Black Conservative

Hip Hop Republican

• Chris Ladd: Romney is Right About the Very Poor
  Call it a gaffe, call it an error, but if the Democrats succeed in their misguided effort to define Romney by that statement, Obama is more likely to lose this election.
  
  
• Jerome Hudson: If Bush Hated Black People, What’s Obama’s Excuse?
  Obama’s plans of hope and change have utterly failed his most ardent constituency. Today, the wreckage is overwhelming.
  
  
• Martin Martinez: How to boost your immune system and slow down the aging process
  There are many wonderful natural immune boosters. There is vitamin C, bittermelon, vitamin E, N-acetylcysteine, licorice extract, Astralgus, vitamin A, B and E complex. I will expound on the most common one, that most of us are familiar with and hopefully are not intimidated by, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and (poly ascorbate) . Here are the myriad benefits of this vitamin. It is an immune booster and a powerful anti-oxidant. It helps in the treatment of scurvy, helps in the prevention of colds and shortens the life of a cold. Vitamin C possibly prevents and possibly reverses the effects of the aging process.
  
  
• Trae Lewis: Straight Outta Carolina
  NWA's debut album "Straight Outta Carolina" was an album laced with raw and vulgar expressions and story telling never heard before in hip hop or in music as a whole. The LA based group shook the industry with their unabashed message of being anti-law enforcement, anti-America, and most of all exposing the lifestyle of a "gangsta". One who takes no for answer and gets what he wants, no matter how right or wrong the method. Hip Hop began in 1988 as it always did, New York based rappers delivering rap songs that expressed the life of New Yorkers. None of these rappers messages were clean enough to perform before a Sunday church crowd, however, there was some biting of the lip in regarding their expression. Public Enemy frontman Chuck D was as anti-establishment and raw as they came, yet he never articulated the need and desire to use violence as a primary way of life. With their angry and no holdsbar attitude,NWA forever changed hip hop. This brings me to last Saturday's GOP primary winner Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich is much like NWA. No he isn't new to the political fold, however his style and mannerisms are uncharacteristic of any of his GOP opponents. He's all telling and unwavering regarding to his principals and positions. Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and especially Mitt Romeny are those east coast rappers who do deliever their message, however, its done with care and ease. Sometimes even apologetic, not Speaker Gingrich.
  
  
• Andrew Simon: Debunking Charges of Racism at the GOP Debate in South Carolina
  I came down to cover the event from Canada. And for anything you may have heard of Canada's (well earned) reputation for tolerance, diversity and friendliness, nothing could have prepared me for the hospitality and graciousness I've had the joy of experiencing in Charleston.
  
  
• 2012 Black GOP Candidates
  This 2012 Black GOP Candidates list is from Republicans for Black Empowerment. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement . This information is provided for informational purposes only.
  
  
• Crystal Wright : Newt Wins South Carolina & Romney Doesn’t Make History
  What a reversal of fortune this past week was for Romney. Rick Santorum was declared the winner of Iowa after a recount revealed he won more votes than Romney. Romney won New Hampshire. Then Newt took South Carolina.
  
  
• Dr. Ada Fisher: Quit Hatin’ on the Rich and Minorities
  Any candidate who believes he will get elected president of the USA by increasing the rancor about the rich as if they didn’t earn it honestly or in putting down minorities is sadly mistaken. When the Obama Administration designs a stimulus plan which neglects the least of those among our citizens featuring no empowerment zones or more academic performance grants rather than loans or sets a goal for our children of college when 30-40% of minorities aren’t making it out of high school or even makes Supreme Court appointees neglecting the one group of females who gave over 95% of their votes without question—African Americans, once more the democratic diss is on. If Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorium or others can stand forth in South Carolina and exude platitudes on what the black community needs without having engaged with this population, they don’t get it.
  
  
• Dr. Jean Howard-Hill: Is Mitt Romney a Racist?
  Is Mitt Romney a racist for being moved with compassion after interacting with an American citizen who happened to be black?
  
  
• Join the NYC Rally to Protest SOPA
  Join us tomorrow outside the offices of Sen. Gillibrand & Chuck Schumer in NYC tomorrow to stop SOPA.
  
  
• Capital Offense: Romney and Bain
  Romney has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and there is no need for him to justify his desire to make a profit in his deal-making.
  
  
• Dennis Sanders: Why Is Jon Huntsman Losing?
  I've never made it a secret that I really like Jon Huntsman for the GOP Presidential Nomination. I like the former Utah governor's record as a solid Republican that had more moderate to liberal social opinions. He seemed to court a lot of love from a number of moderate and liberal pundits, but when it came to actually campaigning for President, he's been at near the bottom of opinion polls. Why is that? Back in November, Ross Douthat tried to answer that question and came up with the following which is pretty plausible: Huntsman has none of Romney’s health care baggage, and unlike the former Massachusetts governor, he didn’t spend the last decade flip-flopping on gun rights, immigration and abortion. Meanwhile, on many of the highest-profile issues of the primary season (the individual mandate, Paul Ryan’s House budget, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), he has arguably been more consistently conservative than Gingrich. At the same time, because Huntsman is perceived as less partisan than his rivals, he has better general election prospects. The gears and tumblers of my colleague Nate Silver’s predictive modelsgive Huntsman a 55 percent chance of knocking off the incumbent even if the economy grows at a robust 4 percent, compared to Romney’s 40 percent.
  
  
• In Search of Liberty: A Review of Libertopia
  Libertopia is a feature-length documentary that encourages twenty thousand people to move to New Hampshire where the participants examines issues of freedom and liberty.
  
  
• Mia Love officially in Congressional race
  (Tribune File Photo) Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, is jumping into the 4th Congressional District contest. She faces fellow Republicans Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer, both state lawmakers, in the battle for the GOP nomination.
  
  
• Crystal Wright: Is Newt Gingrich Running for POTUS or Working at the Chocolate Factory?
  Newt Gingrich needs to stop his parade of excuses for failing to qualify to get his name on Virginia’s GOP presidential ballot. “I think it’s more like Lucille Ball at the chocolate factory. You’ve got to get it organized,” quipped Romney about Gingrich’s Virginia fiasco. For once I agree with Mitt Romney. The “only failed system” is the Gingrich campaign’s incompetence, not Virginia’s law, which has been in place since 1970. As a person who has written favorably about Gingrich as being the most qualified candidate on the GOP presidential stump, I was shocked by the turn of events in Virginia and offer the candidate some constructive criticism.
  
  

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