[–] swimkin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
LOL! Good point. We had a black patriot in our liberty movement who was still registered as a Dem in NY when I lived there. He woke up earlier than most blacks and saw right through Obama. He wasn't an educated man, but he could still command attention in a group especially at the Congressional Town Halls during the Tea party years. We both walked the streets knocking on doors for a Republican candidate later on and he had a hard time getting people to believe he was trying to help a Republican get elected. It wasn't until they saw me (white female) that they believed him. He was such a great guy and he really didn't let him bother him. We even walked the inner city together to help this same candidate get elected for Congress. We were told by registered voters that no one in the Republican party had ever come into the inner city ever before. Yet there were still some registered Republicans that thanked us OVER and OVER again. Unfortunately, our candidate didn't win her congressional attempt, but she did win later for city council. People remembered her from her first bid and the locals gave her the opportunity to run. She was the only Republican elected to the city and as more of a Liberterian she gave them fits! LOL
[–] IAMthePie [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That is awesome... Some people ask me how I can be Republican when I know how our people got treated by gov't (referring to broken promises)
I tell them: First of all, it has never mattered which party was in power, Democrats and Republicans both have screwed us over. But that is the past now. I do not dwell on that. Secondly, living in the now, USA is a republic, backed by the Constitution. In a republic, our rights can never be taken away. Unlike a Democrats wet dream of a democracy where 50% + 1 majority can write a law that strips my rights....No fcking thank you.