Rep. Stacey Abrams: USA Inc.: Profit-Motive vs.…
Abe Schwartz: 10 Things With 'Parks and Recreation' Writer,…
John McCain is showing no love to black Republicans say some who are being left out of his campaign outreach. According to Yvonne R. Davis, a former national co-chair for African Americans for Bush, McCain's efforts to enlist black support pale in comparison to soon to be former President George Bush's.Minus a couple of black folks seen with him on the campaign trail, you still don't see many in the room with McCain when he is meeting and greeting or standing in crowds.
What you see with McCain are packs of what Ron Heifetz in the Harvard Executive Leadership School calls older "silverback" white males. When President Bush was on the stump in 2000 and 2004, and later in the White House, African American Republicans often heard that President Bush strongly admonished his staff for inviting the same old white guys to everything.As fellow Afrospear bloggers Jack and Jill Politics points out, come November, black Republicans may find themselves down with Obama afterall. In general, black folks are pretty slow to warm to John McCain because although he has consistently stated that he was wrong, many remember that John McCain once voted against the holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King and recently voted against raising the minimum wage. And he refuses to end the war.
Look, maybe McCain has written off the black vote. Afterall, he is running against the first black presidential candidate with a real chance of winning. Still McCain has some support in the African American community. He's getting about 12% of the black vote in Georgia. And don't forget those McCain Girls.
Comments: (45)
Add a comment
By: Seb on 6/04/2008 12:07PM
I hope this doesnt turn into a race issue! It has already begun. thesend1dollar . com
Lets vote for who we really want. Obama is a good candidate..McCain is also a good one.
Reply to this Comment | Report This
By: Seb on 6/03/2008 3:18PM
I too hope that this is not a black or white issue!
Reply to this Comment | Report This
By: Elmo Jones on 6/07/2008 2:35PM
The race is run becuase equal is unnatural. And the one must be decided over the other.
"Stand for something or fall for anything."
Pastor Peter Marshall, Chaplian U.S. Senate 1947-1949
Reply to this Comment | Report This
By: Greg on 6/09/2008 2:16AM
The latest polls I saw said 8% of blacks would vote for McCain. Something like 40% of blacks vote Republican. There is another political problem that McCain has trying to get the black vote and that's blacks tend to center in "Blue" states. Even if he got 100% of the black vote, many won't count because their numbers would probably not turn a blue state into a temporary "Red" state.
Bush Jr.'s outreach was an experment and to the Republicans it was a total failure. He didn't increase the black vote for the Republicans. I doubt the Republicans will spend the time and money to redo it.
Reply to this Comment | Report This
By: FlyInMy40's on 6/11/2008 1:43PM
I guess the post wasn't kidding about all the hatred toward Blacks who support McCain.
My husband and I both voted for Kerry in 2004, but this year we're voting for McCain. So Njoya, does this make us half Uncle Tom's? No we're not worried in the slightest about what you call the "Massa's Boot" because we did the one thing that makes living well and building wealth in the country MUCH, MUCH easier. We worked our way through college and have numerous degrees between us.
Here's a newsflash. An Obama win will STILL leave 99.99999999% of ALL Blacks in the US living in the exact same situation as if McCain had won. One vote won't change much of anything, COMMUNITY SERVICE is what creates real, tangible change in struggling minority communities.
So instead of talking shit about Blacks who are choosing to vote for McCain, why not join us in the 'hood so the folks living there, can experience some change they can believe in too!
Reply to this Comment | Report This