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Getting the Black Conservative Vote
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Frank Rich, of New York Magazine, weighs in on black conservatives and the 2012 election.
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- Date Sep 29, 2011
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Frank Rich, of New York Magazine, weighs in on black conservatives and the 2012 election.
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One of things have to patronize or -- what's the or do as far as the number.
And I have been below one of those things -- -- Made viewers you're rupture idiotic point -- -- well of course not but we're juror writing members is years ago when you let's have a credit.
For the New York Times and the fact.
I guess a lot of people on that measured maybe summed -- -- to do that for great sense of humor as a vicious -- borrowers and because I really likes.
We'll hope but well speculated -- brought us together from the beginning.
And that's that's and that those.
No no political bound.
Yeah well you know -- I like I've I'm be a battle plan I can't.
They were have a great to -- humor but I but I do love humor and try to -- in my writing in my work whatever I can.
Telephonic recorded -- covered an interview from -- accordingly our national Burnham Maxine Walters -- waters off Aussie was on.
Appropriately.
Are critical President Obama the new.
Yeah yeah I did know that there's someone that one can be critical of by the way including -- -- sort of special interest coming to play in our congressional career but.
Yeah of course you can -- -- -- you know I think it doesn't a lot of criticism.
Coming from many different quarters including me and I might -- about a -- is justified.
Her criticism.
Of us it was lot of all of what was again.
It was that they He was He was -- -- is that I record all the issues too busy complaining about the people complaining about him -- matter of course.
That and and that He -- granted an insult.
And in or don't use the word or not.
But was blood but above was so -- also those of other groups like Hispanic groups.
And other groups.
And not of the black community are -- that was it yeah yeah.
What's taking an African American community for granite which imports you may be able to -- Which He may be able to do or not because because the truth is.
Well obviously He enjoyed as by the way would a white democratic president is conditional a lot of support from.
The black community.
You can't take it for granted because first of all your your -- have to come to the polls they have to have the enthusiasm that actually.
Turnout on voting day in that in the national lacking in 2010.
That the -- did not turnout and a lot of the Q2 two key Obama groups.
African Americans and young people.
Basically stayed home and it was Republican shellacking and there was no president on the ballot.
But I think that's a warning sign that this is and she's like two -- now that he's got a -- too you know He can't just assume that people.
March down them and vote for.
A -- you know back to our block Republican discussion here briefly -- -- -- an African American woman on.
On television -- hundred to some -- a very important laws.
-- that you know where you -- -- -- Herman Cain and here but is as you know we call.
Don't like to Republicans in the report as -- too -- or yields as a -- -- -- why don't inside so.
Last sort of dollars an African American all right program.
-- -- -- -- Pretended to speak for -- -- African American community basis generally that's the view.
The black -- all blacks who are African Americans are -- -- republic.
I I can't speak I can't speak to that item to -- maybe it's true life I just don't know I don't know if you can in -- -- like that that they Herman Cain.
Strikes me as a complete.
Don't have his views reflected completely original guy that justice.
-- pigeonholed malware to get -- people respond to him.
He's he's got a sense of sense of -- that's that's.
You know very highly developed and it does seem like he's afraid of anything in the and he's in He had -- some -- Talk about you know being.
A black Republican and then and that's in this proud of it from for various reasons could've seen.
Connected to look you know entrepreneurial some of the business flights.
And success He enjoyed.
I'd like I feel I feel that you deflating right you have made him a Pollyanna bad but I decided feel that -- that -- Or beginning to to topple some of the mark and that maybe one of them.
Well one could hope to -- us acknowledge them.
That -- you know if that were world.
Generations where you know we're so used to these things insulin trench.
But I find if you talk to young people you know I think of my my son's generation this sort of think what -- the parents argue about what else -- about that find it almost amusing to a certain extent does.
It is.
One afternoon after a thank you very much trying to great to talk you take care yourself of frank grits their -- international airport -- -- -- else.
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