A Classic Legacy of Political Exploitation by Americas Two-Party Shell Game

REPUBLICAN PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Dollar Bill Jefferson

To Americans of Color:

Access to Investment Markets Wealth-Building Skills Political Influence The Reverends: Jesse & Al

Dont look up here! Look over there! Those rich Republicans dont feel your pain like we rich Democrats do!

Dr. King

Wall Street Fiscal Elite

Social Liberals,
Gay/Feminist Activists

Intellectual Elite
Labor Leadership

Main Street Fiscal Conservatives, Professional Middle Class Social Conservatives

Rank-and-File Blue Collar Labor

Americans of Color, Elderly, Undereducated

Chronic Unemployment, Drug-Infested Neighborhoods, Rampant Poverty

As You Struggle Against the Republican Politics of Exclusion, How Have You Prospered From Your Loyalty to the Democrats?
Politics is the business of managing perceptions. Although that observation by former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (D), Donald Beyer, Jr., was made as a general indictment of the American political process, its application to the manipulation of Americas ethnic minority communities by the Democratic Party is particularly relevant in todays political environment. Ever since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Americans of Color have statistically been near-universal in their support for the Democratic Party, largely due to the historic role played by the Democrats and President Lyndon B. Johnson in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that granted black Americans federal protection from discriminatory racial practices by both private industry and public agencies. Such historic legislation rightfully earned the Democratic Party decades of loyal political support from the black community for the partys stand to protect the human dignity of those Americans who were guilty of nothing more than the genetic condition of skin color. However, fifty (50) years later, the Democratic Party of 1964 that earned the respect and political loyalty of an entire race of Americans for its leadership in the often-volatile struggle for social justice and economic opportunity is no longer recognizable in its form or mission. What was once a party motivated by a strong sense of moral equity to provide a meaningful voice for the economically disenfranchised is today a party that has been co-opted by privileged intellectuals and wealthy political activists driven to implement an agenda of radical pro-abortion feminism and aggressive homosexual policy. In fact, the very same Democratic Party that once fought for equal access and participation by black Americans in the American Dream has today led the assault on economic opportunity against black Americans by its embrace of global free trade policies, a trend first implemented by President Bill Clintons signing of NAFTA into law on December 8, 1993 and which has led to the steady loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the textile, manufacturing, and steel production industries to such low-wage nations as Mexico and Costa Rica. Those remaining service industry jobs in agriculture, hospitality and construction not subject to transfer to third-world countries are today subject to the competitive pressures of hundreds of thousands of illegal foreign nationals coming freely into America, largely due to the selfserving avarice of a Democratic Party which (mistakenly) views every new illegal immigrant as a potentially new Democratic vote. In the process, numerous key industry classes that have provided reliable, steady income sources to black Americans have been summarily eliminated, as have the hope and economic stability that such good-paying employment opportunities bring. Of course, the philosophical abandonment of Americans of Color by todays Democratic Party is not unprecedented in American politics. The Republican Party of 1863 that freed black slaves has evolved into a political party that today is far-removed from the interests of the average American of Color. Of the hundreds of millions of dollars spent every federal election cycle to court every voting class from Soccer Moms to Military Veterans, little-to-no effort or political capital is spent by the national Republican Party to articulate why black Americans are best served by the G.O.P. instead of the Democrats. There is no discernable effort by the Republican Party to understand, connect with, or speak to the daily anxieties of the average black American, even though the average American of Color is overwhelmingly conservative in his or her social and economic philosophies. What appears to be a natural fit between the socially conservative philosophy of the Republican Party and the average American of Color on such issues as abortion and gay marriage is neither exploited nor even verbalized in a highly competitive political landscape where both parties claim every vote counts. One would think that even a modest penetration of the black vote by the Republican Party would be the political death knell of the Democratic Party, a party which relies heavily on the voting support of Americas ethnic minorities to advance the social agenda of the partys cultural elite. Yet the Republican Party simply refuses to make any meaningful gesture in form or substance to leverage the black communitys strong cultural bond on issues of faith and spirituality, all while the controlling ranks of the Democratic Party continue to get more emboldened in its advancement of a counterculture social agenda that facially insults both the spiritual heritage and historic struggle of an entire race of Americans. Not surprisingly, over 90% of todays black Americans are not fooled by a Republican Party whose gestures of inclusion are largely cosmetic. The average American of Color simply is not economically positioned to access either the investment markets of Wall Street or the political market of Washington, D.C. Sadly, however, the same 90% continue to be fooled by a Democratic Party that occasionally rolls out the tired rhetoric of Jesse Jackson or the amusing novelty of an Al Sharpton to make sure no black Americans stray from the Democratic Party plantation.

The Gospel (of Hypocrisy) According to Jesse

It is no coincidence that in the 50 years since the height of the Civil Rights movement, Americans of Color have regularly looked to the leaders from the church pulpit to provide direction and guidance to them in the newly-found realm of political participation. Afterall, issues of economic and social justice that impact families, the elderly, the poor, and the culture in general all have an inherent moral component that spans both religious and political philosophy. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the epitome of both a spiritual and political leader, even though he had never once sought nor been elected to public office. An ordained Baptist minister at the age of 18, Dr. Kings subsequent formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957 provided him with the vehicle and organizational base to effectively articulate a civil rights vision steeped in moral conscience that would culminate in monumental changes in public policy less than a decade later. Sadly, the selflessness and sense of greater purpose that gave rise to Dr. Kings legend and his effectiveness as an advocate for Americans of Color are no longer evident in the stature of todays self-appointed political leaders in the black community. Instead, many of todays national spokespersons for black Americans have parlayed their pulpit popularity into careers of political self-promotion that are in stark contrast to the selfless legacy of Dr. King. Perhaps most disturbing is the exploitation by many ordained ministers of Americas black churches who have betrayed the fundamental tenets of their Christian faith and their responsibility to their flock for the allure of political popularity as evidenced by their advocacy of some of Americas most controversial and debilitating social and economic policies being debated today. For example, while the personal shortcomings of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton are well documented and perhaps reflect nothing more than errors of judgment that befall all persons, their consistent advocacy of public policy initiatives on issues such as gay marriage and abortion rights is much more disturbing as it brings into direct conflict their fidelity to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and their status as leaders within the Democratic Party. Both Revs. Jackson and Sharpton are openly committed in their support of a womans right to execute her pre-born child, while Rev. Sharpton is an outspoken advocate for defiling the sacramental covenant of marriage by extending it to gay and lesbian couples. As men of God and leaders of the flock, are Revs. Jackson and Sharpton bold enough to proclaim that they are doing Gods work when they politically advocate for federal funding for abortion or, in the case of Rev. Sharpton, politically advocate for the sanction of homosexual marriage? How can these hypocrites call for civil rights for black Americans on one hand, yet support the political agenda of Planned Parenthood whose founder, Margaret Sanger, had an espoused eugenics vision and has stated that we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population? Because of hypocrites like Jackson and Sharpton, Margaret Sangers vision has prospered, with Planned Parenthood and other abortion mills being responsible for the slaughter of 1,450 pre-born black children in America everyday and over 10 million black children since the legalization of abortion in 1973. Besides the obvious hypocrisy and betrayal of their self-proclaimed Christianity as spiritual shepherds to members of the faith community, Jackson and Sharptons leadership has effectively herded millions of black Americans into a Democratic Party whose political centerpiece is today one of abortion-rights advocacy and homopolitical activism. While millions of God-fearing Americans of Color continue to wallow in crimeridden, economically depressed urban cities and towns characterized by death and despair, Jackson and Sharpton continue to make handsome livings for themselves as they galvanize votes for affluent, white militant feminists and gay-rights activists who control the national Democratic Party agenda and whose policy objectives are largely hostile to the traditional tenets of the Christian faith revered by most black Americans. Even Jackson and Sharptons rightful criticism of Corporate Americas economic outsourcing jailbreak epitomized by such free trade charades as NAFTA and GATT rings hollow with hypocrisy. Two decades after they failed to challenge and hold President Clinton accountable for signing NAFTA into law on December 8, 1993, Jackson and Sharpton continue today to pimp Black America into being the harlots of the Democratic Party by focusing their rhetoric against the Republican corporate beneficiaries of President Clintons historic NAFTA betrayal the effect of which has eliminated or jeopardized millions of stable livelihoods made by ethnic minorities in Americas shrinking industrial, manufacturing, textile and agriculture industries. As urban school districts throughout America continue to struggle with economic shortfalls resulting from eroding tax bases and fiscal mismanagement of epic proportions, the emerging global marketplace resulting from NAFTA, GATT, and CAFTA has all but eliminated viable economic livelihoods in Americas traditional blue-collar industries where Americans of Color have historically made steady economic gains. And as the quality of public education in urban America continues to suffer from shrinking tax bases due to the quickening pace of industrial and professional outsourcing, the realities of global competition only raise the educational demands necessary to compete on practically every service, industrial and professional level. How do Jackson and Sharpton keep straight faces as they use their celebrity and political influence to argue for increases to the minimum wage and better healthcare benefits for poor Americans of Color, WHILE THEIR SILENCE IS DEAFENING and THEIR LOYALTY TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REMAINS UNFLINCHING in the wake of the economic devastation caused by the loss of millions of manufacturing and service industry jobs over the last decade that had its roots in President Clintons NAFTA initiative?

How Faithful is YOUR Shepherd to Truth and Righteousness?

As you enter your house of worship, ask yourself if your minister is a humble shepherd leading his flock to Truth and Righteousness, or a wolf of political expediency who refuses to confront the continuing legacy of the Democratic Party in the enslavement of People of Color to the chains of despair while counterculture ideology prospers and abounds. Then be reminded of the Lords warning to those whose shepherds who would mislead His flock:

This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them. "Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.

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