October 28, 20169 yr They just don't pander.. Well, for such a high and mighty principle, it might not be a good one as far as the survival of the GOP goes. Not a sensible policy for conservatives if they care about conserving their party.
October 28, 20169 yr Well, for such a high and mighty principle, it might not be a good one as far as the survival of the GOP goes. Not a sensible policy for conservatives if they care about conserving their party. Better than saying one thing and meaning another.politics are vile to begin with. No answers just more sickness.
October 29, 20169 yr This is another fascinating thing I read in the article about Herbert Hoover. Sound familiar? He became known as “The Great Humanitarian.” Using his own wealth, he sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His campaign was mocked, and he received no support. History seems to repeat itself sometimes, huh?
October 29, 20169 yr If people are looking for the real reason blacks stopped voting overwhelmingly Republican can look at Herbert Hoover. The Great Flood of 1927. When scandals had threatened to break over the distribution of flood aid to African Americans, Hoover turned to Robert Moton to keep a lid on the scandal. Moton had succeeded Booker T. Washington as head of both the Tuskegee Institute and “the Tuskegee Machine,” the political operation that generally exercised near veto power over appointments of southerners by Republican presidents. African Americans generally and Moton personally also played an important role at the 1928 Republican National Convention for Hoover. Although African Americans could not vote in most elections in the South, they often controlled the Republican Party in southern states. And there was one place they could vote—at the Republican National Convention for the presidential nominee. When Hoover promised Moton that he would break up large plantations and make sharecroppers landowners, an ecstatic Moton told other African American leaders this would be “more significant than anything which has happened since Emancipation .” Moton was in charge of black delegates to the convention, and this virtually guaranteed Hoover a base. With help from African Americans, the push from the media, and Moton’s successful efforts to suppress scandal, Hoover won the GOP nomination on the first ballot and easily went on to win the 1928 presidential election. African Americans Shift from the Party of Lincoln The aftermath of the flood soon prompted the shift of African American voters away from the Republican Party. Ironically, this shift began with Hoover’s historic 1928 landslide win. Since Reconstruction, no Republican presidential candidate had carried a single southern state. Largely because the 1928 Democratic candidate Al Smith was Catholic, Hoover carried five: Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, and North Carolina. As a result, GOP political operatives saw the possibility of creating a Republican Party in the South that could compete with the Democrats. Since African Americans could not vote in the South, that party would be all white. After the election, Robert Moton’s influence in the Hoover camp eventually declined, and Hoover turned away from the base that had won him his office. Hoover even nominated a man to the Supreme Court so racist that a Senate controlled by his own party rejected the nominee. To Moton’s great disappointment, Hoover abandoned his proposal to transform sharecroppers into landowners. Moton and other black political leaders regarded this as a personal betrayal; that and the GOP’s outreach to white southerners ended many African Americans’ emotional connection to the party of Lincoln. The Great 1927 Mississippi River Flood | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History This is pretty deep. And even deeper if folks would read between the lines.
October 29, 20169 yr This is pretty deep. And even deeper if folks would read between the lines. In my opinion, if the Republican Party really wants to make inroads back into the black community they should start at the black church. I'm not talking about these mega churches. I'm mean the predominately black churches like Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. This is the church where Dr. King preached. The church is very important, politically, to the black community. For during Jim Crow it was the only place blacks where allowed to congregate in large numbers. This is where our ancestors would get there news and other information during that time. Bill Clinton really understood this. That is why the black community has such an affinity for him. Also why many used to call him the first black president. If I was advising the Republicans I would tell them to start doing this right after the election. It will take time but I feel this would greatly improve their stature in the black community.
October 29, 20169 yr Author If people are looking for the real reason blacks stopped voting overwhelmingly Republican can look at Herbert Hoover. The Great Flood of 1927. When scandals had threatened to break over the distribution of flood aid to African Americans, Hoover turned to Robert Moton to keep a lid on the scandal. Moton had succeeded Booker T. Washington as head of both the Tuskegee Institute and “the Tuskegee Machine,” the political operation that generally exercised near veto power over appointments of southerners by Republican presidents. African Americans generally and Moton personally also played an important role at the 1928 Republican National Convention for Hoover. Although African Americans could not vote in most elections in the South, they often controlled the Republican Party in southern states. And there was one place they could vote—at the Republican National Convention for the presidential nominee. When Hoover promised Moton that he would break up large plantations and make sharecroppers landowners, an ecstatic Moton told other African American leaders this would be “more significant than anything which has happened since Emancipation .” Moton was in charge of black delegates to the convention, and this virtually guaranteed Hoover a base. With help from African Americans, the push from the media, and Moton’s successful efforts to suppress scandal, Hoover won the GOP nomination on the first ballot and easily went on to win the 1928 presidential election. African Americans Shift from the Party of Lincoln The aftermath of the flood soon prompted the shift of African American voters away from the Republican Party. Ironically, this shift began with Hoover’s historic 1928 landslide win. Since Reconstruction, no Republican presidential candidate had carried a single southern state. Largely because the 1928 Democratic candidate Al Smith was Catholic, Hoover carried five: Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, and North Carolina. As a result, GOP political operatives saw the possibility of creating a Republican Party in the South that could compete with the Democrats. Since African Americans could not vote in the South, that party would be all white. After the election, Robert Moton’s influence in the Hoover camp eventually declined, and Hoover turned away from the base that had won him his office. Hoover even nominated a man to the Supreme Court so racist that a Senate controlled by his own party rejected the nominee. To Moton’s great disappointment, Hoover abandoned his proposal to transform sharecroppers into landowners. Moton and other black political leaders regarded this as a personal betrayal; that and the GOP’s outreach to white southerners ended many African Americans’ emotional connection to the party of Lincoln. The Great 1927 Mississippi River Flood | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Sounds like both candidates we have now. Go Pence
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