Showing posts with label Democrat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democrat. Show all posts

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Are You Sure You Are a Democrat?

Today's Democrat Party (the party of ABORTION) is NOT THE PARTY OF YOUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS!

One look at the recent NC State Democratic Convention demonstrates the extreme liberal fringe that makes up today’s North Carolina Democratic Party. Resolutions adopted by the NCDP at their convention include:


• A single-payer national healthcare system (which would be significantly to the left of the job-killing monstrosity that is ObamaCare)


• Repeal of the marriage amendment (that was recently approved by 61% of North Carolinians)


• The full legalization of marijuana (not just for medicinal purposes, which is a position to the left of even California Democrats)


• The abandonment of nuclear energy as part of the U.S. energy policy (which would in turn force us to become even more dependent on foreign oil)


• Full abolishment of the death penalty


• A demand for collective bargaining rights for workers (which would be extremely detrimental to attracting new business investment in North Carolina)


• Opposition to state-level immigration reform (while the federal government continues to ignore the issue)


• The creation of a Cabinet-level Department of Peace and Nonviolence (which is just absurd)

These positions are so outside of the mainstream, one wonders if they were even meant to be serious. Of course, you never know what to expect when you’re dealing with the same body that decided to keep their Party Chairman after his role in the cover-up of a sexual harassment scandal, who continue to support the least popular governor in the country (who may have recently committed fraud by altering official documents to protect her pet spending projects), and who just nominated a candidate for governor who has promised to keep the exact same policies as his predecessor.

PUBLIUS 2012

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sigh: DWS' Lie of the Day

Guy Benson
Political Editor, Townhall.com
Apr 24, 2012 04:03 PM EST

We could probably make this a daily installment, although I'm not sure I have the bandwidth to keep up with the DNC Chairwoman's endless distortions. Her latest whopper came on CNN this morning, during a spat with conservative contributor Will Cain:

Ignore, for a moment, the crux of their dispute, and focus on this snippet:

“I’m a member of Congress in the minority, unfortunately, which I plan to help change in November,” Schultz shot back. “But the people who control the agenda right now in the House of Representatives are the Republicans. Ask them why they haven’t brought a single jobs bill to the floor since they took over the majority. Ask them why they are getting ready to allow the student loan interest rates to double.”

The House Republicans "haven't brought a single jobs bill to the floor" since January 2011? This is a wildly false claim. Case in point: The House recently passed something called, um, the JOBS Act -- which cleared the Senate and was signed into law by President Obama. At the time, I noted that the bill wasn't the first bipartisan jobs legislation this GOP-controlled House helped implement (numerals added):

Let the record show that as of today, the "do nothing," "Republican" Congress has worked with the president by (1) extending the payroll tax cut extension, (2) passing patent reform, (3) repealing a counter-productive withholding rule, and (4) approving three free trade agreements. These were all elements of President Obama's jobs agenda. Now he's (5) signed a job creation bill championed by House Republicans. Remember this roster of bipartisan accomplishments as our desperate president castigates his Congressional opponents as unflinching ideological obstructionists -- as he's guaranteed to do for the next seven months. The truth is that Republicans cooperate with this president when it's sensible to do so; they attempt to jettison his worst ideas, like cap and trade, Obamacare, higher taxes, and a second slush fund stimulus.


CONTINUED:  https://www.google.com/search?q=DWS'+Lie+of+the+Day&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBR_en

Saturday, April 14, 2012

NC DEMOCRAT PARTY SCANDAL!

N.C. Democratic Party: Won't confirm or deny scandal report
A former North Carolina Democratic party staffer is claiming he was sexually harassed. That is according to the Washington Conservative website The Daily Caller. According to the site, a financial settlement and a non-disclosure statement was signed, so it is not evident who might be involved. In a statement released to News 14 Carolina, the party does not confirm or deny the report. Democratic party chair David Parker writes: Over the last several months, several employees left their employment with the NCDP for business or professional reasons unrelated to their job performance, by mutual agreement of the parties involved. These are personnel matters about which we cannot and will not comment further.


NC Dems Embroiled in Sexual Harassment Intrigue, Fear party’s credibility ‘doomed’
The North Carolina Democratic Party is struggling to contain the fallout from sexual harassment allegations against a party official. A former North Carolina Democratic Party staffer was sexually harassed by a party official, made a financial settlement with the party and signed a non-disclosure agreement to keep the incident quiet. “If this hits the media, the Democratic Party, our candidates, and our credibility are doomed in this election,” reads one email exchange between state Democratic leaders. An email chain between those Democratic leaders, obtained by The Daily Caller, indicates the executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Jay Parmley, and the alleged sexual harassment victim both signed non-disclosure agreements. …President Obama’s re-election team views North Carolina as an important state in the president’s campaign, and Charlotte, N.C. is the site of this year’s Democratic National Convention.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

TPN—David DeGerolamo: Stand Up for Your Convictions - No Matter How You Are Labeled

If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin. ~Samuel Adams.

The above premise accurately describes the government in Washington, DC. Power and greed have replaced honor and duty. Do we have experienced Patriots to prevent our ruin? Who would you classify as a statesman on the level of Patrick Henry or Thomas Paine? Who would you follow into harm's way in your own town or community to secure your children's freedom?

Like the thief in the night, our politicians have eroded our freedom by enslaving us in debt that can never be repaid. Half of "We the People" receive a government check for assistance and the "public sector" has become the engine for tyranny through excessive taxation, fear and regulation. The solution will not be found in the next election: the solution is an awakening in the people.


The final change in government has already happened. The 2008 election of Obama in conjunction with a Democrat controlled Congress through 2010 overthrew the last vestiges of our founding principles. The 2010 elections which resulted in a Republican majority in the House did little more than slow the march to Socialism:

1.We still have no budget
2.We still have national health care
3.Unemployment is still over 9% (another example of the government's lack of respect for the people by manipulating information)
4.Our debt ceiling raises were ceded to the executive branch by John Boehner in August
5.The NDAA destroyed the fabric of the Bill of Rights with the "blessings" of both parties
6.The president used the State of the Union to outline his vision for dictatorial powers in order to "streamline" government



CONTINUED:http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3355873%3ABlogPost%3A1836098&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Lloyd Marcus: Blacks Still “Played” and Controlled by Tired Old Democrat Paradigms

A black website published one of my articles. The black publisher asked his readers to forgive me for being a black member of the GOP and review my article with an open mind.


In response, a subscriber wrote, "You can ask us to look past him being a GOP, but you can't ask us to look past his claim to be a tea party Christian."

Grateful for an opportunity to enlighten indoctrinated blacks, I asked the website publisher to publicly post my reply to the ill-informed subscriber's comment.

Please do not think me rude or mean by stating the following truth. The subscriber's comment reflects an ignorance of the facts and history prevalent in the black community.

Many blacks erroneously believe the GOP consists of rich racist white people. In reality, the GOP was founded to free blacks. Only five years after slavery, there were black congressmen, all Republicans. The KKK, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and denying blacks the right to vote where all birthed by Democrats.

Even today, Democrats are still "keeping blacks in their place" -- telling them they need lowered standards, affirmative action, special programs, and freebies to succeed. Democrats constantly send blacks the message they are not as smart was whites. For example, Democrats say having to show ID when voting disenfranchises blacks. This is merely a tactic by which the Democrats implement voter fraud. However, in the process, they are saying blacks are too stupid to find their way to the DMV or other places to acquire proper ID. This is just one example of numerous ways Democrats tell blacks they are inferior and need Democrats' help to succeed.

Republicans deal with blacks respectfully, as equals. Democrats thrive on blacks believing themselves to be victims, despite being blessed to be born in the greatest land of opportunity on the planet. Foreigners are trying to get to America in cardboard boats held together with duct tape. Democrats punish and hate blacks who compete with whites and succeed without Democrat lowered standards and involvement.

While sold as compassion and "fairness," Democrat programs are always about making as many people as possible dependent on government to secure/buy votes. In the long run, all Democrat policies and programs hurt people!

There are black idiot knucklehead racists who want to believe a lie rather than the truth. Yes, I said black racists. I reject and resent the satanic notion that because of slavery, blacks have a right to be racist. Racism is evil, period, whether it comes from blacks or whites. It you disagree, it is fruitless to continue reading this article. I will keep you in my prayers.

In reality, history confirms that the black community has been sleeping with the enemy for years by monolithically voting Democrat. News flash, black voters: the Democrats "ain't" your friends.

CONTINUED:  http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3355873%3ABlogPost%3A1625146&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post

Friday, November 26, 2010

Time to put the U.S.A. up for Sale

Anyone who hasn’t just landed on Earth or been in a Democrat induced comma knows that the Federal government is deep in dept.

The gross public debt as a percentage of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was 83.29% in 2009 and is projected to be 94.27% for 2010. Those are not good numbers. With the Republicans back in control of the purse strings, we hope that they will tighten them hard, we know that history shows that politicians can’t stop the spending. But, just in case the House decides to not increase spending by .16 cents of every dollar they bring in, they should also think about selling off U.S. Government assets.  Read more: 
http://triangle.ncfreedom.us/2010/11/time-to-put-the-u-s-a-up-for-sale/

Sunday, October 31, 2010

PoliFrog Blog: GK Butterfield -- Not Your Parent's Democrat.

GK Butterfield – Diving beyond Debt and Morality

Saturday, October 30, 2010


The Disclose Act (H.R. 5175) failed in the Senate. The failure of this bill is a win for free speech. Before it failed in the Senate, though, it passed in the house with GK Butterfield's support.


That is correct; GK Butterfield sided with limiting free political speech. Oh, he would argue that my free speech is fine and that your free speech is OK as well, but if the two of us were to incorporate and engage in political speech GK Butterfield would prefer us silenced and voted to that effect.

Polifrog asks Rep GK Butterfield, how many people engaged in political speech does it take before you think we should be silenced?

Neither Franklin D Roosevelt nor John F Kennedy would have drifted so far from the definition of American as to be asked such question.

GK Butterfield. Not your parent's democrat.

Update:

Another bill supported by GK Butterfield -- Stifling information coming and going. SEC Says New Financial Regulation Law Exempts it From Public Disclosure

So much for transparency.

Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.

GK Butterfield -- Not Your Parent's Democrat.

http://polifrogblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/rep-gk-butterfield-nc-1-on-political.html

Monday, October 18, 2010

Please carefully consider these outrages before voting for any Democrat!

Outrages to Remember Before Voting on November 2

Before voting for any Democrat on November 2, voters who really care about the future of America need to reflect on the old adage which holds that, “Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.”
That truth has never been more in evidence than over the past two years, during which time America has been in the hands of an ultra-liberal Democrat in the White House and equally far-left Democrats presiding over majorities in both chambers of Congress.

The results of the Obama, Reid, and Pelosi deadly stranglehold on our precious nation are ugly, indeed.  The Ugliest of the ugly include:

( ) Refusal to protect all U.S. citizens, regardless of race.
( ) Out of control federal spending, soaring deficits, record unemployment, and an economy that has grown steadily worse since Democrats took charge in 2009;
( ) Lack of commitment to winning the war in Afghanistan, even while American soldiers continue to die there;
( ) Legal actions taken against the sovereign state of Arizona for protecting its citizens from foreign criminals; siding with Mexico in its rhetoric against the rule of law in Arizona;
( ) Refusal to accept the fact that Islam is the major source of terrorism in the world and that America is indeed at war with Islam.

All of the calamities identified could have been averted, or their impact at least minimized, had the U.S. Congress fulfilled it constitutional obligation to provide oversight of the Executive Branch.

Under the partisan leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, oversight was a forgotten (ignored!) virtue.

As a result, Executive incompetence, overreaching, and blatantly anti-American misbehavior were never challenged, except when Pelosi or Reid sought even greater liberal excesses.Again, “Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.”

Although the list of atrocities committed by the unholy trifecta of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi is nearly endless, there are a few that are particularly outrageous and should serve as a wake-up call to anyone considering a vote for any Democrat.

The list of particularly grievous atrocities follows:

Refusal to Provide Equal Protection for All
This outrage is so unbelievable that it continues to stun and amaze.
On November 4, 2008, voters in Philadelphia were intimidated by members of the New Black Panther Party while attempting to cast ballots.

Before President Bush left office in January of 2009, his Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act against the New Black Panthers Party.  However, once Obama appointees to the DOJ took over, charges against the New Black Panther members were dropped.

On September 24, 2010, former Justice Department prosecutor Christopher Coates, in testimony at a U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hearing, shocked the nation when he revealed that the voter intimidation case was dropped because the suspects were black and their alleged victims were white.

“They have not pursued the goal of equal protection of the law for all people,” Coates reportedly said.
Repeat: According to a former Justice Department prosecutor, our federal government refused to prosecute claims when the plaintiffs were white.

People of color: Take no solace in this injustice. In this case, the victims of government bias are white people.
But what about next time? Will it be YOUR race or nationality or cause that the Obama administration arbitrarily refuses to protect?

Abandoning American Citizens in Favor of Foreign Invaders
The Democrat party has been the “illegal alien” party for a number of years. This is so because liberals can no longer rely on reasonable Americans for votes and power.

Thus, the need for advocating on behalf of millions of uneducated, poor illegal invaders who are easily persuaded provided the free benefits (health care, education, welfare, etc.) are doled out in sufficient quantities.

True to their sinister disregards for the rule of law, American sovereignty, and preservation of American culture and language, Democrats consider invading criminals to be “Newly Arrived Refugees,” and, more importantly, future Democrats.

This betrayal of America and American citizens reached a new low in 2010 as President Obama ordered his administration to file suit against Arizona because of SB 1070, the state’s attempt to protect citizens from the ravages of foreign invaders.

Unbelievable! The United States government suing an American state for resisting invasions from foreign criminals!

Even more outrageous was the betrayal of America by Congressional Democrats on May 19, 2010, when all Democrats in the House and Senate gave Mexican President Felipe Calderon a standing ovation for his condemnation of Arizona and law SB 1070!

Remember: On May 19, all Democrats in the U.S. Congress stood to cheer a foreign leader who had just condemned Arizona law makers for protecting American citizens.

How can any reasonably-patriotic American vote for any Democrat after such vile and treasonous behavior?

Playing Politics with American Lives in Afghanistan
In his book titled, “Obama’s Wars” journalist Bob Woodward exposes the fact that winning the war in Afghanistan has never been much of a priority to Obama or the Democrats.

Which is why Obama insisted on a time table for withdrawal, a carefully crafted commitment that would bring the troops home in time for the 2012 presidential election.

How can any thinking American vote for any Democrat when the Democrat Commander-in-chief uses American troops as pawns in a deadly game of political chess?
Use of Bribery & Political Sleight of Hand to Pass ObamaCare
The notion that the United States Congress provides “Honest, Open Government” to legislate and govern was blown all to hell by the political chicanery, cheating, and behind the scenes bribery used by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, with considerable help from Obama, to pass a Marxist form of health care called ObamaCare.

ObamaCare was, and is, opposed by most Americans, and for good reasons.  To begin with, ObamaCare mandates that American citizens purchase health care or face the travails of dealing with the IRS for non-compliance.

In addition, the assumptions and projections behind ObamaCare have already proven to be faulty at best, criminal at worst.

How can any thinking American vote for any Democrat knowing that this party has taken away freedom of choice from Americans when it comes to health care, and has used bribery and sleight-of-hand to pass legislation that America does not need or want?

These four outrages are the most irritating and anger-provoking to me. There are hundreds more.
The bottom line is that the Democrat Party no longer operates with the best interests of the American people in mind. A lust for power and an obsession with socialism makes Democrats completely out of mainstream America.

Please carefully consider these outrages before voting for any Democrat!

Again, “Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.”

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/28840

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sun Journal Letter to the Editor by CCTA Member, Louis Call, River Bend, NC

Why we march and vote

“The most crucial midterm elections in our nation’s history are barely a month away. What’s at stake? The future of the changes our country voted for in 2008 with the election of President Obama. The message then was clear: the voters had enough of the right-wing policies attacking working people, enough of endless war, racism, environmental destruction, hate and division.”


If you plan on voting the Democratic ticket Nov. 2, the paragraph quoted above came from the CPUSA website in reference to the Communist/Socialist rally in Washington D.C. on Oct. 2. If you are not familiar with CPUSA, it stands for Communist Party USA.

What more ringing endorsement of our sitting president then the support of CPUSA.

The question you must ask yourself is this: do they speak for me and is this the change I voted for? Every Democrat I know has always fought against worldwide communism yet here we stand. As Americans, do we still support a president who has been called a socialist and a Marxist, or do we put aside party politics and vote out those that support Obama’s agenda?

They’re right about one thing when they stated: “The most crucial midterm elections in our nation’s history are barely a month away. What’s at stake?”

I think we all know the answer to that one. God give us the courage to stand for the hard right against the easy wrong.

Louis Call

River Bend

© Copyright 2010 Freedom Communications. All Rights Reserved.

Friday, October 8, 2010

THE BLAZE

Big Labor Hints at Lame-Duck ‘Card Check’ Vote

Depending on the outcome of November’s midterm elections, the subsequent lame duck session may be Democrats’ last chance to push through some major agenda items that have been on the back burner since they took control of Congress in 2006. Among these priorities is the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/big-labor-hints-at-lame-duck-card-check-vote/

Saturday, September 18, 2010

The Right Perspective

Waters Ethics Charges “About Black People”

Embattled Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters has begun a publicity campaign aimed at making her upcoming Ethics trial not about her but “about Black people.”


Waters told DC blog The Hill that she organized staffers to hold signs proclaiming her innocence at various events around the Capitol, including the annual legislative conference for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation and a green technology awards ceremony held by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“It ain’t about Nancy,” Waters said about the later event. “It’s about black people.”

Waters has been charged with using her influence to get a special private meeting for a bank her husband was on the board of, to discuss getting a special loan to keep the bank alive during the financial crisis. She has already blamed former US President George W. Bush and racism for the charges.

Signs held by Waters’ staffers at the Pelosi ceremony read, “Let’s fight for Maxine Waters,” and “No improper action. No benefit. No failure to disclose. No one influenced. No case!”. They were held up just before the House Speaker spoke.

One of the staffers told The Hill that Maxine Water was his aunt. When asked later about this, Waters just shrugged and replied, “I’m everybody’s aunt.”

The staffers were asked to leave and there was no confrontation.

A Waters campaign aide told The Hill that the young men at the Pelosi event were staffers paid for the day. The aide said 40 to 50 yard signs were printed, in addition to 10,000 handouts. The aide said a similar presence would be made at other events between now and when Waters’s trial takes place, but that no formal plans had been made.

“It’s important to communicate our message,” the aide said.


The Right Perspective (c) Peter Goodman 2005
http://www.therightperspective.org/2010/09/17/waters-ethics-charges-about-black-people/

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Op-Ed: Walter Williams

Liberal crackup

September 15, 2010

Charles Krauthammer, in his Washington Post column (Aug. 27), said, "Liberalism under siege is an ugly sight indeed," pointing out that overwhelming majorities of Americans have repudiated liberal agenda items such as: Obamacare, Obama’s stimulus, building an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero, redefinition of marriage to include same-sex marriage, lax immigration law enforcement and vast expansion of federal power that includes unprecedented debt and deficits.


The nation’s elite and the news media see being against the Obama-led agenda as being racist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, mean-spirited and insensitive. Paul Krugman, columnist for The New York Times, has a different twist expressed in "It’s Witch-Hunt Season" (Aug. 29). Krugman says that the last time a Democrat sat in the White House, Bill Clinton, he faced a witch-hunt by his political opponents. "Now," Krugman says, "it’s happening again — except that this time it’s even worse," asking, "So where is this rage coming from? Why is it flourishing? What will it do to America?"

Professor Krugman and others among America’s elite blame some of the rage on talk-show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. They are only partially correct. What talk shows have accomplished is they’ve ended the isolation of many ordinary Americans. When the liberal mainstream media dominated the airwaves, Americans who were against race and sex quotas were made to feel as though they were racists and sexists. Americans who were against big government were portrayed as mean-spirited and uncaring. What talk radio and the massive expansion in non-traditional media have done is not only end the isolation, but more important, the silence amongst ordinary Americans.

Krugman says that what we’re witnessing is "political craziness." Therefore, the overwhelming majority of Americans who think our borders ought to be secure and think we should have the right to determine who enters our country are politically crazy. Americans who can find nothing in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to take over our health care system are politically crazy. Americans who think a mosque should not be built in the shadows of the Muslim-destroyed World Trade Center are simply religious bigots. By the way, those who oppose the building are not saying there’s no legal or constitutional right to do so any more than they would say a person has no legal or constitutional right to curse his parents, but neither is a good idea. In Thomas Sowell’s column on the topic (Aug. 31), he reminds us that "If we all did everything that we have a legal right to do, we could not even survive as individuals, much less as a society."

Krugman predicts that political craziness, and by inference crazy Americans, will result in a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and play chicken with the federal budget. Chicken with the budget is precisely what Defundit.org has called for. Already they’ve obtained the pledges of 165 congressional candidates not to fund any part of Obamacare.

While America’s liberal elite have not reached the depths of tyrants such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Hitler, they share a common vision and, as such, differ only in degree but not kind. Both denounce free markets and voluntary exchange. They are for control and coercion by the state. They believe they have superior wisdom to the masses and they have been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us. They, like any other tyrant, have what they see as good reasons for restricting the freedom of others.

Their agenda calls for the elimination or attenuation of the market. Why? Free markets imply voluntary exchange. Tyrants do not trust that people behaving voluntarily will do what the tyrants think they should do. Therefore, they seek to replace the market with economic planning control and regulation.

Why liberalism has become an ugly sight, as Krauthammer claims, is because more and more Americans have wised up to their agenda.


Walter Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. For more, visit creators.com.





Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Human Events

The Democrat Plantation


by Richard Bernstein
09/13/2010

When black Americans' ancestors were enslaved in pre-Civil War America, they were compelled to live lives shaped by their masters. Uniformity was required, and disobedience was punished. As a result of this ongoing powerlessness, slaves developed what has been described as a "plantation mentality."


So what's changed? For an overwhelming majority of black Americans, nothing much. They still embrace a plantation mentality, but they've changed "masters:" from slave-owners to the Democratic Party.

Perhaps blind loyalty to a political party they perceive as their "protectors" is an inevitable consequence of black Americans' unique history. That such loyalty is to a Democrat party whoseown history is a tattered tale of segregation and racism is mind-boggling.

How many black Americans know Martin Luther King's battle to desegregate the South had him fighting Democrats, such as Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, who refused to serve blacks in his restaurant in defiance of the 1964 Civil rights Act; Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who ended his 1962 gubernatorial victory speech with the phrase, "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever;" or Alabama Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, who prevented integration using attack dogs and fire hoses against protesters?

How many black Americans know the Republican Party was formed in 1854 as the anti-slavery party—even as Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1866? How many know President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, (who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957) along with his brother Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, had Martin Luther King wire-tapped by the FBI in the hope they could prove he was a Communist?

How many Americans of any ethnic persuasion know Martin Luther King was a Republican? How many know it was Republicans who established the NAACP?

Most historians consider the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a defining moment in black America's fight for equality. Because it was passed during the administration of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson, Democrats became known as party of de-segregation—even though a higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted in favor of the bill. And despite the reality that 23 Democratic senators filibustered the bill, trying to prevent its passage.

The same historians note that Republican Barry Goldwater's opposition to the bill was the turning point for many black Americans. In reality, Goldwater's opposition to the bill had nothing to doing with race—and everything to do with what he considered an "unlawful expansion" of federal power.

As far as the unlawful expansion of federal power goes, Goldwater has been thoroughly vindicated.

If black Americans wish to be Democrats, that is their choice—or is it? Despite the fact that Democrats enjoy the support of over 90% of black America, the other 10%, those who dare to "stray from the plantation," have been routinely vilified—by other black Americans. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been depicted as a lawn jockey, and former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, as a monkey and a parrot. Both, along with countless other non-Democrat blacks, have been referred to as "house niggers" or "Uncle Toms" for embracing conservative values.

The not-so-subtle message? Support liberal dogma—or face social ostracism.

Why the need to vilify the non-conformists? Ironically, the political party which portrays itself as the "champion of tolerance and freedom" knows that free-thinking black Americans represent a mortal threat to its power base. Democrats know that a failure to maintain the modern-day version of the plantation mentality—eternal victimhood caused by a hopelessly racist society which can only be alleviated by government hand-outs—would force them to compete for a bloc of voters they currently take for granted.

It would also cost Democrats a ton of money. Few things are more profitable than keeping the "racial grievance" industry alive. Thousands of Americans employed in jobs such as "promoting diversity," teaching "race sensitivity" classes, or maintaining quotas in employment, government-sponsored minority set-asides, and university admissions—every one of which is an extension of the liberal worldview—would be forced to look elsewhere for work.

In short, people judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin is a bridge too far for a Democrat party which does quite well promoting exactly the opposite. Far better for Democrats to tell black Americans that racism is "as bad as it's ever been"—even as they side-step their own party's historical involvement in it.

Yet at some point, black Americans might want to ask themselves:

If you've hitched yourselves to the Democrat party for 50-plus years, and racism is as bad as it's ever been, at what point do you hold Democrats accountable?

At what point do you leave the Democrat plantation behind?

Richard Bernstein is the author of "Duped America: How Democrats and the Mainstream Media Have Duped the American People and Are Harming Our Country" (Forrester Publishing Company, 2010).

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Butterfield Faces Ethics Probe Over Foreign Travel

CAROLINA JOURNAL:  Stipends subject of probe; Butterfield says he’ll cooperate

By David N. Bass

September 03, 2010

RALEIGH — North Carolina Congressman G.K. Butterfield is one of a half-dozen federal lawmakers facing an ethics probe for allegedly pocketing portions of his taxpayer-funded travel stipend.

The investigation comes on the heels of calls for Butterfield, a Democrat representing the state’s 1st Congressional District, to return $4,000 in campaign donations from a political action committee of embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y. Butterfield has declined to do so or recuse himself from an investigation by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (aka the ethics committee) of Rangel. Butterfield is one of 10 members of that committee.

Congressmen receive daily allotments, called a per diem, for overseas travel. Because “foreign officials or U.S. ambassadors” often pick up the tab for federal lawmakers, members sometimes keep the difference, according to a report published Aug. 31 in The Wall Street Journal.

“Lawmakers routinely keep the extra funds or spend it on gifts, shopping or to cover their spouses’ travel expenses, according to dozens of current and former lawmakers,” the newspaper reported.

No system exists for lawmakers to return excess per diem funds to the government, the Journal reported, and investigators might conclude the standards need to be clarified.

E-mails to Butterfield’s press secretary were not returned this week, but the three-term Democrat told The Daily Reflector of Greenville that he would cooperate with the investigation.

“I have complied with the requests of [the Office of Congressional Ethics] and will comply with any other request from the ethics committee,” he said.

In January, Butterfield faced criticism for spending $4,406 for food and lodging at a five-star hotel while attending climate-change talks in Denmark. Butterfield said that lawmakers weren’t aware of the costs prior to the trip and that House leaders made the travel arrangements.

In response to the ethics investigation, Butterfield’s Republican opponent, Ashley Woolard, called on the congressman to resign.

“Citizens of the First District need honest leadership that will help our struggling economy, not another greedy politician feeding at the public trough as our economy burns,” Woolard said in a statement.

Also this week, a House panel dismissed ethics allegations against Butterfield’s fellow Democrat, Rep. Mel Watt of the 12th Congressional District. Investigators had questioned the timing of a fundraiser Watt held shortly before the House voted on financial regulatory reform legislation last year.


David N. Bass is an associate editor of Carolina Journal.
http://www.carolinajournal.com/articles/display_story.html?id=6816

Thursday, August 26, 2010

VANDAL WHO FIREBOMBED CARNAHAN’S OFFICE IDENTIFIED

VANDAL WHO FIREBOMBED CARNAHAN’S OFFICE IDENTIFIEDHe’s a Dem Operative & Disgruntled Employee ...Update: Carnahan Confesses. Last Tuesday August 17, 2010, Rep. Russ Carnahan’s office was reportedly vandalized and “firebombed” at 2 AM in the morning. Hours later police arrested a suspect for the crime and held him for several hours.


Of course, when the “firebombing” was reported local leftists blamed the tea party activists.

Then things got really weird. The police released the suspect and the Carnahan camp went silent. Carnahan employees were seen dumping documents into a dumpster but refused to to talk to reporters. There was a complete blackout on information. Now we know why.

The suspect was reportedly a disgruntled progressive activist employed by Russ Carnahan. An unnamed source familiar with the case released the information. Suspect Chris Powers reportedly was upset because he did not get his check so he firebombed the Carnahan finance offices at 2 in the morning. What a complete shock.

Powers was a paid canvasser for Russ Carnahan.

Powers is a man on the edge, who has suffered a lot of personal trauma in the recent past. Powers, a radical leftist, is accused of a pretty serious crime in what could only be considered a desperate cry for help.

The Carnahan campaign and their supporters have either ignored the incident rather than recognize the serious nature of a federal crime, instead allow the incident to be reported and used as an example of right wing domestic terrorism.

Those who accused the St Louis Tea Party of such horrible actions should be ashamed, but more important, they should be called on the carpet for their behavior. They need to apologize!

Newspapers attempted to tie the firebombing to last fall’s attacks by healthcare bill supporters and SEIU activists on Kenneth Gladney. They need to think hard before linking a clearly non-violent movement with the sad actions of broken man.

Chris Powers was in the local news when Barack Obama came to town in March to push his unpopular nationalized health care plan. He spoke with the local public radio channel and led an astroturfed protest outside of the Obama-McCaskill fundraiser.

Chris Powers is also a TPM blogger under the name Ripper McCord. He has been active in the progressive movement for years. Update: Carnahan Confesses Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 8:48 AM

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/08/vandal-who-firebombed-carnahans-office-identified-hes-a-dem-operative-disgruntled-employee/

Friday, July 16, 2010

Lloyd Marcus on NAACP

Regular Tea Party Nation newsletter contributor Lloyd Marcus writes:


Black Tea Party Spokesperson Rebukes NAACP Resolution Against Tea Parties

I'm re-reading a book I read several years ago titled “Beyond Defeat” by a wonderful black civil rights pioneer, James E. Johnson. To quote Johnson, “...there are only two things that motivate people: One is fear, and the other is love”.

In the early 50s, Johnson's journey as a civil rights trail blazer began when he became the first black U.S. Marine Corps NCO (Non-commissioned officer) . Johnson went to see a movie at the “on base” movie theater and sat in the section reserved for staff NCOs. An MP asked Johnson to move because he was not a white NCO. Johnson refused to move stating that forcing him to move would be a violation of his Constitutional Rights. Despite numerous higher ups demanding that Johnson move from his seat, Johnson remained seated taking a stand for what he knew to be right. Johnson loved and believed in the greatness of America.

Johnson eventually became the first black Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission. Though a courageous hard working man of character, Johnson attributes his numerous firsts and extraordinary achievements to his faith in God and love. “Love is beyond defeat, and love never faileth.”

Now, back to Johnson's statement that folks are motivated by love or fear.

The NAACP Resolution proclaiming the Tea Party Movement to be racist is motivated by hate and fear. Though well disguised in intellectual rhetoric, underneath festers hate and fear. Along with their underlying resentment of whites and non forgiveness of America's sins of the past, the NAACP has become zealots for the religion of Progressivism which preaches victimhood-ism and entitlement. The NAACP are the true racists whose secret motto is “Keep Hate & Victimhood-ism Alive”.

The NAACP fears the Tea Parties because they are effective; getting conservatives elected and giving We The People a voice to challenge the “deaf to the will of the American people” Obama administration.

Obama and the NAACP are kindred spirits in their disdain for America and the tea parties. Speaking at an NAACP event, President Obama fed the mostly black audience red meat sure to please. Obama said racism is still very much alive and a problem for blacks in America. The audience erupted in cheers and applause. In essence the NAACP audience was saying, “Hallelujah, we're still victims in America!”

First lady Michelle Obama followed her husband's shameful lead bashing America in her recent speech at the 2010 NAACP convention. Mrs. Obama said blacks are still suffering due to “stubborn inequalities”. Not only is this an outrageous lie, it continues to inspire hate and victim/entitlement mindsets.

I don't know if Mrs Obama can sing, but her manipulation of the NAACP audience would have been complete had she ended her victim-hood speech by spontaneously breaking into an acappella version of their 50's theme song, “We Shall Overcome”. There would not have been a dry eye in the room. It would have surely won the first lady a very long standing “O”.

The NAACP perceives race relations in America and functions as if stuck in a 1950's time warp. Ignoring the reality that the leader of the free world is a black man, the NAACP mantra is America sucks and we still have a long way to go.

Slandering the Tea Party patriots as racist is a disgusting, divisive and evil lie from the pit of hell. I am a black tea party patriot entertainer/spokesperson who has attended over 200 tea parties across America with Tea Party Express.

For the ga-zillionth time, the tea party attendees are not racist. They are decent hard working Americans motivated by love for their country. These patriots oppose Obama's policies, not his skin color.

America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for all who choose to go for it via education, hard work and a dream. In areas where blacks are having difficulty, the problem is not a racist America. The true enemies of the black community are liberal democrat policies and programs which have destroyed the black family enslaving them to government.

It is truly sad to see the once great civil rights organization acting like modern day “Uncle Tom” slaves on a liberal plantation selling out their people for a seat in the big house at the liberal democrat Massa's table.

The bottom line is the NAACP, Obama and their co-conspirators in the liberal mainstream media have no interest in the truth regarding the tea parties. Their only goal is the furtherance of their progressive agenda. Thus, they will continue lying and functioning from a place of hate and fear which will ultimately lead to their destruction.

What the anti-America zealots can not comprehend or understand is this incredible tea party movement was birthed out of and is motivated by love for our great country. Love is the source of our extraordinary strength and growing power. Motivated by love, we tea party patriots are defeating the anti-America zealots. Come November, the anti-America zealots will be devastated. How do I know this? Because love never fails.


Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
President, NAACPC

http://www.lloydmarcus.com/

Spokesperson/Entertainer of Tea Party Movement & Tea Party Express.

The American Tea Party Anthem cd/album.

Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michelle Malkin.

President, NAACPC (National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of ALL Colors)

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