I Love This Man

My hon understands.

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[Mary in CO]

I love him too -- Golden tongued, hmm? I wish I could think as quickly as he speaks!

[krdb]

Indeed. A beautiful mind, a beautiful smile, and that smile reflects a beautiful heart. He needs a bigger stage -- much bigger.

[jennifer]

I totally agree! I wrote on the YouTube comments, "I think I'm in love." LOL

He articulates my exact feelings. He keeps it real AND interesting.

[Count to 10]

That was pretty good.
...though I have to force myself past the way he talks. Which leaves me wondering, is that his problem or mine?

[Casey]

I think it's yours, Count. :) If I had to guess why, he combines a touch of southern/urban ("y'all," and so forth) with a low-level midwestern-style twang.

I've watched some of his stuff after catching his "Vote Reaper" vid a couple months ago. If you haven't caught that one yet, do so!

He's getting better. The next year or so should give us some good stuff from him.

[me]

This guy in this video is well meaning and sincere. I respect that he is not voting for Obama based on his views alone unlike the typical McCain voter(http://bloggerinterrupted.com/2008/10/video-the-mccain-palin-mob-in-strongsville-ohio).
He is misinformed about some basic facts though:

He is wrong about wealthy Democrats and chose only the bad examples. Plenty of wealthy Black Democrats have done a lot of work in the Black community: Oprah has discretely given money to many causes that benefit the Black community as far back as the mid 1980's. Where I went to school a number of the students had their tuition paid by Oprah. Bill Cosby is in West Philadelphia so frequently interacting with poor Black people that it has become unremarkable, Denzel Washington has contributed time and money to after school programs and Big Brothers, etc, etc.

His understanding of how welfare works is wrong. The majority of welfare recipients are White and there is no conclusive way to determine how people on welfare vote. States with large White welfare receiving populations e.g. West Virgina vote overwhelmingly Republican. Very poor people in general are usually less likely to vote anyway.Further welfare was changed during the Clinton administration. Each American is only allowed 5 years of straight welfare in their lifetime.

He has a basic misunderstanding about it being profitable to be against the US, George Bush or the occupation of Iraq. There was a time, not too long ago, when it was profitable in being FOR George W Bush, the Iraq invasion. In the interim both things have become titanic failures. We will have to revisit what he thinks about the US when Obama is president.

There is not enough time to get into his misunderstanding of who set up the public school system and why or how Republican welfare works, the Republican plantation system, etc. It is unfortunate that Black conservative will tell other Blacks that they live on a plantation yet get offended about Obama’s statement about bitter voters or the treatment Sara Palin gets. Why is it acceptable to say one thing about Blacks but not the same thing about Whites when it is just as applicable? If Black conservatives where actually serious about getting Blacks to consider the Republican party I don't think think they would be condescending. We get instead reverse elitism.

[Count to 10]

Ah, well, perhaps I can learn to like it.

"me"--get a grip.

[Count to 10]

All right, I watched another clip.
Its growing on me.

[ElCee]

"me" -

Just wanna let you know the WV is NOT overwhelming Republican. The 2004 vote was 56% Bush/43% Kerry. Two out of three members representing WV in the house are democrats. Both senators are democrats.

And, whatever the rules are, I know plenty of people whose occupation is living off the taxpayers. They know how to work the system, and they have a vested interest in keeping the system. And yes, they and their enablers vote dem.

This video is excellent. I'm beginning to think (hope?) there are a good number of black conservatives there who are under the radar of the MSM. Maybe we can put McCain/Palin over the top!

[Webrider]

Baldilocks, this video is why I check your site everyday. Clarity and real opinions based in fact, not the blathering of astroturfers like "me". Bill Cosby was in fact, roundly harassed by Democrats of all stripes when he came out and said "get over it and do something for yourself". Remember that? I think Juan Williams has had the same experience, given that he seems to have become a thinking pundit rather than one tirelessly repeating Democrat talking points, as he used to. I suspect his epiphany was the book he wrote (I higly recommend it) esentially expounding on and expanding Cosby's points.

Keep up the good work, you often make my day.

[Donna B.]

"me" :

Could it possibly be that there are more whites on welfare than blacks because there are more whites in this country than blacks?

I think poor = black is wrong and if that's the case then why would welfare = black be true?

That welfare helps "keeps people down" is true, IMHO, regardless of color.

[me]

ElCee, I agree that plenty of people live off of taxpayers and it is immoral. The problem is what gets defined as welfare and who is perceived as taking advantage of it. When $1000 business lunches get written off as a tax deduction we, the taxpayers, are paying for that lunch. That is just as immoral as the traditional welfare cheat. And again that welfare system that sustained the mythical "welfare queen" no longer exists. And this is where the notion of Black = welfare is forever synonymous in the public consciousness. The person in the video still thinks that welfare queens exists.

Webrider you are completely wrong about the reaction to Cosby. Although there were some Blacks who were very outspoken against Cosby there were just as many, if not more, Democratic voting Black people who agreed with him. Despite what you heard on fox Cosby's statements continue to be a huge contentious debate among Black who vote Dem. This is where the condescending "Black need to get off the Democratic plantation" b.s. is really about reverse elitism.

yes Donna B there are more whites and there are more Whites on welfare. Nothing I said disputes that. What is problematic is that the public discussion about welfare abuse only happens in reference to Black people despite the fact that they are only a subset of the people who abuse it. Corporate welfare dwarfs the more popularly discussed welfare (which no longer exists).

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"me"- You weren't paying attention during the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, were you. The people that live off of welfare still exist, they just have to work harder at it.
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As far as machosause goes, I think I've figured out my negative first impression. My thought process on viewing this video went something like this:
McCain/Palin as fast food=> contempt for the ticket
gansta rap speaking style=> ridiculing subject
Change of pitch going from McCain to Palin on the eye-to-eye bit=> sexual innuendo

So you can probably see why I got off on the wrong foot here. Past that, he says a lot of things that I find resonant. Off hand, I'd suggest using one of his other videos to introduce people to him--I particularly like his abortion one.

[PeggyU]

Yes. I saw this somewhere else recently. I can't remember where. Now I am impressed with him and I can't help but wonder: where there is one vocal conservative like this young man, there must be many more who stay silent. This guy must have friends, and I can't imagine that all of his friends are liberal. Thanks for helping to spread his message, Juliette! It is encouraging! Seriously, if you want to talk about "hope" and "change", this man personifies it in a meaningful way.

[Count to 10]

PeggyU-
If you look up his "Vote Reaper" video, I think he has one or two friends willing to do a really cheezy anti-Obama clip with him.

[Steve H. Graham]

This guy is the king.

[Mike O]

Absolutely amazing. I'm old enough to be a Goldwater republican and my experience as a 60s conservative gives me a glimmer of the pressures he so eloquently describes.

I'm dropping on the PoliticalInquirer site I share with others. Should cause quite a response.

[True?]

I hope this is not true:

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/12/obamas-kenya-ghosts/

[baldilocks]

Like the Ayers connection, it's old news coming back around for the election.

[Carin]

OMG, can I pay to have him come speak in the schools of Detroit??

[Amy]

No wonder Baldilocks loves this man. Brilliant, funny, talented and handsome is an eviable combination.

Please move to Texas ASAP so I can vote for this man. For anything.

[conscious_wryter]

While I can agree on a number of points (i.e., Late-Term Abortion, Abstinence) including the overall message of free-thinking, I am taken aback since the conservatives always have an problem with sex education in schools ???? I mean, how can you teach abstinence w/o sex ed. That's just double-minded to me.

And as someone who has suffered a number of physical and sexual abuses before I was even a teenager, I find it galling for someone, man or woman, to think they can clarify the mental suffering and confusion a woman goes through after being abused, raped w/ or w/o a child. Don't you realize it takes a stable mind to bring a child to term in the first place, especially if one is unstable?

And what about the issue of Christian love that conservatives love to tout. If the example is to fight for life, I would think you would want to preserve all life -- ALL LIFE -- Did not Christ say to forgive all and forsake vengeance in by the example he led up to his death? Does not the books of Ephesians (5) to walk in love (and Colossians (3:14) speak of "putting on love, the bond of perfection...with the Peace of God in your hearts"? Well, Some of us are not feeling the love from many of you conservatives by the examples you expressed today, especially at the McCain rallies. It's a disgrace to say such people walk in righteousness rather than indifference and indignance.

It is amazing how quickly conservative zealots (sounding much like Islamic zealots) are willing to take up the sword when they want things to go only their way.

I truly have no problem with the passion of your views, and the conviction of your heart, but you and many like yourself sound bitter and hateful -- especially at present date. You will have a tough time getting people over to your side unless you learn a better way to convince. --- Just a thought.

Oh, and BTW...liberals and independents can be just as free minded as conservatives in the way that we tend to be less likely to condemn and more likely to find common ground to meet on in effort to persuade others, or, in effort to hear others out.

Bless you anyway.

[conscious_wryter]

OMG (goodness)

Thank you for your posting "me" on the following:

"He is misinformed about some basic facts though:

He is wrong about wealthy Democrats ... Plenty of wealthy Black Democrats have done a lot of work in the Black community:

I can never say I have seen a republican movement or outreach effort in my state of Pennsylvania when it comes to the underclass -- never!

And on your points on the racial/welfare issue...and on
the plantation remarks and on "If Black conservatives where actually serious about getting Blacks to consider the Republican party I don't think think they would be condescending. We get instead reverse elitism. --- A big pet peeve of mine, especially after watching the Black Republican Forum this year. They want to draw blacks from the democratic party, while they disavow the racial disparities and issues on some counts (welfare class) and acknowledge on others (prison population)- blaming democrats, they only want to use race when convenient for their needs and ignore us when the rest of the time.
That is why (along with the elitism) economically disadvantaged and even well to do dems are not attracted to their party.

If they would do more serious and sincere and effective outreach, then perhaps things would change.

[AME]

conscious wryter: how can you teach abstinence w/o sex ed.

Probably the same way you can teach a kid that it's a good idea to abstain from drinking alcohol without going into detail about what kind of cocktails they should try out if they don't abstain.

Seriously, can the schools please stick to reading and math and let me be free to chart the moral course for my children?

[MILLER51550]

Now.. Put a suit on him, give him an Harvard degree.

Barrack Hussein Obama.. in the flesh.

Note how he has a lingo that keeps you attrated...

See any

[conscious_wryter]

AME:

Your "Probably..." answer is just that - a probable possibility, but not an absolute because not all children learn by shielding them from the outside world (ie, you cannot control sex talk on the playground, at the skating rink, etc), especially as some parents are negligent in their parental responsibility to take up the issue of sex responsibly in the first place.

For one thing, it is not a conversation one should have with one's child just once and should occur before they enter school. Especially with the number of predators in the world anyway.

I have two teenage girls and they are honor roll students and I have an open dialogue with them. I WOULD NEVER want anyone to take it upon themself to herd my daughters to a clinic or offer any sexual alternatives without consulting me, but we cannot ignore the fact that many families are not addressing reproduction or health and STD issues at all, which is why I long ago and decidedly took the case up with my children myself before they even entered middle school. And I have to have confidence that no matter what anyone tells them outside of me, my children will have an arsenal of information already in place from me - their mother.

Afterall, and ultimately, a parent cannot control everything and in some cases nothing beyond a certain point. If you cannot accept that, then you and those like you should remember the condition that Palin's daughter is now in, unwed and pregnant at the moment despite what her parents' values are.

Though I most respectfully acknowledge your right to feel otherwise, we cannot bury our heads in the sand forever.

[AME]

My head's not in the sand. I'm totally aware that the morality being pushed on children in the public school system is completely contrary to mine.

And I'm also, of course, aware of the Bristol Palin's pregnancy. I wonder why you think her condition would be worse if she had not been exposed in public school to ideas of sexual options.

Finally, replace every reference to teenage sex in your post with teenage drinking, teenage pregnancy with teenage alcoholism, and STD with sirrhosis, and your post still reads alright.

That's my point, the school system seems to have no trouble at all preaching abstinence in the case of alcohol (even though kids are going to do it anyway) but can't see doing the same with sex.

Assume that schools even discuss abstinence, which they mostly don't. Doing so and at the same time handing out condoms and providing class time to learn proper use is rather like giving children bags of cocaine and instruction on how to use it and then telling them that it would be better to avoid it altogether.

The usual case, however -- giving sex education and not seriously discussing abstinence at all -- is more like simply handing out cocaine and instruction about how to use it and leaving it at that.

In fact, the public school system often goes way beyond that. I recall one instructor telling students bluntly: How can they know if homosexuality is ok? Simple, they should try it out and see if it works for them. I'm not making that up.

And I'm not very swayed by the argument that other parents aren't teaching the matter correctly. Maybe they would start if it weren't offered for class credit by the school system. Maybe not.

But I still find it easier to arm my children against other children than to teach them the difference between the things that their instructors say that are alright and the other things that they say that aren't. At least kids could voluntarily avoid bad influences on the playground. That's not so easy in the classroom.

I'm not convinced that the public schools can even teach math properly. I certainly don't think they are qualified to give moral guidance. Possible exception: Schools must insist that children treat each other with tolerance. And here I don't mean "Tolerance" by its currently understood meaning.

[AME]

Ok. I see that I rambled on a bit long in my last post. Sorry. Let me present the Cliff's Notes version:

conscious_wryter: I deny the underlying assumption in your post (that doing nothing at all is worse than what public schools currently do with regard to sex education).

[EW]

That's a great video. Honestly, for the first 4 min i thought he was just being sarcastic. YOu just expect the liberal illuminati to kinda own the media, youtube world. But some people are taking it back it seems.

now i think if your honest, everybody is drinking the cool-aid. Some red, some blue. Let's be honest.

[enlightened]

whoooo chil'... I sho am glad this youngster found a home here 'cause he sho is one Lost Soul! Dis boy is soooo ignant !

[Mrs.Nursey]

Well said! It takes true courage and conviction to express your beliefs. Keep it up.

[Mrs.Nursey]

Well said! It takes true courage and conviction to express your beliefs. Keep it up.