Audio: National Black Republican Association radio ad rips Democrats
posted at 3:57 pm on September 21, 2006 by Allahpundit
Unfair and “unhelpful,” but as a means of giving the left the barest taste of its own racially demagogic medicine, it’s pure gold.
Clearly some right-winger’s face will have to have minstrel makeup photoshopped onto it in retaliation. But whose? Michael Steele’s the obvious candidate, but he’s condemned the ad. May I suggest Johnny Triangles? His post today about being patronized by white liberals was awfully “uppity,” and if there’s one thing our friends at firedoglake don’t like, it’s brown-skinned people who don’t respect their “betters.”
Seriously, though — great post, Johnny. Very … articulate.
Steele’s up 1 in Maryland, by the way. No cross-burnings yet, thank god, but if his lead opens up any further DUers might have to “get tough.”
Bonus poll update: I thought Bush’s bounce was a bubble, but maybe not. A new LA Times poll taken between Saturday and Tuesday has him at 44%, same as the USA Today/Gallup poll from a few days that I pronounced a fluke. Glad to be wrong.
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Holy crap that was awsome.
venmax on September 21, 2006 at 4:09 PM
A buddy O’Mine is the president of the black pubbie club in Miami. You should hear him go on and on about the democrat plantation. It’s a wonderful thing to hear somebody talk so passionately about something and actually know what they’re talkin’ about, unlike our lefty friends who spout off whatever they read in the talking points memo that day.
Tony737 on September 21, 2006 at 4:10 PM
It’s great that the Republican candidate in liberal Maryland is up 61-37 among Hispanics. What is even more interesting is that Steele has taken a tough approach to enforcing the border. Democrats must be frightened about what is going on in Maryland.
januarius on September 21, 2006 at 4:22 PM
I have always said the only difference between Je$$e and Gotti was that Gotti was in jail.
Wil on September 21, 2006 at 4:31 PM
We’ve got a box of Oreos with your name on it, Steele, and we’re not afraid to use it.
a4g on September 21, 2006 at 4:40 PM
Um, as far as the facts presented in that ad, they are true and easily verifiable (e.g., Bull Connor actually was a democrat). I don’t understand what is quite so terrible about it, but I guess since it exposes the long truth about the racist past of the democratic party it’s somehow off limits and Republicans must “take the high road” (read: not expose the democratic charade going on for decades now).
thirteen28 on September 21, 2006 at 4:49 PM
Conspiracy Brother: Name one thing the Republican party
has done for black people. One!
Smart Brother: Well, they were the party of Lincoln. They stood against the tyranny of oppression by leading the call for the Civil War, and forced passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves.
Conspiracy Brother: (PAUSES) All right,
name two things they’ve done… recently!
frankj on September 21, 2006 at 4:50 PM
No way, dude. Not gonna happen. White people simply won’t vote for a black guy and black people won’t vote for a Republican unless they’re stupid race traitor black people.
At least that’s what Steve Gilliard told me, and he knows exactly how black people think, which us white people don’t. Also, he knows exactly how white people think, and we don’t, though I’m not too clear on how that happened.
So, bottom line: Only self-hating Uncle Tom wannabe blacks will vote for him, and how many of those can there be? Maybe he can get some Mexicans too, but I’m not sure on that. I’ll have to check with my man Gill and see if he knows how our Latin comrades think too. Or maybe O-Dub has that covered. I dunno.
/yep. it’s sarcasm.
Pablo on September 21, 2006 at 4:57 PM
Pablo, heh.
I think the ad is important for one particular reason. It puts the left on the defensive, and draws out the kinds of statements that we would never hear otherwise.
“No, King was non-partisan, he wasn’t a Republican.” Ever hear that one before?
“We don’t know that the KKK was started by Democrats; we’ve never endorsed them or their actions.” Heh. Everyone knows the Klan was all Dems; that’s all there was in the south.
With these more reasonable statements on record, the dialogue shifts into a much more neutral and favorable tenor for conservatives, instead of the usual CNN/NPR ‘conservatives are racists’ BS.
Jaibones on September 21, 2006 at 5:04 PM
And in fact, the senator in the democratic party with the most seniority if a former kleagle in the Klan. Someone you may be familar with wrote about him once.
thirteen28 on September 21, 2006 at 5:10 PM
BRILLIANT SIMPLY BRILLIANT.
Hey I’m Black and I LOVED THE SPOT! Why did Steele disavow it? Does anybody know? The only thing that was new info for me, was King being a Republican, I didn’t know that. Does anyone know whether this is true. I see, in the refutation of the ad they say there is no evidence of it and that King was “non-partisan”. While I find it hard to believe that ANYONE calling themselves a minister of Jesus Christ could possibly support the Dems, considering all they stand for, they were considerably less vile in the sixties, sans firehose of course. LOL.
Then again they also refuted the KKK thing with some strange logic, stating the KKK itself was never a political party, when I think the argument is that it was populated by Southern Dems, so they are trying to shade this spot in the negative just a bit. If anyone knows about King’s political party please respond, thanks.
Soothsayer on September 21, 2006 at 5:12 PM
Rasmussen continues to show Bush back at 40%, but since he predicted that would happen I am not surprised.
DannoJyd on September 21, 2006 at 5:17 PM
Soothsayer,
No idea, but a thought. They place this ad, Steele comes out all “hey, let’s not be all uppity and righteous; that’s not helpful…”, and whitey in Maryland puts down his Blatz and pork rinds and says “you know, this Steele guy might be ok!”
Positively Rovian…
Jaibones on September 21, 2006 at 5:20 PM
It takes a plantation…
SilverStar830 on September 21, 2006 at 5:22 PM
Actually, Maryland is a border state…
Maybe the illegal aliens will vote Steele!
Pablo on September 21, 2006 at 5:27 PM
I’d like to see more of John McWhorter. From what I’ve seen, he’s a smart guy.
mikeyboss on September 21, 2006 at 5:37 PM
I’m mystified as to how this ad is unfair, and it’s only unhelpful because most Democrats either won’t listen to it, or won’t do the research to verify it. Instead, they will simply listen to the Democratic leaders that are sure to attack it as full of lies, and they will simply accept what they say as gospel.
Gregor on September 21, 2006 at 5:47 PM
With my republican-ness and blackness admitted for full disclosure’s sake, I don’t see anything wrong with the ad.
baldilocks on September 21, 2006 at 6:57 PM
If you want to see more of John McWhorter, try one of his books, especially Losing The Race, That’s a great one.
The reason I hate the black ad is that it’s selling the Republican party to blacks but on liberal values. It’s telling you to vote Republican because they supported affirmative action and minimum wage laws. Why not just add that they’ve grown entitlements too. If we’re going to sell the Republican party based on how similar to the Democratic party it’s become, what’s the point of telling people to vote Republican? In that way I feel the ad is unhelpful, because it sells the Republican party but not actual conservatism.
- Johnny Triangles
T. on September 21, 2006 at 7:01 PM
Am I the only one that thinks it’s just flat out silly to care what the Republicans did in the 1800′s?
Talk about patronizing. Hey, if you people knew Lincoln’s party affiliation, you’d quit voting for the Democrats!
Maybe it’s just me…
MamaAJ on September 21, 2006 at 7:54 PM
I like that it shatters the illusion of the Democrats being champions of black people when the history says otherwise. I’m not all that bothered by the liberalism of some of what’s noted in the ad. But I love you being to the right of me, Johnny T. We may right this ship yet, huh?
God Bless America and those who love her.
Pablo on September 21, 2006 at 8:02 PM
On the “Bonus Poll Update” sub-topic, I love Victor Davis Hanson. Encouraging.
And…this was before Ahmadinejad and Chavez came to town:
Entelechy on September 21, 2006 at 8:58 PM
Possible November cheer for the GOP in Maryland…
Entelechy on September 21, 2006 at 9:01 PM
Goofed up the link, above…cheer for the GOP in Maryland…
Entelechy on September 21, 2006 at 9:03 PM
Girl, drop that Oreo and ya’ll vote Republican.
How did they miss mentioning Byrd?
Hening on September 21, 2006 at 9:47 PM
I think Democrats believe they are doing good with their policies. Indeed, I would be a Democrat if I thought their policies worked. But virtually all the hard evidence I have seen, as well as my life experiences, suggest otherwise. Not only don’t Democratic social policies work, they also produce enormously bad unitentional consequences. Much Black poverty, for example, has resulted from “Great Society” policies that have virtually destroyed Black two parent urban families. (For a great article on this, try Googling Kay S. Hymowitz, “The Black Family: 40 years of Lies.”)
Now, all of us can be wrong. That’s life. But when we discover we are wrong, we should change. What appalls me most about Democrats is that, evidence to the contrary, they simply will not change their opinions. And that, my dear friends, is the formal definition of prejudice.
As a social psychologist, therefore, if you were to ask me who was more prejudiced, Democrats or Republicans, I’d have to say the Democrats.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on September 21, 2006 at 9:56 PM
There are a lot of people who have grabbed their piece of the American dream and prospered. There are also a lot of people who haven’t. If you tried to draw the line between them, I bet it would look a lot like that. Families work so much better then a nanny state.
Pablo on September 21, 2006 at 10:51 PM
This ad points out historical facts that I bet none of your liberal and/or black friends are aware of. Ask your black/liberal friends about these historical facts and watch them stumble all over themselves. I’ve been doing it to my friends for years, but it’s not really their fault (although they could do the research if they wanted to) they’re just products of the leftist public education system. You’ll have hours of entertainment as you see the wheels in your friends’ heads turning, watch the look in their eyes, listen to the tone of their voices as they say things like “Well, uh, I didn’t know that, but, but…” Let the hilarity ensue!
Tony737 on September 22, 2006 at 11:24 AM
Pablo, as always, is right on target.
Tony737 on September 22, 2006 at 11:26 AM
It’s about time the sham that is the Democratic Party was explained to those who blindly follow them.
You can say what you want about the GOP–at least what they stand for is out in the open.
Metro on September 23, 2006 at 11:01 AM