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Health Care - March 2010 Vote

Do you think Congress will pass the current form of the Health Care bill this week?

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Senior Intelligence Officials: Attempted Terror Attack "Certain"

The five senior leaders of the U.S. intelligence community told a Senate panel they are "certain" that terrorists will attempt another attack on the United States in the next three to six months.

If true, why do you think the jihadists feel emboldened?

The Obama administration is seen as weak against terrorism.
Its continued backlash against the policies of the former Bush administration.
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June 17, 2008

Exclusive: The Black Conservative Shtick

Bob Parks

While Hillary's supporters are currently engaged in, at least for now, an attempt to hijack the Democrat presidential nomination away from Barack Obama, or at worse (for them), elect John McCain in November, a new rift is being revealed from within the Republican Party.

Some black Republicans are hinting at jumping ship and voting for Barack Obama - not because they are in line with his many election year promises, but it would appear simply because he's black.

I don't necessarily like his policies; I don't like much that he advocates, but for the first time in my life, history thrusts me to really seriously think about it. I can honestly say I have no idea who I'm going to pull that lever for in November. And to me, that's incredible. Among black conservatives, they tell me privately, it would be very hard to vote against him in November.
- Armstrong Williams

Now, I'm not sure which black Republicans Armstrong's been talking to, but if they're having trouble deciding for whom they'll vote for in November, maybe they were never real Republicans in the first place. Just maybe, Armstrong Williams saw a niche where he could stand out as a commentator, and instead of being just one more angry black liberal, competing with the likes of Tavis Smiley or Michael Eric Dyson, maybe he gambled that going totally against the grain might garner him more notoriety.

However, when Williams is needed most to stand his ground and articulate the pitfalls a potential Obama presidency may bring upon a black America he'll represent, as well as the nation as a whole, Armstrong Williams just may be one more go-along-to-get-along wuss.

For example, two years ago Massachusetts "made history" by electing Deval Patrick its first black governor. However, based on his many instances of ineptitude, sheer arrogance, narcissism, and greed, many may believe a black person should not be elected again to the state's highest office for the foreseeable future.

"Thank you for paving the way."
- Edward Brooke

If Barack Obama isn't careful, he may close as many doors tomorrow as he's being credited with opening today. He may be the first and last black president we'll see in awhile, and for some black "Republicans" to jump on the "O Train" because they feel the GOP has failed to address issues, we've got a world-class joke in the making.

Democrats have taken the black vote for granted for decades; they are reminded of such every two-to-four years, yet almost every election, blacks vote in the mid-90 percentile for Democrats. When was the last time black Democrat pundits jumped ship because of an "inspirational" Republican candidate that looked like them?

It never happens.

Former Oklahoma Republican J.C. Watts, who was helped and paid by Republican interests, is now complaining that the GOP has failed to reach out to blacks and our issues.

"And Obama highlights that even more. Republicans often seem indifferent to those things."

It's not that Republicans are indifferent, but that reaching out to a segment of our population that's been trained to call them racists and us "Uncle Toms," is a tough nut to crack, and J.C. Watts knows this well. For him to abandon the party that made him what he is today is also despicable.

Everyone wants to be liked and believe me; no one likes being hated. Blacks are the ONLY demographic in America not allowed to have a diversity of political thought. You stray from the liberal plantation at your own peril. Many before me have taken the slings and arrows. I, and many others today, receive the most racist hate correspondence from liberals of all colors; some of us even receive death threats.

Time out.

This is not meant as a "woe is us" lament. This is fact, and I've always admired those who dare go against the grain, becoming part of the argument that may bring sanity to the black community, and America as a whole.

I would have thought black Republicans truly believed in the notion of judging people by the content of their character, and not just by the color of their skin. Apparently, I was wrong about some.

"I will vote for the individual I think that brings the best set of tools to the problems of 21st-century America and the 21st-century world regardless of party, regardless of anything else other than the most qualified candidate."
- Colin Powell

If an Alan Keyes type were the Republican nominee, would a Donna Brazille or Jesse Jackson keep their options open? No. They would stick to their principles. If they were willing to jump ship, it would say a lot about what little principle they had left.

But all is not lost....

"Come November, I will do everything in my power to defeat him."
- Michael Steele

If anything, Barack Obama has exposed just who our friends are, and just who's been playing us all along.

Voting for someone just because of their skin color is something that many black Republicans would be railing against. But in an effort to be liked, be one of the enlightened, one of the inspired and hopeful, these so-called black Republicans are selling us all out.

Personally, I've never had a problem voting for a woman or any person of color. It's always depended on who that woman or person of color was. To have knowledgeable black Republicans fall for the bag of tricks Barack Obama is, doesn't make those black Republicans any less knowledgeable.

It exposes them for the frauds they may be. Being a black Republican is not a shtick. Outside of hitting a baseball, may be one of the hardest things to do. Defending principles and then abandoning them, purely because of race, should be cause for banishment.

Let's see if those black Obama Democrats will take you in...?

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