are not one of 41%, you could be tomorrow if you have a heart attack or lose your job.
cc
October 26th, 2012
5:25 pm
I said, “Give it a rest, Bernie”, and you can forget the “racist” BS. That word truly means nothing anymore.
Frederick Douglass
October 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
Anyone that thinks the slave trade was fed and built on blacks selling out other blacks are sadly mistaken; in 1860 a prime field hand brought $1,200.00 on the auction block ($24,000.00 in today’s money) nuff said.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
6:10 pm
@Scrivener
October 26th, 2012
3:40 pm
AND the point is also that for him at least the issues are more important than his skin color.
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Mychal Massie is the BIG JEALOUS CRAB IN THE BARREl.
When someone crawls out of the barrell the jealous
big crab tries to pull him back in.
Rob
October 26th, 2012
7:45 pm
I”m black and vote Obama because I can see voting for the Archie Bunker of the world!!
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
8:29 pm
Col. Lawrence Wilkson who is White and Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell
said that his PARTY (Republican) is a party of RACISTS.
The only reason they want Obama out is because of the COLOR
OF HIS SKIN.
From his mouth TO GOD’S HEAR.
He told the TRUTH and SHAMED THE DEVIL.
It is SAD that other white people will ADMIT the TRUTH.
But God is watching and he knows their heart is evil.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
Are Republicans PROUD of John Sununu, Rush Limbaugh,
Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter and others who SPEW RACIST
hatred.
This could be an EXPLOSIVE situation if this hate does not
STOP.
White people will only have themselves to blame.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
8:33 pm
CORRECTION
It is SAD that other white people will NOT ADMIT the TRUTH.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
SO IF WHITE PEOPLE SUPPORT OTHER WHITE PEOPLE
DOES THAT MEAN THEY ARE RACIST?
hmmmmmmmmm
cc
October 26th, 2012
9:33 pm
“Are Republicans PROUD of John Sununu, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter”
I can’t speak for “Republicans”, but I’m personally proud of these people.
cc
October 26th, 2012
9:35 pm
The entire Obama campaign appears to me to be targeting our less intelligent and gullible voters. It is obvious from comments posted here and on other blogs that his target audience has, in fact, been reached. I don’t believe this will accomplish what he needs, though, and President Romney looks to be on track for the win.
What is necessary to produce a communist muslim going away party? (The White House domestic staff is trying to get up to speed before Obama’s January departure!)
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
9:39 pm
@cc
October 26th, 2012
9:33 pm
“Are Republicans PROUD of John Sununu, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter”
I can’t speak for “Republicans”, but I’m personally proud of these people.
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Yeah, I believe you………..because I can see YOUR FLEAS from here.
That’s what happens when you LIE DOWN WITH DOGS you get FLEAS.
HERE’S MY SHOCKED FACE:
cc
October 26th, 2012
9:41 pm
“This could be an EXPLOSIVE situation if this hate does not STOP.”
You’re the only talking “hate”, Bernie. If you, or many of you, want to “explode”, go right ahead. I’m sure you’ll find someone to accomodate you.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
9:54 pm
@cc
October 26th, 2012
9:35 pm
The entire Obama campaign appears to me to be targeting our less intelligent and gullible voters. It is obvious from comments posted here and on other blogs that his target audience has, in fact, been reached. I don’t believe this will accomplish what he needs, though, and President Romney looks to be on track for the win.
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FYI, I am a retired educator.
If you are proud to vote for a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR like Mitt Romney
who belongs to a cult (Mormons), wears religious underwear, who baptize
dead bodies…who said that he does not care about you (the 47%) …..
that is your burden to bear.
Mitt Romney will NEVER BE PRESIDENT.
Even some white people don’t like him.
Sorry to BURST YOUR BUBBLE but Obama WILL BE RE-ELECTED.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
10:00 pm
@cc
October 26th, 2012
9:41 pm
“This could be an EXPLOSIVE situation if this hate does not STOP.”
You’re the only talking “hate”, Bernie. If you, or many of you, want to “explode
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My point was that there are people who are waiting for a reason
to EXPLODE especially WHEN Obama is RE-ELECTED.
Like that idiot who shot and killed people in the theatre.
Like that idiot who shot Gabby Gifford.
You get my drift……………………………?
cc
October 26th, 2012
10:04 pm
“FYI, I am a retired educator.”
Doubtless you are retired from a government indoctrination center.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
10:07 pm
There is a reason why it has TAKEN 6 years for Mitt Romney
to become the Republican nominee for president.
And that reason is why HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT.
He is a pathological liar. Even Newt Gingrich said so.
MEATLOAF is a typical republican voter.
heeheeheeheehee
Sigmasoul
October 26th, 2012
10:09 pm
Tell all of those Republicans who cannot accept the large African American voter turnout. Think about all of those negative comments made by Tea Party members. Never spit into the wind, on a windy day. Those comments felt like salt being rubbed into a large wound. And they hurt.
Whatever wounds that had healed over the years, were reopened when those comments were made. As in, “He needs to learn to be an American…” That translates to “You will never be accepted, no matter what you do”. “End Obamacare” equals “We think more about money than your family’s health”. Blind stupidity, thinking that blacks would forget by election day. Think vendetta.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
10:10 pm
@cc
October 26th, 2012
10:04 pm
“FYI, I am a retired educator.”
Doubtless you are retired from a government indoctrination center.
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YOU MEAN DOUBTFUL NOT DOUBTLESS.
Obviously you are not a college graduate.
That makes you a typical Romney voter.
UNEDUCATED!
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
10:15 pm
@Sigmasoul
October 26th, 2012
10:09 pm
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Tea Party is for little girls with imaginary friends.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
10:22 pm
Boy…..Its awful quiet on this blog.
Where are all of the Republican loud mouths?????????
Where are all of the defenders of Mitt the Twitt
who wears religious bloomers?
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 26th, 2012
10:47 pm
You meant:
Tell all of those Republican LOW INFORMATION VOTERS.
who cannot accept the large African American voter turnout.
I SAY:
Tell all of those UNEDUCATED Republican LOW INFORMATION
VOTERS who cannot accept the large African American voter turnout.
shady
October 27th, 2012
8:15 am
No my Friends, Georgia’s Black make up 45 to 53 percent of the Total Vote in Georgia. Now stick that in your pipe in smoking. We will DETERMINE our own Destiny. Good, Bad or Indifferent. It is in our Hands. Hands that once Picke Cotton, will determine who will lead the Nation. Obama-Biden 2012.
cc
October 27th, 2012
8:55 am
“FYI, I am a retired educator.”
What does that have to do with anything, even if you really are a “retired educator”?
“My point was that there are people who are waiting for a reason to EXPLODE especially WHEN Obama is RE-ELECTED.”
No, that was not what you meant at all, and you and I both know it.
cc
October 27th, 2012
12:23 pm
“Georgia’s Black make up 45 to 53 percent of the Total Vote in Georgia”
In your dreams, Shady. Blacks comprise 29.52% of the voters in Georgia. I have no idea where you did your research (IF you did any research), but you need to try again.
Sorry, no cigar . . . for you to smoke.
Loyalty Comes In All Colors
October 27th, 2012
1:10 pm
@cc
October 27th, 2012
8:55 am
“FYI, I am a retired educator.”
What does that have to do with anything, even if you really are a “retired educator”?
“My point was that there are people who are waiting for a reason to EXPLODE especially WHEN Obama is RE-ELECTED.”
No, that was not what you meant at all, and you and I both know it.
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YOU are the TYPICAL CON……
I have no reason to lie about anything.
Yeck, you people don’t believe Obama’s college record…
Why would you believe mine.
Don’t hate me because I AM EDUCATED AND YOU ARE NOT.
SKVAM
October 27th, 2012
1:41 pm
All racists find a comfortable home in the Republican Clan. The party of racists like Trump, Gingrich (a writer of soft porn and self-styled historian), Palin, Sununu, Paul, and the rest of the racists is happily going to be within four years, the permanent racist minority party. By hating African Americans, by hating (not just principled disagreement, but hating) President Obama, by hating Hispanics, by hating immigrants, by appealing to the Confederate states, the GOP, the party of money worship, the anti-Jesus party of selfishness, on its way to its deserved powerlessness. Immoral racists are demographically doomed, with the help of our Lord.