O'Reilly Tries to Be Down
Bill O'Reilly seems to think he knows black people. In his own words:
Where do I begin? How about if people like O'Reilly weren't so dead set against Affirmative Action, we'd have more black people going to work and not "living in the ghetto"? Or that black people as a whole were involved in on of the most "politically left" movements in the country's history, aka The Civil Rights Movement?
Or maybe I can just quote some facts from BAMPAC, a group who might know black people a little more than O'Reilly. From their 2005 opinion poll:
1. 73% disapprove in some way in how the President is running the country. 76% believed that he shouldn't have won re-election.
2. Economy and Jobs, Education and Health Care are their top three concerns (I thought they had jobs?)
3. They considered the Democratic Party more favorable than the Republican Party.
4. They rank "Parents" and "Music Artists" over religious leaders as the most influential to the Black Community.
5. They feel taken for granted by the Democratic Party, and ignored by the Republican Party.
6. They are more inclined to vote for a White Democrat then a Black Republican.
7. For abortion, 51% believe a woman has the right to choose.
8. 69% believe that gay marriage should not be legal and 65% believe comparing the gay rights movement to the civil rights movement is wrong.
9. 25% consider themselves liberal, 34% consider themselves conservative and 33% consider themselves moderate.
10. 25% of the respondents live in Urban areas, 21% in suburban, 38% in middle/small towns and 12% live in Rural areas.
11. 44% of the respondents make less than $30,000.
The only thing O'Reilly has correct is the gay marriage issue. But considering people have always tried to compare the cause to the civil rights movement, it's little wonder the issue has upset so many African-Americans. Everything else is dead wrong. Mainstream black people are basically frustrated Democrats who want better pay(or jobs), like to live in towns, want Bush to be kicked out of office, think of themselves as moderates and want government to not legislate their bedroom.
I suggest that O'Reilly stops using the show "Black. White." for his race issue talking points.
I -- I have always believed -- always believed -- that the mainstream African-American person, the person who goes to work, gets up, doesn't live in the ghetto, lives in a, you know, in a working class neighborhood or an affluent neighborhood is conservative at heart. Their value system is church. A big church-going population among African-Americans, particularly female, if you look at the polls, they're against gay marriage; they're against far left political thought. You don't see a lot of African-Americans, you know, running around with Jane Fonda. You see a lot of African-Americans going into the military.
Where do I begin? How about if people like O'Reilly weren't so dead set against Affirmative Action, we'd have more black people going to work and not "living in the ghetto"? Or that black people as a whole were involved in on of the most "politically left" movements in the country's history, aka The Civil Rights Movement?
Or maybe I can just quote some facts from BAMPAC, a group who might know black people a little more than O'Reilly. From their 2005 opinion poll:
1. 73% disapprove in some way in how the President is running the country. 76% believed that he shouldn't have won re-election.
2. Economy and Jobs, Education and Health Care are their top three concerns (I thought they had jobs?)
3. They considered the Democratic Party more favorable than the Republican Party.
4. They rank "Parents" and "Music Artists" over religious leaders as the most influential to the Black Community.
5. They feel taken for granted by the Democratic Party, and ignored by the Republican Party.
6. They are more inclined to vote for a White Democrat then a Black Republican.
7. For abortion, 51% believe a woman has the right to choose.
8. 69% believe that gay marriage should not be legal and 65% believe comparing the gay rights movement to the civil rights movement is wrong.
9. 25% consider themselves liberal, 34% consider themselves conservative and 33% consider themselves moderate.
10. 25% of the respondents live in Urban areas, 21% in suburban, 38% in middle/small towns and 12% live in Rural areas.
11. 44% of the respondents make less than $30,000.
The only thing O'Reilly has correct is the gay marriage issue. But considering people have always tried to compare the cause to the civil rights movement, it's little wonder the issue has upset so many African-Americans. Everything else is dead wrong. Mainstream black people are basically frustrated Democrats who want better pay(or jobs), like to live in towns, want Bush to be kicked out of office, think of themselves as moderates and want government to not legislate their bedroom.
I suggest that O'Reilly stops using the show "Black. White." for his race issue talking points.
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