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Funtatlaguy

(10,875 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 07:04 AM Aug 2016

As an old white guy, someone please tell me something.

Lately I've been seeing several African American Pastors all over tv shilling for Trump.
And they just make things up about Pres Obama and Hillary spewing hate.

Do you see them as genuine or fake people just on his payroll?

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riversedge

(70,218 posts)
2. I do not know that--Not part of the 'we' I guess. But who pays them?...
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 07:17 AM
Aug 2016

Not being contrary--just asking.

I have noticed it also-and it seems the msm is able to find them and get them on national TV.

brush

(53,778 posts)
3. Right wing back channels. Could be as simple as a paper bag stuffed with cash, or deposits . . .
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 07:39 AM
Aug 2016

to secret bank accounts, donations to church building funds, etc. It's not that hard to get money to these so-called men of the cloth, along with the understanding of what's expected of them.

Back in the 90s in the New York metro area, it became known that Christie Todd Whitman, then a Jersey pol, had distributed "walking around money", as it was called, to many black preachers with the understanding that they would endorse her to their congregations.

This is just the latest iteration of an old political tactic.

The good thing is that 99.9% of AAs aren't voting for Trump no matter what a preacher says. We know better. Hell, even those bought-off preachers probably aren't voting for Trump.

riversedge

(70,218 posts)
4. Yes, I suspose that could happen easily. And most likely does. Not one thing
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:10 AM
Aug 2016

Donald has said is concrete--meaning he talks about bringing jobs to the inner city, yet always talks in broad terms.

brush

(53,778 posts)
5. It's amazing, isn't it? He's had so many business failures I don't see how he . . .
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:16 AM
Aug 2016

know how to bring jobs to any area as it seems wherever he goes, people associated with his projects get stiffed

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