I
n
ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, isihloko se-Sun Myung Moon-owned
Washington
Times
funda “uBush uyaqhubeka nokuxhumana nabamnyama.” Umthethosivivinywa
USamson ubike ukuthi uMongameli Bush uhlangane eWhite House no
amakhulu "abaholi abamnyama" futhi wabatshela ukuthi imigomo yakhe
"kungasiza abantu baseMelika abamnyama." NgokukaSamsoni, “The
Inkulumo kamongameli yemizuzu engu-15 e-East Room yaphazanyiswa
izikhathi ezingu-17 ngokushaya ihlombe kwezethameli ezazihlanganisa abefundisi abamnyama,
omakadebona, abaholi bamabhizinisi kanye namalungu eCongress. Phakathi kwalabo
ababekhona bekuyiSen. Barack Obama (D-IL) kanye noRep. Melvin Watt
(D-NC), usihlalo weCongressional Black Caucus.”
Lokhu
ukuhlangana kwakamuva nabaholi abamnyama kuyingxenye yesu elinolaka
yi-Republican Party okuhloswe ngayo emasontweni ase-Afrika aseMelika futhi,
ngabo, abavoti abamnyama, isifunda esithembeke kakhulu seDemocrat.
In
okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2004, i-GOP yenza inzuzo encane ku
inani labansundu abavotela uBush—lisuka kumaphesenti ayi-9 laya ku-11%.
yamavoti amnyama, ngokusho kwamavoti okuphuma. Benza kangcono nakakhulu
izifunda ezibucayi zaseFlorida nase-Ohio. EFlorida, eBush
ukwesekwa phakathi kwabantu base-Afrika baseMelika ngoNovemba kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-6
kuya kumaphesenti angu-13, futhi e-Ohio, uBush kungenzeka ukuthi uwine ngamaphesenti angu-16
wevoti elimnyama.
Ukuze
eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, ubuholi be-GOP bugxile ekwakheni a
iqembu eliqinile lezinhlangano ezimnyama ezilondolozayo kanye nabezindaba
okungabalelwa ekusekeleni i-ajenda yayo. Kusukela ekuqaleni
yobumongameli bukaBush, ukugcizelelwa kuye kwengeza kancane kancane ukuthandana
amasonto amnyama endaweni yayo yezikhali. Lokhu kufezwa ngo-no
ingxenye encane ngokunikezela ngezigidi zamaRandi ngokwesisekelo sokholo
izibonelelo emasontweni ase-Afrika aseMelika.
On
Februwari 1,
Los Angeles Times
abasebenzi ababhali Tom Hamburger
kanye no-Peter Wallsten babika ngomhlangano wama-Afrika angaphezu kwekhulu
Abefundisi baseMelika ababezohlangana eCrenshaw Christian
Centre, elinye lamasonto amakhulu abantu abamnyama e-Los Angeles, inhloko
ngumshumayeli uFrederick K. C. Price. Inhloso ye-confab
“kwakuwukwakha ukwesekwa kokuvinjelwa komshado wobulili obufanayo—a
udaba lwesignesha olwadonsela abantu abansundu abadla imbuya ngothi kuRiphabhulikhi
ikholamu ngonyaka odlule.” Ukukhipha isisu kanye namavawusha esikole nawo
isithakazelo esikhethekile kwabamnyama abalandela imithetho.
Hambisa ukubuyekeza
kanye nocezu lukaWallsten, olunesihloko esithi “GOP Sees a Future in Black
Amasonto: Izindaba zomphakathi zibopha iqembu neqembu kanye
ngokuqinile ekamu leDemokhrasi,” kubika uMbhishobhi uHarry
R. Jackson Omncane, umfundisi omkhulu we-Hope Christian Church eMaryland
kanye neDemocrat ebhalisiwe, izokwethula “Inkontileka Emnyama No
I-America on Moral Values… isicelo sokuthi uhulumeni athathe isinyathelo esisekelwe eBhayibhelini
kanye namasonto ukuze akhuthaze izinto ezibalulekile ezibalulekile.” Omnyama
Inkontileka “iphethini ngokuxega” kuSomlomo weNdlu yangaleso sikhathi
"Inkontileka NeMelika" kaNewt Ging-rich ukuthi
yethulwe eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule “ukwethula inkathi yokubusa kwe-GOP
kuCongress.”
Ngokusho
kuya
I-Pasadena Star News
, "Inkontileka" kaMbhishobhi Jackson
kuhlanganisa “ukuvikela umshado wesintu, izinguquko zasejele, ukudala
ingcebo yabantu abambalwa, kanye nokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezempilo kwabampofu.”
I-High Impact Leadership Coalition, eyethulwe emhlanganweni
Umhlangano waseLos Angeles, usuhlele ezinye izingqungquthela eziyisithupha kulo lonke
izwe kulo nyaka.
The
Umhlangano wase-Los Angeles ubuxhaswe nguMfundisi u-Lou Sheldon's
I-Traditional Values Coalition (www.traditionalvalues.org), umKristu
inethiwekhi efanele yamasonto anobudlelwane obuseduze ne-White House, RNC
usihlalo Ken Mehlman, kanye nezinye izikhulu eziphezulu zokuphatha uBush.
In
ngasekupheleni kukaFebhuwari, elinye iqembu elixhumene ne-Gingrich lizohlangana
IWashington izomemezela "I-Mayflower Compact for Black America."
Leli qembu lihlela ukuhlela ezifundazweni ezibalulekile ngaphambi kuka-2006 kanye
ukhetho lwango-2008. UVivian Berryhill, osenesikhathi eside e-Mississippi Republican
kanye nomongameli weNational Coalition of Pastors’ Spouses
(www.pastor spouses.com), ungomunye wabaholi beMayflower
Umzamo omncane.
Hambisa ukubuyekeza
kanye noWallsten baphinde babika ukuthi i-Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org),
i-Washington, DC-based conservative think tank, “izoxhasa
umbuthano wama-conservatives abamnyama eWashington oklanyelwe ukuphikisa
ukubusa 'kweMelika-ezonda ubuholi benkululeko abamnyama'
kanye nokugxilisa abavoti base-Afrika baseMelika ezindabeni zokuziphatha. "
The
umhlangano ozoba seHeritage Foundation uhlelwa nguMfundisi Jesse
U-Lee Peterson wase-Los Angeles, umsunguli nomongameli we-BOND,
Inhlangano Yobuzalwane Yesiphetho Esisha (www. bondinfo.org),
inhloso yayo, ngokwewebhusayithi yayo ithi “Ukwakha kabusha i
Umndeni Ngokwakha Kabusha Indoda.” Umfundisi Peterson usenesikhathi eside
ogxeka ubuholi bamalungelo omphakathi jikelele, kanye noMfundisi Jesse
UJackson ikakhulukazi. Umfundisi Peterson, umbhali we
MKHOHLI: Kanjani
Ubuholi Obumnyama buxhaphaza iMelika Emnyama
, bekuyinsakavukela
isivakashi kuFox News Channel nakwamanye amanethiwekhi wezindaba zamakhebula. I-BOND
ibhodi yabeluleki ihlanganisa isazi sezomnotho esilondolozayo
U-Walter E. Williams, u-Dennis Prager, uhlelo lwezingxoxo lomsakazo oluphiko lwesokudla
umphathi, kanye noSean Hannity, umlingisi wethelevishini kaFox.
IsAm.
UPeterson uthe le ngqungquthela izobe ihlose ukuhlakaza abamnyama
lombono wokuthi ukucwasa ngokwebala kuyimbangela yezomnotho nenhlalo yabo
izinkinga nokuthi kufanele baqale ukuthatha umthwalo wemfanelo womuntu siqu.
"Mina
wabona abashumayeli abamnyama bephendukela kumaRiphabhulikhi ngamanani amakhulu
kulolu khetho,” kusho uMfundisi Peterson
Los Angeles Times
.
“Angazi noma yingoba bayakholelwa kuyona
noma bafuna enye yemali yokholo. Noma ngabe siyini isizathu,
bayaphenduka; futhi ngenxa yokuhamba kwabashumayeli, abaningi
bamabandla bayalandela.”
Ngemva
izinyanga zophenyo, i
Los Angeles Times
kubikwe ku
NgoJanuwari lokho kwengaphezu kuka-$1.5 billion wezimali zikahulumeni
yanikezwa izinhlangano zezenkolo ngo-2003 wase-African American
amasonto ayethole izigidi eziningi zamaRandi. Abaningi base-Afrika baseMelika
Abaholi besonto babe sebeshintshe ukuhambisana neqembu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi
okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2004.
In
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, isibonelo, uMbhishobhi Sedgwick Daniels, oyedwa
"kwabefundisi abamnyama abavelele edolobheni," ngubani
wasekela uBill Clinton no-Al Gore okhethweni lukamongameli olwedlule,
ushintshele kuBush. “Ubuso bakhe babonakala kumapheshana e-Republican Party
endaweni yempi yaseWisconsin,” futhi wagunyaza uMongameli
Bush “njengekhandidethi ‘elihlanganyela imibono yethu.
Emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kokhetho uMbhishobhi Daniels “wajikijela
epulpiti kuMaryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, omunye wabakwaBush
abameli abavelele base-Afrika baseMelika.”
"Thina
yazi ukuthi yini engenziwa yinkolo nsuku zonke,” kusho uSteele
ibandla, linqekuzisa ikhanda futhi lithi “yebo”
kanye nokuthi “Amen” kwabangaphezu kuka-1,000 XNUMX endaweni engcwele enkulukazi.
The
Times
wabika nokuthi uMbhishobhi Daniels wahlangana “nabaphezulu
abaphathi” futhi baphinde bahlangana “nomongameli
ngokwakhe.” Kamuva, isonto lakhe lathola amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-1.5 kuhulumeni
izimali ngohlelo lukaBush olusekelwe ekukholweni.
"A
Isonto lasePhiladelphia eliholwa nguMfu. Herb Lusk II lithole u-$1 million
kwizimali zikahulumeni zohlelo lokusiza abasePhiladelphia abahola kancane,”
The
Isikhathi sase-Los Angeles
s kubikiwe. “ULusk unikeze isicelo
emhlanganweni weRiphabhulikhi ka-2000 futhi ube nguBush okhuluma ngokungagwegwesi
umsekeli.”
In
ISouth Florida, kunenhlangano eholwa nguMbhishobhi uHarold
Ray, “uBush osenesikhathi eside ejwayelene naye owacela usizo
IPhini likaMongameli uDick Cheney embuthanweni waseWest Palm Beach, eFlorida.
Iqembu likaRay lithole u-$1.7 million wemali yabakhokhi bentela.”
I-Los
Angeles Times
izintatheli Wallsten, Hamburger, kanye Nicholas Riccardi
waveza, “Imali eyangena esontweni likaDaniels
bekuyingxenye yomzamo obanzi ogqugquzelwe umbango kaBush
ukuthi amaqembu ezenkolo angenza umsebenzi ongcono kunohulumeni ekuhlinzekeni
izinsiza ezifana nokwelulekwa, imfundo kanye nokwelashwa kwezidakamizwa….
"The
I-White House ikuphika ngokuqinile ukuthi isinyathelo sokholo singokwepolitiki
ithuluzi. Kodwa uhlelo lubangele ukugxekwa kokuthi i-GOP injalo
ifuna ukuthonya abalandeli abasha, ikakhulukazi abantu base-Afrika baseMelika,
ngemali yabakhokhi bentela. Umfundisi uTimothy McDonald wase-Atlanta, odumile
ungqongqoshe omnyama onobudlelwano beDemocratic Alliance, wabiza lolu hlelo ngokuthi ‘umzamo
ukuhlonza ubuholi obusha emphakathini omnyama nokusebenzisa imali
ukusekela laba bantu.’
“Kukhona
akungabazeki ukuthi umkhankaso wokholo—ohlanganiswe nokwesekwa Kokuphatha
ngokuvimbela ukushada kwezitabane kanye nokukhuthaza amavawusha esikole-unayo
kakade isize ekubumbeni kabusha isithombe sikaBush phakathi kwabanye ngokwesiko
IDemocratic African Americans. Noshintsho ekusekelweni kwabamnyama
ngo-Nov. 2, nakuba amaphuzu amabili kuphela akhuphuka ezweni lonke,
usize ukuvikela ukunqoba kukaBush okhethweni kabusha. Izinzuzo bezinkulu
ezifundeni zenkundla yempi.”
"Siyikho
uzibophezele ekuqhubekeni nokukhulisa lelo phesenti [levoti labamnyama],
futhi siyabona ukuthi kuzodinga utshalomali olude,”
kusho usihlalo weKomidi Likazwelonke leRiphabhulikhi uKen Mehlman, owandulelayo
kusihlwa waqala imihlangano yakhe yokuxhumana nabaholi abamnyama.
“Ngikholelwa kakhulu ukuthi uma sibeka imigomo yethu futhi sibeka phansi
siveze umbono wethu, wokuthi sinethuba elihle kakhulu,” usho kanje
kusho.
Naphezu kwalokho
imali eningi ehilelekile, ngeke kube ukuhamba kahle ngomkhumbi
weTeam Bush. I
Umhlaziyi Omnyama
kusanda kubikwe
umhlangano wezithunywa ezingu-10,000 XNUMX ezivela emahlelweni amane amaBlack Baptist
owawuseNashville, eTennessee ngoJanuwari: “Ukumela
Amalungu ayizigidi eziyi-15, omongameli bamahlelo amane bavumelana
ukuya ku-ajenda evamile ephikisana kakhulu neRiphabhulikhi
ukuphatha—futhi ngokuvumelana ngokugcwele ne-Black Consensus.”
Ngokusho the
Chicago Tribune
, amaBlack Baptists “...wamemezela
ukuphikisana kwabo nempi yase-Iraq kanye nokuqokwa nokulindelwe
ukuqinisekiswa kuka-Alberto Gonzales njengommeli jikelele. "
The
AmaBaptist “aphinde afuna iholo eliphansi eliphakeme, liqedwe
yokuncishiswa kwentela kwakamuva, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezemfundo yomphakathi kanye nokugunyazwa kabusha-
ukukhishwa koMthetho Wamalungelo Okuvota we-1965, ezinye izinhlinzeko zazo
zizobuyekezwa ngo-2007…[futhi] bafuna ukuthi uBush ame
ukufakwa kwangasese kokwakhiwa kwejele, ukutshala kabusha kwezingane
umshwalense wezempilo futhi andise impumuzo global for black izizwe ezifana
njengeSudan neHaiti.”
Lionel
Leach, uMqondisi we-NAACP National Voter Fund- NJ, kanye a
ilungu leHelp America Vote, litshele i
Umhlaziyi Omnyama
,
"INew Jersey inokucindezela kakhulu kwabavoti ezweni,"
futhi i-GOP “yenze konke okusemandleni ukucindezela abaMnyama
kanye nevoti leLatino."
The
Isu le-GOP “ukungaguquli ibutho labaNsundu libe yi-GOP,
okunganciphisa kakhulu isicelo esimhlophe seqembu futhi,
noma yikuphi, into engenakwenzeka. Umgomo wangempela Welungelo uku
dala umbono wokuhlukana okuyisisekelo kumazinga wabaNsundu kanjalo
chitha ukwethembeka kwabaholi abajwayelekile ababambelele emlandweni
Ukuvumelana Kwezepolitiki KwabaMnyama. Yonke indawo, kukhona abashumayeli abaNsundu
kanye nama-hustlers azimisele ukuthuthukisa iphrojekthi ye-GOP. Imali iyakwenza
iqhinga. Ukwenyuka okuncane kwamavoti Abamnyama kumaRiphabhulikhi kukhona
wamukelekile, ikakhulukazi emijahweni esondelene, kodwa lokhu akuyona impi
izinhliziyo nezingqondo zeBlack America. Kunalokho, kuwukuhlasela
ngobunye bomlando bama-Afrika aseMelika.”
UBill Berkowitz
ungumbhali ozimele ohlanganisa iminyakazo elandelanayo.