Collins Report

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

The election of Barack Hussein Obama, the first man of African decent elected President of the United States, will provide continuous changes for a very long time.

Gone now is the handy excuse many Blacks have used for refusing to act and speak like members of our American society. “It’s not worth my even trying because ‘the man’ will never let me get ahead” died on Nov 4, 2008. ‘The man’ actually elected a Black Commander in Chief, so demanding Ebonics as the price for school attendance is over.

The days of Black self imposed isolation from American society are over. The winds of truth can now enter the public arena and sweep it clean. The next change we need is the debunking of the fantasy liberal columnist Leonard Pitts recently cited when he referred to the myth of Black conservatism. When Pitts lamented that his fellow Blacks voted against Gay marriage he referenced the “ …. . deep strain of social conservatism that runs through the black electorate.”

Nothing could be more wrong. Saying Blacks are conservative is silly.

I don’t wish to single out Blacks or anyone else, but the truth is Pitts is lying and he knows it.

As a group Blacks have: the highest rate of out-of-wedlock births; imprisonment; abortions; high school dropouts; just voted 96% liberal Democrat; and the lowest rate of enlistment in our military. This is simply not conservative behavior.

This myth ends here and now.

It is not a crime for Blacks to be liberals but that’s how Blacks live; that’s how Blacks vote.

Pitts thinks just voting “No” on Gay marriage makes Blacks conservatives, but one conservative vote changes nothing. Liberals are as liberals live.

Pitts has no understanding of conservatism and little understanding of his own people. Liberalism blinds one.

Given these truths, any formal effort by Republicans to court the Black vote is a waste of time. If we select Michael Steel to lead us over the next few years it had better be because he is a fine capable man. Selecting him in hopes of drawing Blacks to our ranks would be a waste of a move. At this point we can’t afford mistakes. We have too much work to do.