Tag Archives: disaffected Demorats

Why does something so right feel so wrong?

How can something so right (voting) feel so wrong? It’s easy when it’s your first time to cast a vote in the Republican Party primary when all your life you’ve been a staunch Democrat (or at least a loyal one). … Continue reading

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Color vs. Content: Reflections on MLK day in the age of Obama

Today is the day set aside to celebrate and honor one of many heroes of the American Civil Rights movement: the Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr., who was assassinated during the height of the political turmoil in the late … Continue reading

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The Rage of the Common Man

H/T to the Black Informant for finding this bit of information… As readers may or may not know, I was in my youth, much closer in ideology to being a full on socialist (though with reservations) than a right winger.  … Continue reading

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Until ….. do we part: the death of Barack & Hillary’s political marriage

American Thinker has an interesting article posted today that highlights the increasingly obvious fracture between BHO and HRC.  Everyone knows that the unity pony on which Obama rode into the Democratic nomination was bought at the very high price of … Continue reading

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The Palin Conundrum

The punditocracy continues to endlessly parse and discuss the resignation of Governor Palin’s resignation.  Is it a prelude to a double secret super star strategy to become president in 2012? Her resignation speech has been variously called “incoherent” and “aimless” … Continue reading

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Not our kind of people

I’ve been puzzling a bit over the last 12 months: my de-conversion from a Democratic voting stalwart into a dyed in the wool conservative, the birth of the PUMA’s and their subsequent decline and fragmentation, misogyny in the media, the … Continue reading

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The Man is always trying to keep us down….

It is common knowledge in the Black community that “THE MAN” is trying to keep us down. “THE MAN” has been doing this for hundreds of years and will do whatever he can to prevent “THE BLACK MAN” from “GETTING … Continue reading

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Escape from Massa’s plantation…

I have finally escaped the plantation!! After a harrowing journey along a figurative underground railroad, I am finally free.  Free to succeed or to fail.  To live or to die.  Free to support or criticize.  I am finally free from … Continue reading

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