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Crystal WrightHow ironic. Our first black President, Barack Obama, gets over 90% of the black vote in both elections but seems to run from black issues like he’s running from the plague. When was the last time he gave a policy speech on the breakdown of the black family? ... more
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Larry ElderAs recently as 1956, nearly 39 percent of blacks voted Republican in that year's presidential election. After the Civil War, Abe Lincoln's Republican Party easily carried the black vote -- where blacks were allowed to vote. ... more
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John HawkinsHollywood, the mainstream media and the public school system are all almost entirely controlled by people and groups friendly to the Democrat Party. Yet and still, even with that almost overwhelming advantage, Democrats can't do any better than a rough parity with the Republicans. ... more
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Larry ElderIn 13 wards in Philadelphia, reports the Inquirer, President Barack Obama received 99 percent of the vote! A local Democratic ward leader outlined the strategy: "In this election, you had to point out to people what was at stake. And in many cases, they felt that the Romney doctrine was not going to favor the working man." ... more
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Washington, DCNope. In the latest from Chris Matthews land, "urban vote" means black people. ... more
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What Went Wrong Last Tuesday Mon Nov 12Star ParkerDisbelief is the word that defines the Republican state of mind in the wake of the 2012 re-election of President Barack Obama. ... more
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Susan BrownSpeaking at the National Press Club in late September, black pastor Bishop E. W. Jackson unapologetically said it was time for black Americans to take a stand for what is right and called for a mass exodus from the Democrat Party due to the "irreconcilable conflict" between what the Democrat Party represents and their faith in God. ... more
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Crystal WrightThe Congressional Black Caucus was formed in 1971 to advocate on behalf of black Americans and hold lawmakers and the President of the United States accountable for policies adversely impacting blacks. ... more
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John HawkinsHow is it that the party of Lincoln, a party that led the way in opposing slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynching, the KKK, poll taxes, led the way on integration and voting rights for black Americans, and top percentage wise, voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act in greater numbers than Democrats is now only getting about 10% of the black vote? ... more
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Star ParkerWith black and Hispanic voters seemingly ensconced with the Democrats – Barack Obama won 95 percent of the black vote and 67 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2008 – is there anything Republicans can do to turn around what seems to be an inevitable train wreck for their Party? ... more
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Katie Pavlich
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Racist: SNL Mocks Black Obama Supporters Mon Feb 20Katie Pavlich
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Crystal WrightApparently, all black people walk, talk, eat, pray alike AND fit squarely in the Democrat Black box, basking in the glow of liberalism. There also is a “black issues manual,” which I have yet to see, that all blacks must adhere to. Wait, there’s more. ... more
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Obama Has Failed Black Americans Mon Jan 16Lurita DoanToday Americans are remembering a great leader of our past, while at the same time thinking about how poorly our current President’s leadership compares. ... more
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The Time is Right: Welcome EPU! Tue Nov 29Harry R. Jackson, Jr.For at least two generations, blacks have been taken for granted by Democrats and ignored by Republicans. At times, the administration and black community leaders simply demand our personal allegiance to bad policies simply because we are black. ... more
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Obama’s Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah Black Agenda Tue Nov 22Crystal WrightI bet you didn’t know President Obama had a Black agenda. Apparently, he does. ... more
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Harry R. Jackson, Jr.The prospect of an Obama versus Cain contest in the general election is fascinating to contemplate. In fact, I believe that if Cain is on the ticket, it will make this election the most scrutinized in American history. It will have the promotional value of Don King’s “Thrilla in Manilla” but with the potential for genuine social and cultural change. ... more
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Vote For Obama Because He's Black Thu Oct 20Cal ThomasAt the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Sen. Barack Obama said, "...There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there is the United States of America." ... more
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The Politics of Race Sat Oct 15John C. GoodmanMost Americans today are anxious to put party aside and race, for that matter. What we should want to know from Herman Cain is what he wants to do for the future, not what he thinks about politics of the past. ... more
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Cain's Moment Thu Oct 13Emmett TyrrellI have noted time and again that in a discussion of politics the first person to inject the topic of race into the discussion is often the racist. This time it was in a discussion of politics on MSNBC led by Lawrence O'Donnell, who interviewed Herman Cain, the surprising "non politician" who is fast becoming a powerful contender for the Republican presidential nomination. ... more
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Herman Cain and the Race Debate Wed Oct 12New York, New YorkHerman Cain responds to African American critics. He also explains how he came to be a republican. ... more
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The left, the race card, and Herman Cain Mon Oct 10Jeff JacobyThe day after Herman Cain's dazzling victory in the Florida straw poll, I commented that with Cain as a GOP rock star, liberals who have been so ready to smear President Obama's critics as racist would have to come up with a new shtick. What was I thinking? ... more
