Preface

Conservatism stands for liberty and justice for all Americans. Conservatives believe in individual freedom.  Conservatives do not force oppressive legislation upon citizens. Conservatism fights for the rights of all Americans to keep more of their hard earned money. Conservatism seeks to defend this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. So, why do Democrats overwhelmingly win the minority vote? Do minorities not believe in these things? I think they do, so it must be something else that is at play here…

Part I: A Brief History of the GOP       

Slavery was the greatest mistake this country ever made, and liberals are quick to point that fact out to people that love America. They love to call this a ‘racist nation’ that was built on the backs of slaves. These America haters fail to mention that it was conservatives who opposed slavery; it was a Republican President that signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was conservatives and Republicans that fought for the 13^th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery once and for all. They forget that it was conservatives that passed the 14^th and 15^th Amendments that granted equal protection and voting rights to all citizens, regardless of color. They also don’t mention that the first blacks in Congress were Republicans all the way back in the 1860’s. It wasn’t until 1934 that Democrats elected a black man to the US House of Representatives. The GOP had the fortitude of character to do what was right, even though to do nothing would have been much easier.

Anti-slavery conservatives were fought tooth and nail by the Democratic Party. The Democrats actively supported slavery; they opposed the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments to the US Constitution. In fact, supporting slavery was their overriding agenda at the time.

That was a long time ago though; we shouldn’t judge the Dems on what their political ancestors did nearly 150 years ago, that would be unfair. We all make mistakes and we should all be forgiven as long as we admit our mistakes and take corrective action.

What’s that? You mean to tell me that the DNC spent the next 100 years trying to hold black people down? I don’t believe it!

Yes. The party of inclusion and diversity is really the party of exclusion and persecution. The party of Al Sharpton is the party of Jim Crow. The Party of the NAACP is also the party of the Ku Klux Klan.

After Republicans defeated slavery and passed the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments, the Democratic Party went from a pro-slavery platform to an anti-black platform. For more than 100 years, the DNC fought to institutionalize racism in the form of Jim Crow laws, and other segregationist legislation. The Democratic Party and its supporters are the reason that blacks were treated as second class citizens until the late 1960’s. The founding fathers didn’t say that Rosa Parks had to sit in the back of the bus; Democrats did.

Ok, ok, so the Democrats were a little late to recognize that black people should be afforded the inalienable rights guaranteed by our Creator and our Constitution but they supported the civil rights movement of the 1960’s right?

Oh sorry, wrong again! Even 100 years after the Republicans ended slavery, (no thanks to Democrats) 80% of those that opposed the civil rights act of 1964 were Democrats. In stark contrast, more than 80% of GOP Congressman supported the legislation. (1)

Given this long and sad record of being on the wrong side of history, you might expect that the Democratic Party would admit their mistakes and beg Americans (especially black Americans) for forgiveness.

Not a chance!

Instead the DNC simply declared that it was the party of minorities. It became their platform to use minority groups to win elections by insisting that they would fight for them. They insisted that this country was so darn racist that the only way they could be equal, really equal, was to take government handouts. They said that blacks needed help (a lot of help) if they were to be successful in this racist nation. The Democratic Party is the reason racism was so entrenched in our society, for so long.

Over the years the Democratic Party has really changed. In the past, the Dems wanted to take everything from blacks: freedom, land, rights. Now the opposite is true, the DNC wants to give everything to blacks: jobs, housing, health care, ‘extra protections’, money, affirmative action, quotas, and so on.

Somehow, over the last 50 years, too many blacks have bought into this notion that the Democratic Party is the party that fights for blacks. The truth is the DNC is still keeping blacks subjugated with the subtle racism of lower expectations. The Dems have substituted overt racism with a quieter form that claims to advance the standing of blacks in society but really the hand of big brother is holding black people back, keeping them from being truly free. Democrats now celebrate anytime a person of color achieves a position of high standing because that person is a minority. Conservatives celebrate all Americans that are successful regardless of color, creed, or anything else for that matter.