June 8, 201511 yr Simple. Bengal was talking about politicians, who I may add have an approval rating close to the teens. The other was a blanket statement about a very large group of people, all minorities and all poor people, a 47% statement saying that all minorities and poor only want handouts and nothing else.Other than handouts, what exactly have they gotten from their loyalty to the Democrat party ??
June 8, 201511 yr Don't tell someone on welfare to "get a job." Odds are they already are working. From the Wall Street Journal: "... study found that 56% of federal and state dollars spent between 2009 and 2011 on welfare programs — including Medicaid, food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit — flowed to working families and individuals with jobs." Link below: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/04/13/get-a-job-most-welfare-recipients-already-have-one/
June 8, 201511 yr Still no answers to my question... Seems liberals would have a long list of talking points as to how they have advanced the plight of the poor and minorities through their leadership, or has it all been lip service to garner votes..
June 8, 201511 yr Why does government never shrink when Republicans control the White House?[/quote You asked a question in response to my statement that has nothing to do with my line of thinking. How does creating jobs become a racial question? To respond to misdirection of a question, some fear being called racists and have become political cowards, that is why many old Republicans and Dems need to be replaced.
June 8, 201511 yr Author Still no answers to my question... Seems liberals would have a long list of talking points as to how they have advanced the plight of the poor and minorities through their leadership, or has it all been lip service to garner votes.. Scholars Strategy Network Things Democrats have done for Black people.
June 8, 201511 yr Scholars Strategy Network Things Democrats have done for Black people. This is from your link...1. Republicans passed the 13 Amendment, which ended slavery. 2. Republicans passed the 14th Amendment, which made black people citizens. 3. Republicans passed the 15th Amendment, which gave black people the right to vote. 4. Republicans started Howard University for blacks. (White Republican Oliver Howard started Howard University) 5. Republicans started Spelman College for blacks. (White Republican John D Rockefeller put up the money to build Spelman college, and in return that college was named after his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller) 6. Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which gave blacks the right to buy and own property. 7. Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1871, to protect blacks from the Ku Klux Klan 8. Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which gave blacks the right to serve on a Jury 9. Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 10. Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1960 11. Republican president Dwight Eisenhower sent in the Federal troops to escort black kids to school in Arkansas, this is known as the Little Rock 9. 12. Republicans created 40 Acres and a Mule for blacks----Republican (Thaddeus Stevens) created a bill saying that black people should get 40 acres and a mule. 13. Most Republicans voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 14. Most Republicans voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 15. Republican president Ronald Reagan signed into law the bill making Dr. King birthday a national holiday. 16. Republican president George Bush Sr brought Federal charges against the 4 white police officers that beat up Rodney King. 17. Republican president George W Bush gave Africa 48 billion dollars in funding. 18. Republican president George W Bush has given more money to Africa than any other U.S. president. 19. In 1956 Republicans endorsed Brown VS Board of Education 20. Republican president Richard Nixon deseggregated public schools
June 8, 201511 yr Author ^ I saw them. Too bad so many were before I was born. The current Republican Party bears little resemblance to the party of Lincoln.
June 8, 201511 yr Republicans have no intention of cutting the size of government. All this GOP talk about streamlining government to make it more efficient, etc. is empty rhetoric. Republicans used to always talk about "running government like a business," but then Enron and the financial meltdown of '07-'08 put them on different talking points. I rarely agree with you TTP but I do on this point...
June 8, 201511 yr Is it wrong that when I watched the Blackish episode about Blacks always being Democrats I kept picturing PP92 as the dad :lol2:
June 8, 201511 yr The simple answer to your question is this: Democrats appear to be compassionate to the plight of blacks/minorities in America and they show it when it is time for campaigning for votes. Republicans do not appear to be as compassionate to the plight of blacks/minorities in America and they show it when it is time for campaigning for votes. At this point I don't think there is ANYTHING a Republican could do that would get more than 20% of the African American vote. By putting an R after the politicians name, he/she has no chance no matter what he/she says or does. Republicans have been demonized that much by the media and other liberals/democrats. Frankly, the strategy has worked.
June 9, 201511 yr The sad thing is there are "tolerant" liberals whovreallybelieve all Republicans are evil racists.
June 9, 201511 yr At this point I don't think there is ANYTHING a Republican could do that would get more than 20% of the African American vote. By putting an R after the politicians name, he/she has no chance no matter what he/she says or does. Republicans have been demonized that much by the media and other liberals/democrats. Frankly, the strategy has worked. That's really not all of the way true though. Believe it or not Rand Paul has made HUGE strides in reaching out to the black community simply by pointing out how the discrepancy in sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Getting more than 20% of the black vote can be done by republicans. They just have to care enough to try. Blacks aren't as stupid as some republicans think they are.
June 9, 201511 yr The sad thing is there are "tolerant" liberals whovreallybelieve all Republicans are evil racists. Very true. My father is in his 60s and believes a majority of republicans are racist.
June 9, 201511 yr Is it wrong that when I watched the Blackish episode about Blacks always being Democrats I kept picturing PP92 as the dad :lol2: Not at all. It is me in some ways and totally like my father and upbringing in politics through my family.
June 9, 201511 yr That's really not all of the way true though. Believe it or not Rand Paul has made HUGE strides in reaching out to the black community simply by pointing out how the discrepancy in sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Getting more than 20% of the black vote can be done by republicans. They just have to care enough to try. Blacks aren't as stupid as some republicans think they are. Nothing to do with being smart or stupid...just stating facts. Question (because I don't know the answer)...when was the last time a Republican presidential candidate got more than 20% of the vote? I am curious.
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