BLACK VOTERS URGED TO “KEEP AN OPEN MIND”
|| By FITSNEWS || We received an interesting email this week from Stephen Gilchrist – leader of the S.C. African-American Chamber of Commerce.
Gilchrist was drawing our attention to a missive his organization sent out this week encouraging black voters in South Carolina to “keep an open mind” when considering candidates in state’s 2016 “First in the South” presidential primary.
“In South Carolina we have the first minority and female governor in the state,” Gilchrist said. “We also have … the first black Senator since Reconstruction. Those are some very significant firsts on the Republican side of the aisle that African Americans can no longer just stay silent about.”
Interesting …
Gilchrist isn’t planning on staying silent, either. His group is preparing a questionnaire for each of the 2016 candidates to answer – and plans on disseminating the responses to black voters.
Of the six announced candidates for the GOP presidential nomination, one of them – retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson – is black.
According to 2013 census data, blacks comprise 27.9 percent of the Palmetto State’s population. That’s more than twice the national average of 13.2 percent. As for their voting strength, an estimated 31 percent of the South Carolina electorate is classified as “non-white.” Of course that total includes Hispanic voters, which comprise an estimated 2 percent of the state’s electorate.
Frankly, we see little reason why blacks should consider “Republican” candidates any more or less seriously than they consider Democrats … after all, both parties have done absolutely nothing but hold them (and white voters) back.
Perhaps Gilchrist will send out a follow-up missive encouraging black voters to consider pro-free market, pro-liberty candidates? Because those are the only ones worth a damn, in our estimation …
19 comments
I’m Black Irish. Can I join the group?
Not a snowballs chance in hell more than 6% of black SC voters will vote for a GOP candidate over a Dem candidate. After they read a week’s worth of comments on here, they may reconsider even flirting with GOP candidates. They can make mischief in the GOP Primary however. We’ll see how much rope Village Chief Jim Clyburn gives them on this venture.
Not about the comments on Fits.They just know which party will keep paying for that one way ticket on the perpetual welfare train.
Exactly what the above poster was referring to.
Victimhood pimpin ain’t easy, but it sure is fun!
Most will choose not to become more informed and will continue to vote exactly how their pastors tell them to.
Coon.
That’s an inciteful comment.
I think the term this halfwit was looking for is Uncle Tom.
When does the SC European-American Chamber of Commerce meet?
And these people complain because they don’t feel included.
Didn’t you get the memo, any organization not preceded by “Black” or “African American” is exclusively for whites. At least in the crippled minds of liberals.
Did you read the article or am I talking to the same person over and over again? If so, let me repost:
“Frankly, we see little reason why blacks should consider “Republican” candidates any more or less seriously than they consider Democrats … after all, both parties have done absolutely nothing but hold them (and white voters) back.”
If it has nothing to do with race then why paint it Republican v. Democrat v. Libertarian v. Independent et. al.
Folks read between the lines, this is political manipulation.
Does this mean FITS will now “LIKE” Republicans??…or does he have to refer to what the cast of Mississippi Burning has to say about it….???….LMAO….
I don’t understand how Forest Lake CC membership can be so openly despised while membership in the African-Americam Chamber can be considered so OK by the mainstream media. Why is that? Sure, one can launch a diatribe about how FLCC doesn’t allow blacks while the AA Chamber doesn’t disallow white membership (though my understanding is that FLCC has no official discrimination policy). But seriously, their allowing white membership bears a striking resemblance to Maurice’s Piggy Park allowing black customers. In other, just hold your nose while realizing that your dollars are going to support “them”. I hate equality double standards!!
The black bourgeoisie is just as generally clueless as the average Rotary chapter membership, that is the white bourgeoisie.
These honkeys never complain about the Polish-American Clubs or the Scottish-American “clans.” Only about black organizations.
Apples to Oranges. I’d not complain about a Zulu-African or a Kenyan-African club either. And frankly, I really don’t give a rat’s a$$ if they want their black chamber, Caucus, beauty pageant, college, etc, etc. However, to my logic, they should realize that by doing so that other singular ethnic groups such as Asians, Hispanics, and yes, even Whites, get to have their own exclusionary organizations as well without a fear of racial discrimination charges. (And no, the general organizations of our society are not even close to being white only organization.) In other words, the “separate but equal” world that so many blacks ironically want to in nowadays.
This really isn’t a black and white issue. It is an issue of people and the life we want to live. To paint it black, white or any other race, is not American. Seriously, because we have a higher rate of blacks in SC they should get on board with this? Talk about division.
Blacks, Indians, White, Latino, and Asian etc, can all make choices based on policy, not race. This is a horribly ridiculous attempt to manipulate and spread hate.
and let me add to that the ridiculous comment, “Frankly, we see little reason why blacks should consider “Republican” candidates any more or less seriously than they consider Democrats … after all, both parties have done absolutely nothing but hold them (and white voters) back.”
If it has nothing to do with race then why paint it Republican v. Democrat v. Libertarian v. Independent et. al.
Folks read between the lines, this is political manipulation.