An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Larry Elder TRIES to School the Folks!
How Can a “Fellow Black Republican” Oppose Obama?
Mr. Elder,
I am shocked that you oppose Barack Obama and belong to the Republican Party. We must get over ourselves and realize there is room at the top for everyone and we must get there by helping each other — instead of agreeing with policies and old politics that are proven not to work.
To endorse John McCain, a person who will not make it easier for the underprivileged, is just too much. How can a fellow black American feel this way?
Your Former Supporter
Dear Former Supporter,
Do you have any Republican friends, let alone black ones? If so, how many of them want to make it harder “for the underprivileged”?
You also might want to familiarize yourself with the history of the Democratic and Republican parties, and see which party has stood up longer for the rights of people of color. Do you know that Democrats opposed the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution — abolishing slavery, granting citizenship rights to newly freed slaves, and guaranteeing the right to vote (at least on paper) to blacks, respectively? Do you know that most of the politicians who stood for segregation were Southern Democrats? Do you know that the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Democrats, one of whose goals was to stop the spread of the Republican Party? Do you know that, as a percentage of the party, more Republicans than Democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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I seriously doubt if many people who vote Democrat are all that familiar with realities of history. If they were, and still spout the same ol’ Party line, then I would have to say they CHOOSE to be ignorant, or enjoy spreading lies. I’d prefer that they just are unschooled, but I’m afraid it’s more of the latter two.
Any fourth grader SHOULD be familiar with the history of our nation, yet they no longer are being taught what really happened. Anyone with a high school diploma should be aware of the Democrat suppression of blacks, but they seem blatantly ignorant of these facts.
When I hear/read Democrats/liberals spewing how “racists” Republicans have kept the “black man down”, I want to reach out and smack someone.
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