PRESIDENT TRUMP PROVES TO BE WORTH THE GAMBLE FOR BLACKS…

It was on several occasions throughout the 2016 presidential campaign that I remember then candidate Trump asking black voters what it was that they had to lose by voting for him.  He asked what it was that the Democrats had done for them that deserved their continuing loyalty.  And he asked if their lives had gotten appreciably better after voting Democrat for decades.  Well it’s just a little over two short years later and what we’re seeing is that blacks had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Because, you see, it’s another fact that’s in stark contrast to the ‘fake news’ message that continues to be used in an attempt to convince the American people that the Trump presidency somehow hurts minorities.  But if one took the time to look beyond all of the noise one would quickly find out that nothing could be further from the truth. You see, since 2017 all, yes ALL, minorities in America have seen significant gains in employment and wages regardless of gender or socio-economic background.

The conditions of minority communities have improved so much since the presidency of Barry ‘O’ it should stun anyone who bothers to take a moment to learn about that improvement.  It’s why the president’s support among minority voters is at historic highs for a Republican president of the modern era.  President Trump is rewriting the political landscape in real time even as the ‘fake news’ media continues to claim differently.  To them the president is nothing but a racist who hates all black folks.  

But despite all of the drivel coming from those in ‘fake news’ it’s the improvements for those in the Black community that have, quite possibly, been the most dramatic of all during the Trump presidency, given how dire life was for them during the eight year reign of Barry ‘O’.  During that time Black unemployment spiked to truly depressing levels.  And yet, even with a black man in the White House, conditions only managed to get worse, will little interest in trying to make things any better.

I’m sure there are those who remember how the first two years of the Barry’s presidency were especially bad for Black families when Black unemployment reached nearly 18% and didn’t start to significantly improve until Republicans took control of Congress and slowed the centralized government madness that was the hallmark of the Obama era.  And despite all the “experts” warning after Trump won the White House in 2016 that the economy would plummet the opposite has been true.

You’d have to be blind not to recognize the fact, in spite of the all the ‘fake news’ being pumped out on a daily basis, that our economy continues to strengthen and that it is minority America that is benefitting the most.  As of right now Black unemployment is at an all-time low and wage growth is improving as well. And it was President Trump that did that, not Barry ‘O’, our first black president.  Although it has been a number of times that Barry has done his best to take all the credit.

And what of the justice system reform that has been initiated by President Trump? For years DC politicians have been campaigning on the issue of sentencing and prison reform, calling it unfairly biased toward minorities, particularly Black Americans. Nothing was done about it though, until Mr. Trump.  Within months real justice reform became a reality and yet few would know that because the ‘fake news’ media did so little reporting on it.  President Trump made that reform a reality, NOT Barry.

It’s the simple truth that very American, regardless of skin color, has a choice of how best to deal with what has become an onslaught of ‘fake news’ from our media types. You can believe what is fed to you or you can question it and seek out the truth.  The futures of tens of millions of minority Americans all across the country are shining brighter right now than they ever have and President Trump should be applauded for that, not vilified.  He has truly proven himself to be America’s President.

THE GOP AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY...

To continue to make the claim that the Republican Party somehow deserted the black community, is to purposely distort, or ignore, historical fact in an attempt to convince blacks of the importance of remaining loyal Democrats. Because that’s not exactly what took place. What really happened, is that blacks were, in a way, lured into leaving the GOP by a Democrat Party who had essentially run out of options in their effort to keep black participation in the political process to an absolute minimum. With the passage in 1964 of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act, primarily because of Republican support, Democrats had to figure out a way to 'convince' blacks that the Democrat Party was their only hope of achieving equality.

And as we now know blacks took the bait, hook, line and sinker and have been, very firmly, entrenched on the Democrat plantation ever since. So chalk one up for LBJ. And the result of they're decision was that they effectively chose to sell their collective soul to the Democrat Party in exchange for being made to be on the receiving of all manner of taxpayer subsidized goodies dispensed to them by the government. And all that is asked from them in return was that they vote for Democrats in every election. And they always do, even going to far as to actually brag about it, failing completely to recognize the fact that they're being played. And you listen to these people go on and on about they're pathetic lives and then watch as they vote for the ones responsible.

I remember being told many times as a kid how whenever it was that I found myself in some manner of trouble, that I had made my bed and now I'd have to lie in it. Well, that's pretty much how I feel whenever I hear blacks whining, incessantly, about whatever misfortune it is that has befallen them. They're the ones who made, and continue to make, the very conscious decision to strive for the mediocre. They are, essentially, their own worst enemy. They chose to become dependent on the government, no one was there holding a gun to their head. And I'll tell ya, if these folks are so insistent upon being able to blame someone for their plight, they really need look no further than the nearest mirror. That face lookin back at them is the only culprit!

Ironically their decision to hitch their wagon to the Democrat Party has made them allies of the same political party, not only, of slavery, segregation and Jim Crow, but of the very same party of those who made up the majority of members of the Ku Klux Klan. And for what, exactly? The truth is these people don't want what the Republican Party is offering because it would require a little effort on their part and a willingness to be more responsible for their own actions. They enjoy this whole 'victim' thing that they have going. They've been playing the slavery card now for over 140 years, wouldn't you think that the time had finally come to give it a rest? I mean, after all, blacks aren't the only group to ever find themselves on the receiving end of slavery.

Let's face it, blacks are the only ones capable of deciding how best to improve their lives. I mean it doesn't take brain surgeon to recognize who or what has been behind the rapid decline of the black community, and on so many different levels. It's been their unyielding allegiance to the Democrat Party. And if they're too blind to see that, or too stupid to figure that out then, quite frankly, I have no sympathy. But unfortunately what that also means is that I'm stuck in the unenviable position of having to continue subsidizing their lifestyle. A lifestyle that is essentially a dead-end for them and is becoming more and more of a financial burden on me! But none of that really seems to matter very little to any of them.

And another thing, I think we need to get back to that place were we can all look upon each other as Americans and not as hyphenated Americans. We need to think of ourselves not as African-Americans or Hispanic-Americans or any another sub group of Americans. Because. I'll tell ya folks, we're all in this thing together, and either we're all Americans or we’re not. It's just that simple. Our country is spiraling out of control and the deck is coming up awfully fast to meet us. We have to stop allowing politicians to separate us and encouraging us to fight amongst ourselves. No one wins in that little scenario except the politicians. These's simply too much at stake. It has to be 'all of us' presenting a united front and going up against those in power.

And one last thing here, the sense of entitlement that now has such a grip on the black community, and that borders on belligerence, has gotten seriously out of control. And it is something that's going to have to be reeled in a little if there is to be any hope of saving things. The money is now gone, and the saving of our country is now up to us, ALL of us. We have to convince those in government that we are all mad as Hell and we're not going to take it anymore. We're going to ignore their efforts to set fighting with ourselves as we, at the same time, set about fighting what it is that they are trying to do to our country. Because there is no way on God's green Earth that will be able to continue on our present course, which is straight down.

And I'll tell ya something else, before blacks are going to be able to make any significant progress in the improvement of their own lives, they would need to first develop an actual love for this country and for the freedoms that it guarantees. They would then need to realize that a massive and all-powerful government is NOT what's in the best interest of anybody, including themselves. That it does nothing other than attempt to smother the freedom and liberty of the individual. And here's quite possibly the toughest thing of all, they would need to put what's best for their country above what's best for them. Because without a truly free America, nothing else really matters. If America dies, freedom dies with it! For EVERYBODY!

HYPOCRISY AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY...

Further proof of the hypocrisy that seems to run pretty deep in the black community comes to us now in the form of a new poll which was recently commissioned by Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder Bob Johnson and conducted by Zogby. What the poll shows us that 55 percent of African-American adults do not agree with the LGBT community’s claim that gay rights are the same as civil rights for blacks. And yet the folks that blacks continue to insist upon voting for do not agree with them on this issue. Democrats view the 'struggle' of gays to be the equal of the civil rights struggle experienced by blacks. But the holding of such an opinion seems to have very little impact when it comes to voting patterns of those in the black community. They continue to be very firmly entrenched in their commitment to voting for Democrat candidates, no matter what.

"There weren’t any real surprises. On the issue of gay rights, African-Americans are far more conservative on that issue than I think the general population, so that wasn’t a surprise," Johnson, who is also founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, said Tuesday at the National Press Club when asked what findings surprised him most. "We had another question that we … didn’t put in the speech: Did African-Americans believe that gay rights are the same as equal rights for African-Americans, and surprisingly they shared the view that gays can make the argument that their rights are tantamount to African-Americans, equal with civil rights," Johnson, who is also founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, said Tuesday at the National Press Club when asked what findings surprised him most. But his claim isn't actually supported by the poll's results.

Johnson’s remark on gay rights seems to contradict the section of his own poll on equal rights for gays, which actually found that in fact, 55 percent of those surveyed said no when asked, "Do you believe that equal rights for gays are the same as equal rights for African Americans." In contrast, only 28 percent said yes. That’s almost two to one who said that equal rights for the gay community is no the same as equal rights for blacks. However, respondents were basically split on the issue of gay marriage. When asked, "Do you believe marriage should be restricted to between a man and a woman or do you believe that persons of the same sex should be allowed to marry and receive similar benefits as heterosexual couples," 42 percent said marriage should be between a man and woman, while 40 percent said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry with benefits.

Respondents were also asked: "Do you believe ministers who oppose homosexuality, including the rights of gays and lesbians to marry are right, wrong, or no opinion." A majority of respondents (35 percent) had no opinion, but 34 percent said ministers were right to oppose homosexuality and gay marriage, and 31 percent said ministers were wrong. While the gap has most definitely narrowed over time, the majority opinion would seem to be the complete opposite of the position held by the Democrat Party, the party that remains the favorite of the vast majority of blacks. Hence my rationale for accusing the black community of hypocrisy. I'm not sure how else to say it. If you are voting for candidates who do not support your values or your positions on issues that are important to you, what else can you call it but being a hypocrite? Seems pretty cut and dried to me.

And I'm constantly hearing about how it is that the Republican Party needs to do more to entice minorities to join its ranks. How it needs to be a 'big tent' party. But I disagree. Blacks continue to place their need for a government check above all else, and until THEY decide to vote for those who actually support their views on such things education, the family, and gay marriage, there is nothing that we can do as Republicans that will convince them to come over to our side. It should be quite obvious to even the dimmest of bulbs that the Democrat Party has been the most destructive entity to ever hit the black community. And yet, blacks remain blindly obedient to the party. They have essentially enslaved themselves to a party that seeks only to prevent them from improving their lives. All we can do, as Republicans, is to present blacks with a viable option, the rest is up to them.