Charles Barkley poignant message to Democratic Party after Doug Jones win (VIDEO)

[egbertowillies]

Charles Barkley had a poignant but necessary message for the Democrat Party that they better heed. There is a simmering revolt brewing within the party that unresolved will destroy the all-but-certain blue wave in 2018 and 2020.

The Democratic Party is the party of inclusion, yet many feel marginalized even though it is their votes that empowers the Democratic Establishment. The most dependable voting block in the Democratic Party is black women followed by the votes of other minorities. The Doug Jones victory is exhibit #1. I wrote a less-than-joyous piece about the Jones victory yesterday as there are some disturbing trends even with the Jones victory.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/12/13/charles-barkley-message-democratic-party/

[GaryCnf]

1. Just one small point

"The most dependable voting block in the Democratic Party is black women followed by the votes of other minorities."

The most dependable voting bloc of the Democratic Party is BLACK PEOPLE and we are that dependable bloc because of our race.

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2. Exactly. Black men get overlooked even though 93% voted Democratic.

[Brother Buzz]

6. LOL, one could make the argument black women make decisions for the black man

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7. Why? Why not just say black people voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee.

When you average out the 93% vote of black men and the 98% vote of black women you get 95.5%.

Let's just say black voters are "woke" and know what time it is.

The party would be in sad shape if we didn't come out.

[Brother Buzz]

8. I might suggest that many black man may not have even bothered to vote if not goaded by the

matriarchal women.

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9. Are you African American? If not don't speculate on what you don't know.

[rainin]

3. Candidates always make promises

that aren't kept. That's because of how we fund our elections.

We need to fight to make our candidates answer to us. As long as the system demands they raise gazillions of dollars to be competitive, they must answer to their donors.

Think of it as..

Phase 1: have a great campaign that includes all the hot button issues for your voters
Phase 2: once elected, go to work for the donors who put you there.

We don't see change, because the donors don't pay for that kind of change.

These are my thoughts based on the written text. I've bookmarked the video for later.

[mythology]

4. Objectively politicians do generally at least try to keep promises

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/

[rainin]

5. What's missing from that article is the percentage of promises kept/voting bloc.

The black community might disproportionately fall into that 33 percent of promises that aren't kept even by the most well-intended politicians.

If we want to continue to engage black voters, we need to remember them more than just during election time.