Liberal press: GOP needs more minorities we can rip apart
The Washington Post prints a typical, racial bean-counting piece on how the Republican Party is too “white.”
Yes, the leftists want to see more minorities in the Republican Party — so they can immediately proceed to tear them apart as race traitors and sellouts who are acting, you know, “white.”
The piece is here if you must read it.
Funny, I haven’t seen any 2,000-word stories on how white the convention protest population is (a phenomenon I witnessed and reported on first-hand in Denver and which holds in the Twin Cities.)
And as is usually the case with liberals moaning about how colorless the GOP and conservative movement are, the diversity-mongers are better at preaching than practicing.
Flashback: “Diversity” in Howard Dean’s Democrat Party
Flashback: Racial bean-counting at the NYTimes
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Commenter BayStateRepublican: “Why should they bother counting when the ones they do see ‘don’t count’?”
Well put.
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I’m tired of rampant liberal racism and bogus complaints against the GOP.
Why should they bother counting when the ones they do see “don’t count”?
They’ll be sorry when they get what they wish for. Either nyk or mistressjustice says that black Americans tend to be social conservatives (which I don’t doubt) and I feel that they would be comfortable with conservative values. Obama makes it an unusual year, but long-term I can see them being very uncomfortable with where Obama wants to take his party.
I guess they must not be looking very hard. Bush administration anyone?
Not that I’m keeping count, but Elaine Chao, former Sec. of State Colin Powell, Codi Rice? Gonzalez?
Indeed – but do you have any idea how many people have jobs and make a good living off perpetuating racial tensions and victimization?
It’s too lucrative a field for them to actually bring about an end to racism.
I know, mistressjustice must be raking it in.
Speaking of which, when is mistressjustice going to show up in this thread with her broad brush and start painting?
Isn’t this the same press that ignores how abortion is pushed on the minority community? It’s hard to count any independent voices, especially in the black community, when millions of them are silenced through abortion which is being advocated by the Christian soul brother, Obummer.
WaPo can post its bias but who calls of Color Republicans:
Lawn Jockey of the Republican Party
Nigga
Sell-outs
Uncle Toms
And a host of other crap that Michelle and others are called.
I guess it would say something that maybe the “protected class” people on the Left always have their collective hands out and the Demoplastics rape the country to put something in them.
Stuff like this doesn’t help.
30 Pieces of Silver, where are you when the Lame Steam Media needs you?
So whose fault is that? Republicans vote for black, brown, yellow, red and white Republicans. It’s the Democrats who vote against Republicans of color.
The only way to increase the number of GOP minority officeholders is to disenfranchise Democrats. The best way to do that would be to reinstate literacy requirements for voting.
She’s in detox right now. She came around here last night all drunk, rambling and belligerent. She’ll be back when she sobers up and polishes her grill.
Why don’t they take a conservative’s standpoint and just be color-blind? You know, the way MLK envisioned judging people by the content of their character instead of their skin color.
Sheesh!
I’m so tired of the race issue. Please if your not “white” please join us. I know most our values are the same
it doesn’t, but many democrats would vote for hitler if he had a D after his name. they are beyond logic, and reason. the article talked about ‘outreach’ but most of those who vote democratic do so because they think they can get something out of the government. unless the republican party becomes the socialist party its not going to lure these people.
African americans started voting democratic in the 1930s, while the democratic party was still the party of racism, jim crow, KKK, etc. look at detroit, decades under democratic rule, and still they win the elections…its amazing.
Lynn Swann surprised Greta the other night during an interview when he plainly stated that just because he was black, he didn’t feel the need to support Obama since he didn’t agree with his views. Greta was shocked (and the condescension was palpable when she asked him how he couldn’t support Obama).
Mookie’s so wrong he’s almost right.
The dipstick media think a word that fits Obama to a T
is racially-charged when used against a racist tool like Obama.
Today, my attention was directed to a “gay friendly” (I mention this so that my post adheres to the “minorities” theme of this thread) blogger named Andrew Sullivan, who wasn’t happy with Governor Palin’s performance last night.
Most of the gay people that I have met in life have struck me as compassionate and caring people, but this Andrew Sullivan is obviously an exception. Much of his live blogging last night centered on the children and parents of the candidates:
Is it just me, or does this guy come off as a catty shrew? Andrew Sullivan appears to be a horrible representative of the politically gay community.
For every story like that, Mookie, there are serious racist assualts perpetrated by liberals that will never be highlighted. The party of unvarnished racism (and sexism) is the Democratic Party.
Yeah, right!
This from the party and the man who worked overtime to hide black and Muslim supporters from the backdrop of his rallys and speeches!
oops, “racial assaults”.
What else are they gonna complain about now that there’s a woman on the ticket as VP? If McCain choose a minority VP (Steele, Jindal, etc.) then they’d be complaining there were no women. You can’t win with these guys.
Obama is black???
Just in, 37.2 million people watched Palin last night. I’m guessing that they were not all white.
What would you expect from the press that supports the affirmative action candidate? If a white man had exactly the same resume as Obama and was running for president, he wouldn’t have made it past the New Hampshire primary!
Help me out here…I was unaware that “uppity” was a racially charged word.
I always thought the word was somewhat similar to snooty – or is that racially charged too?
Who gets to decide what is racially charged and what isn’t?
OT
37.2 million watched Gov. Sarah’s speech last night……
Go Sarah Go!!
Are they still using that same fuzzy math that they use when deciding what’s a budget cut or an increase? If so, no wonder they got their undies all wadded up over diversity counts.
D@mn, I just ate lunch and then saw that picture of Helen Thomas again. You owe me an in-an-out Michelle.
I’ll just assume that he meant the fast food franchise.
Yes Rouge Chedder, the Double Double.
Hey, be happy you can get those. I had one in Vegas and it was divine. No in and out in ND.
Sorry, off topic.
Obsession ain’t just a perfume.
Is this the Anthony Burgess ‘in and out’?? I hope not…
And if Obama wins they will be out of a job. That’s why I personally think Rev Wright keeps popping up. . .he’s sabotaging Obama’s election so he can extend his career talking about how rascist America is.
I’m afraid I can’t help you. I’m still trying to figure out what’s so bad about “you people”.
Liberal racists (redundant, I know).
Other newly minted “racist” items:
-black hole
-niggardly
-black sheep
-anything spoken in critique of Obama or black liberals
A bit OT, but has anyone seen any post Sarah speech polls? Everything I can find is all pre-speech.
What is a southern white boy supposed to do, complain about the Dimocrap party? HMMMMMMMMM, I guess the only option I have left to redeem myself is to vote for Barak O’Bidet? Wait, one is white and one is half something.
Nevermind.
On September 4th, 2008 at 3:56 pm, PBoilermaker said:
Been there/seen that – and all within my local community!
I thought Michael Steele did a great job last night.
That’s because you don’t understand the word’s etymology.
Persnick was a term used by post-war Whigs to stigmatize Know-Nothing Copperhead supporters of W.E.B. DuBois. Or not.
As my hard core democrat father in law use to say.
“If you’re white you’re all right, if you’re brown stick around, and if you’re black get back.”
For being a conservative Hispanic he of course he labeled me a coconut. Brown on the outside and white on the inside, I am proud of that label.
Any other coconuts out there?
OT as well, can we please ban all pictures of Helen Thomas from the internet? She’s worse than tubgirl…
Line up this “Republicans are too white!” story next to the “Sarah Palin’s mean-spirited ‘budget cuts!’” article and you can see the obvious theme.
Stories like these aren’t really oriented toward a general audience. They’re targeted to anxious liberals. It’s a way of reassuring the preferred readership that their stereotypes are still valid.
If I’m a lib/lefty, I can read that WaPo article and feel better knowing that what I accept as “common knowledge” about conservatives remains true: they really are a bunch of racist, selfish, heartless bastards, even when they occasionally trot out a token woman or minority to try to fool me.
Whew! Now, I can get back to doing what I do best: emoting, instead of thinking. What a relief!
The article seems to imply that African-Americans are being excluded by republican party. Have the WaPo seen the cabinet of the President lately? Have they heard of Clarence Thomas?
Ya know… the population of America is about 52% female. Why is then that the Democratic Ticket is 100% male???????
Uppity has been for many years (decades?) shorthand for a black person who does not know his or her place.
It was interesting to hear the other morning on the radio that the Father of the Modern Conservative Movement, Barry Goldwater, voted against the Civil Rights Act. So much for the Party of Lincoln.
Then, of course, Nixon consciously played to the resentments of racist whites in ‘68 and ‘72 (you don’t have to trust me, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee admitted it, and apologized).
Reagan announcing his candidacy with a resounding defense of states rights in Philadelphia, Mississippi was a pretty clear signal that his sympathies did not lie with the three civil rights workers who were murdered there.
Ongoing attacks on “welfare cheats,” crime and affirmative action are widely seen as at least the precursors to policies that have a disproportionately negative effect on minorities and at most coded language for racist policies.
The recent anti-immigrant hysteria contained more than a few racist elements.
And an all-white Republican Party is currently in the process of smearing the first black presidential nominee in history for things like his middle name, the alleged favoritism he benefits from(go ahead, say that he got where he was because of affirmative action one more time), his minister, his alleged lack of patriotism and his time trying to help poor black people as a community organizer.
At the same time Republicans at the state level are pushing so-called ballot security measures that are known to disproportionately disenfranchise black voters.
Blacks may be culturally conservative, but until the Republican Party stops giving the impression (rightly or wrongly) that the simply don’t like them very much.
Rasmussen Daily holding steady at 50-45.
Gallup Daily actually has Obama picking up a point from yesterday to 49-42.
Right here, but I Bleed Blue.
I never understood the term after my first trip to Hawaii. Coconuts a green over brown over white.
We do. And we decide that AbusedLib is unfit to decide.
Bush: Most diverse cabinet with more minorities holding higher offices in hostory.
Clinton: all one has to do is look at a picture of his administration and it speaks for itself.
H. Clinton: where are the minorities in her campaign or office
Obama: I ask a similar question of his campaign.
The Liberals can’t help themselves. At a time when the Republican Party nominates the first woman to be their VP, they come out and say, “Not enough”.
Sorry, but I think COndi, Powell, Thomas and a slew of others would disagree.
And we welcome all comers into our party. We do not, then, call them “Uncle Toms” and other such horribly racist names simply for not doing so.
We also do not require them to remain in poverty and slums in order to keep them in our Party. We encourage people to make something of themselves, to resist Government hand-outs and to accept responsibility for their actions.
I believe there is a woman in New Orleans with a big TV and a big racist mouth that best describes what the Liberals want and how they wish to remain.
Hahahahaa! That’s just rich.
This blog isn’t ‘anti-immigrant’; it is anti-illegal.
You know, like murder, larceny, treason.
102 mph! RetFireman’s bringing the heat!
Game over, AbusedLib. Take your wiffle bat and beat it.
Maybe Justice Clarence Thomas would like to comment on how the media treats conservatives of color. Hey maybe that is why there aren’t more minorities, at least those that are willing to come out.
Isn’t Gov Bobby Jindal a minority?
Blacks are too enthralled with the Community Organizer to consider the GOP.
Nope — common usage decides it. And common usage has decided it. If you don’t want to get called racist, don’t call a black person “uppity.” “Boy” would be another word to avoid.
Simply wrong. We went through this on another thread. Clinton appointed minorities to his cabinet a little less than twice the rate Bush has. Is everything you say simply made up?
You mean, the campaign that was first run by a Hispanic woman and then by a black one?
You mean the candidate? Too bad you only have two fee to shoot yourself in.
I thought we were talking about minorities here. Though, there are far more Democratic women at the national and Governor level then there are Republicans.
I have great respect for Condi and Powell, though the contempt with which they were treated by the Bush’s white male inner circle is illuminating. I’m not that keen on Justice Thomas, as you might expect.
I wonder why they don’t care to accept your invitation?
As Obama does, and has done. African American disagree. Are you implying that they are too dumb to vote their own self-interest?
Do tell.
These numbers do not reflect Palin’s speech. It takes about 3 days for those numbers to be reflected. Wait until early next week.
Tre,
This oreo is staying low key.
Please don’t say that about yourself 30, even in jest. It brings back bad memories of the way Mike Steele was treated here in Maryland. People say they are voting for Obama because of racial pride. I ask where that pride was when Steele was running.
Here’s another that has recently deemed a negative connotation: articulate.
Why is it that racist are always the ones whinning about racism ? When will people stop looking at skin color ans start looking at character, a persons honor, intelligence, morals, etc…
gp,
No worries. I’m very much proud to be me.
I unfortunately missed Michael Steele’s speech.
As you should be. God bless.
Me too. Had to Tivo it.
Likewise.
Dang DVR doesn’t work. Cable companies suck. Okay, not all of the time.
At least Republicans have never been accused of “engineering” the audience for the camera.
Actually, if we are focusing on the word “accused” as recently as a couple of days ago, Sarah Palin was accused of having a Downs baby to engineer support from the right.
30 P:
He’s on YouTube here.
And he sure got the crowd fired up!
Well you gotta admit, the Republican Party looks more like a comedy than a viable political party.
Lets be honest, an old guy with no memory, a bad temper, doesn’t know that Pakistan and Iraq aren’t neighbors and hockey mom as the heads of the party sounds like something out of a Monty Python comedy.
Plus, the Republican Party is whiter than the country and the world – why would anyone support such a sham?
They don’t deserve the love you people put into it or they would be looking for real leaders who have real solutions – not this ridiculousness.
You’re reaching again.
You are also embarrassing yourself.
Might want to stop digging.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I love it! You guys are scared s***less!
Now go get that diaper changed!
Yes and it was carried on 6 networks as opposed the 10 networks that carried Obama’s speech. He receive 39-40 million viewers.
Be afriad. Be very afraid of Sarah Palin.
Thanks atheling. I’ll check it out for sure.
Whoops Obama drew 38 million.
Heh.
Personally, I’m a social liberal as well, so it doesn’t relate to me, but as I’ve pointed out (and lots of other Republicans of many backgrounds have as well) that overwhelmingly, African-Americans are social conservatives — particularly those of a certain generation. Consider the community’s dominant attitudes toward homosexuality, abortion, the intense connection to the Christian faith…etc. But they don’t vote Republican, and haven’t in anything aside from negligible numbers since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The reasons why, I think, have to do with the rhetoric of the right, which I believe African Americans view with huge amounts of suspicion — including those who otherwise support the Republican platform. Why would the party of Strom Thurmond (a segregationist and, oddly, misegenationist) and Jesse Helms not be viewed with some level of suspicion? (You can argue, as I’ve seen before, that they were not unrepentant racists, but there are many indicators that they in fact were.) It’s human nature to avoid that which you see as oppositional — particularly when it’s based on something so superficial as race.
I’m not in the mood for, nor am I writing this because I have the desire to start a fight — and I’m not here to stir up trouble. However, if people genuinely want to discuss why more African Americans (and other minorities — and let’s face it, minorities overwhelmingly vote Democrat) don’t avidly support the Republican party, despite having Republican leanings, maybe it’s worth talking about. (No group, after all, is monolithic.) Not writing ridiculous things out of anger, but genuine discussion.
I actually found this piece from Shannon Reeves (former Secretary of the California Republican Party — you can Google him) recently, and I found it interesting (see far below). It’s a bit dated (from 2003), but still…
I would politely ask that if you just want to rant about my post — instead of actually discussing it — that you just ignore it and NOT respond.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/820110/posts
I jumped back and forth between CNN & Fox last night. CNN panned the crowd and actually showed a number of people of color. Fox could have and should have done the same. They were cheering wildly for Palin.
Colin Powell is African American. Condi Rice is African American. Al Sharpton is African American.
Bill Clinton is not African American. Follow along here:
Flinchy Obinghole goes against the best of Black or African-American ethnicity.
Flinchy’s survival was never dependent upon any ties to Black community; he was schooled in a madrasa, and prayed the prayers of the most supremacist religion on earth with deep ties to enslavement of Africans and their slaughter. He reminds me of the hang around the fort NDNs that killed their own people during the Nations slaughterous Indian wars. Flinchy backs Moslem leaders that kill Christians and Catholics.
Flinchy is spun out of whole cloth propaganda, an enticement to non-thinking ethnic Americans and white liberals to gush about the possibility of the first Black President of the United States.
That Obama is African American is a myth. Skin’s dark, but that’s where the connection ends.
And it is an insulting myth. It would be like saying that some cat with roots from India, was going to be the first “Indian” or Native American President of the USA.
The main thing about Flincy is he is a new breed of ethnic: Black in Name Only or BINO.
And if he be so Black, did he even consider another Black man or woman to complete his dream ticket? Or would that be TOO Black. Dint read much about that “vetting” goin on.
What a complete puke.
Bear1909 out.
nyk suffering from cranial rectal inversion AGAIN. lol
you? think? go read a book about the history of Democrats and Black folks throughout the nation’s history. and then take a look at the way Blacks are being played by the descendants of the party of Jim Crow politics.
imbecilic dilletante.
I’m familiar. But what I wrote related more to the change in both parties (and perception of them) between the end of slavery and ‘64. I’m talking about NOW. And people’s opinions NOW. I guess we’re all “imbecilic dilletante[s]. [sic]”
Oh, well. I tried to have a conversation.
Enjoy your night, all.
well, gosh. LMAO Change? Same old scalawag approach just a different paint job.
And if u understood ANYTHING or actually read something besides your parlor pap, you would understand that the Nation’s history includes what happened in 1954 and last week.
Your moral high ground is actually a rut devoid of any critical understanding of things *not white*.
If u were interested in a conversation you might show some genuine curiosity toward some of us who are not white and are Pubbies or Conservative Independents. I dont care what your theories are. And i dont care what YOU have to say about anything.
It is devoid of anything but trite commentary such as “I;m talking about NOW. And peoples opinions NOW.”
Guess what? Those have a history where i come from . These didnt just appear on the scene based on some narcissistic pablum read in some marxist coffee house.
Most of us have a history that influences our “opinions”— more importantly influences what we “KNOW”.
Why are u here?
You’re sweet,
We all like you,
We miss you when you’re gone,
Why, yes, you must be an Oreo!
tre,
Ha! thanks.
First of all, I’m sick and tired of the idiotic hyphenation of everybody. You’re either American or your not. As my Uncle Teddy Roosevelt would say, you can’t be a partime Amercian. It’s all or nothing. I think think it’s about time to drop the hyphens. If you want a hyphen so bad, then go back to the old country and walk around calling yourself an American-African or American-Italian, or American-Lebonese. How stupid would that be? For crying out loud! Man up and become a citizen of the United states of America, or shut up, get on the boat, and go the f home! Other than that, I have no strong feelings.
Nyk, I think you have some interesting points, if somewhat overstated.
I consider the current Democratic party line towards African-Americans and other minorities to be nearly identical to the post-Civil War Radical Republican administration (40 acres and a mule, anyone). The RRs that took control of the party over Lincoln’s assassination wanted to punish the south for its war. (Note: I am not discussing the war, itself.) They rushed in and promised to take away from their recent owners and give to the freed slaves… and, of course, quid pro quo, gain their votes.
The Democratic party uses Welfare-style programs to do the same for minorities and others ‘disenfranchised’.
Really, the historical perspective actually favors the current state of affairs, in that the African-American community can point to the cynical manipulation of them by the Republicans in the postbellum period as a reason not to trust them.
If anything, I think the historical issues are in fact reversed. As for the current situation… neither party is willing to change the status quo of entitlements. As the Party who is socially interventionist in the marketplace, the Democratic party is the natural earner of any merit this gains. A party with a platform of fiscal restraint should be reducing or eliminating these programs, as this would drastically reduce the tax burden on everyone in America, and give a very healthy incentive for people to live the American Dream.
Unfortunately, one party has nothing to gain by doing this, and the other party has ‘everything to lose’.
Well, if you want to know why African Americans don’t vote Republican, you don’t have to look any further than your own contemptible writing. Have you read his books? You don’t have the vaguest clue what you’re talking about.
Bear, you are imbecillic. 90% of Americans alive today were born after 954, your history lesson is just that — history. In terms of current events, we’re dealing with a Republican Party that was, for 16 years, overtly racist on the presidential level and has today nnominated a guy who not only opposed the MLK holiday as a Senator, but encouraged his fellow Arizonans not to make it a state holiday.
Proud to be an Irish-American here.Pogue mahone if you don’t like it.
Your argument assumes that all blacks (!) are dependent on welfare program and ignores the fact that even middle- and upper-class African Americans vote Dem.
As opposed to a Democratic Party which has been overtly racist for its entire existence, and which has nominated a Jesse Jackson clone with close ties to the black version of the KKK.
I’m not sure why people like to pretend that “liberal Republicans” equals “libertarians”. McMoron, Specter, Lott, Rove, Lindsey, etc etc are all liberal Republicans. They don’t have a single libertarian bone in their entire bodies.
Conservatives and libertarians have a lot more in common with each other than either has with those scum-sucking liberals.
There’s no particular mystery about why blacks vote D. Your party bought their votes with cold hard cash.
Quaking in your boots are you, white boy? Paybacks are hell.;-)
But, fortunately, Obama’s not a hater. Just you.
Not quite. I think as a person of color I have a very fundamental understanding of things *not white.* But thanks for your input! I’ll pass it along! To my garbage can.
That’s kind of the norm here. Most African-Americans I know are either middle class or upper middle class. They vote Democrat. My point was, there’s a reason. And I pretty much see it spelled out in black and white (literally and figuratively) here every day.
Exactly.
BemusedLib, thanks for fighting the good fight. I’m at the point where I feel like it’s almost useless to try to have a genuine exchange of ideas here. But I admire your tenacity.
Ulthwithian, it’s late and I just got home, and I’m tired, but I hope to see you here again. We can debate (politely and respectfully) another day.
Where is Barb Davis White & is she supported by the RNC? Michael Steele represented on the Warren Ballentine show & defended Palin. Many listeners of Tom Joyner & Warren can’t get over ‘the crowd looking like a klan meeting & not like America’ to even consider its platform.
How nice for you! I’m also of Irish and French decent. I’m a proud American first and foremost. Proud to be Irish too, French, not so much. My point was that too many people identify with the hyphen country first, to the denigration of America. How about calling yourself an American first? Try it, you might like it.
A few people here have mentioned the Civil Rights Act. Now, I cannot remember the title, but there is a book written by Secret Service members about Presidents from Johnson through to Clinton. The book is unbiased, I believe, because it talks about everything from the President’s personal habits to thier children. Like how much they hated Michael Reagan, but liked Chelsea Clinton as an example.
If I find the title, I will give it, but some of you need to read what Johnson said before he signed the Civil Rights Act. I could not believe it, it was degrading and I believe shows the true nature of the Democrat Party. I would never repeat something as sick as that. It was akin to this bill will keep those people (he used the n word) voting Democrat for the next one hundred years.
I pointed out to a race-card-democrat who said that all of McCain’s crowds are always so white, that not every ethnicity is so dark skinned that they will pop out in a crowd. There are plenty of dark skinned ethnicities at his rallies, but there are also plenty of people with lighter skin who might have African blood, Asian blood, Latino blood, Arab blood, and so on and so on. It’s a farce and downright stupid to claim that McCain’s crowds are all white.
last night while we were watching mccain’s speech my husband said, “i haven’t seen one person that’s not white.” i hadn’t noticed, and then remembered how many african americans i had seen the night before. i looked up at the channel and it was cbs, the night before we had been watching fox. i don’t know if fox was showing the same people over and over again, or if cbs made it a point to only show white people, but i thought it was funny.