Record Surge of Black Conservatives Running for Congress in 2010
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 5:48 AM
An Army of Black Conservatives
At least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction after Republican President Lincoln freed the slaves.
Legal Insurrection says: “The Democrat’s Worst Fear About to Come True.”
Princella Smith, in Arkansas, says she disagrees with President Obama but is proud of the country for electing him. (NY Times)
A surge of black conservatives is running for Congress this year across the nation.
The New York Times reported:
Among the many reverberations of President Obama’s election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.
The House has not had a black Republican since 2003, when J. C. Watts of Oklahoma left after eight years.
But now black Republicans are running across the country — from a largely white swath of beach communities in Florida to the suburbs of Phoenix, where an African-American candidate has raised more money than all but two of his nine (white) Republican competitors in the primary.
Party officials and the candidates themselves acknowledge that they still have uphill fights in both the primaries and the general elections, but they say that black Republicans are running with a confidence they have never had before. They credit the marriage of two factors: dissatisfaction with the Obama administration, and the proof, as provided by Mr. Obama, that blacks can get elected.
“I ran in 2008 and raised half a million dollars, and the state party didn’t support me and the national party didn’t support me,” said Allen West, who is running for Congress in Florida and is one of roughly five black candidates the party believes could win. “But we came back and we’re running and things are looking great.”
Last Saturday, Pastor Stephen Broden spoke at the “Winning America Back” Conference in Independence, Missouri.
Pastor Broden is running for Congress in the 30th District in Texas. His opponent is socialist hardliner from Dallas.
Black Conservative Martin D. Baker is running for Congress in Missouri’s First District, which includes much of St. Louis, against far left socialist Rep. Lacy Clay.
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Kevin P commented:
This is exactly why the Democrat Party founded the KKK
Sandy commented:
A surge of Black Conservatives all of a sudden! Where were they before now? Forgive me for being a skeptic but this could be a trick to make people believe they elected Republicans who then turn out to govern as Obama clones.
LW commented:
Mr. Hoft, would you consider interviewing Martin D. Baker, St. Louis’ own Black conservative Republican who is running for US Congress in Dist. 1?
Rivka commented:
I think it is great! There are black conservatives who are even more conservative and outspoken than their white Republican counterparts. Col. Alan West is indeed one of them and he is really a strong candidate.
Think about how hard it is to be black and conservative when most people around you will call you a traitor or Uncle Tom. So, the ones who actually ‘come out’ are usually strong conservatives and pretty darn courageous in my opinion.
I think like any conservative running regardless of color you have to watch/hear them closely over time in different pressure situations to make sure you don’t see any bending or even remotely holding hands with leftists; Like Huckabee and Graham tend to do.
Once you find out they are true blue conservatives then I don’t care what color they are, support them fully.
kansas commented:
Who knows, maybe MSNBC will give a black conservative a talk show………..nah.
bill-tb commented:
The racist tea party is recruiting blacks?
Kevin P commented:
Welcome HOME my black conservative compatriots!!!
Charlie Gibson commented:
They’ll be branded race traitors.
Trish commented:
I say welcome to the party and let’s ROLL in November!
Radegunda commented:
Sandy, are you saying that they must be “Obama clones” because their skin is a little bit like his (but in most cases darker)? Are you saying that they probably actually “think like black people” (who, as everyone Democrat knows, all think exactly the same way)?
Are you saying that they’re all just trying to trick people because … because … well, they’re black, and, you know …
eaglewingz08 commented:
Hope that at least twenty are elected in the upcoming republican sweep. If so, will they be able to join the Congressional Black Caucus? If not will they then choose the same name or a similar name. If Republicans have the majority of the House, as we suspect they will, would the leadership be able to designate the republican group officially as the Congressional Black Caucus?
JB commented:
“Forgive me for being a skeptic but this could be a trick to make people believe they elected Republicans who then turn out to govern as Obama clones.”
It’s not like these candidates just fell off the truck, they have a record of public statements.
BigJ commented:
…and if you don’t vote for them, you’re racist!
Oh, wait, they’re conservative. Never mind.
newton commented:
This is Al Sharpton’s and Jesse Jackson’s worst nightmare!
Let’s make it come true!
Radegunda commented:
Here’s another reason for an increase in black conservatives running for office, IMO: they are embarrassed and/or offended at the widespread assumption that Barry O. is particularly representative of them simply because of skin color. They are determined to rescue their identity (and their country) from the clutches of the destructive statists.
Most black Americans have a very deep history in this country, and some are clearly very unsettled to set its best principles being undermined by those who want to “transform” it into something “fundamentally” different.
And, maybe most important, they have a very keen sense of what it is to lose liberty.
Greg commented:
Reality is that like many white Democrats African Americans are discovering that the party Of Scoop Jackson is dead. It has been replaced by a Group Think Collective of radicals with an overwhelming desire to control and enslave people into a life of dependency and behaving in a certain way or else. I voted straight Democrat for 40 years but I am so disgusted with what passes for the New DemoKKKrat ideals that I will never vote for one again. That is unless Scoop Jackson can be raised from the dead.
Kevin P commented:
Since the Democrats always judge a person by the color of their skin before they judge the content of their character – and Democrats are the party of images – wouldn’t it be glorious if there were more black Republicans in Congress than black Democrats after November!?!?!
Let’s roll!!!
Wouldn’t it be even more glorious if these new conservatives in Congress were able to get School Vouchers to replace the Dept. of Indoctrination?
ProLifer commented:
It is what is in one’s heart (not the color of one’s skin)
that makes one beautiful — or ugly!
Obama and Pelosi are ugly people — because of the darkness within.
“…from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.”
(Matthew 12:34)
Auntie Em commented:
Vet the hell out of them like you would anyone else. Do not let the color of their skin give them a pass….
Let’s not make another mistake like Obama.
Betsy Ross commented:
Black conservatives are the silver lining to emerge from the dark clouds of liberalism…
maak commented:
Vote for Bill Randall in the NC 13th district run-off! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RTZji_NaKg
daryl commented:
I see no harm, no foul if they could knock off a few of the far leftist Rangels, Waters, Jackson Lees, Holmes Nortons, Wexlers, Waxmans, Franks, etc.,etc………. in the process. Sadly that ain’t likely to happen in those “democratically gerrymandered districts.
maak commented:
Just one more Bill Randall video. Don’t mean to be a pest but he really needs more exposure for the run-off in June. Thanks for watching!
Time is Running Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDwnPmIydz8&NR=1
daryl commented:
Good news, this!
One more who won’t have to pass away before he’s voted out.
Don’t let the door hit you in your @$$ while you’re leaving Obey!
David Obey won’t seek reelection – David Rogers – POLITICO.com
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36812.html
pamlinson commented:
Our Black citizens have probably been reading up on a little real history and realize just who the Democratic party really is. I encourage all who want to know the truth to read “American History in Black & White” by David Barton and know the truth. Our magnificent history is there for us to see and realize how it has been perverted. Black America has been used and abused once again by the very ones who claim be their friends. The truth needs to be told all over this country. Now we all are being sold back into slavery, Black, White, Brown and any shade inbetween.
jenny commented:
This is the dem’s worst nightmare. It’s about darn time we see more elected conservatives from the black community. I think Allen West should be our next conservative Presidential candidate. Sorry Sarah, I think you’ve found your niche. Keep up the great work!
susan commented:
“A surge of Black Conservatives all of a sudden! Where were they before now? ”
Black Conservatives have always been here, unfortunately, the Highly Educated Vichy class has kept them invisible so as not to disrupt Highly Educated Vichy narrative that all blacks need the Highly Educated Vichy class to take care of them.
In a Statist environment the Collective cannot afford The Other to be seen legitimate.
There is a reason why the Ivy-league are Inbred Idiots, they forbid Pluralism to exist.
clyde commented:
i have been sending modest contributions to black republicans for years. i am white and admire the courage of these men and women.they are the target of the most vile attacks from other blacks giving cover to white democrats so they do not get labeled racists. many elections turn on money and if you want to win a majority, just 15% of the black vote would swing many districts and more importent put the lie to the incensent racist smears.these brave people prove thier independence by standing against popular opinion and for principles.
timothyJ commented:
Please pardon me for not reading all the posts. There were many exceptional ones, but just too many.
I think that we will find, come the day after election day, that black voters voted in lock step with the democrat tickets. It is more important to get from government than it is to give good government to America. IMHO.
reliapundit commented:
bravo!
it’s about time they voted their values instead of for the coalition and government gimmes and race0baiting hustlers.
Stuart commented:
This is great news. If the vast majority of black voters ever figure out just how badly they have been screwed by Democrats, both black and white, then it will be over for the Dems.
Just keep thinking Detroit.
bomeg commented:
Good conservative candidates are always welcomed. Allen West is one of the best men running in any race anywhere. Stay strong Black conservatives. We appreciate you!
Martha commented:
One of the leaders of my Tea Party group is a Black Conservative woman.
I take it as a very positive sign that Black Conservatives are coming out more publicly.
Changes the whole narrative in more ways than one.
Can they all be “Oreo’s” or “Toms”? Maybe more moderate Blacks will give a listen and smarten up. Wo’nt be overnight though.
pamlinson commented:
I hope Allen West runs for President, I would vote for this great American in a New York minute.
TaSS commented:
I think if we did a better job of vocalizing our message, you would see more and more people standing withn us.
When it comes to the financial welfare of our country, we all bleed green.
Mimi Buser commented:
Stephen Broden is a true conservative running in the Dallas area (House District 30) against Eddie Bernice Johnson, a lockstep far left who’s in the Congressional Black Caucus and was one of the first Obama supporters. He needs our support to win in a gerrymandered district. Go to http://www.brodenforcongress.com and do what you can to help.
I attended an Allen West fundraised and was as impressed by him in person as I had been watching him on video. I would love to see a Presidential ticket of Allen West and Paul Ryan.
Frieda K commented:
Beware of Martin Baker. He does not live in the 1st District. Why is he running? The better candidate is Robyn Hamlin who has lived in the District her whole live. She knows the place and she needs our support.
Mackinney29 commented:
Here in Mississippi, we finally have a strong black Conservative running against Bennie the Thug Thompson. Bill Marcy is a rock-ribbed Constitutionalist, a Christian, and a damn fine guy. He also has a terrific sense of humor and no apparent chip on either shoulder – oh, and a really nice wife, too. He spoke to our loval Tea Party gathering a few weeks ago and impressed the heck out of a lot of folks.
Check him out: http://www.billmarcyforcongress.com
BTW, I heard at that meeting that Bennie, who currently heads Homeland Security (*shudder*) and is a multi-millionaire, has held only one non-political job in his life, and he was FIRED from that teaching position for incompetence after only a year. And that’s who is responsible for keeping our country safe? Ye gods!
jonyjoe101 commented:
“Princella Smith, in Arkansas, says she disagrees with President Obama but is proud of the country for electing him. say what!” Did this so call “republican” vote for obama?
I don’t trust anyone that is proud of obama democrat or republican.
I will be watching Pastor Manning, who ever he endorses that’s who I will be voting for. Pastor Manning can spot the “pretenders” and point them out for us, he isn’t politically correct.
LW commented:
To all those urging caution, you’re understandably wary.
I can say with confidence, however, that I know Martin Baker personally and he is the real deal. And he’s going to need a lot of help to send Mr. Lacy Clay packing, so wherever you live, do consider helping one conservative win a seat in Congress.
bobc commented:
This is excellent news!
I too, don’t care what the color of their skin is, as long as they adhere to the Constitution and are conservative!