adja Fidelia, Who Is Also A Managing Director At Lehman Brothers, Has Raised At Least $50,000 For Mr. Obama..." (Timothy Williams, "Obama Takes His Campaign to Harlem," New York Times, 11/30/07)
CPUSA 2008 Electoral Policy
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The Communist Party USA views the 2008 elections as a tremendous opportunity to defeat the policies of the right-wing Republicans and to move our country in a new progressive direction.
The record turnout in the Democratic Presidential primary races shows that millions of voters, including millions of new voters, are using this election to bring about real change. We wholeheartedly agree with them.
While we do not endorse any particular candidates, we do endorse and join in the anti-Bush/anti-right wing sentiments that are driving so many people to activism.
The fact that the Democratic frontrunners are an African American and a woman speaks volumes on how far the country has come. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has attracted large numbers of supporters, especially women. Other Democratic contenders presented some excellent proposals to reverse the devastation caused by the Bush administration’s policies.
Barack Obama’s campaign has so far generated the most excitement, attracted the most votes, most volunteers and the most money. We think the basic reason for this is that his campaign has the clearest message of unity and progressive change, while having a real possibility for victory in November.
As we see it, however, this battle is bigger than the Democrats and Republicans, even though those parties are the main electoral vehicle for most voters today. Our approach is to focus on issues and movements that are influencing candidates and parties.
We will work with others to defeat the Republican nominee and to end right-wing control of the new Congress.
The activism growing out of this election will help guarantee a progressive mandate no matter who is elected. It is critical to our country’s renewal and future.
We think this election is a great opportunity to bring an early withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. It can mean job creation and relief for those who are losing their homes or unable to pay their bills.
This election can set the stage to advance the interests of working people; of those excluded because of race, gender, sexual orientation and immigration status.
This election can begin to turn the tide: it can help bring universal health care, save the environment and start the restoration of our democratic rights. This election can strengthen democracy for all.
In the long run, we see the need for an independent "people’s party" -- an electoral party that will unite labor and all democratic forces. We also are working for a political system and government whose priority is to watch the backs of working families, not fill the pockets of the corporate fat cats. Our slogan, "people before profits" and our goal of "Bill of Rights socialism" say it all.
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Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King was a Republican?
I sure didn’t — till I read Ronald Kessler’s arresting column in Newsmax just recently. He was liberally quoting Frances Rice, chairman of the National Black Republican Association, in which she was describing the Democratic Party as the “architect of modern day racism.”
This was just the first of many fascinating and surprising accusations from someone who is certainly in a position to know what she’s talking about. She’s a retired Army lieutenant colonel and lawyer, and she avers that it was Republicans who pushed through much of the ground-breaking civil rights legislation in Congress — and that the GOP still stands for empowering blacks to help them out of poverty, more than the Democrats.
In contrast, she says, the liberal party pushes programs that keep her fellow blacks dependent on government handouts and temporary “fixes,” and encourages them to see themselves as victims.
She even charges that in every election cycle, Democrat operatives fan out into the black communities and preach hatred against the Republican party, to get them to cast protest votes against perceived prejudice. And this activity has succeeded insidiously, convincing several generations of black Americans that the Democratic Party is their only hope. The party strategists’ fear is that “once blacks become prosperous, the Democrats will lose their power base.”
Frances Rice co-founded the NBRA in 2005 with the mission of returning African-Americans to the party of Abraham Lincoln and their more logical roots. The organization has grown quickly, from an initial five members to over a thousand, and counting! It publishes a quarterly glossy magazine, “The Black Republican,” and has a Web site: www.nbra.info. I won’t quote all the charges she makes as a successful and able black woman, because they are, frankly, incendiary. But she backs them up with facts.
One thing she points out is that most black people are completely unaware that from its founding in 1854, as the anti-slavery party, the Republican Party has always been at the “forefront of the struggle for civil rights, which is why Dr. King was himself a Republican.” It was Republicans who fought slavery and amended the Constitution to grant blacks freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote.
They also pushed through much of the ground-breaking civil rights legislation from the 1860s through the 1960s, Rice says.
On the other hand, it was a Democratic public safety commissioner, Eugene “Bull” Connor, in Birmingham, who unleashed vicious dogs and turned fire hoses on black civil rights demonstrators, she reminds us. And Democrat Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox “brandished an ax handle to prevent blacks from patronizing his restaurant. And Democrat Gov. George Wallace stood in front of the Alabama school house in 1963, declaring there would be segregation forever. In 1954, Democrat Arkansas Gov. Faubus tried to prevent desegregation of Little Rock public schools … but Republican President Dwight Eisenhower sent troops into the South to desegregate the schools, and appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the Supreme Court, which resulted in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision ” She asks, “Have most black Americans ever been taught any of this? Of course not.”
And neither, she points out, have most blacks ever known that it was Democrats, “fighting to keep blacks in slavery and away from the polls, who started the Ku Klux Klan to terrorize them. And they fought civil rights legislation for years!”
Why am I chronicling all this? Well, this is an extremely crucial election year, unprecedented in its implications. A vast majority of media attention is consistently focused on the Democratic race, with its leading contenders a young black man and a middle aged woman; one will win the nomination, and the predominantly liberal media will pull out all the stops, employing all its biased wiles and influence to push that nominee into the presidency.
Much of the necessary reporting of the Republican campaign will seem dull and perfunctory, with a hoped-for Democrat victory seemingly inevitable.
I’m intrigued, though, by a cross current of political thought and action, also unprecedented, not being reported at all by mainstream media. Like the information above, it’s a growing rejection of Democrat claims by informed
and activist black Americans.
For years, I’ve been aware of this advancing phenomenon. I was an Alan Keyes supporter in his first bid for the Presidency. Before that, in 1976 I was a Reagan delegate to the Republican convention, and was actively stumping for the GOP to find, nurture and put forward black candidates for every elected office! I kept saying, “We’re the party of Lincoln. Why shouldn’t we be the ones that create the opportunities for the best qualified black candidates?” And I fervently hoped Gen. Colin Powell would accept our call, though he declined, not wanting to face the howling opposition and dirty tricks of presidential campaigning.
Another dynamic leader I’ve met is Rev. Wayne Perryman, a black fact-finding investigator, and author of “Unfounded Loyalty: An In-depth Look Into the Love Affair Between Blacks and Whites.”
He’s a dedicated Christian minister, and from his vantage point, just like that of Martin Luther King, he feels that history reveals where black citizens in this country have found their true support. For him and others like J.C. Watts, former congressman from Oklahoma, Jesse Lee Peterson, radio host and publisher, and an array of other influential black leaders like Ward Connelly and Larry Elder, it’s very troubling to see their brothers and sisters being led along like sheep by liberal promises that are tempting but not real answers for their best future.
Next time, I want to focus here on Rev. Perryman’s findings and allegations; that will be worth some space. But for now, my point is that we Americans, all of us, need to step back and take an objective look at our past as well as to the immediate future — to the trends and actions and influences that have brought us to this election year. There are serious differences between the candidates, their ambitions and abilities, and the goals of the two parties
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Chivalrous Men and the Victim-Princess Complex
I recently came across an article sporting the irresistible title, A Nation of Little Princesses. Author Christopher Healy explores the archetype of the princess, which he asserts "is one of the longest-lived in all of literary history."
My first reaction was to think, "Here's some Neanderthal guy trying to peddle outdated gender stereotypes." But Healy points to the fact that the Disney Corporation has assembled a Princess brand consisting of eight animated film heroines including Cinderella, Snow White, Pocahontas, Belle of Beauty of the Beast, and others. In 2003 the Princess line racked up an astonishing $2.5 billion in sales, up from a mere $300 million in 2001.
And that's just for starters. "We've gone beyond the dress-up and toys, and begun to look at the brand as a lifestyle, filling out all the other things girls need in life," according to Mary Beech, Disney's director of franchise management. Things girls need in life?
Healy, proud dad of a three-year-old girl, notes with an equal mix of astonishment and horror, "The ease and rapidity with which a princess obsession can take hold of a young girl's psyche is mind-blowing."
Eventually those little Jennifers and Bethanies grow up, go to college, and enroll in their first Women's Studies course. There they learn that the kiss by their Prince Charming really represents non-consensual sexual assault, that Belle's Beast is a closet bodice-ripper, and that the fable of the Princess talking to the Green Frog at the side of the well is an allegory of serial rape.
But the Women's Studies gurus explain they can still make their dreams of tiaras and sequin-studded dresses come true: "Join the Sisterhood, and we'll turn you into a real princess!"
According to the feminist fable, women were kept under heel for so many millennia that members of the fairer sex need to play "catch-up." So now women should be the beneficiaries of an ever-expanding array of legal protections, government programs, commercial products, and lifestyle options. That's the Victim-Princess Complex.
What princess who has just been betrayed by her Handsome Green Frog could resist that offer?
Before long these Wicked Witches of the North have cast a spell on their Little Pretties. These young women soon graduate from college believing that women are paid less for the same work, that women were routinely excluded from medical research, and a multitude of other tragedies that have befallen womankind. Victimization has become a mainstay of their self-identity.
It's not just the feminist propaganda mill that endlessly replays the woman-as-victim mantra. Chivalrous men, acting out their fantasies of the White Knight in Shining Armor, are guilty as well.
Pick up a copy of your local newspaper and you will see articles – usually written by male reporters and columnists – that reinforce the notion of the downtrodden female. Accounts of women who are stressed-out, undervalued, and abused form the staple of daily news reporting.
Recently I attended a conference where a speaker blandly made the claim that 60 million women around the world had "disappeared." He didn't bother to offer any details or proof. And he certainly didn't say anything about men who were never heard from again.
I imagine that catering to women's insecurities makes these men feel gallant and proud. But chivalry is defined as being "considerate and courteous to women." Slanting and distorting the truth – that's chicanery, not chivalry.
Yet there's a downside to the Princess-Victim Complex.
Myrna Blyth, former editor of Ladies Home Journal, reveals how women's magazines turn female victimization into a hard sell for the latest beauty products or weight control program. Blyth decries how these magazines promote "narcissism as an advanced evolutionary stage of female liberation. Me, me, me, means you're finally free, free, free."
But the problem goes beyond self-absorbed narcissism.
In his Nation of Little Princesses article, Christopher Healy quotes a father who observes, "Well, that's the magic of Disney: It's addictive. It's like crack for 5-year-olds."
So the Victim-Princess Complex begins to resemble a dysfunctional habit in which the negative feelings of being a victim require ever-larger "fixes" for women to feel good about themselves. And those fixes come with a hefty price tag. Princesses "only find true happiness once they're married off with royal expense accounts," Healy laments.
These women are undoubtedly the most prosperous, pampered, and protected group in the history of the world. But they would still have you believe that women aren't getting a fair shake.
What is the truth of feminism? A fairy tale come true, or a royal deception that appeals to the most primitive instincts of men and women alike?
This is what the US male is up against--it has been festering for a long time. We are just as much fault for this as are women. Respecting women is not being a wimp-but letting them dictate your every awake moment is. I thought I would never use this word self-esteem we referring to men--I always connected that word with women. But younger men today--have been told so many things-by the media-school-parents that they don't know how to act.
"Must get in touch with your feminine side" who in the hell came up with that --40 years ago that quote did not exist--your feminine side what the hell does that mean anyway? Not too long ago I opened a door at a grocery store for a young woman, she looked at me and said " I am perfectly capable opening my own doors" well in my mind I said that is it--no more being helpful for the younger females--they want to have it all --------well they got it!!
The Feminist movement has destroyed all respect between males and females-now it is "I can do anything you can do"--and males now believe it!!! I am sorry but there is a difference between males and females--(physically)--mentally you can change that belief in the male mind and the feminist have succeeded in doing just that...
Feminist movement has destroyed the US male--(there are some that have not been influenced by the propaganda taught) and that is because of men who taught their boys to be men--passing down what manhood is from their fathers and grandfathers...
My father held two sometimes three jobs to support his family--never complained or whined
He respected woman-open doors for them-stood up when a woman entered the room. Did not use curse words around woman (females) and as far as that goes around his children. Today the F word is used everywhere-around woman-children who cares
He could repair his own car -did his own repairs on our home-cut the grass-all those tasks that were required to keep our home in good condition.
He taught his three sons to hunt-to fish-to respect woman and to help them when they needed it-to respect our grandparents-older people-our teachers and taught us about our country (he fought in WWII as well as all my uncles) respect the flag, why we have our freedoms-who protected them.
My father always had time for us--when I went to war (Vietnam) how I was raised, by my mother and father how they encouraged me to play football,baseball, how my father taught me how to take pain (through example) how to stand on my own two feet, these all got me through that war and home in one piece.
My mother and father were married 49 years before he died, they stayed together through thick and thin--raised four children on a workers pay.
Today a lot of what I have listed above is missing in our society,divorce and the split up of the American family has contributed to much of the ills our nation suffers from today. American men must revisit those attributes that made American men the envy of the whole world....
Corny you say---well what I am saying is coming from a 62 year old. I have seen the flowering of the feminist movement and its negative impact on the American Male and Female, and as an American Male do not like it.
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