Comments on: Arthur Lewin; The Rest Is Up 2 Us…

By: Arthur Lewin

Arthur Lewin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:54:55 +0000

I think the reason for the Republican voter suppression tactics is because the percentage of the population up made of uneducated whites has shrunken to the point where they cannot possibly win a national election without cheating. But each election cycles as that slice shrinks more and more, the voter suppression becomes more frantic and blatant. They say Ron Paul is not likely to run on a third party because that would damage his son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky’s standing. Note he never criticizes Romney and vice versa. The Republican establishment does not want him to leave and he wants to pass the torch on to his son.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:01:20 +0000

Ron Paul could concievably run on a third party ticket and cause his black supporters to waste there votes. The greater the number people that go to the polls and vote, the more likely a liberal candidate will be elected to fill the open state government offices, as well as the US Congress and Senate seats. There is a reason for the voter suppression laws in the republican controled states.

By: Arthur Lewin

Arthur Lewin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:20 +0000

Thanks, Nicholas. You might not have anything to worry about. The fact that there are racist elements in the Republican coalition frightens the majority of Americans, and so whoever gets the nomination will have a very, very hard time beating Obama. Ron Paul, because his policy positions on the war and the economy are substantively much different than everyone else’s, might conceivably give Obama a run for his money. But the establishment and its media are dead set against him.

By the way I just saw the movie, In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier. And I could not help but notice that Poitier’s role in the film is eerily similar to the role Obama finds himself in today.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:00:40 +0000

I hear far too many blacks complaining that “Obama has done nothing for black people”, so why waste my time voteing for him? The President gets my support, for reasons other then him being Black, but what do you say to those who can’t see beyond them not recieving some personal and immediate gain as a reason to go to the poll and vote. So many a blacks post articles and comments on this site that suggest Ron Paul is the answer to their interests.