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Post by DeeCee on Sept 1, 2004 9:08:34 GMT -5
I had to stomach Maryland's Lt. Governor last night. I just didn't want to be one of these hypocrites that will criticize something, even though we haven't seen it...you know...like those people that criticize Michael Moore, but haven't seen any of his movies, or read any of his books...that's a story for another day though...
I'm sitting in my living room listening to Michael Steele talk about how his mother was the daughter of share-croppers and she worked hard to raise him and another sibling after his father died. And Mr. Steele goes on to tell the crowd that his mother never accepted any public assistance. And I'm thinking...Good for her!!! She made a way out of a dark situation!!!
But in the back of my mind, I'm thinking, "Is there anything wrong with accepting public assistance? A lot of people who had family members killed during the terrorist attacks are now on public assistance. Are they bad people? A lot of families whose father or mother was killed or is now disabled are accepting public assistance. Are they bad people?
As I'm listening to his story and the crowd is applauding, I began to think about my parents' and grandparents' history...Children of Share-Croppers...Check!...Never accepted any public assistance...Check!...Grandparents didn't have anything above a 6th grade education...Check!...Grew up in the racist segregated South...Check!
As I'm making my checklist, I notice that the cameras are constantly showing the Black people that were scattered throughout MSG and I'm wondering, "Why are the Republicans trying so hard to show they're a diverse party, when their legislation and representatives are very divisive(sp)?"
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Post by Bill4KU on Sept 1, 2004 9:17:49 GMT -5
Good morning dee cee. I didn't get to hear the speech you are talking about, just heard it referred to as the Republican answer for Obama. Did get to listen to Arnold and Mrs. Bush. His speech was excellent and she is a classy Lady. To answer your question, I think there are certainly kinds of assistance that are required and people who accept it are not bad people. I have a real problem with the survivors and dependents of 9-11 getting in excess of a million dollars. We should all be responsible for taking care of our loved ones if something happens to us. That is what life insurance is for. I think we need to do more for the families of our military and there is certainly nothing wrong with them taking assistance. I guess I don't understand your comment about republican legislation and legislators being devisive. Could you clarify that or give an example.  |
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 1, 2004 9:57:06 GMT -5
If Michael Steele is the answer for Obama, believe me when I tell you, that answer is very weak. Obama was very good, but I can go to church or talk to any enlightened Black person and I would have gotten the same thing. Steele just looked like a brain-washed drone just regurgitating some stuff.
While Bob Ehrlich was campaigning to be governor of Maryland, I never even knew Steele was Black until I talked to some family members from PG county. PG county is primarily Black and that's where the bulk of your upwardly mobile Black people live in this area. But I lived in the Baltimore area, and we never saw a TV appearance with Ehrlich, never even saw Steele period. I think you know enough about me by now to know that being Black does not mean you're going to get my vote, but my point is, Ehrlich and the Republican party didn't want a lot of areas, like Baltimore, Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland to know his color.
Now Bob Ehrlich, whose wife threatened Brittany Spears, said in an interview a few months ago that he is against diversity. This was on the heels of a discussion about the Latino population growth in our area and possibly instituting some programs that will help Latinos. In so many words, he said, like the Borg, we want to assimilate you...
I just called and asked my wife what he said...Ehrlich said, I don't see why we need to cater to all these different cultures. They're now in America why can't they just speak English?
I saw a news-report this morning where Ehrlich called the Democrats a bunch of racists.
Mr. Ehrlich...do you realize who's in the Republican Party? Lets start with Trent Lott...Jesse Helms...Strom Thurmond...Mitch McConnell...George W. Bush...Ronald Reagan...
Since the first 4 are pretty obvious, lets just talk about the last two...Mr. Bush...When Trent Lott made his statements that got Black people in a complete uproar, why did it take you a whole week to distance yourself from Trent? Why did you speak at Bob Jones University and you know they have racist doctrine taught there? In the South Carolina Primary, why were your supporters calling around to voters telling them that John McCain had a Black child?
Mr. Reagan...This man hated Black people so much that he cut a government program that was helping Black people get off welfare. Here's the kicker...for every $1 that the government spent on this program, they made $4...you really have to hate Black people if you're willing to cut a program that's making you money.
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Post by BrewCityBuck on Sept 1, 2004 9:58:29 GMT -5
John McCain's speech was very good
I didn't care for Rudi G's speech all. He's attcked John Kerry then talked about 9/11 forever. Took the easy way out.
Arnold's speech was pretty good, but when he started talking about our economy I started to wonder what the hell he was talking about. 'Economic Girly Men?' What the hell does that mean?
Laura Bush, the daughters played the script well...They joked some jokes, hehe. Then we see Bush from a swing state, awwww, he's playing softball! How down to earth! Laura the wonderful, I love you.....oops. She gave a good speech, nothing great but it worked. And please, no more shots of Barbra Bush, that women is appauling....Her neck is thicker then Clinton Portis's.
Why is one third of this convention wearing cowboy hats? I swear I have only seen 8 black people and that's including J.C. Watt's. WTF is Michael Moore doing there?
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Post by btcoop71 on Sept 1, 2004 10:02:27 GMT -5
What's wrong with Mitch McConnell?
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Post by felton2unc on Sept 1, 2004 10:41:44 GMT -5
i dont know about you but jesse jackson and al sharpton are racists in my book, i suspect however you will now call me a racist for this post, which in fact would make you a racist
let us not forget that abraham lincon was a republican and jefferson davis a democrat
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Post by BrewCityBuck on Sept 1, 2004 10:44:00 GMT -5
Jesse Jackson is a fraud and Sharpton, a girly haired dimwit.
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Post by Bill4KU on Sept 1, 2004 10:46:00 GMT -5
dee cee. You have a lot of hate and animosity built up and there may be good reason, but let's try to look without preconcieved notions. The biggest predjudice in the US right now is against God and Christian Values. I think that you are not against God and Christian values, but the people who are (secularists) are overwhelmingly democrates. Now, does that make all democrates evil. No. You point out some republicans which may have said something insensitive or done something that would classify them an racists, but you can't then say republicans are racists. Let's look at prolife. Are you allowed to be prolife and be a democrate. Evidently not. Arnold is pro choice, but is accepted wildly by republicans. As arnold said, you do not have to agree with all parts of the republican platform to be a republican. When did a pro lifer ever speak before the DNC??? N Now, some of the things you mentioned I cannot comment on because I am simply not aware enough of the facts to dispute what you say, however I will say that the democrates have had the black vote in their hip pocket for 50 years and have really done nothing but encourage the majority to stay in poverty. Lastly, what is wrong with having people who want to live here speak english???  |
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Post by felton2unc on Sept 1, 2004 10:46:38 GMT -5
and dc, they show african americans because they are sick of being portrayed as racist(much like your attack post) despite bush appointing rice, powell and an african american secretary of education whose name escapes me
we are a diverse party, just stereotypes restrain the mainstream from seeing it, and i think arnolds speech showed how the diversity can coexist, i thought it was going to be a terrible speech, but i thought it was actually incredible
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Post by BrewCityBuck on Sept 1, 2004 10:56:16 GMT -5
I don't think many Mexicans can identify with a immigrant body builder.
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Post by Bill4KU on Sept 1, 2004 10:57:38 GMT -5
I emailed Greta Van Susteran and suggested she get Susan Estrich off her show. That lady is so disengenuos (sp) she makes me ill. Monday night either she (Greta) or one of the other anchors interviewed a black democratic official and asked him about the increased number of blacks in attendence at the RNC this year. They also asked him about the fact that President Bush appointed two blacks to high positions in his cabinet (Powell and Rice). The man responded that those two were simply the best qualified for the job and not really representative of the black population. EXCUSE ME. Is this idiot saying that to represent the black population you must not be qualified for your job. There were no follow up questions and I was extremely upset. I can't imagine how blacks felt if they heard that. That is a racist comment coming from a black democratic official.
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Post by txheel98 on Sept 1, 2004 11:19:22 GMT -5
Personally, I'm tired of hearing about the war on terrorism. I feel like I've been beat over the head with this since January!! I ready for a more substantive policy debate. I want to hear about the economy, the deficit, and fiscal policy. My guess though is we problably will not hear anything until the debates.
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Post by Bill4KU on Sept 1, 2004 11:24:56 GMT -5
txheel, I think Thursday night you will hear the rep plan on economic issues. As a small business man, I can tell you that my business has improved each year over the last for the past three years. No complaints from here on the direction of the economy.
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Post by txheel98 on Sept 1, 2004 11:31:21 GMT -5
Maybe but honestly I'm really tired of it being the whole of the political debate! There are more issues at stake than just the war of terror! IMO, neither side has done all that much to flesh them out.
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 1, 2004 11:32:17 GMT -5
i dont know about you but jesse jackson and al sharpton are racists in my book, i suspect however you will now call me a racist for this post, which in fact would make you a racist let us not forget that abraham lincon was a republican and jefferson davis a democrat Felton...who said anything about Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton? Look up the definition of "Racist" and look up the definition of "Prejudice"...I think you're using them interchangeably...and they don't mean the same thing... If I were to assume that the next white person that I meet is no different than any of the other white people I've met or heard about, that's "Prejudice"...meaning to pre-judge... There's a lot more involved in being a Racist than saying that "Whitey is Bad!" or that "All N*ggers are stupid!" Have you heard or read anything that Al or Jesse have written or said, or is this another one of your comments founded on hearsay? |
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