cawacko
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nothing here Desh?
congressional black caucus just endorsed hillary clinton
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nothing here Desh?
evince
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in what post lie bot
cawacko
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Hillary Clinton has 466 endorsement points, Bernie Sanders has two. So how are so many people voting for Bernie so far?
Donald Trump has zero Republican endorsements. Should no Republican voters vote for him then?
Rubio is the Republican leader for endorsement points. How come he's not winning?
Donald Trump has zero Republican endorsements. Should no Republican voters vote for him then?
Rubio is the Republican leader for endorsement points. How come he's not winning?
The question is why do blacks continue to live on the democrat plantations!
Black History Month honors the achievements of African-Americans throughout history, and that is a good thing. Unfortunately, a reliance on family and faith, which allowed many African-Americans to survive the horrors of Reconstruction, racial injustice and violent acts of discrimination, has become a casualty of the modern welfare state, which has contributed to the destruction of family cohesion, supplanted faith in God with faith in government and fashioned many African-Americans into a Democratic voting bloc that has not improved the lot of the impoverished.
While African-American history is important, the way it is most often presented through a liberal political lens skews the contributions and examples of African-Americans who do not toe the liberal line. One especially sees this in the civil-rights establishment’s response to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and more recently to Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.
West took to the floor of the House last week to praise what he called the Republican Party’s contributions to civil rights. It is a history practically unknown among many African-Americans, who have been taught that Republicans are racist and care nothing about black empowerment. When examples to the contrary are presented to them, they often call white Republicans disparaging names and vilify black Republicans as insufficiently black.
The Republican Party, not the Democratic Party, West asserted, has consistently fought for individual freedom over the past 150 years. He said Democratic “handouts” to the poor have resulted in a “modern form of slavery.” Republicans, he said, “reject the idea of the safety net becoming a hammock.”
West noted that following Republican Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Republicans supported the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which ended slavery, provided for equal protection under the law and gave voting rights to blacks.
West added, “It was the Republican-controlled 39th Congress that established the Buffalo Soldiers,” an African-American regiment of the U.S. Army, and that it was President Ulysses S. Grant who signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Republican Calvin Coolidge spoke out in favor of civil rights. The late Republican Congressman Jack Kemp promoted “enterprise zones” in depressed urban neighborhoods.
Republican George W. Bush, West said, “signed an omnibus bill that included a voucher program for school children,” establishing school choice in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama announced there would be no new funding for the program in his current budget, even though it’s enormously popular with poor African-American parents, who see school choice as fundamental to their children’s success. Apparently, the president favors teachers unions over poor schoolchildren.
More history: The Ku Klux Klan was founded by a group of Southern Democrats; white Democratic politicians in the South tried to derail civil-rights legislation; white Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace stood in a schoolhouse door to keep African-American students out; the late West Virginia Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd was a former member of the KKK. Byrd eventually recanted his racist beliefs.
West’s point is that those Democrats who claim to care so much for African-Americans have done them a disservice by perpetuating the myth of Republican racism and addicting too many of them to a government check instead of liberating them through education and strong families.
According to a study by The Heritage Foundation, published in Investor’s Business Daily, “The American public’s dependence on the federal government shot up 23 percent in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program.” That involves money for housing, health, welfare, education and other programs that were “traditionally provided to needy people by local organizations and families.”
Of course, African-Americans are not the only group represented in this number — there are poor Hispanics, poor whites, etc. And certainly not all vote Democratic. The fact is, more and more Americans are finding themselves relying on government. In many cases, they would work if there was work to be had; they would succeed if the road to success were a viable option.
The question for African-Americans, however, particularly during Black History Month, is not about history at all. The question is: “Are better you off than you were 40 years ago?” By any objective measure, the answer for too many is “no.” That was West’s point. No wonder the liberal establishment wants to redistrict him out of Congress.
Cal Thomas writes for Tribune Media Services.
Black History Month honors the achievements of African-Americans throughout history, and that is a good thing. Unfortunately, a reliance on family and faith, which allowed many African-Americans to survive the horrors of Reconstruction, racial injustice and violent acts of discrimination, has become a casualty of the modern welfare state, which has contributed to the destruction of family cohesion, supplanted faith in God with faith in government and fashioned many African-Americans into a Democratic voting bloc that has not improved the lot of the impoverished.
While African-American history is important, the way it is most often presented through a liberal political lens skews the contributions and examples of African-Americans who do not toe the liberal line. One especially sees this in the civil-rights establishment’s response to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and more recently to Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.
West took to the floor of the House last week to praise what he called the Republican Party’s contributions to civil rights. It is a history practically unknown among many African-Americans, who have been taught that Republicans are racist and care nothing about black empowerment. When examples to the contrary are presented to them, they often call white Republicans disparaging names and vilify black Republicans as insufficiently black.
The Republican Party, not the Democratic Party, West asserted, has consistently fought for individual freedom over the past 150 years. He said Democratic “handouts” to the poor have resulted in a “modern form of slavery.” Republicans, he said, “reject the idea of the safety net becoming a hammock.”
West noted that following Republican Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Republicans supported the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which ended slavery, provided for equal protection under the law and gave voting rights to blacks.
West added, “It was the Republican-controlled 39th Congress that established the Buffalo Soldiers,” an African-American regiment of the U.S. Army, and that it was President Ulysses S. Grant who signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Republican Calvin Coolidge spoke out in favor of civil rights. The late Republican Congressman Jack Kemp promoted “enterprise zones” in depressed urban neighborhoods.
Republican George W. Bush, West said, “signed an omnibus bill that included a voucher program for school children,” establishing school choice in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama announced there would be no new funding for the program in his current budget, even though it’s enormously popular with poor African-American parents, who see school choice as fundamental to their children’s success. Apparently, the president favors teachers unions over poor schoolchildren.
More history: The Ku Klux Klan was founded by a group of Southern Democrats; white Democratic politicians in the South tried to derail civil-rights legislation; white Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace stood in a schoolhouse door to keep African-American students out; the late West Virginia Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd was a former member of the KKK. Byrd eventually recanted his racist beliefs.
West’s point is that those Democrats who claim to care so much for African-Americans have done them a disservice by perpetuating the myth of Republican racism and addicting too many of them to a government check instead of liberating them through education and strong families.
According to a study by The Heritage Foundation, published in Investor’s Business Daily, “The American public’s dependence on the federal government shot up 23 percent in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program.” That involves money for housing, health, welfare, education and other programs that were “traditionally provided to needy people by local organizations and families.”
Of course, African-Americans are not the only group represented in this number — there are poor Hispanics, poor whites, etc. And certainly not all vote Democratic. The fact is, more and more Americans are finding themselves relying on government. In many cases, they would work if there was work to be had; they would succeed if the road to success were a viable option.
The question for African-Americans, however, particularly during Black History Month, is not about history at all. The question is: “Are better you off than you were 40 years ago?” By any objective measure, the answer for too many is “no.” That was West’s point. No wonder the liberal establishment wants to redistrict him out of Congress.
Cal Thomas writes for Tribune Media Services.
cawacko
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lol, you don't even know who he is. You think the CBC is the only black endorsement that counts. Funny.
cawacko
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LOL, what?
cawacko
Well-known member
Interesting but not surprising that Desh leaves this part out which completely kills her 'this is what the people want' meme.
Hillary Clinton Endorsed By Congressional Black Caucus's Corporate-Backed Political Arm
The political action committee of the Congressional Black Caucus announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Thursday, giving the former secretary of state a potential boost in her bid to win over the African-American electorate in South Carolina and other coming primary states. The endorsement, however, quickly became a flashpoint, as one prominent congressman alleged that the group’s leadership did not consult fellow caucus members about the decision.
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who has endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, noted that the Congressional Black Caucus itself has not issued a presidential endorsement, and asserted that the CBC's separate PAC “endorsed without input from CBC membership, including me.” As documented by the Intercept and the Street, Clinton has secured wide backing from Washington-based political groups who do not permit their rank-and-file membership to vote on presidential endorsements, while Sanders has secured the backing of groups that do allow members to vote.
In recent years, the 46-member Congressional Black Caucus has become a force within the Democratic Party, with key members working to undermine President Barack Obama’s Wall Street regulations, which Clinton has said she supports. In a 2014 report, the Huffington Post reported that some of the group’s lawmakers “pushed for a host of seemingly arcane measures that would undermine Dodd-Frank's rules on financial derivatives, the complex contracts at the heart of the 2008 meltdown.” The Intercept reported that some of the group's members played a key role in pushing legislation attempting to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from "crack[ing] down on racial discrimination in auto lending that costs individual African-American and Hispanic consumers hundreds of dollars."
According to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, the CBC PAC that is endorsing Clinton is financed in part by contributions from political action committees linked to a host of major corporations with business before the next presidential administration.
During the last two election cycles, the group received donations from pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck and Amgen; consumer goods companies Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Walmart; and Wall Street banks and trade groups including the Mortgage Bankers Association, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and UBS — the latter a Clinton Foundation donor that she aided as secretary of state, according to the Wall Street Journal. In 2010, the New York Times reported that "cigarette companies, Internet poker operators, beer brewers and the rent-to-own industry" were among companies that made major contributions to the CBC's separate foundation. The Times said the money was used to fund conventions where “lobbyists and executives who give to caucus charities get to mingle with lawmakers.”
Announcing the CBC PAC’s endorsement of Clinton, CBC Chairman G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., derided young voters for supporting Sanders’ campaign. “Mrs. Clinton and others are going to challenge the message by suggesting that it is unrealistic to believe that we can accomplish all of the things that Senator Sanders proposes,” he said.
Clinton released a statement thanking the CBC PAC for its endorsement. "The CBC PAC knows we need to elect at president who can take on all parts of the job and build on the progress we've made under President Obama — not let it get ripped away."
In advance of the CBC PAC endorsement, Clinton’s campaign held a conference call for reporters with black leaders who have endorsed her. They argued that despite Sanders’ strong civil rights voting record, his marching for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., his arrest for protesting segregation and his long crusade against economic inequality, he has not been an ally of the black community. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Sanders “has been missing in action on issues that are important to African-Americans.”
The criticism came as Sanders met with the Rev. Al Sharpton — who did not endorse anyone — in New York Wednesday and was endorsed by legendary singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...onal-black-caucuss-corporate-backed-political
Hillary Clinton Endorsed By Congressional Black Caucus's Corporate-Backed Political Arm
The political action committee of the Congressional Black Caucus announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Thursday, giving the former secretary of state a potential boost in her bid to win over the African-American electorate in South Carolina and other coming primary states. The endorsement, however, quickly became a flashpoint, as one prominent congressman alleged that the group’s leadership did not consult fellow caucus members about the decision.
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who has endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, noted that the Congressional Black Caucus itself has not issued a presidential endorsement, and asserted that the CBC's separate PAC “endorsed without input from CBC membership, including me.” As documented by the Intercept and the Street, Clinton has secured wide backing from Washington-based political groups who do not permit their rank-and-file membership to vote on presidential endorsements, while Sanders has secured the backing of groups that do allow members to vote.
In recent years, the 46-member Congressional Black Caucus has become a force within the Democratic Party, with key members working to undermine President Barack Obama’s Wall Street regulations, which Clinton has said she supports. In a 2014 report, the Huffington Post reported that some of the group’s lawmakers “pushed for a host of seemingly arcane measures that would undermine Dodd-Frank's rules on financial derivatives, the complex contracts at the heart of the 2008 meltdown.” The Intercept reported that some of the group's members played a key role in pushing legislation attempting to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from "crack[ing] down on racial discrimination in auto lending that costs individual African-American and Hispanic consumers hundreds of dollars."
According to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, the CBC PAC that is endorsing Clinton is financed in part by contributions from political action committees linked to a host of major corporations with business before the next presidential administration.
During the last two election cycles, the group received donations from pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck and Amgen; consumer goods companies Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Walmart; and Wall Street banks and trade groups including the Mortgage Bankers Association, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and UBS — the latter a Clinton Foundation donor that she aided as secretary of state, according to the Wall Street Journal. In 2010, the New York Times reported that "cigarette companies, Internet poker operators, beer brewers and the rent-to-own industry" were among companies that made major contributions to the CBC's separate foundation. The Times said the money was used to fund conventions where “lobbyists and executives who give to caucus charities get to mingle with lawmakers.”
Announcing the CBC PAC’s endorsement of Clinton, CBC Chairman G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., derided young voters for supporting Sanders’ campaign. “Mrs. Clinton and others are going to challenge the message by suggesting that it is unrealistic to believe that we can accomplish all of the things that Senator Sanders proposes,” he said.
Clinton released a statement thanking the CBC PAC for its endorsement. "The CBC PAC knows we need to elect at president who can take on all parts of the job and build on the progress we've made under President Obama — not let it get ripped away."
In advance of the CBC PAC endorsement, Clinton’s campaign held a conference call for reporters with black leaders who have endorsed her. They argued that despite Sanders’ strong civil rights voting record, his marching for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., his arrest for protesting segregation and his long crusade against economic inequality, he has not been an ally of the black community. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Sanders “has been missing in action on issues that are important to African-Americans.”
The criticism came as Sanders met with the Rev. Al Sharpton — who did not endorse anyone — in New York Wednesday and was endorsed by legendary singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...onal-black-caucuss-corporate-backed-political
cawacko
Well-known member
Who knew black voters voted on PAC's. As a white voter I don't know if I've ever had a chance to vote for a PAC.
As Congressional Black Caucus PAC Prepares to Back Clinton, Barbara Lee Withholds Endorsement
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/11/as_congressional_black_caucus_pac_prepares
christiefan915
Catalyst
Are you saying the CBC is corrupt?
of course the cbc is bought and paid for you dummies. Do you morons think it is a coincidence they decided to throw their support behind hillary immediately after new hampshire? That was just an accident? The whole thing is coordinated. Clintons campaign told them to wait.
Cancel 2016.2
The Almighty
are you really struggling with what I wrote? Yes... the CBC is corrupt... like pretty much every other political group in DC. I doubt there is an honest one in the entire region.