CPAC 2: Black Power

What tristero at Digby’s joint said.

I love it that sitting among all those rather rumpled-looking white people, the black man making the power salute is so impeccably dressed. I can’t fathom what his motivation is, but clearly he isn’t as worn down as those around him.

The look on his face and the manner of dress would tend to indicate he is in on the game. I wonder how much he is making, and how much he was paid to be there.
What continually gets me in the Republican party is that the herd of sheep truly never realize exactly how they are being sheared.

He must have been paid millions … after all, any one who strays off the plantation “must” be a puppet.

“while pandering to…”
Hey, don’t worry; we can’t touch your patented lefty methodology of handing out free Other People’s Monies to anyone who would then promise their vote(s) to progressive Democrats. That’s strictly a Democrat meme: the taking of Other People’s Money and redistributing it in the hopes of convincing poor people that you, Democrats, actually have their best interests in your seedy little hearts.
How could they know, not having studied your history, that your handouts represent no better than modern enslavement? That your promised entitlements taken from the producers (well, now from the Chinese and from our grandkids) are the worst kind of yoke resting on people’s very souls?
Heartless and scheming, you Democrats. Republicans can’t touch your manipulations. We don’t lure people with stolen money.

This must be where liberal racists hang out. You liberals are the biggest racist. Why did he have to be paid to be there? Why can’t he just be passionate about his country. He is obviously not on welfare like you liberals would like him to be. I am no fan of conservatives, but I know for a fact that you liberals are racists. I work in union and whenever I ssy anything against the democrats they call me the worst names possible. I love read your liberal racist comments. Malcolm X said it best:
“The white liberal differs from the white conservative only in one way: the liberal is more deceitful than the conservative. The liberal is more hypocritical than the conservative. Both want power, but the white liberal is the one who has perfected the art of posing as the Negro’s friend and benefactor; and by winning the friendship, allegiance, and support of the Negro, the white liberal is able to use the Negro as a pawn or tool in this political “football game” that is constantly raging between the white liberals and white conservatives.”

In an odd way I agree with Rashad Jackson’s comments. Why would an African American–especially if he is ahead in the game, as this guy’s nice clothes (and registration fee) indicate he is–be less likely to be adamant about protecting his stash from the money-grubbing, refuse-to-work masses than the white people who hold the same paranoid perspectives? We shouldn’t be surprised that there’s a dark face in the crowd. Solidarity typically incorporates economic standing and often fails to hold–or, rather, changes allegiance–when one moves up (or down) in the world. I, for one, believe that although numerous racists populate the tea party movement, race is a less significant issue than holding on to one’s benjamins for fear someone poorer than oneself may get a dime. (Of course, it’s okay if those many times wealthier get that money–they can get behind wealth redistribution as long as the bucks flow up rather than down because, of course, they each have a shot at becoming a billionaire CEO in this land of opportunity.) Anyway, I think we undercut and even sometimes contradict our own argument and values if we assume an African American can’t relate to the tea party. It may well be that most African Americans have a sense of community and historical betrayal that fosters and protects a communitarian spirit, but it’s also not beyond the realm of possibility for them, too, to be co-opted as their white associates are and fight against their community’s (and, in the final analysis, their own) best interests.

P.S. It’s not Jackson’s attack on white liberals as deceitful and racist that I agree with (I AM one! ), but that the idea that an African American must be paid in order to attend a tea party rally indicates a limited (and limiting) perspective of the wealth of possible motivations that drive African Americans as well as white Americans.

You racist liberals just dont get it. I dont know this man but I know many black conservatives. They give donate more money and more time to the community in the Fraternities and Sororirties. Many have them were educated at Historically black colleges and have a firm grasp of black history. They are able to explain WHY they dont disagree with liberal policies. These arguments have nothing to do with race. They preach a message of trying to get black people to learn their history, take advatage of the opportunities that immigrants are siezing and depend on GOD and not the government. On the other hand you have the black liberals who tend to always been either uneducated preachers, or some black elite who really tries to hold on his stash while encouraging black people to blindly follow liberals.
You liberals support ignorant blacks and hate conservatives because they understand you game. As long as blacks stay ignorant liberals win. If every black person as like that brother from CPAC all of you racist, elitist liberals will be a footnote in history.

“Hey, don’t worry; we can’t touch your patented lefty methodology of handing out free Other People’s Monies to anyone who would then promise their vote(s) to progressive Democrats.”
Because all it takes to win over your mindest is a wink, a few you betcha’s and a cornfield strawmen to point your inchoate rage at.

Hey, Rashad, I am a white liberal union man & I wish all blacks were republicans. I can’t stand you.

No Surprise Blackie. I applaud your honesty. I wish the rest of Democrats and liberals shared your honesty. There are a lot of guys in my union that can’t stand me because I dont let them push me around like many of the other black men that accept the scraps when things run low.
Can any of you liberals explain to me why blacks like me who work hard, raise our families, stay out of trouble and pay taxes get treated so bad and called so many vile names by “compassionate” liberals for being conservative? While there are millions of blacks terrorizing the streets and liberals either ignore them or encourage that behavior. The answer is you dont care about black people at all. You feel superior to black people so therefore you have nothing but animosity towards union members like me who refuse to put up with your bullshit and that brother from CPAC. You better get used to it though. There is an awakening in this nation. Black people are now understaning your game. There are not enough Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons around to keep the wool over our eyes much longer. I suppose if all blacks were like these guys you liberals would be much more comfortable than seeing a black man in a suit at CPAC.
Gucci Mane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZMm3nhYfU8

You are calling it correctly, Rashid. That is exactly the way it is. People are waking up to the poverty pimps, & I say the sooner the better.