This is my message to the democrats.  For too long blacks have been beholden to the democrat party and this is not wise. It means your base of power in the political structure is limited.  Sadly, the reason why this occurs is what I call MENTAL SLAVERY.

The democrats speak the language of victimization fluently and this appeals to many african americans because we have been victims.  Some call Bill Clinton the first black President because he "feels your pain."  The Clintons and the democrat party are very adept at playing the victim and conservatives bring the opposite message.  What the democrats do is send out their MISERY MERCHANTS like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and they never have anything positive to say.  Jackson chants, "Keep hope alive" but his message is devoid of hope and full of despair.  With Jackson and Sharpton they act like everything that happens in peoples lives is somebody elses fault.  The real message should be, you are the cause of most of your problems and that's an empowering message because the flip side of that is you can also be the cause of your success.  This is the message of liberty and the power of the individual instead of misery and the message of despair. 

I wish Sharpton, Jackson and others would think about the destructive message they are sending to that african american guy or girl that's struggling.  They are saying it's not your fault that you're in the position that you find yourself in, it's the governments fault.   This creates a feeling of entitlement.  Sometimes I have to turn the TV off when they come on the screen because I know they are gonna be negative about something. 

Most blacks that I talk to are for things like school vouchers and privatization of social security until the democrats play the victim card and tells them this is just greedy republicans trying to take advantage of them.  In this instance I fault the african american community for buying what the democrats are selling. 

The democrats have also created this notion if your black and conservative then you are an uncle Tom.  This is horrible and the democrats should be held responsible for this.  This is mental slavery at it's worse because many blacks feel they have to be democrats or they are betraying there race. 

I was this way and I supported democrats without reason.  It was purely based on emotion and the fact that most people in my family were democrats.  I became a conservative in an hours time.  I happened to be flicking through the radio and I accidently switched to AM.  Rush Limbaugh was on and I decided to listen a little bit as a joke because like every democrat I thought Rush was Beelzebub.  I couldn't believe what happened, I agreed with just about everything he was saying.  I found myself listening to his show everyday and I would debate my liberal friends and dismantle there arguments.  Of course they would get mad and call me a sellout or uncle Tom but that is what the democrats have taught them to do when they are presented with facts.

I remember the first time I voted republican, everyone at my voting station looked at me like I had a disease and they don't realize that I've actually found the cure to LVS(Liberal Victims Syndrome).