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EJ,
Whatever the outcome, that was the most beautiful speech I have heard in a very long time. What a terrific guy.
Regards,
Jim
Yes. But can we get him on some Ricochet podcast first?
It sounded a bit conspiratorial to me. I don’t think liberals came up with all their social do-gooderism to control black people. They did it because they are naive, and have an inaccurate view of the world and man kind. This blinkers them to the negative social consequences of their programs, and leads them to promote more of the same kind of bad programs to fix the social ills they create in a never ending death-spiral.
I also don’t like the phrase that “Freedom means not being dependent on anyone.” This just serves to further exacerbate the worst conservative cliches, and also happens to not be true. It sets up the argument on terms that liberals will always win. Freedom isn’t about not needing anybody it is about being able to choose who you need and on what terms you need them in a mutually consensual way. Conservatism isn’t about not offering people social assistance, it is about creating the environment in which people can make and maintain the social institutions that provide the help and support all people need. Help and support that will be far more specific and personalized than any government bureaucracy could ever provide.
I guess you can explain the inner city school systems also? If you think progressives are well-meaning, benevolent public servants, you view them as naively and inaccurately as you think they view the world and mankind.
I was going to post his Landrieu ad until I saw that you beat me to the punch, EJ. What a fantastic spokesman.
Seconded.
We need more of this kind of outreach. I think too often we struggle with questions on how to reach specific voter groups. I’ve always bought into the principle that we should share our message and appeal to the broad american in everyone. Maybe a smarter tactic would be to target leaders in those communities where we struggle to attract voters. After all, they already know how to communicate and get their message out. Empowering them with the conservative case for success creates a multiplier effect that will bring more and more voters from those communities to our side.
Let him speak all the time!
Beautiful, just beautiful.
Now, he needs a video as succinct as those two outlining what he has done and what he will do to change things.
Breathtaking, positively breathtaking.
You are kind . . . and, alas, naive.
These two videos should be run nation-wide now. They would cause heartburn in all of the right places.
Great post, thank you!
The black community has been fed on a steady diet of progressive conspiracy theories and platitudes. Substituting conservative ones is a disservice to them. Its also a disservice to ourselves.
Inner city schools may be run by incompetent, lazy, and greedy unions, but those things alone are sufficient to explain the mess they are in. We don’t need to add some new layer of conspiracy. Those bad inner city schools are not a sign of some devious plot. They are the result of a poorly structured economic environment, and I find that bad enough.
Time for a RicoPAC? Real Clear Politics shows polls:
“I’ll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.”
~ Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One
Good ol’ LBJ was such a naive and generous man.
“Beauty is truth, and truth beauty. That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
Wow. Brilliant and moving. Thanks so much.
Fair point, but I the way I took the conspiracy was that they set things up to fail, and that the failure in integral to the plan of obtaining the votes. I don’t think that is true. I think LBJ thought he would get their votes out of gratitude for actually helping them. Kind of how like Republicans got their vote from their work on abolition. A scheme of sorts but hardly a nefarious conspiracy, more like good old fashioned politics. That doesn’t excuse the harms bad policies have caused mind you. But again, its not an evil conspiracy and pushing the evil conspiracy angle I think is very disingenuous.
EJ, thank you so much for introducing me to an American patriot and orator of the first rank. Guillory’s ability to connect emotionally and speak plainly while weaving in high-minded points of political philosophy, history and economics reminds me of Ronald Reagan. Inspirational!
I sincerely wish Mr. Guillory well, and I think he’s running in one of the few states where a man who speaks such truths as these can get elected. That said, let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that the truth matters when it comes to racial issues. If a white man expressed the same opinions, he would be called racists and his campaign would be over before it started. Black men who say such things are sell-outs and Uncle Tom’s. I have no reason to expect a better outcome for Mr. Guillory, but I hope I’m wrong.
Compared to that, Barack Obama on his best day is a crashing bore.
Valiuth – If there had not been almost a century of evidence that the powers of communism and socialism keeping the people willingly dependant on their government masters I’d say you had a point. And the way that Democrats divide and conquer and pander to hatreds and division belie their benevolant “love of the comman man.”
And while we do discourage such talk, conspiracies do exist, it’s just that when it’s done in the highest corridors of power it’s called “policy.”
President? King!!!
Inspiring.
I’m with you, Val. Maybe because as I was growing up in the 60s and 70s my dad was in the thick of it. He was a Presbyterian minister appointed to an all white city church in the late 50s and integrated it. He marched in Alabama with Dr. King, founded interfaith anti-poverty programs, believed the ecologists (pollution was a serious problem back then, young-uns.) I think his last push was the nuclear arms freeze in the late 70s. Believe me, though I may be biased, he was a committed and sincere man. “Control” was the farthest thing from his mind.
Looking back, this experience may explain why it took me so many years (and Barack Obama’s candidacy) to turn me fully to the right.
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“Because no matter what she does, 95% of us will line up and vote for her. Every. Single. Time”.
That is a powerful point.
Very powerful. I hope this is the start of a long-term determined program of black outreach by the GOP. At some point it will break the log-jam. If the GOP leadership is behind this, good for them and it answers some of my critique against them elsewhere. If not, then it supports my critique.