Can Rand Bring Blacks Back to the GOP?

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Senator Rand Paul Is Not Afraid of Black People

Roland S. Martin
July 16, 2014

There is no white Republican elected official today who is coming close to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's effort to reach out to black voters.

When the GOP opened an outreach office in Detroit, Paul was there. Earlier this month, he spoke about education reform to a group of African-Americans. Last year, Paul gave a speech at historically black university, Howard University, where he owned up to the party's failure to connect with black voters. And he has taken positions that have irked some in the GOP, including discussing voter suppression efforts and the failures of mandatory minimums in the criminal justice system.

What Paul is doing is not going to these venues and waving the GOP flag. He's raising issues that are in the wheelhouse of black voters and, at least, getting them to listen to his perspective.

Critics, namely hardcore Democrats, see Paul as nothing more than a charlatan trying to bolster his credentials in advance of a 2016 presidential run. OK, fine. Maybe that is the case. But black voters can't on one hand say Democrats take us for granted, and then when a white Republican extends his hand, we can't cut it off.

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There are many reasons for that catastrophe, and some on the right enjoyed a hearty last laugh when Lyndon Johnson abandoned the White House. But ridding themselves of Johnson did not mean that Republicans got back the black vote.

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And just look how blacks in America thrived.

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Now, they aren't all like that, but if anyone can peel 15-20 percent of the educated/free thinking ones away, its Rand...

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Probably a little off-topic ... but I am aware of Rand Paul's medical career...and, in my opinion, he is a smart fellow.

(Not this BS smart that was lavished upon Obama just because he went to Ivy league and such ... I think we can all see now that Obama is not that smart.)



But ... what has Rand Paul actually RUN (and I don't view a medical practice that same as, say ... a more conventional business).


And ... the way folks talk about him on here ... we don't need to replace one so-called Messiah with another.


What we need is a practical/common sense man (yeah, a man ... I said it) ... who can actually LEAD, RUN things, be the HMFIC...show some accountability and demand it.


I'm not convinced that Rand Paul is that guy.

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Probably a little off-topic ... but I am aware of Rand Paul's medical career...and, in my opinion, he is a smart fellow. (Not this BS smart that was lavished upon Obama just because he went to Ivy league and such ... I think we can all see now that Obama is not that smart.) But ... what has Rand Paul actually RUN (and I don't view a medical practice that same as, say ... a more conventional business). And ... the way folks talk about him on here ... we don't need to replace one so-called Messiah with another. What we need is a practical/common sense man (yeah, a man ... I said it) ... who can actually LEAD, RUN things, be the HMFIC...show some accountability and demand it. I'm not convinced that Rand Paul is that guy.

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Reagan was an actor. He just knew how to lead. He also did not have an agenda to radically change the country from its foundation.

I see Rand in this light

I attended an annual meeting of the Airport Minority Contactor's Association a few years back. Roland Martin was the keynote speaker. He makes his living perpetuating minority injustice stories, peppered with anecdotes. If he actually wrote about the news and reported facts instead of continual reporting of racial injustice, he might be a pretty decent columnist and reporter. As he is, though, he is just another race-mongerer and I consider him no better than Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, even if he isn't as strident as they are. That's too bad because he actually is very talented speaker and writer. A one trick pony, though.

Yeah he could peel off 5% if he stays the course. I'd like to say that black unemployment would help, but with all the programs in place to pay for them to stay that way, who the hell knows? But 3-5% gets the job done, IMO. If the dems don't throw up a black candidate, then the stay at home bunch should make victory possible.

The CBC supported the war on drugs, Ron Paul got into an argument with Charles Rangel on the Morton Downey show.

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So him writing this is astounding. Barry Goldwater must be smiling from heaven right now.

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They realize the Dems are going to become the party of Jews, White apologists and Hispanics. Where else are they going to turn?

Obama has turned out to be abysmal and it can no longer be denied by Dems. Only hardcore loyalists stand up for Obama. He had the potential to make sweeping changes to this country by focusing on the black family unit. Instead, he's focused on transforming America into a refugee's utopia.

The GOP's only chance is to put up a candidate the base supports. I think Paul, Walker, Carson, Cruz would work.

Bush, Rubio, Cristy, Romney would not carry the base. I agree Romney would have been perfect, but if he can't get as many votes as McLame, then he's finished.