At the risk of being mocked after the election I want to go on the record and state that I think Walker will win GA and you will see a higher than normal support from him in the black community especially among men.
The reason really is Walker has pretty much purchased their votes thru patronage politics. As you may know I am part asian (Philippines) and in some aspects particularly among people who "made it" The filipino and black culture operate along the same lines.
To explain this story let me offer the example of Pacquiao. Some of you may or may not know this but before he became a boxer he was one step above homeless and his family back in the provinces was on the brink of starvation. The only thing that really kept him from being homeless is that bar and pool hall owners sometimes let him sleep inside the business as extra security.
This meant that he got to know a lot of the people around him and possibly got help from them.
As he was succeeding in life they in turn came to him for help and he gave pretty much open handedly. People would even approach his mom for help. This in turn means that when he wanted to run the people he helped automatically supported him no matter what his politics were.
Walker pretty much had the same effect on his local community. You can be a hardcore democrat and disagree with Walker on everything but if you went to him for a handout in the past and he gave it to you just because you were in the same city or town you would be hardpressed to vote against him.
The reason really is Walker has pretty much purchased their votes thru patronage politics. As you may know I am part asian (Philippines) and in some aspects particularly among people who "made it" The filipino and black culture operate along the same lines.
To explain this story let me offer the example of Pacquiao. Some of you may or may not know this but before he became a boxer he was one step above homeless and his family back in the provinces was on the brink of starvation. The only thing that really kept him from being homeless is that bar and pool hall owners sometimes let him sleep inside the business as extra security.
This meant that he got to know a lot of the people around him and possibly got help from them.
As he was succeeding in life they in turn came to him for help and he gave pretty much open handedly. People would even approach his mom for help. This in turn means that when he wanted to run the people he helped automatically supported him no matter what his politics were.
Walker pretty much had the same effect on his local community. You can be a hardcore democrat and disagree with Walker on everything but if you went to him for a handout in the past and he gave it to you just because you were in the same city or town you would be hardpressed to vote against him.
