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Jeb Bush’s argument that Democrats appeal to blacks with ‘free stuff’? - IT's just racist shit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/28/jeb-bushs-argument-that-democrats-appeal-to-blacks-with-free-stuff-its-popular-on-the-right/?tid=sm_twJeb Bush drew a contrast between the Republican and Democratic parties last week by saying that the GOP's message "isn't one of division and 'Get in line and we'll take care of you with free stuff.' " After some controversy, Bush tried to reframe his comments over the weekend.
Speaking with Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace on Sunday, the Republican presidential candidate didn't completely reject the implication of his statement. "I think we need to make our case to African American voters and all voters that an aspirational message fixing a few big, complex things will allow people to rise up," he said. "That's what people want. They don't want free stuff. That was my whole point."
The suggestion remains that Democrats explicitly offer "free stuff" to get black votes.
The idea that the left earns support from African Americans with giveaways, of course, is not unique to Bush or to Mitt Romney, who said something similar in 2012. After Romney's comments, The Washington Post asked Americans why they thought black voters were more likely to support Democrats. The responses are below. (Two important notes. First, these are unweighted, and grouped response counts, not percentages. Second, the most common response for each party was "no opinion."
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.. this is typical crap the Grifters (of Grifters, Obstructionist and Prostitutes (to the 1%)) use to reel in the working class ignorant white vote. Vote for us so those lazy Blacks don't get free stuff from the hated Democrats. Thus the GOP get's in to pass laws favorable to the 1% - but which screw all the middle - working - class, undermine our society, our economy and thus our future.
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Jeb Bush’s argument that Democrats appeal to blacks with ‘free stuff’? - IT's just racist shit (Original Post)
Bill USA
Sep 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Come one, come all! If you hate Black people taking your stuff! If you hate them Gay people
getting married and insisting on being equal!
Come to the Republican Party, because we hate it too!
And we plan on ENDING them ALL!
Brought to you by the GOP.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)2. old school crap by Jeb Bush. he's stuck in 1960s when his Kochs did not want equal rights
many republicans are stuck back there