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For Angry Republicans in Michigan and Mississippi the Devil’s in the Details

3/13/2016

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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, second from left, gestures as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich watch him a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

​By Jay Arrington March 9, 2016

“Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.” Psalm 69:22

A few years ago I wrote about how people who allegedly vote against their own interest actually vote their interest- their interest being hating folks not like them. Trouble with that philosophy is that by the time those voters realize the self-inflicted damage caused by their hate and false sense of entitlement, the only solution (in their minds) for remedy manifested in the past in the form of folks like David Duke and now in the form of Donald J. Trump. Don’t get me wrong, many members of the [Republican Party] and their other presidential candidates share theirs (angry voters) and Trump’s views. The difference is that unlike Trump the other party members won’t say (publicly) what Trump says, they just whistle, as in doggy. 

Exit polls in Michigan showed that four in ten of GOP voters support Trump’s deportation of Muslims while Mississippi exit polls showed that fifty percent of voters support deportation of Muslims. What might surprise some but not others- and certainly not me- is that in Mississippi many of those supporting a ban on Muslims identify as Evangelical Christians. Shame on you. You do know that God is not mocked? You can’t love the Lord whom you don’t see and hate your brother that you do see. But I digress- just thought I’d remind you. 
Immigration and hate for their fellowman notwithstanding, anger over the economy placed a strong second in both states on the list of “any excuse to vote for Trump.” A majority of those polled expressed dissatisfaction over the direction of the economy. Apparently $1:50 per gallon average for gasoline, 4.8% unemployment and record stock market gains are viewed as “going in the wrong direction.”  However, to be fair, I understand that for those without jobs unemployment in their respective households registers 100%.

Anger and discontent aside, the media attention Trump and to some extent Senator Cruz of Texas command leaves Governor John Kasich R-Ohio looking, well, reasonable. Truth is however, that while [Kasich] comes across as this folksy Andy Griffith type with the calm and seemingly reasonable debate demeanor, his record as governor shows that as a matter of policy he is more extreme than Trump and just as extreme as Cruz. His expansion of Medicaid notwithstanding, Kasich recently signed legislation to stop state funding of Planned Parenthood. Trump by the way supports Planned Parenthood. 

In addition to the Planned Parenthood bill, Kasich signed some of the country’s most aggressive and restrictive Voter ID laws. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer Editorial Board: John Kasich’s voting legislation was “a breathtaking bid to suppress voting despite constitutional guarantees of voting rights.” “Ohio’s Republican-run General Assembly has now passed three bills aimed at holding down voting by black or low-income Ohioans, a breathtaking bid to suppress voting despite constitutional guarantees of voting rights. Unwisely, Republican Gov. John Kasich has signed all of them into law. Substitute Senate Bill 205 forbids anyone but the secretary of state’s office from sending out unsolicited absentee ballot applications.” [Cleveland Plain-Dealer, 3/1/14; SB 205, 10/10/13; SB 216, 10/29/13; SB 238, 11/13/13]  correctrecord.org/the-2016-gop-record-on-voting-rights/

So you see folks (angry republicans), no matter which devil you choose he will still have horns and a pitch fork and he’ll be seated at the head of the “others” table…you know the one you prepared for your enemy. Not to worry though. There are plenty of seats.


Jay Arrington is a staff writer for The Maryland Daily Examiner.  For more articles and information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, contact Reggie Kearney, Editor in Chief.  
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Allison Grimes, Kay Hagan and Michelle Nunn: We Hardly Knew Ya, or Did We?

11/13/2014

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One week has passed since democrats and President Obama took a thumping at the midterm ballot box. I for one, am not surprised given the fact that most democrats ran from one of the most successful economic recoveries in recent history for the sole purpose of distancing themselves from President Obama - idiots the lot of them. Apart from the idiocy of it all, what does this really say about this so-called, non-existent racism? If we consider the three U.S. senate races that democrats felt really good about winning, Allison Grimes in Kentucky, Kay Hagan in North Carolina, and Michelle Nunn in Georgia, that racism thing really stands out.

Why do I say this you ask? Well, think about the geographic and demographic similarities of these races, the south and confederate demographic history. During their respective campaigns, Ms. Grimes, Ms. Hagen, and Ms. Nunn each refused to acknowledge any relationship with President Obama in the hopes that distancing themselves would somehow have an endearing effect on southern voters. Although some of these voters may not have supported the president based on policy, most no doubt did not for other reasons such as, _ (You fill in the blank)___.

After six years of fighting to recover from the mess left to him by his predecessor, President Obama’s popularity among white voters, particularly the south, continues to wane. Perhaps to a foreigner this would boggle the mind but for old-timey country folks that know it when we see it and smell it, we are not surprised. One might think that considering the numbers which by the way do not lie, white folks would be happy with Obama’s policies, but here again Obama is not white ergo southern whites don’t like.

Grimes in Ky., Hagan in NC, and Nunn in Ga., were among six democratic candidates for the US senate with three, Pryor of Arkansas, Begich of Alaska, and Landrieu of Lousiana that ran as incumbents. The fact that Hagan and the other four distanced themselves from Obama and [his] policies was somewhat expected particularly regarding Obamacare. However, Grimes’ stiff-arming of the president was perhaps the most puzzling, especially considering the success of Obamacare in Kentucky.

According to healthcare officials in Kentucky 82,747 people chose private healthcare plans and another 357,990 met the requirements for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) during the open enrollment period for 2014. The success of Obamacare in Kentucky resulted in Kentucky experiencing the second largest decrease among the uninsured in the country, 20.4 percent in 2013 to 11.9 by the end of June 2014. Conventional wisdom might have suggested that any sensible candidate embrace the success these statistics represented. However, it appears that skin color trumped success.

In addition, none of the candidates championed the success of the 2009 stimulus, which according to most estimates saved and created more than 2.5 million jobs. Nor did any candidate mention that Wall Street’s numbers have reached historic levels since President Obama took office going from a paltry 7,000 points to nearly 17,000 in six years. Translation, folks are wealthy but to hear the whites ,I mean the right tell it, Obama is the worst thing that ever happened to this country.

Never mind that Obama did away with Bin Laden or ended that phony WMD war in Iraq and is ending the war in Afghanistan, which fattened up the frog for the snake. No Sireee Bob, none of those things mattered to those running back to the arms of their real constituents (whites). “I do declare Ms. Grimes, Ms. Hagan and Ms. Nunn, it seems to me y’all done set ‘we shall overcome’ back a hundred years. Had them all fooled I’d say. Serves him (Obama) right, how dare that uppity negra, put him in [his] place.” 

That place it seems, at least where it concerns the aforementioned senate candidates, is the loser’s locker room. As of press time with the exception of Mary Landrieu, the other five candidates lost. Ms Landrieu, it appears will face [her] challenger in a December 6 runoff.

If this election told us anything, it told us this - racism ain’t dead, and democrats are cowards. Finally Ms Grimes, Ms Hagan and Ms Nunn, your constituents may not like the President but guess what, [they] don’t like you either.

 
Written by Jay Arrington, Maryland Daily Examiner

For more articles and information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, visit their website at: www.marylanddailyexaminer.com.  Send your email to: Reggie Kearney, Editor in Chief, at reginald.kearney@marylanddailyexaminer.com
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Blinded by the White: Why there is no such thing as voting against self-interest

5/9/2014

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No doubt, the majority of you have heard the infamous quote, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Should I decide too, I could end this article right now and get my point across just on that quote alone. Because in a nutshell as it relates to the phenomena of people purportedly voting against their self-interest this quote is self-explanatory. Think about it folks. If harming people you consider your enemy is your goal, what better way to ensure that outcome then by voting for those who share that goal, who share your ‘self-interest’. You see, ‘self-interest’ does not apply only to someone’s finances it also applies to cultural prejudices, biases, and hate.

Consider for a moment if you will, the main reason posited for this behavior, that people vote this way out of fear, fear of what. Admittedly, there exist pockets in America where this explanation might apply, West Virginia and the reluctance of citizens out of fear of losing jobs to protest companies contaminating drinking water for example. Obvious examples notwithstanding, saying that people vote against their ‘economic self-interest’ restricts the conversation to a narrow point of view. As a result and because we live in a politically correct society, no one dares offer the simplest explanation, that what people in this category really fear is loss of power.

The power these people fear losing is not the type of power that many would attribute to that statement. It is not the fear of losing financial power. To the contrary, this fear of loss is more psychological than it is anything else. It is the fear of losing that sense of white privilege, the fear of losing that ‘first come, first serve’ mentality.  It is the fear of no longer being able to pull pranks without fear of punishment that in urban communities are considered crimes.  It is the fear of despite living in a lower state of poverty than does your enemy maintaining that “at least I ain’t no nigger or immigrant” attitude. What this fear is really all about is losing those long held delusions of grandeur.

That said, the fact that people who vote in this manner continue to prevail is the most troubling aspect of this debate. Reluctance on the part of those most affected by the outcome of these elections, mainly people of color, to speak out, or worse, vote, is the result of being distracted and lulled to sleep. Watching the birdie of gadgets and the latest electronic fad so to be able to say, “I got it first,” and lulled to sleep by senseless reality shows that depict us (blacks) in our most stereotypical state so to be able to laugh at the pain and ignorance of our own. And while we are wallowing in street corner popularity and water cooler gossip, others are voting to keep us in that state out of fear that we might one day awaken from our suicidal slumber and see in ourselves what others have seen all along, that we are Mother Nature’s children.

Some years ago, I made it a habit of watching Pastor James David Manning, PhD of Atlah World Ministries in Harlem. I enjoyed his sermons for their frankness regarding scripture. Alas however, as is often the case with far too many men of God, Pastor Manning’s genius sabotaged his humility before God and his sermons became rants of hate. Hate and hyperbole aside however, Pastor Manning delivered in his final days on air what I believe to be a truly prophetic message as it relates to the behavior of ‘self-interest’. Follow the link below and please do your best to ignore the name-calling and hyperbole. Can anyone say Birthers, Open Carry, NRA, Cliven Bundy, Stand Your Ground, and Voting Rights decimation.  

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b6b_1249497264

~~~ By  Jay Arrington - Email
       Maryland Daily Examiner


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