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Thursday, November 4, 2010 | 8:55am
Why No Love For Historic Election of Black U.S. Rep Tim Scott?
The First Black Republican in Deep South Since Reconstruction is The Wrong color…Red
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Since President Obama was elected to the White House I’ve asked a lot of supporters who were excited about the Historic significance if they would have been just hyped if he was a Republican. I usually get a blank stare, a moment of confusion and sometimes anger that I would even ask. The truth is that for the most part Black folks prior to the election “hope”, “change” and yes a Black President were more important then any particular politics.
And now 2 years since that historic election while most Pro-Obama supporters are still on-board the flag waiving has subsided and the patience has run thinner and thinner. These same people thought “hope” and “change” would be delivered in the form of a “hook-up” or “good lookin out” from the “brotha man” in the oval office. Like I said then and I’ll say now he’s still a POLITICIAN. Don’t get me wrong I believe in President Obama, I think he’s got a raw deal but he knew the challenges coming in although the mountain was far taller than he perceived during the campaign. However its his politics and philosophy that I support not the color of his skin.
This leads me to my point. South Carolina has been the home of a lot of political anomalies in the past few years and Tuesday the state witnessed yet another. State Rep. Tim Scott became the first black Republican elected to Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction. He also becomes the nation’s first black GOP congressman since Oklahoma’s J.C. Watts retired in 2003.
While the race was never really in doubt as he easily defeated his Democratic opponent Ben Frasier which was vacated by retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Brown, there were no YES WE CAN” chants or Tim Scott T-Shirts, hats, gloves, scarfs, mouse pads, comic books or rap songs made in his honor. Granted he didn’t win the presidency but considering history the feat compares in magnitude.
So what is it about the equation that makes this story so less of one or admirable by the black community? Does Scott’s politics and political affiliation really play that much of a factor? Its almost as if we’ve dismissed his skin color because he’s a Republican, the old “sell-out” response. But if that indeed is the case then why did so many Americans vote for Obama when they didn’t really worry about his politics or agenda until he got in office?
The problem is that African Americans have equated Republicans with being anti-black even more so than pro-white. Now it didn’t help that the ultra-conservative insurance businessman was endorsed by the tea party and former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. However, it demonstrates that this country is so divided at this point that color whether its black or white, red or blue is more of a determining factor in voting behavior than any one issue whether its healthcare, the economy or parking tickets. So the Republicans and Tea Party can lament all they want about “the American people have spoken” they know very well that it was more so about WHICH American people did the talking this time around.
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I myself dont really see/know the difference between Democrats and Republicans. They are all politicians and will say and do whatever it takes to pass their own or their particular parties agenda off as being “right for the people”…and wind up only being good for themselves and people like them… Maybe someone in the Nation could educate me/us the the clif notes version of the difference
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It this particular case, the stigma, from what I see and hear, as projected by others, is a Black Republican is the closest thing you can get to an “Uncle Tom”…. possibly due to the field in which they play. The Republican Party is primarily white and once you have a black person dwelling or able to dwell in the same arena as whites they are, by default, schucking, jiving, shining shoes, and selling out, or had to do so to get there….maybe…
I would tend to say that the DEMOCRATIC party is primarily white. I think where we’ve been duped is by into thinking that the Democrats in some way are pro-black when they’re not.
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You’re absolutely right. Politiicians will see pros and cons in every situation. They’ve mastered the art of debate. Just like in debate class/ club they’re taught to argue for and against any premise whether they believe in it or not you can still make a valid argument for either side.
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Case in point the argument that voting demonstrates the will of the people. That’s the rallying cry of the GOP no adays right? Well lets go back exactly 10 years when that will of the people aka the popular vote elected Al Gore president. If I remember correctly they weren’t waiving that flag then. Instead singing the song of the will of the Florida Dimple Chads, State Supreme Courts and electoral college. All these people that will follow ANY party at ANY cause are delusional. I think that topic deserves its own post. I feel a rant coming on.
I had no clue about him…thanks for bringing this to my attention. I tend to vote according to issues and not color…
Ok if that indeed is the case why don’t we get so excited about Black Republican accomplishments as we do about Black Democrats? J.C. Watts got NO love. I mean I know why I DON’T. But I’m just pointing out that the general (black) public has been conditioned to fear the Republican. Good job by the Dems I guess. But its an incorrect assumption. Both parties should be feared and if you listen to the Tea Party all government along with it. They’re only there to speak the voice of the people. Black, white, GOP or Dem. Problem is they rarely do.
And if you listen to the Tea Party”
Ni&&a please. The biggest con in this past election is not the Democrats. The biggest con was the idiots who were duped into thinking that the Tea Party is not a part of the Republican Party. The influx of a few blacks is a “Sarah Palin” move. Give dumb voters a few black faces and see if they buy into the lie that the Repubs want diversity. Dems have their problems. But Wall St and Big Oil and Big Defense Contractors are the head at the top of the Republican serpent. And last time I checked, ALL those things are chielfly responsible for this economic mess. The reason this is nothing to get excited about is because Black people are not going to fall for this B.S. He is a token Negro placed there to make the Repubs more marketable. Let’s see how many of the policies he impliments actually help the minorities (black, latino, etc). Or is it that YOU JUAN are one of these minorities who think so poorly of your own that you do not think minorities need much help?