hurricane katrina: black republicans reality check

[neurochaos]

rush(crack-head)limbaugh called mayor ray nagin, ray "nayger"...many white republicans said that so many blacks had died or stayed in new orleans because they were waiting for their govt check. bush faked playing music on stage as so many fought for life on the gulf coast.
black republicans now see how they are seen by their party. katrina blew the fog away and show bush and his party for what they are...heartless, racist bastards.

[neurochaos]

1. too strong

[tnlefty]

2. Perhaps reading David Brock's, Blinded by the Right, would be

beneficial to have a good look at how the rwingers are more than willing to tolerate someone (Brock is gay) as long as they are pulling for the GOP team. He realised just how much they hated him eventually and it seemed to be a major turning point for him.

[Toots]

3. If they are dumb enough to be Republicans in the first place they are dumb

enough to stay Republicans. There can be no critical thinking going on for them to be Republican.

[Tomee450]

4. Some African Americans

are nothing but opportunists. They are Republicans because they feel that's where the money is. I cannot think of any reason why any black person should want to join the Republican party.

[SemperEadem]

5. except

black republicans don't identify with those poor blacks who lost everything--in fact, they do everything in their power to distance themselves from the poor--just look at Clarence Thomas. He is the patron saint of black republicans.

Katrina has done nothing to elevate the awareness of black republicans. What she did was to make their point even more vividly that they are nothing like the teeming unwashed masses of poor.

[neurochaos]

6. i disagree

i heard that bush called in a few chits for black republicans to circle the wagons and be his black-drop at the white house as the katrina fallout started to stick to him. but many black republicans didn't answer bush's call. you didn't see the usual suspects; the armstrong williams and the really fat black guy with the tight suit that always comes on fox. all were MIA. i think that at least for the short term, many sellouts had a wake up call thats hard to white-wash
:yoiks:

[deadparrot]

7. Did Rush forget that Nagin was a Republican at one time? nt

[liberalitch]

8. Veeerrrrry interesting

[neurochaos]

9. i didn't know that

[deadparrot]

10. Yep...

Before his election, Nagin was a member of the Republican Party and had little political experience; he was a vice president and general manager at Cox Communications, a cable communications company and subsidiary of Cox Enterprises. Nagin did give contributions periodically to candidates, including President George W. Bush and former Republican U.S. Representative Billy Tauzin in 1999 and 2000, as well as to Democratic U.S. Senators John Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston earlier in the decade.

Days before filing for the New Orleans Mayoral race in February 2002, Nagin switched his party registration to the Democratic Party. Shortly before the primary election, an endorsement praising Nagin as a reformer by Gambit Magazine gave him crucial momentum that would carry through for the primary election and runoff. In the first round of the crowded mayoral election in February 2002, Nagin received first place with 29% of the vote, against such opponents as Police Chief Richard Pennington, State Senator Paulette Irons, City Councilman Troy Carter and others. In the runoff with Pennington in May 2002, Nagin won with 59% of the vote. His campaign was largely self-financed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nagin

[neurochaos]

12. damn deadparrot, u know your sh*t

i'm impressed. i'm usually the big picture guy. but you are mr details. thank you.

[deadparrot]

14. LOL, only because of DU.

That's where I learned about it.

Thanks, though. :)

[newyawker99]

11. Hi neurochaos!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[neurochaos]

13. thanks, but i've been here a while.

DU is the best

[entanglement]

15. Important point to remember

Black people, both men and women are the staunchest supporters of the democrats, with 88% voting democratic. Black people are FAR,FAR more liberal than the supposedly 'liberal' white women (55% of whom voted for Bush in 2004)

Source here:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html