Everywhere you look the Democratic narrative keeps breaking down. The latest example comes from the New York Times itself. We all know that the Republicans are racists right? And that there is no such thing as a black Republican, right? And those Tea Party people are nothing but angry racist white dudes, right? Hmm, then how do you explain this. . .?The Democratic Party is a racist party. They were the party of slavery. They were the party of Jim Crow and of segregation and the Klan. They even managed to turn the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that looked to end the issue of race in America, into a racial spoils bill that acts like American Apartheid.
And like all hypocrites, they are very quick to tar others with their own sins. Thus, we are treated to an endless stream of lies about Republicans being racists. We’re told that the Republican Party is anti-black. We’re told that there are no black Republicans. And that those black Republicans who do exist are all dupes or “Uncle Toms” or “a disgrace to [their] race”. That’s why Clarence Thomas is so hated by the left, he doesn’t fit their narrative. That’s why Bush HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan was treated so disgracefully by racist liberals in the House.
That's why black columnist Bill Maxwell said that black Republicans are "mean-spirited self-loathers who rarely find anything positive to say about fellow blacks." And why Maureen Dowd said that black Republicans are "an oddity, useful only in enabling Republicans to make a perverse claim to diversity." How's that for blatant racism!
Well, now there is a new problem from the left. . . their narrative is broken: there are 32 black Americans running for the House of Representatives as Republicans. Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Arkansas, etc. All over the United States.
That’s only seven fewer than the total number of blacks in the Congress today.
What’s more, these aren’t blacks who are looking to get elected in black districts. Nor are they trying to live off a false legacy of a civil rights movement that betrayed its own objectives the very moment victory was in its grasp. These aren’t professional hustlers looking to milk the system. Nope. These are normal Americans. The horror!
These are people who are bright, accomplished, proud Americans who are concerned with the state of their country. Some are ex-military, some are business executives, some are elected officials. Many are members of the Tea Party, and they freely report that they never saw any evidence of the racist narrative the left tried to use to tar that movement. These are the very people the left tells us don’t exist.
I can’t say that each deserves to become the party nominee as I don’t know enough about them all. But I can say that if any sizable number of them do win House seats, the effects on the political landscape could be seismic. Indeed, this could be one of those moments that shatters the Democrat narrative permanently, a moment that even the most Kool-Aid drunk leftist will need to acknowledge.
Of course, the left isn’t happy about this. Said Donna Brazile, a former hack for Al Gore: "In 1994 and 2000, there were 24 black G.O.P. nominees, and you didn’t see many of them win their elections." Translation: “Don’t worry folks, the public is too racist to elect these people." Other Democrats have said the same thing. Even the NYT reporter reached this standard liberal-narrative conclusion:
In other words, Republicans are racists and won’t vote for them, and blacks don’t trust them because they’re Uncle Toms. . . I guess old habits die hard, especially at the NYT.Still, black Republicans face a double hurdle: black Democrats who are disinclined to back them in a general election, and incongruity with white Republicans, who sometimes do not welcome the blacks whom party officials claim to covet as new members.
No matter what these leftists say, this is going to be an interesting election, and I wish these people well. I hope that they finally achieve what we should have achieved in the 1960s, breaking the color barrier, so that even Democrats must begin to judge others on the content of their characters, rather than the color of their skin.
Andrew: I don't know what the odds are in any of the individual political contests, but wouldn't it be wonderful if all the black Republicans won? I'm sure of one thing. For those who lose, it won't be as a result of being black. At least not from the Republican end of it.
ReplyDeleteLawhawk, Such a result would be stunning. If that many black Republicans showed up in Congress, there is no way the left could continue with their garbage about it being inconsistent to be black and Republican.
ReplyDeleteLike I say in the article, I don't know enough about each candidate to know if they would all make good candidates. I think the association with the Tea Party that some of them have is a good sign though.
And I agree entirely that the race issue is a red herring when it comes to Republicans. The people I know who are conservatives don't care what color you are so long as you are conservative. It isn't until you start to drift to the left end of the spectrum that race begins to matter.
when i saw this number this morning i imagined the left pooping themselves. their race card is disintegrating before their eyes. i'm keeping my eyes peeled for how the left is gonna try to marginalize these candidates. cause you know it's coming...
ReplyDeleteWait...I'm confused. Al Sharpton clearly said that the dream of Martin Luther King is everything equal in everyone's house. Now you're telling me it is about equal oppotunity, content of character? Wha..wha..wha..?
ReplyDeletePatti, I'm sure they're already starting. And if any of these people do become the nominees, you can expect an all out assault by the left on them. In DC, I used to hear a lot about black candidates not being "black enough". I expect to hear something similar here.
ReplyDeleteTam, Yeah, it looks like Sharpton and King didn't have the same dream.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that they can continue to quote King and yet go against every single one of his words. Shameless.
That is a very interesting statistic about the number of blacks running as republicans. In addition to blacks, women and Latinos who are Republicans are quickly targeted for destruction or at minimum, marginalization.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Democrats being the party of slavery, they would be quick to point out that the southeast is the reegion of racism, and they finally rid themselves of us, since we are solidly "red." That, in fact, is the Democrat template for the Repubs: regional. old white racist males.
As mentioned in your post, that template quickly falls apart. Unfortunately for the Dems, they truly depend on therace card to divide what is a majority right of center America.
Jed, I hear them say that all the time. "Oh, those racists 'Democrats' all became Republicans." Except, I've lived in the Northeast, in the West, in the South and in the rust belt, and I can tell you that the South and the West are the least racist places in this country. If you want to see true racism, check out Boston or parts of New York -- good liberal bastions.
ReplyDeleteI think the Democratic template is unsustainable. As the Republican Party expands again and it takes in more minorities, the ability of the Democrats to yell racism will slowly wither and die.
The more the left throw the term racism around, the less serious and more laughable it becomes. If it is really such a heinous charge and as bad as they want it to be, then they have to stop calling everyone who disagrees with them racists. If the term doesn't make sense in the context in which it is used, it is meaningless...um, duh? So I say go ahead. Use it. Beat it to death. It means nothing, and we (meaning We the People) are above that tactic.
ReplyDeleteTam, I think that's right.
ReplyDeleteI think that the term "racist," when used by the left, has become meaningless because the public has learned that this is not a real charge, it's simply meant to slander the left's opponents. It's the same thing with their use of the word "fascist" or the right's overuse of the word "communist." The public simply ignores these charges because they've been so overused.
Andrew
ReplyDeleteI think the left has a problem in that there is a tension among the poor in our country with the increased numbers of illegal aliens. While the poor whites can be marginalized as knuckle dragging neaderthals, for them that narrative does not work among poor blacks. And black or white the unskilled are having an even tough time in this economy.
I think that many people among the poor are beginning to feel the lie of democratic cradle to grave patenalism. November is going to be a great month!
Individualist, I think there is a lot to that. The people in the lowest economic group are the ones most likely to be harmed by the kind of unskilled immigration we're getting from Mexico.
ReplyDeleteThat said, however, I don't see a lot in roads to be made among the "non-working poor" for the Republicans. They are the strongest Democratic constituency because they rely on government and I don't see that changing. But the working poor can't be happy with what the Democrats have been doing.
When they yell racist, point and laugh! Race is so completely beside the point that it doesn’t require a reasoned response. At the Tea Party protest at the signing of Barrycare, and the claims of people screaming the “N” word came out, (it has utterly been disproved) and John Boehner and Michael Steele, like trained seals repudiated the Tea Partiers…must come to a raging stop. Too defeat the left their “isms and obias” must be ignored, or the saving of our great Republic will be stymied. Good read!
ReplyDeleteGreat article Andrew. Why would I not be surprised if none of these candidates, should they win, join the Congressional Black Caucus? If there ever was racist organization, it's that group of hacks.
ReplyDeleteI hope they're all conservatives and that they all win. That would be kind of cool to finally dispell this idea that all Republicans are white.
ReplyDeleteStan, I agree that it's time that "our Establishment" begin to fight back on this charge -- though I don't think they can laugh it off, because we should be opposed to racism and we shouldn't condone it. But we do need to start blasting them for using this false charge to slander our side.
ReplyDeletePitts, I doubt that any of them will join that group. JC Watts didn't -- good for him. If enough of them get elected, I would actually expect to see a Black Republican Congressional Caucus.
ReplyDeleteMega, I think this narrative has been dispelled, but this would go a long to way to cementing that with the whole public.
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