Blacks Voting Republican

I am not going to say that some of my best friends are Black, but I will say that I attended an HBC, and I taught at a school that was 95% Black. For these reasons, I had the opportunity to talk politics with many Black people. I certainly am not claiming to be an expert on African-American voting habits, but this is what I learned.

When Bush was running for his second term, I was amazed to discover how many Black teachers were voting for him. Why? Only one reason given: abortion.

The people I talked with were devout Christians who attended church regularly, and they decided, through the guidance of their churches, that abortion should not be legal. They believed in the life at conception; therefore, to them, abortion was ending a life.

One teacher was wary of Bush and even said: "I sure hope he surrounds himself with intelligent advisers, because he is not very bright." But, she intended to vote for him anyway.

These voters were voting for a party that didn't even want them to be part of it. They were voting with Red states where the Confederacy is celebrated and the Confederate flag is still displayed.

Abortion is a medical issue and has no place in politics. But, there it is. Health Care Reform was delayed because of it. When all else seems to be failing for Republicans, the abortion card is thrown out on the table. Shouting, "Baby-killer" will get the anti-abortion people to grab their Bibles & their pitchforks and right-wing politicians know it.

But just as Cheney supports Gays, because his daughter is Gay, I all ways wonder how many of these Right Wingers would support an abortion for their daughter were she to become pregnant by an African-American. Yea, I said it, and I hope that Black voters, who vote on this one issue, will think about it too.

Terror & POTUS Response.........

It amazes me that the GOP actually wants to bring up the proper response from POTUS to terror.

I remember standing in the office of the school on 9/11. It was my lunch-duty time, but I was hypnotized by the events on the tv. I couldn't move; there were about 10 of us standing there. And I still remember my first thoughts. How could this happen? What about the CIA or the FBI or the Air Traffic Controllers or somebody who was supposed to keep this from happening.

My next very clear thought was this: Why isn't the President coming on tv to make a quick announcement or something..........say something.............tell us something.

All the information on tv was speculation, and most of the televised programming that whole day was taken by individuals with cameras.

Now I know that Bush was at a school and became paralyzed with stupidity or something, because he took a while to leave and then was flown across the county, back and forth, as some sort of protection for him.

But the rest of us were confused and scared and had no leader to reassure us.

I will say Bush did good when he went out to ground zero and stood with the firefighters; I have to admit I kinda liked him for that one minute, but he failed so miserably with all of his responses to terrorism. Remember his great words of wisdom: Go Shopping or the terrorists win.

So I am thinking that is what is more "normal" for the GOP critics. President Obama would have to lower his bar. He would have to wait 6 days to mention a thwarted attack; he must use the words terrorist and war and maybe put on a nice flag pin for good measure.