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Black America Goes Independent
November 27th, 2007
Well maybe.
Reporting in recent years suggest many younger voting Blacks, especially, are willing to move towards independance or at least move away from self-identification with the Democrats.
I’m a centrist or moderate myself, as far as my political identification, and I vote independently. I think the rest of Black America needs to join me in realizing the Democrats aren’t here for us. We need to stop being the democrat’s ho, having their votes rain, sleet, or snow.
Our marriage to one party, well, we can’t call it a marriage, we’re not an equal or respected partner; our whoredom to one party has cost us dearly over the last 30 years.
Black activist Dr. Lenora Fulani is leading the way for a Black Independent movement, including with a page for Black folk at IndependentVoting.org - Check it out and give it some thought.
What are your thoughts on Black political independence; and what I see as our unwarranted loyalty to the Democratic Party?
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It is about time that Blacks broke away from the Democratic machine. Democrats have always depended on the Black vote, promised Blacks everything, gave us nothing. It is time for a change. Blacks also need to be careful when voting to ensure they are voting for their candidates down the line.
We need to pay special attention to the District Attorneys and Judges. We tend to view just the Presidential candidates, but we need to pay careful attention to all of the candidates. I think each person needs to weigh what the candidate is saying, what we can expect each can realistically deliver, which are downright lying, (and we have quite a few) and what we expect the next president to do. We have suffered greatly under the Bush Administration, we do not need four more years of this.
Barbara, I submit that the local elections may be more important than the presidential election because the policies at the local level effect our lives more directly than national policy in many if not most cases. Local policy tends to determine how national policy is actually applied to you where you live. So I agree with you.
Amen. Democrats and Republicans do nothing more than play Good Cop/Bad Cop. We need parties that are serious about change that won’t take decades manifest. We really can’t afford to continue giving our support to parties that have no interest in catalyzing real improvement in the Black community.
I’m glad you feel me on this Zoe.
You know you conitue to make me like you more and more.
Right on bro. Damn the Demon-cat Party. We’re the Republican Party’s Niggers, but being a Black pet of white Democrats isn’t much more dignified.
George
Yep george, I agree.
Since there is no third party that is going to win the presidential election in 2008, I think Blacks would do well to vote for Barack Obama if they want to demonstrate independence in 2008. A strong vote for Barack Obama is the clearest way to demonstrate that Blacks don’t want to be taken for granted and we want something in exchange - concrete participation - for our votes.
On a local level - city council seats, mayoral elections, Congressional elections - we need and can have radical parties that can achieve success at the ballot box and we should be about organizing that as an alternative to voting for Democratic Party candidates.
Yobachi, I agree that we should vote for the best candidates (national, state or local) and also for those issues on a ballot that make sense for ourselves, our families, our neighborhoods and our communities. That is the essence of a democracy.
The reality is that more often than not the Democratic party (on national level) has brought us candidates and issues that are more in tune with African Americans than the republican party.
The beauty of 2008 is that the best candidate for the POTUS is a brother!
peace, Villager
Actually Francis, there’s a national meeting coming up, of independents who are expected to recruit NY mayor Michael Bloomberg to run, and this is back by half a dozen democratic and republican congress persons.
I’m not particularly interested in Bloomberg, but I don’t know a whole lot about him; so I’m in open-minded territory with him.
Short of that, Obama would be the most party independent vote on the democratic side. Well, actually Kucinich would be the most party-independent vote; but of course he has no chance of winning.
And yes, the local level is where this applies the most right now. If we can get more voters to invest in third parties locally then there is a chance for a third party nationally some day.