CARSON: GOP HAS GOP ‘NEGLECTED’ AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

[Right_in_Virginia]

RIV.   The Republicans need to reconnect with the Black community, does not mean one-upping the Democrats in hand-outs and government programs. It's sad that you or anyone can interpret this whole story in that way.

I'm all for it so get over your sadness.

I'm asking you to tell me how to accomplish this reconnection.   Give me a blueprint and I will help implement it. 

[Longiron]

No more race baiters....even the soft-spoken ones.

Picked the race baiter thing up to Virginia? The DEMS/ LIBS keep the African American on the Plantation and it is the GOP's fault. The Black American gets off the Plantation and makes something of themselves and the LIBS call them Uncle Toms, Jim Crow? What is confusing and PO the RINOGOP is why TRUMP is getting 25 % of the Black American support. Must wonder if it is his stance on Illegal Invaders or creating jobs in the US and providing other opportunities other than PLANTATION life?

[libertybele]

Sorry, but with Carson's obvious lack of experience and qualifications to be president, it certainly does seem that he's playing the race card.  Sad.

[musiclady]

Sorry, but with Carson's obvious lack of experience and qualifications to be president, it certainly does seem that he's playing the race card.  Sad.

Talking honestly about race issues is most certainly not 'playing the race card.'

Carson wants solutions, and solutions are needed.

[Longiron]

Talking honestly about race issues is most certainly not 'playing the race card.'

Carson wants solutions, and solutions are needed.

A lot of the race problems in this country will be fixed on Jan 2017

[NavyCanDo]

Sorry, but with Carson's obvious lack of experience and qualifications to be president, it certainly does seem that he's playing the race card.  Sad.

You sound as fearful of a Ben Carson Presidency as the progressives are. Ben Carson even if he doesn't win the nomination is our best hope and maybe last hope to expose the lie that Republicans and conservatives  are racist. For Democrats this fraud preserves their power, and they will fight like a cornered tiger to keep that lie alive. Letting Ben Carson win the White House  would forever destroy their false narrative.  What you are stating the conservative racist lie can only be exposed by a white man, otherwise its the ole race card thing. That's just stupid.

[bkepley]

You sound as fearful of a Ben Carson Presidency as the progressives are. Ben Carson even if he doesn't win the nomination is our best hope and maybe last hope to expose the lie that Republicans and conservatives  are racist. For Democrats this fraud preserves their power, and they will fight like a cornered tiger to keep that lie alive. Letting Ben Carson win the White House  would forever destroy their false narrative.  What you are stating the conservative racist lie can only be exposed by a white man, otherwise its the ole race card thing. That's just stupid.

I wish I could believe what you say but blacks will only consider him an uncle Tom.

[libertybele]

You sound as fearful of a Ben Carson Presidency as the progressives are. Ben Carson even if he doesn't win the nomination is our best hope and maybe last hope to expose the lie that Republicans and conservatives  are racist. For Democrats this fraud preserves their power, and they will fight like a cornered tiger to keep that lie alive. Letting Ben Carson win the White House  would forever destroy their false narrative.  What you are stating the conservative racist lie can only be exposed by a white man, otherwise its the ole race card thing. That's just stupid.

Actually what is stupid is you putting words in my mouth.  I did not state that the conservative racist lie can only be exposed by a white man - you did.

I definitely don't believe that Carson is out last hope.  I believe that being able to seat a true conservative in the oval office is our last hope along with the ability to retain the majority in both Houses.  With the do nothing GOP establishment in control,  I just don't see that happening.

[NavyCanDo]

I wish I could believe what you say but blacks will only consider him an uncle Tom.

Make no mistake about it, that will happen. Uncle  Tom, Oreo, out-of-touch with African Americans because he is successful, all are to be expected. But he does not have to capture the majority of black voters, just 17 percent. If the Republicans capture 17 percent of the black vote it becomes mathematically impossible for Hillary, or any Democrat to win.   This can be done even if he is not the nominee, so his being in this race, letting him speak truth should be welcomed,  even if he is not your top choice.

[NavyCanDo]

Actually what is stupid is you putting words in my mouth.  I did not state that the conservative racist lie can only be exposed by a white man - you did.

I definitely don't believe that Carson is out last hope.  I believe that being able to seat a true conservative in the oval office is our last hope along with the ability to retain the majority in both Houses.  With the do nothing GOP establishment in control,  I just don't see that happening.

When you say it appears he is using the race card, what else can I read into it? Is he supposed to not talk about the racial divide in America? Who better to get the truth across to those that need to hear it most?

[EC]

 

[musiclady]

Make no mistake about it, that will happen. Uncle  Tom, Oreo, out-of-touch with African Americans because he is successful, all are to be expected. But he does not have to capture the majority of black voters, just 17 percent. If the Republicans capture 17 percent of the black vote it becomes mathematically impossible for Hillary, or any Democrat to win.   This can be done even if he is not the nominee, so his being in this race, letting him speak truth should be welcomed,  even if he is not your top choice.

THANK you for this, Navy!  He is getting the truth out and going beyond the media/leftist bias with clear articulation of the fact that CONSERVATIVE principles are what is best for every American.......... not just African-Americans.

Ben Carson is as far from playing the race card as anyone can be, and if people actually listened to him, instead of making knee jerk judgments about him, they would know that.

I welcome this discussion with open arms.  He is doing what has needed to be done for decades.

Articulation of what conservatism will do for blacks when the leftist shackles are removed from them.

[Fishrrman]

aligncare wrote above:
[[ Black Americans certainly have been cynically corralled by a destructive political process. 'Rats don't get a damn for the actual plight of black families. They're just using them to stay in power. ]]

I wouldn't be surprised if there were more blacks votin' Republican under Jim Crow, than there are now that they've been given all their "civil rights" !!

[mrclose]

Make no mistake about it, that will happen. Uncle  Tom, Oreo, out-of-touch with African Americans because he is successful, all are to be expected. But he does not have to capture the majority of black voters, just 17 percent. If the Republicans capture 17 percent of the black vote it becomes mathematically impossible for Hillary, or any Democrat to win.   This can be done even if he is not the nominee, so his being in this race, letting him speak truth should be welcomed,  even if he is not your top choice.

In a USASurvey poll, Trump received 31% of the hispanic vote, and 25% of the black vote.

To put that into perspective, a Republican candidate hasn’t posted these kinds of numbers since Ronald Reagan. Clearly, Trump’s message is resonating with Americans from all walks of life.

[Fishrrman]

NavyCanDo wrote above:
[[ Ben Carson even if he doesn't win the nomination is our best hope and maybe last hope to expose the lie that Republicans and conservatives  are racist. ]]

Dr. Carson is going to be received by blacks as well as was Clarence Thomas...

[aligncare]

NavyCanDo wrote above:
[[ Ben Carson even if he doesn't win the nomination is our best hope and maybe last hope to expose the lie that Republicans and conservatives  are racist. ]]

Dr. Carson is going to be received by blacks as well as was Clarence Thomas...

Some of my favorite conservative political commentators are black. Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Deroy Murdoch. I've been most disappointed lately in George Will, and to some extent Charles Krauthammer.

[NavyCanDo]

NavyCanDo wrote above:
[[ Ben Carson even if he doesn't win the nomination is our best hope and maybe last hope to expose the lie that Republicans and conservatives  are racist. ]]

Dr. Carson is going to be received by blacks as well as was Clarence Thomas...

Oh I hope so.  I have it right  in front of me, the numbers. quote " Amazingly, even after the most outrageous and foul attacks on Clarence Thomas, his support in the black community remained above 60 percent among both men and women." That from the pages of Political Science & Politics. It went on to state the the black community felt the attacks on Thomas was because of his race.