Name the last Democrat Minority trashed by Rebublicans for being a Minority
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
October 31, 2011 6:52pm CST
That's right, you can't do it!
I bring this up because I heard today that some Democrat talking heads are accusing the Republicans of backing Cain just because he's Black. They say that he's only a viable candidate because supporting him helps relieve Republicans of racism of the past.
But wait a minute, Republicans have long backed women, Black people and other minorities. I can't think of a single time when Republicans have specifically made their race an issue.
On the other hand, in the 70s, Democrats called baseball great, Jackie Robinson an "Uncle Tom", because he backed Republican candidates. That's right, the same Jackie Robinson credited as the one who "broke the color barrier" in Major League Baseball.
Gen. Colin Powell goes between being considered a great hero by the left, and being called all sorts of racist names... depending on which president he served under.
We all know about the racist and sexist names Condoleeza Rice has had thrown at her, since she has the gall to leave the Democrat plantation.
I also remember the names Democrat supporters of Hillary Clinton called Barrack Obama while he was running against her in the DNC primaries. Of course, all those racist epitaphs were forgotten when Obama become "Their guy".
Rush Limbaugh took all sorts of crap for using the term "Magic Negro" about Obama, but the fact is, Rush was only quoting Obama's running mate, Joe Biden.
It's the Democrats and the Left who have decide that all minorities belong on the Plantation and Reservation. So keep your racist crap and White Man's Burden to yourself lefties! It's all on you!
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
1 Nov 11
Ted, how many black republicans have been elected to national office in the past 20 years? How many women?
Anyone who has listened to the leader of the republican party, Rush Limbaugh, over the years would not know his female callers as women, but "babe". I have no idea why people would think that republicans don't respect minorities.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1 Nov 11
But in answer to your dodge question, there have been 40 Black people elected or appointed to Federal positions. I listed a few more just because I thought it was interesting.
Allen, Claude Director of Domestic Policy Council 2005-2006
Brooke, Edward Senator (R-MA) 1967-1979
Brown, Janice Judge, Federal Coart of Appeals (DC) 2005-Present
Blanche, Bruce Senator (R- MS) 1875-1881
Butler, Keith RNC Chairman 2008
Christie, Ron Advisor to VP Cheney 2001-2009
Cheatham, Henry Rep. (NC 2nd District) 1889-1893
Cleaver, Eldridge Civil Rights Leader, Author of "Soul on Ice" 1979-1981
Coleman, William Sec of State Ford 1975-1977
de Priest, Oscar Rep. (IL, 1st Dist) 1929-1925
Elliot, Robert Rep. (SC, 3rd Dist) 1871-1874
Evans, Melvin Rep (US Virgin Islands) 1979-1981
Fletcher, Arthur Several Federal Advisory Positions,
Head of the United Negro College Fund
Created the jingle "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Considered the "Father of Affirmative Action".
Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush
Franks, Gary Rep. (CT, 5th Dist) 1991-1997
Fuller, Samuel Head of South Side Chicago NAACP
Haralson, Jeremiah Rep. (AL) 1975-1877
Hyman, John Rep. (NC 2nd Dist) 1875-1877
Jackson, Alphonso Sec of HUD 2004-2008
Keyes, Alan Asst Sec of State 1985-1987
(Intenational Organization Affairs)
Langston, John Rep. (VI, 4th Dist) 1890-1891
Long, Franklin Rep. (GA, 4th Dist) 1870-1871
Lynch, John Rep. (GA, 6th Dist) 1873-1877 and
1882-1883
Miller, Thomas Rep (SC, 7th Dist) 1890-1891
Murray, George Rep (SC, 7th Dist) 1893-1895
Morrow, E. Frederic Administrator for Special Projects 1955-1961
Nash, Charles Rep (LA, 6th Dist) 1875-1877
Newman, Constance Asst Sec of State (African Affairs) 2004-2005
Paige, Rod Sec of Education 2001-2005
Pierce, Samuel Sec of HUD 1981-1989
Powell, Michael Chairman of the FCC 2001-2005
Rainey, Joseph Rep. (SC, 1st Dist) Speaker of the House 1870-1879
Rapier, James Rep. (AL, 2nd Dist) 1873-1875
Revels, Hiram Rep. (MS) 1870-1871
Rice, Condoleeza Sec of State 2001-2005
Scott, Tim Rep. (SC, 1st Dist) 2011-Present
Smalls, Robert Rep. (SC, 5th Dist) 1875-1879,
1882-1883 and
1884-1887
Smith, Joshua Commissioner of Minority Business Development
Steele, Michael Chairman of the RNC 2009-2011
Thomas, Clarence Supreme Court Justice 1991-Present
Vernon, William Register of the Treasury 1906
Walls, Josiah Rep. (Fl) 1871-1873,
1873-1875
Watts, J.C. Rep. (OK, 4th) 1995-2003
Wells, Ida Co-Founder of the NAACP
West, Alan Rep. (FL, 22nd Dist) 2011-Present
Wilkins, Ernest Sr Asst Sec of Labor 1954-1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_American_Republicans
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
1 Nov 11
That was a great list debater now you should have said who was D and who was R and also take into account the why. Bottom line, after slavery which was a democratic idea -
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_democratic.html
The Democratic Party identified itself as the "white man's party" and demonized the Republican Party as being "Negro dominated," even though whites were in control.
yes that was PBS
@djbtol (5493)
• United States
2 Nov 11
You are absolutely correct that the liberal democrats thrive on racial antics. Think of some of the instances where a gay person has been attacked because of their homosexuality. That is exactly what the democrats want to do to a strong black conservative like Herman Cain. They cannot tolerate such minority strength from the right because it undercuts the plantation mentality.
Herman Cain is off to a good start in standing up to the attacks. Then I think of Clarence Thomas. There is not one person in obama's team that would have the guts to stand up and take it like he did. And yes, Biden was one of the leaders in that lynching mob as well. Many voters keep it real simple and just check the box that puts the most benefits in their pocket. I think those days will be coming to an end.
I think the term of endearment for our historical president "Magic Negro" was first penned in an op-ed piece in the LA Times, and yes it was from a democrat. Irregardless, I know it was not Rush, although the mainstream media tried to accuse him. Now, look at our Magic Negro. Since when are Magic and Worthless Failure synonymous terms.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2 Nov 11
The thing is, those who consider the term "Magic Negro" racist are showing their ignorance. The concept of "Magic Negro" derives from the literary term "Noble Savage".
It's a literary plot device embodied in a story line where someone of what the writer or historian would consider less civiilized comes to the rescue of a protagonist from a higher civilization. (The terms "less" and "higher" are completely at the viewpoint of the protagonist, not my own).
From the Holy Bible, to The Count of Monte Cristo, even the Iliad and other Greek tales; up to Uncle Remus, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, through to Bagger Vance and pretty much every Disney "Princess" story ever told.
Spike Lee was actually the one who coined the term "Magic Negro", he turned the concept on its ear, using it to spoof the concept of the "Noble Savage".
So it's basically just real life following art. :~)
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
1 Nov 11
All true, as far as I know.
Remember when Bill Clinton was accused of rape and they practically destroyed the victim? And the Lewinski situation when he was excused as his personal life not important to his job? Yet Herman Cain is subjected to derision because two women accused him of harassment--won't name the women or what he is supposed to have done but by damn, he's guilty!! They are piling on because, as you said, he has dared to leave the plantation and think for himself and have some constructive new ideas to better this nation and encourage people to be independent.
Quite a double standard and it's so obvious I don't see how anyone can miss it.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1 Nov 11
Exactly! They can't even come up with a name or an incident, just vague accusations.
The fact is, they don't give a flying fig if it's true or not. They want to be lied to.
@Fatcat44 (1141)
• United States
1 Nov 11
Wow, I think the right said this about the left when they got behind Obama. And now they are saying it back. How interesting. Only problem is most of them did now listen when the right said it first, or they think we all forgot about it.
How interesting.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1 Nov 11
Well, there is actually good reason to say this about a lot of Democrats who voted for Obama, considering how many said they wanted to finally have the first Black president.
Ok, we've broken that barrier, no one cares who the "2nd" anything is. :~D
@sid556 (30953)
• United States
1 Nov 11
I can't even relate to this. I have never voted Dem or Rep. for the party. I've voted both depending on the candidates. I've even voted write-ins. I wish they'd just do away with the parties because almost always they both have issues that I agree with and some that I don't. More and more, I find myself not even wanting to vote at all. They all talk alot. The ones that sound the best, just seem to be the best liars. I don't know what or who I'm voting this year. I'm seriously thinking of not voting at all. I'm tired of voting for the one I dislike the least. I was talking to an army guy this weekend at work actually about another discussion of yours and he made the comment that he'd always voted republican and was seriously having a problem with that this year and he also didn't want to vote democrat.
