Christ what am I reading? I really hope the discussion doesn't turn into some kind of "witchhunt" - "blacks voted for Obama! so they're not going to help us"
I actually thought we were starting to get ahead of this (for the record, I'm a "minority", born/raised in Harlem, NY moved out west three years ago)
Why are we discussing "95% of Blacks vote for Obama" angle. And? (I was actually pulling for Dr. Ron Paul and was very disappointed) Anyways, as for the politics of it all:
"So on the one hand, black voters say Obama's race makes no difference to them, and on the other hand, about 9 out of 10 blacks say they will vote for Obama. But the high percentage of the black vote going to Obama is not unusual. Gallup polling estimated that John Kerry received 93% of the black vote in 2004, and Al Gore received 95% in 2000. So it may be that black voters are making the (correct) self-observation that they would be voting for the Democratic candidate regardless of his or her race, meaning that Obama's particular race is not a deciding factor for them."
Source:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/107770/most-say-race-will-factor-their-presidential-vote.aspx
Now, I myself really like Jindal and what he has to say and he said it best when he said:
"If We Want People To Like Us, We Have To Like Them First" - done.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...le_to_like_us_we_have_to_like_them_first.html
It can be said that "minorities" vote for Liberal because to be honest, some republicans are pretty damn scary. Read news online, some of the tea party (yes I know they don't represent all Republicans but they are identified by many as "Republican") interviews are friggin nuts. Outright saying "I won't vote for Obama because I don't want a black man to be president" or "I hate Mexicans because they are dirty stinking animals" {I apologize to any Mexican for writing that, it's BS and I know it, I was just stating what was said}
SOURCE - that's hardcore and resonates with people no matter who the media outlet is that airs it. Very hard to attract minorities to a political party if they think THAT is what the party stands for. That make sense?
- why am I saying this? Because one can't (or shouldn't) go on the attack with the "blacks and minorities usually vote liberal" without first thinking "well, WHY do minorities usually vote liberal?" - goes back to, "If we want people to like us, we have to like them first"
I guess I said that to say, let's not submarine this 2A fight by pointing fingers and casting blame. We gotta get rid of that, in the end it will do none of us any good.
Watch that Jindal clip, very interesting.