Ho hum, just another Uncle Tom I suppose.
Elbert Guillory: "Why I Am a Republican"
Ho hum, just another Uncle Tom I suppose.
Don't see an Uncle Tom anywhere. I do see a man who is mixed up in his facts and reasoning.
It seems as if he wants to be a republican because republicans have been historically linked to the increase in equality of African Americans. As true as that is, the Republican Party today is not what it was 60 years ago. He also attempts to link his version of modern American liberalism with the Democratic Party. And as for his last misjudgment, Dr. King was never ever linked with any political party. He may share some of the same principles or ideals, but he was never a republican. That is a false analogy.
So you are saying that Dems arent the party of liberals? When did that happen?Originally Posted by .blank cd
BTW, about half of all Americans that associate with a party have no clue what the party they associate with is about. A black man that votes dem usually does it because he always has, just like his family and friends. He has no clue what the party or candidate he is voting for is all about. He is voting for the guy with the D next to his name.
Want to really turn politics on its head, remove the party affiliation and incumbency status from the ballot. 95% of voters wold either skip that vote and move to a different one or will blindly guess. I would even hazard a guess that half the people that post in this forum would fail a quiz asking the name their House Rep, both Senators and the first 4 people in line for the presidency. I wont even get into the state legislature.
Correlation /= Causation. Conservative Democrats and Liberal Republicans are a thing. Of course, parties altogether are just names. It's also fair to note that some people's definition of conservative/liberal is a tad skewed from the actual definition of conservative/liberal.
You could say the same about rural white people voting republican.BTW, about half of all Americans that associate with a party have no clue what the party they associate with is about. A black man that votes dem usually does it because he always has, just like his family and friends. He has no clue what the party or candidate he is voting for is all about. He is voting for the guy with the D next to his name.
Of course you could.
The policies and ideals of the Democratic party speak for themselves. "At the heart of Liberalism is the idea that only a great and powerful big gov't can be the benefactor of social justice for all Americans." That seems pretty close to the mantra of most prominent Dems these days, gov't is the solution to all your problems.
I suppose you just happened to press mute or something when he addressed issues specific to the black community as well as other current issues that all Americans are facing.
Yeah. That's his interpretation of what liberalism is.
Nope. As much as it pained me, I listened to the whole thing. Trying to link the struggles of the black community to the Democratic Party, especially what it is today, is illogical at best. But he's a politician. I suppose he didn't go to university to be a historian.I suppose you just happened to press mute or something when he addressed issues specific to the black community as well as other current issues that all Americans are facing.
Its institutionalized racism that has kept the black man down. Unless he wasnt born here, white people let those people succeed. It has nothing to do with the party that dominates poor black areas.
BTW, there is a direct correlation between Johnson's 'Great Society' programs that have been enacted and the demise of the black family.
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