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Voting in 2006 Congressional Elections (556 hits)

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The so-called mid-term elections are upon us HBCU Connect. The mid-term elections are those elections held in an even year before the presidential elections two-years later.

Many of you wanna-be policy wunks (experts or geeks who like a certain type of issue) know that in 1994 there was a political re-alignment that saw the House and the Senate controlled by the Republicans for the first time in forty years! The GOP (a moniker for Republicans which stand for the Grand Old Party) tagged their new agenda as a 'Contract with America'. Remember 'Connect' that when our founding fathers drafted our Charters of Freedom (the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence) they borrowed from John Locke's 'Second Treatise'.

The fight for Control of Congress

Well, in their contract they promised America that they would instill best practices and eliminate waste. This sounded like a major paradigmatic shift was afoot and the Republicans gained many seats. A man by the name of Newt Gingrich (The Speaker of the House) was its champion.

Who will be the champion for the Dems.?

I'll tell you. Each of you who votes for new leadership. You know the age old addage about if you don't vote you don't have a right to complain-enough said!

Posted By: B. Dwight Foster, B.A., MS-MANAGEMENT
Saturday, March 25th 2006 at 11:56AM
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Yes I remember that major political shift and Rush Limbaugh had a field day.

But with all the negatives of the present party, negative circumstances mounting daily, I state that the largest turn around in political history to a majority Democratic base will happen with the up coming elections.

I mean even the Republicans are distancing themselves from the Republicans especially President Bush. The Vice-President shooting another man in the chest, face and neck, the mounting scandals, the social unrest, highest U.S. gas prices I can remember, inflation, unemployment, war with no end in sight, this is usually symptoms of a Republican led leadership, like back during the Reagan years (We are fighting a war that Reagan gave the weapons to and cash in a regime takeover), man I can go all day...
But in time, people will forget, Republicans will recruit uncle tom and tomette folks again and we will be right back in a big mess.

By the way, I look at all the issues and not just specifics.
I don't agree with all the Democrat agenda like same s*x unions (Only God ordains marriage so fake anyway along with other spiritual contexts violated) or abortions(even though I have a problem with a Man or the government in the bedroom of a woman, pregnancies arising from rapes, incest, molestations, etc; many people use this as a form of birthcontrol!!!).

Anyway, I was in the state of Florida when that whole negative corrupt plagued debacle went on with black folk in other states conveniently omitting that fact and I remember going around asking black folk were they voting. I also stated back then that those who don't vote are the 1st to cry out at injustice and still sit on their behinds, anyway...

Good blog Bro.
Saturday, March 25th 2006 at 12:25PM
WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III

I agree, we really need to vote. As citizens of this country, we truly need to understand our rights. How many of us do you think really know the Constitution and Declaration of Independence by heart. It's interesting how the government allows channels such as C-span to be viewed by Americans; the irony is that how many blacks would conversate about events that occurred on this channel. It's sad to still know that we are still behind the veil, still seen as sort of a seventh son (credit to Soul's of Black Folk), and still have a slave mentality.

Good blog. God Bless
Sunday, March 26th 2006 at 5:18PM
Candice Johnson

Today's the day!
Tuesday, November 7th 2006 at 8:52PM
B. Dwight Foster, B.A., MS-MANAGEMENT