Where’s the Love?

The Left often tells us they’re the party of fairness and compassion. At the annual White House Correspondence Dinner President Obama and Wanda Sykes proved both claims to be false.

 Wanda Sykes accused Rush Limbaugh of being a terrorist to high on drugs to be able to carry out his mission of killing thousands of innocent Americans. And then, she wished he would die from kidney failure. Where’s all the love the Left tell us about? Well it’s between the President and the media. President Obama’s own words, should have been enough to change the mind of anyone on the left, who believe the media and press coverage of Obama has been fair and balanced. He said, “Most of you covered me, all of you voted for me.” At least the President knows where his support lies.

I HAVE A DREAM…STILL

”…I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…”                                                               

                                                                   Martin Luther King, Jr.

                                                                                    August 28, 1963

 With the election of Barack Obama as the 44^th President of the United States, it has been stated by many that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s dream has been realized. Not only is that not true, but I believe that Dr. King’s dream is farther from being realized today, then it was in 1963. 

In Governor George C. Wallace’s January 14, 1963 Inaugural Address he said:“…In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny . . . and I say . . . segregation today . . . segregation tomorrow . . . segregation forever…”

Wallace was a former advocate and chief spokesman of Alabama’s segregationists. He was best known for standing in the doorway of the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963, in an attempt to prevent the enrollment of black students to that university. Wallace again attempted to stop four black students from enrolling in four separate elementary schools. Wallace strongly disapproved of the desegregation of the state of Alabama and wanted his state to remain segregated. I imagine this being the kind of actions that led Dr. King to write his “I Have a Dream” speech two months later. 

George Wallace and other whites of his era knew their positions were based on race; they in fact, past laws to support those racist positions. In the late 70’s Wallace went before black civil rights leaders and apologized for his segregationist views; as Governor from 1983–87 he appointed a record number of blacks to government positions. George Wallace was only able to change, because he realized he was wrong for basing his positions on the color of a person’s skin. I can only believe that the civil rights activities that were going on around the country, and reported on by the media and newspapers had something to do with Wallace’s evolvement.

The reason Dr. King’s dream is farther from being realized today, then it was in 1963, is because in the last Presidential Election many African Americans used race to determine for whom they were going to vote, but they were not willing to admit their position was just as wrong as Governor Wallace’s position in 1963. The danger is that the Republican Party didn’t have the nerve to point this out; the Democratic Party was afraid to point this out; and the media and press didn’t want to point this out. It’s not just Whites in America that need to look past race in order for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s dream to be realized, African Americans need to be just as color blind if any real change is to be made.

N.Y. Yankees = America

            Last year I saw a commercial on T.V. In this commercial Tommy Lasorda (former Manager, LA Dodgers) was consoling a Red Sox fan about her team not making the playoffs. He cheered her up by saying to her “now we can all get together and root against the N.Y. Yankees.” This statement brought applause from the crowd that had gathered.

 

            Why do so many people hate the Yankees? It’s not because the team is so bad, it’s because they’re so good. The Yankees have more Major League Titles then any other team in baseball; other cities envy them and would love to have them for their own. America is in the same predicament. Other countries don’t hate us because we’re so bad; they hate us because they want to be us. How many countries can send people into outer space to work on a space station and return them to earth, or have citizens who are born poor and grow up to earn millions. Of course we as a country have our share of problems; we are perfect by no means. But unlike many countries, in America a person can achieve anything if you are willing to work hard, and sacrifice as needed.

 

            Would winning more championships help the Yankees convert those people that hate them? No. Would the U.S. pulling out of Iraq and giving trillions of dollars and aid to other countries convert those people that hate us? No. The best thing for the Yankees is to do what made them successful,win; the best thing for America is to do what made us successful, stand tall, lead and let business do business… I say this as an American…and a Phillies fan.

Why I’m A Republican

            Being raised in a two-parent household in Darby, a Philadelphia suburb; I know first-hand how difficult life was in the African-American community. My father, who went only as far as the fourth grade worked in a warehouse. My mother attended a one room schoolhouse in Virginia but she was able to finish the eleventh grade, later she spent several years working as a cook. Given their limited education and resources they

provided me the opportunity to attend college, which was not an option for them. As an African-American family, we were expected like most in my neighborhood to spend Sunday in church, work at a job not a career, and be Democrats.

 

            Today, now that I have my own family, we still attend church on Sunday. In addition, I’ve been working at my career for twenty-five years, and I’m proud to say I’m a Republican. My belief in God has not changed. Earning a living doing something I enjoy is a pleasure. When I also realized that I was the one responsible for my position in life I joined the Republican Party. My parents were Democrats because they believed like a lot of African-Americans that they were supposed to be. They believed in God, family values and that you can achieve anything you want if you’re willing to work for it. These values my parents taught me as a child, I would later learn were synonymous with the Republican Party.

 

            I’m writing this blog not just as an African-American Republican but as an African-American Conservative, and I invite you to join in the conversation with your statements and questions.

 

Enjoy,

 

Don Madison