July 3, 2008
Black Conservative Group Rips Obama
Washington Post: Radio Ads Call Democratic Candidate A Racist And An Elitist
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From the black conservatives who brought you radio ads two years ago claiming that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican come the new summer blockbusters: ads calling Sen. Barack Obama a racist and an elitist.
King, of course, was an independent, not a Republican -- but that didn't stop the National Black Republican Association (NBRA) from airing their claim on urban radio. Now spots entitled "Arrogant Obama" and "Bitter Obama" are coming to radio stations serving black America, where more than 90 percent of voters supported Obama in Democratic primaries. The NBRA ads will begin airing July 7 in battleground states, according to the group's chair.
The mudslinging injects the issue of race into the presidential campaign with a ferocity unseen thus far. In voiceovers, a narrator claims that much of the Democratic Party is comprised of white racists who will never vote for Obama. The ads ignore the party's 40-year transformation from being a haven for southern Dixiecrats who blocked black progress to a haven for black voters who've helped put the vast majority of black elected officials into office, including, potentially, the first black president.
Here's a sample of what you might hear on your radio: "Bitter is what Obama called blacks and whites who love God. Racist is what Obama called his white grandmother who raised him and made sacrifices so Obama could get a good education and become a millionaire," says the narrator one of the spots.
"Obama's mentor for 20-years was Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who said innocent Americans deserved to die on September 11th," says the voiceover in another.
What Obama actually said about some Pennsylvanian voters: " ... It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them ..." And, during his race speech in Philadelphia, of his grandmother: "I can no more disown him [the Rev. Wright] than I can disown my white grandmother -- a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me . . . but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed her by on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."
The NBRA is led by Frances Rice of Sarasota, Fla., a former Army officer and avowed conservative. Her tactics have led other black Republicans to quit the organization. Christopher Arps, a former spokesman, left the group after disagreeing with Rice about strategy.
"Anyone with any sense knows that most black people were Republican at one time," Arps said when the ad ran two years ago. "But it's a far stretch to think that in the '60s Martin Luther King was a Republican."
Arps said Rice's actions were counterproductive to the NBRA's goal of drawing more African Americans to the Republican Party.
Judging by some reactions, the Obama ads might also be a hindrance. "I'm confused as to why any African American would be a Republican in this day and age," says Missouri state Rep. Robin Wright-Jones, a Democrat. "I don't remember Obama saying any of that in a speech."
By Darryl Fears
© 2008 The Washington Post Company
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See all 116 Commentsfrankly, that DOES sound Republican. Democrats are the ones who are so busy categorizing everyone according to their race, gender & creed. You think Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, or Colon Powell advanced within the conservative ranks because of the color of their skin - or their gender? No, it was clearly based on their qualifications...
Wake UP Black America - liberals don''t think you''re capable of caring for yourselves... liberals only want you as their livestock so they can feed off your votes.... liberals don''t care that what they offer is perpetuated misery while they pretend to be your friend... what have liberals REALLY done for you? Republicans believe you are capable of pulling your own weight... we don''t offer excuses... we don''t offer reparations... we don''t offer anything - except dignity, freedom, & hope for a better tomorrow.
Of course he is, you can see it in that "smirk" look on his face.
What I don''t see in his face is a real concern for the U.S.A.
He doesn''t welcome or promise change, he threatens it.
I was going to vote for him because I too wanted change, but now because I''m a VET, I''m going to place my faith in a VET.
You offer a $10 trillion national debt, a $3 trillion war, and the promise of more of the same. I would vote for the ''party of small government'' if it would, just once, actually act the part. As it is:
I''ll take a tax and spend liberal over a dont tax and spend conservative. I know which one is throwing my kids the finger, and I''ll bet most Americans know the same (finally, after 30 years).
''Republicans dont offer excuses!'' LOL!!
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But dougsoul isn''t a Republican so how would she know?
Posted by dogsoul at 10:20 AM : Jul 03, 2008"
Gotten you elected to office, registered you to vote, given you a voice, listened to your concerns, acted on your behalf. Pretty much without Liberals, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, all people of color would be second class citizens.
The Republican party of today is based on the immoral philosophies of the racist Dixiecrats, who fled the Dem party in the late 60''s because the Dem party wanted to support civil rights. Strom Thurman, Jesse Helms, those are the founders of the modern Republican party. Racists and bigots and hate mongers who fled the Dem party and recreated the Republican party in their vile image.
''Black Republicans'' seem to me to be kind of the flipside to the ''Antiwar Military'' . . . people''s knee-jerk reaction is to reject people who don''t fit into society''s neat little boxes.
That being said, I don''t think it''s objectively true that Barack is racist based on the ''evidence'' these guys put forth - I think the objective truth is that Barack has been the recipient of racism, stereotyping, close-mindedness, and resistance to change and that he''s responded like anybody of any color would to being treated in that manner.
I''d be interested to hear how more about how racism has impacted the lives of these two black conservatives to put their assessments of Barack into greater context. I''d also be interested to know where they stand on affinity groups formed based on common ground and shared interests . . .
Posted by kidofstl at 10:00 AM : Jul 03, 2008"
Considering that the leader of the NBRA is former military that is so appropriate.
Posted by hotpaulie
That will never, never happen! lmao
These people must be racists.
Posted by marcpcbs at 10:23 AM : Jul 03, 2008"
Then you never really wanted much change cause your voting to keep in place all the Bush policies and programs and failures.
I''m a VET too but I''m smart enough to vote based on the man not the uniform. McCain was part of Keating 5, the group that defrauded the government and caused the Savings and Loan collapse that cost millions of Americans their life savings. McCains "straight talk" express doesn''t seem to have any tracks, it just kind of wanders around and says what ever the people want to hear on the day.
Um, check your history book there Jack - might learn something....
And as for ''acting on their behalf''? THAT''s what you say ABOUT a 2nd class citizen...
Republicans think Black America is capable of acting on their OWN behalf...
Without liberals - Black America would be standing strong on their own feet by now...
it''s a shame really....
Posted by truthmatterz
What an elegant point!
Correction, Republicans KNOW we are capable of acting on our own behalf, that is why they have been for decades determined to stop at nothing to prevent it.
Or like Obama, sniffing up the cavity of Senator Byrd.
These pages are moving fast, but if you have been posting long enough, you should know by now i never back off from answering a legitimate question, I must have missed yours, would you kindly post it again?
Posted by charliegirlg
So the man who knowingly "power pointed" Bush''s lies that got us into Iraq, to you shows good judgement?
Powell''s name is one of those I hope to see in the first paragraph of the war crimes charges.
What do they have, like 4 members??
"I''m confused as to why any African American would be a Republican in this day and age," says Missouri state Rep. Robin Wright-Jones,
1. If they''re an idiot
2. If they''re whitewashed
3. If they''re a sell out
4. If they think the republican party of the 1800s is the same as the Republican party today.
5. They''re insane?
6. Um, I can''t think of any other reasons...
Dear stupid liberal - do yourself a favor & look up what leading Democrats (including Bill & Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, and many many more) thought about Saddam Hussein''s suspected WMDs under President Clinton''s Presidency. Then look up what Bill Clinton has repeatedly implied with regard to going into Iraq post 9/11...
then, Mr. Stupid liberal - you might have a better understanding that goes beyond the liberal mantras taught to you....
Regardless of who implied it, Powell sang lead in the "Bush''s liar''s choir" about it, and Bush gave the orders. Now the whole world knows the impliers were wrong, and the liars were also. Your point is clearly irrelevant, even to this "stupid liberal"...
And so she can speak fluent Russian, effing big deal.
I am no one, yet I can speak Chinese, Sundanese, Javanese, Padang, Balinese, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, German, and a smattering of Mongolian, not to forget English.
And in all of these languages I can speak what she cannot, the truth.
I forgot to mention Bahasa Indonesia, Ipik (one of the main Nigerian languages) and a bit of Norwegian.
Oh yeah, did I mention also that I am a "Black" American, born, raised, and escaped from Detroit?
Posted by truthmatterz at 11:02 AM : Jul 03, 2008,,,
"Black Conservatives! hahahaha, who is paying them?
Posted by truthmatterz
What an elegant point!
Posted by brianbwb at 11:03 AM : Jul 03, 2008,,,
"Black Conservatives!" = The political version of Blackwater, hired guns, contract political hit jobs with a credibility of zip point zero!
Yes, the job market has always been rather slim for "Black" people, we take them wherever they are, I guess.
What do they have, like 4 members??
Yeah, that''s probably why the acronym is 4 letters long.
Posted by diatreme at 11:40 AM : Jul 03, 2008,,,
Chief Justice Clarance Thomas is the Chair! LOL
In reality the headline should more accurately read:
"Religious Extremist Group Rips Obama"
...because that''s the reality of it. The fact that they''re black, in this case, is incidental.
interesting tactic - I lay out clear proof that leading liberals went absolutely ON RECORD stating exactly, precisely, almost verbatim the case to say that Saddam had WMDs while under the Clinton Administration.... proving in no uncertain terms that if this were indeed, as the liberal mantra machine would assert, a case of ''Bush lied, Bush lied....'' than by a very basic rule of logic one would have to conclude that those leading Democrats also lied repeatedly in the exact same fashion on the exact same subject matter...
...and you simply ignore that fact & go on about repeating your mantras...
very telling of you and many liberals.
very telling of you and many liberals.
Posted by dogsoul at 12:01 PM
Have you considered the possibility - just considered it mind you - that the reason most people ignore you is because you''re a partisan idiot?
I thought not.
Black people - can you see this? Do you REALLY want to affiliate yourselves with a party that considers you some kind of dependent pet - that can''t manage to care for yourselves without their help? Take a stand for yourselves... take a stand for your future..... vote Republican & let these unAmerican traitors find some other pet to take care of....
Again, I state the facts - and you skirt the issue... preferring instead to shout down, insult, etc... which is fine - IF you still manage to address the issues head on..
but that''s not the liberal style...
consider yourself - owned
Interesting Post! Sen. Obama was subjected to the prejudices of both whites and blacks and when asked was he "Black" enough responded by saying he grew up Black and was treated like a Black because thats how he looked, "Black" and you get treated like you look! Switching gears, race and cultural discrimination is misleading, there are many discriminations, too many to even speak of, I think racial discrimination is a head game because once effectively ignored it loses it power! Take Iraq, the Shiites and Sunnis are all biologically the same! Yet the priority discriminatory factor is religion which trumps cultural and race in this case! Discrimination is a sophisticated head game, in this case you need to don''t play to win!
Posted by tbweb at 12:12 PM
EXACTLY - good point.
wow. point the finger, and then expose your racist beliefs, why don''t you. try leaving liberals and blacks alone, your labels are used as insults, and you really are lacking any education yourself.
Liberals - backstabbing America since 1953
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