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“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” ― George Orwell, 1984

Why the GOP should select J.C. Watts as its next Chairman

 

Few things irritate me more than the left playing racial politics. I’m embarrassed for my country when I hear Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton pandering to black audiences by speaking with a different inflection than they would use elsewhere. It’s even more puzzling to me that minorities do not appear to be equally offended by these acts.

With this in mind, news stories have started circulating suggesting the Republican Party is tossing around the idea of former Black Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts possibly chairing the Republican Party.

Read more » http://thebrennerbrief.com/2012/12/27/why-the-gop-should-select-j-c-watts-as-its-next-chairman/

Condoleezza Rice On Gen. Norman Schwarzkop

 Shared from the Facebook page of the 66th United States Secretary of State:

Norm Schwarzkopf was a great patriot, a fierce defender of freedom, and a soldier's soldier. The country will miss him but we will always remember his historic victory over the forces of Saddam Hussein in Kuwait. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
 

Middle East Democracy by Walter E. Williams

"After Moammar Gadhafi's downfall as Libya's tyrannical ruler, politicians and 'experts' in the U.S. and elsewhere, including French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, are saying that his death marked the end of 42 years of tyranny and the beginning of democracy in Libya. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Gadhafi's death represented an opportunity for Libya to make a peaceful and responsible transition to democracy.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, 'Now it is time for Libya's Transitional National Council to show the world that it will respect the rights of all Libyans (and) guide the nation to democracy.' German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 'Libya must now quickly make further determined steps in the direction of democracy.'"

It's good to have hope, but if we're going to be realistic, there's little chance for Middle East emergence of what we in the West call democracy.

Read more » http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2012/12/26/middle-east-democracy-n1473499

"Ayn Rand - Racism"

Ayn Rand identifies the true nature of racism.

Freedom, Capitalism and Morality - Eric Foner

Eric Foner on 1866 and the Birth of Civil Rights

Thomas Sowell - Obama Going Forward

In an interview just prior to the 2012 election, Professor Sowell looks ahead at the likely implications of Obama's reelection.

A Trip Thru Liberalville

Adolph Reed, The Puzzled Penn Politics Professor

Adolph Reed, who professes political science at Penn, has a snarky OpEd in the New York Timestoday, "The Puzzle of Black Republicans." Professor Reed is puzzled why any blacks would vote for Republicans, and why anyone thinks it's newsworthy that a "token" black has just been appointed to the Senate from South Carolina, "the home to white supremacists like John C. Calhoun, Preston S. Brooks, Ben Tillman and Strom Thurmond." "The trope of the black conservative," he concludes, "has retained a man-bites-dog newsworthiness that is long past its shelf life. Clichés about fallen barriers are increasingly meaningless; symbols don't make for coherent policies."

In the 19th Century, of course, and well into the early career of Strom Thurmond white supremacy was not limited to South Carolina, or even the South, but an impartial observer (as opposed to a Penn professor of political science) might think that Tim Scott's defeating the sons of Strom Thurmond and former Gov. Carroll Campbell in a Republican primary for what became his House seat was indeed a sign of progress. Apparently Professor Reed, however, believes, that any black who is not in lockstep with what Reed is pleased to call "black interests" is, by his definition, not merely a token but a "cynical token." Thus Reed notes with evident scorn that "[a]ll four black Republicans who have served in the House since the Reagan era -- Gary A. Franks in Connecticut, J. C. Watts Jr. in Oklahoma, Allen B. West in Florida and Mr. Scott -- were elected from majority-white districts."

 Read more » http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2012/12/puzzled_penn_politics_professo.html

NYT Op-Ed: Black Republicans like Tim Scott are 'tokens'

Adolf Reed, a writer for the Nation and the Progressive, has column in the New York Times today in which he reflects on the elevation of Republican Tim Scott to the Senate. He is not enamored, to say the least:

But this “first black” rhetoric tends to interpret African-American political successes — including that of President Obama — as part of a morality play that dramatizes “how far we have come.” It obscures the fact that modern black Republicans have been more tokens than signs of progress. (Emphasis added.)


 

The Washington Examiner:

This is a classic damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don’t scenario. If the Republicans are all white, that is proof of the party’s inherent racism. If they make the effort to recruit like-minded minorities, well, those minorities (somehow) don’t really count.

To put it another way, if the Tea Party really is as racist as Reed claims, then why did it back Scott over two white Republicans?The real, underlying argument in Reed’s column is that African-Americans simply are not allowed (in his mind) to be conservative. He asserts flatly: “little … connects these (black Republicans) to mainstream black politics.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/nyt-op-ed-black-republicans-like-tim-scott-are-tokens/article/2516402?custom_click=rss


The National Review:

Professor Reed bases his contempt for black Republicans on the idea that almost no blacks share Republican views on key issues and thus those blacks who do join the GOP constitute some kind of race traitors. But the initial premise is emphatically not based in reality, even if it is the case that blacks do pretty much wholly reside in one political party and not the other; the following conclusion, of course, is lazy noxious racialism. This is the New York Times opinion page, after all.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/336155/re-inyti-tim-scott-token-gop-patrick-brennan#


Patterico.com

Crazy thought here: maybe Scott’s appointment was aimed at getting a good man for the job. Oh no wait, that can’t be right, Mr. Reed assures us, because he’s black. If he were white, he might have been picked for merit, but since he’s black, it has to have been racial politics behind the decision.

http://patterico.com/2012/12/20/adolph-reed-jr-racist/


Legal Insurrection.com:

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/12/and-the-award-for-the-most-snide-and-offensive-ny-times-op-ed-of-2012-goes-to/


TheWeek.com:

"Tim Scott is a good guy. I like him," Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told me. The assistant Democratic Leader in the House made it clear that Scott "certainly is no gadfly. He's not anything close to [being an] Allen West….[H]e's serious." That's good for South Carolina, good for the Republican Party and good for the nation. [I]t would be a mistake for Democrats and progressives who don't know anything about Scott — except that he's a black Republican — to dismiss him as mere window dressing for for the GOP. Lord knows we're all used to that sort of thing.

http://theweek.com/article/index/238003/tim-scott-a-token-black-senator-for-the-gop

Conservative Black Chick on C-SPAN

Crystal Wright, the editor and publisher of the Internet blog Conservativeblackchick.com explains why she named her blog "Conservative Black Chick," and tells how her upbringing shaped the belief system she holds today. Wright discusses how her parents' resolve in the face of adversity inspired her to be engaged in the political process.

Stephen N. Lackey discusses Black Republicans

Republican strategist Stephen N. Lackey has a brief discussion on the role of Black people in the Republican Party.

Rep. Tim Scott to Replace DeMint in Senate

                

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley picks U.S. Rep. Tim Scott to be the state's next U.S. Senator, making him the only black Republican in Congress and the South's first black Republican

Time for GOP to Push Obama off the Fiscal Cliff

Republicans need to stand for something and start defending conservatism not apologizing for it. Whether we’re talking about economic or individual prosperity, conservative policies work.

When Presidents Reagan and Clinton cut taxes, government revenues increased and economies boomed. When babies are born to married couples, their chances of succeeding in life grow exponentially as opposed to falling into a life of poverty and crime, if they are born to single moms.

http://conservativeblackchick.com/blog/2012/12/15/time-for-gop-to-push-obama-off-the-fiscal-cliff/

Condi Rice: The New Face Of Venture Capital?

                             

                           Is this the new face of venture Capital?

http://www.bookerrising.net/2012/12/condi-rice-new-face-of-venture-capital.html#more

Republican Diversity Fueled by Tea Party

AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt

 

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announces that Rep. Tim Scott will replace Jim DeMint in the Senate during a news conference at the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday.

For Republicans who believe the tea party is responsible for the GOP's struggles, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s decision to choose Rep. Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in the Senate would have come as a stunner. The nation’s second Indian-American governor appointed the only African-American who will be serving in the Senate come 2013.

And not only are they both Republicans, they are tea party-aligned conservatives who took on the party establishment and won.

It’s ironic that at a time when party strategists are publicly panicking over the party’s need to diversify or face extinction, they’re blind to the reality that if it wasn’t for the much-maligned tea party, the Republican Party would be even more homogeneous than it is today.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/against-the-grain/republican-diversity-fueled-by-tea-party-20121217

Can Republicans Win the African-American Vote?

    
Bruce Bartlett and Casey Lartigue question whether the Republican Party will ever have a chance at challenging the Democrats' overwhelming success among African-American voters.

Has the Government Been a Friend or Foe for Minority Groups

The Cato Institute's Casey Lartigue discusses whether the government has been overall a friend or an adversary for American minority groups.

Is government more likely to be the friend or adversary of minority groups? Has it been liberals, conservatives, or libertarians like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass who have been the most consistent defenders of everyone's rights? What does history suggest would be the best public policy for racial minorities in the 21st century?

Why We Are Poor: Cars

I share observations of what people are driving in my lower middle class neighborhood and conclude that people are poor because they are going all out on taking out loans for these overpriced cars. They are moving out because they cannot afford the cheap rent. These people break in and steal in this very neighborhood, surely they have it completely backwards. 



http://marketbiznew.blogspot.com/

What Does ‘Move to the Right’ Actually Mean?

By Chidike Okeem

After this year’s presidential election, many establishment Republicans are advancing the argument that the GOP needs to move to the left in order to win the votes of minorities.

This is complete hogwash. Conversely, some conservatives are arguing that the GOP needs to move to the right. This is correct. However, it is important to define what is meant by “move to the right.”

                                                 http://voiceofchid.com/?p=2618

 

 

Lenny McAllister Running For Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Old Seat

 

From Booker Rising: readers are aware of Lenny McAllister. Well, the conservative Republican is running for the U.S. Congress:

"Nationally-renowned political commentator and community advocate Lenny McAllister announced today that he will run for the seat in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District currently vacant after the resignation of Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. McAllister calls for the people of the district to look beyond career politicians and accept a candidate who can reach across the aisle for bipartisan accountability and accessibility.

'The Second Congressional District – like much of America – finds itself at a set of critical crossroads. In this time of economic crisis, political upheaval, community endangerment, and partisan gridlock, the constituents need leadership beyond limiting labels,' said McAllister."

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GOP Needs to Show Balls, Call Obama’s Bluff & Let All Bush Tax Cuts Expire

 

President Obama’s offer to Republicans to save the country from its fiscal cliff plunge is one big joke. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he “laughed” when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Obama’s cliff negotiator, unveiled it to him. Laughable is right when you consider the president’s outlandish request calls for tax hikes on higher earners, the one thing Republicans repeatedly have warned Obama, since day one of his presidency, were non-starters to any budget or deficit reduction talks.

Nevertheless, our “unserious” Commander-in-Chief put forth a deal to grab headlines rather than avert the January 1, 2013 sequestration deadline of $1.2 million in automatic spending cuts and tax increases, which include the expiration of ALL the Bush tax cuts. The president’s plan demands $1.6 trillion in tax hikes over 10 years on higher earners, which includes small business owners also known as job creators! This includes $1 trillion by ending the Bush tax cuts for the “rich,” which includes the estate tax and hitting this group again with $600 million more in tax hikes next year. Big GULP! Obama’s philosophy is “you can never tax rich too much.” They should just keep on earning and paying for Obama’s government largess.

Continue Reading » http://conservativeblackchick.com/blog/2012/12/03/gop-needs-to-show-balls-call-obamas-bluff-let-all-bush-tax-cuts-expire/