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Monday, January 15. 2018

Black America and today

At Zero Hedge:



Donald Trump is certainly a vulgar fellow of questionable intelligence, and the country might be better off with someone else in the White House, but where exactly would that leave black America?



Good question. What have the lefties done to effect the lives of urban black Americans in 50 years other than enough free stuff to thrive? That is Trump's argument to them. Trump is no racist at all. He just expects a lot out of everybody.  He's been an employer in private business, so he is tough. So are we all, regardless of skin tone.  Just my perspective, of course. I hire and fire more frequently than I would like, of all colors.


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"Donald Trump is certainly a vulgar fellow of questionable intelligence"

I disagree with the premise. Vulgar? I'm just not sure he is "vulgar" and certainly he is less vulgar than other politicians and public figures. What he is, is honest while others are more duplicitous. The most vulgar well known politician today is most likely Hillary. But she is slick and wears one of her other faces in public. But seriously, look up her quotes and compare them with the worst that Trump has said. Trump lacks two important political assets. He is honest even when he should lie through his teeth and he is the same person in public, in private, on the stage or at a quiet dinner.

As for intelligence I suspect that Trump may well be the most intelligent politicians since Richard Nixon and perhaps has a better grasp on the world situation than even Reagan did. Where the opposition goes wrong is Trump is a New Yorker accustomed to working with the common man and he speaks directly and sometimes coarsely and when you tie that in with his willingness to speak his mind he doesn't come across as polished and as sly as Bill Clinton. As for Obama, without a teleprompter he was just a pretty face, nothing more.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2018-01-15 15:24 (Reply)
Agree completely. It is very off-putting to see so many supporting comments begin with the apparently obligatory terms 'vulgar', 'buffoonish', etc. Enough.
#1.1 Archer2010 on 2018-01-15 15:35 (Reply)
Trump's patience with Politically Correct rhetoric is very limited... he reflects his voters that way.
#1.2 Maia on 2018-01-15 17:27 (Reply)
Agreed! "vulgar"? and "questionable intelligence"?

Trump didn't given the middle finger to his political opponent like Obama did to McCain; nor, did Trump call voters "bitter clingers" or "deplorables."

As for the "questionable intelligence" comment - just where is the almighty Obama's college transcript? Just how much more money did Trump make while employing thousands compared to how much money Obama and Michelle and the Clintons make while employing no one?

And just how would the country be "better off" with someone else in the White House? Certainly not better off with the likes of what the Democrats offered, nor would we be better off with the tired old same old that the Republicans also tried to offer.

Aside from those idiotic comments that started the article, the author does ask some interesting questions.
#1.3 charles on 2018-01-15 20:18 (Reply)
Black unemployment at 45 year low.
Black support for Trump doubles.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/trump-doubles-support-among-blacks-since-2016-election/
#2 drowningpuppies on 2018-01-15 16:02 (Reply)
No accident that black support for Trump increased with decreased black unemployment. No accident that black unemployment decreased with Trump policies resulting in fewer illegal aliens trying to get into the country and take jobs away from US citizens.
#2.1 Gringo on 2018-01-15 23:12 (Reply)
Thirty five years of fending off the crooked NYC Council and NY State political hacks of all colors, mobbed-up NYC construction unions and the most devious real estate lawyers and banksters on the planet, in order to capture the most expensive commercial square footage in the world.

Yeah. He's one hell of a dope.
#3 Scullman on 2018-01-15 16:04 (Reply)
I think so too. I just wish he would sound a little smarter.
#3.1 BD on 2018-01-15 17:28 (Reply)
Keeps the oppo thinking he's dumb. Heh, heh, heh.
#3.1.1 Sam L. on 2018-01-15 19:01 (Reply)
given our realistic choices last election cycle, i think we have a winner .
#4 La on 2018-01-15 16:30 (Reply)
So far, in terms of results, I'd say that regardless of our choices last time, we have a winner!
#4.1 mudbug on 2018-01-15 17:17 (Reply)
Does that number reflect real unemployment? What's the ratio of the number working to the pool of potential workers? And there's the full-time/part-time question too.

I never know what to make of the official unemployment numbers.
#5 James the lesser (Link) on 2018-01-15 17:56 (Reply)
The simple truth is that black america has always been unhappy; and will always be unhappy. Blacks have to maintain a long list of grievances in order to justify their demands for free stuff. For example, something like 40% of all sexually active black men are HIV positive, and all of them get free medicine. Will they Thank the President for that? Of course not, because there is no such thing as "enough". And besides, it's not their fault that they have AIDS. It's just nature.

A day will come when President Trump, or whoever comes after him, will have to cut back on entitlements. That will mean riots in the cities all over the country. When that day arrives, it will be a great opportunity to rid the United States of HIV once and for all by testing, and then expelling those who are positive for the disease.

All this criticism of the President is just a red herring designed to draw attention away from the fact that America has turned into a welfare state.
#6 Ron Liebermann on 2018-01-15 18:24 (Reply)
Trump must be the greatest real estate mogul ever considering how many heads that he occupies rent free....
#7 Dorf on 2018-01-15 19:16 (Reply)
Trump's racist because he doesn't give blacks preferential treatment.
That's the left's logic.

IOW he's racist because he's not racist...

And no, he's not vulgar. He's politically incorrect, a breadth of fresh air after decades of career politicians.
#8 JTW on 2018-01-16 00:51 (Reply)
What lefties have done is intentionally destroy families and stunt upward mobility. Trump is doing the opposite.
#9 forest on 2018-01-16 06:21 (Reply)

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