Black Republican Forum, Session 2

Aug 6, 2008

Women's National Republican Club | American Forum Series National Black Republican Association

Participants in the afternoon session of the Annual Black Republican Forum, co-sponsored by the National Black Republican Association and the American Forum Series at the Women's National Republican Club, spoke about various issues of concern to minority communities. In the first panel Princella Smith, Niger West, and Allen West spoke on .. Read More
Participants in the afternoon session of the Annual Black Republican Forum, co-sponsored by the National Black Republican Association and the American Forum Series at the Women's National Republican Club, spoke about various issues of concern to minority communities. In the first panel Princella Smith, Niger West, and Allen West spoke on "Illegal Immigration and Black America." Ms. Smith talked about the English language and immigration and the effects of illegal immigrants on the economy, and Mr. West talked about assimilation. Allen West focused on the the relationship between illegal immigration and national security. The discussion topic in the second panel was "When Political Correctness Leads To Campaign Paralysis" with Deborah Honeycutt, Jennifer Carroll, and Timothy Johnson. Dr. Johnson called on the Republican Party to overcome political correctness. Timothy Johnson talked about local issues. Jennifer Carroll stated that those who are easily offended should "toughen up." Panel members responded to questions from the audience. Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, Star Parker, and Deneen Borelli talked about "The Black Church and State: Traditional Black Churches versus Liberation Theology and Their Roles In 2008." Mychal Massie and David Webb made closing remarks.

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00:00:08 Unidentified Speaker A DISCUSSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THE NATIONAL BLACK REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION...
00:00:36 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE READY TO BEGIN THE SECOND SESSION. THIS AFTERNOON'S SESSION WILL BE COMPRISED OF THREE PANELS....
00:02:07 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SORRY, NOW I JUST MESSED THIS UP. AS MR. MASSIE STATED I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF...
00:06:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, PRISCILLA. NIGER INNIS. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MYCHAL. IT'S GREAT TO BE AMONG FRIENDS. I TELL YOU, I GO TO THE GATHERINGS LIKE THIS AND...
00:11:42 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, NIGER. YOU KNOW, I PUT THE MICROPHONE UP -- [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] WELL THEN, GROW. COLONEL...
00:12:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE. THE AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. BEFORE I GET STARTED I WOULD ...
00:19:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. COLONEL WEST, EXCUSE ME, I'VE GOT A SCRATCHY THROAT, A GREAT TIME TO GET IT, COLONEL WEST...
00:21:58 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] THE NEXT PANEL WILL BE WHEN POLITICAL CORRECTNESS LEADS TO CAMPAIGN PARALYSIS....
00:23:46 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO BLAME THAT ON MY NEMESIS, HE SCRIBBLED AND I COULDN'T READ THE SCRIBBLING. THAT'S SOMEONE...
00:26:55 Unidentified Speaker ONE MINUTE? ALL RIGHT. I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT. ONE OF THE THINGS I AM DOING IN MY CAMPAIGN AND...
00:30:11 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD JUST -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT?
00:30:14 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS YOU JUST SAID. I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT I BELIEVE YOU ARE SAYING. ONE OF THING I THINK...
00:30:55 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'VE DONE -- AND FOR THE RECORD I'M THE ONLY BLACK COUNTY CHAIRMAN IN THE...
00:31:05 Unidentified Speaker BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK FOCUSED ON LOCAL ISSUES....
00:33:47 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A QUESTION IN THE AUDIENCE. YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
00:33:50 Unidentified Speaker RICHARD ST. PAUL.
00:33:51 Unidentified Speaker THE ORGANIZATION.
00:33:52 Unidentified Speaker NATIONAL BLACK REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION, VICE CHAIR. ALSO ELECTED OFFICIAL. I WANT THE PANEL'S THOUGHTS...
00:35:11 Unidentified Speaker JENNIFER, PLEASE.
00:35:13 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I GET WITH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT WE TRY TO WALK ON EGGSHELLS AND MY DADDY TOLD ME ONCE YOU...
00:36:31 Unidentified Speaker DR. JOHNSON, LET ME JUST -- IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE PRIMARY SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE...
00:37:48 Unidentified Speaker NOT ALWAYS SUPPORTED BY EVERYBODY ELSE. WE STEP OUT THERE AND WE TRULY BELIEVE IN OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY...
00:38:01 Unidentified Speaker I TRULY BELIEVE THAT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS HAS RUN AMOK. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WHEN I GO AND...
00:39:47 Unidentified Speaker I'D LIKE TO POSE A QUESTION. ON POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND LET'S JUST SAY TWO OF YOU ANSWER THIS. WE'VE...
00:40:13 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WITH REGARD0S TO SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO HIS COMMENTS ON A DOLLAR BILL? WE SHOULDN'T EVEN...
00:40:30 Unidentified Speaker POINT MADE.
00:40:32 Unidentified Speaker THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS TRUE. NOT AS GOOD AS --
00:40:34 Unidentified Speaker SAME THING. I WOULD TELL THEM, MY CONCERN WITH THE DOLLAR BILL IS, HOW FAR DOES IT GO WHEN I SPEND...
00:40:46 Unidentified Speaker VERY GOOD.
00:40:48 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO AN EDUCATION, THE DOLLAR BILL WE HAVE -- HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INTELLIGENT...
00:41:12 Unidentified Speaker ALSO TOO, THE DOLLAR BILLS HAVE ALL DEAD PRESIDENTS.
00:41:15 Unidentified Speaker AND HE'S NOT A PRESIDENT.
00:41:16 Unidentified Speaker HE'S NOT A PRESIDENT.
00:41:19 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:41:20 Unidentified Speaker MIKE.
00:41:21 Unidentified Speaker STAND, PLEASE.
00:41:22 Unidentified Speaker MIKE.
00:41:23 Unidentified Speaker FROM?
00:41:25 Unidentified Speaker JUST A GUEST OF --
00:41:28 Unidentified Speaker MY FRIENDS BLOGOSPHERE. A QUESTION BEFORE THE STAPLES MADE. THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, WHEN SOMEONE...
00:42:06 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE'VE ADDRESSED NAT PREVIOUS SESSION. TO THAT POINT LET ME JUST SAY THAT FIRST OF ALL WE DON'T...
00:43:14 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER THING, TOO WITH REGARD TO THE POLITICAL CORRECT IN THESE DAYS WE'RE TALK BATH CANDIDATE AND...
00:44:49 Unidentified Speaker HI. MY NAME IS PAMELA, I HAVE A BLOG, AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT IT BEING HISTORIC, WHEN OBAMA WAS IN...
00:45:39 Unidentified Speaker I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT. ONE OF THE WAYS AND -- I THINK THIS IS THE APT TURN. BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE....
00:47:08 Unidentified Speaker WITH THAT, THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO CALL TO AN END THIS PANEL. THANK YOU. WE ARE -- WHERE IS DAVID?...
00:48:25 Unidentified Speaker THE NEXT PANEL WILL BE THE BLACK CHURCH AND STATE. CAN WE KEEP IT DOWN JUST A BIT, PLEASE? I WANT...
00:49:55 Unidentified Speaker BLACK SEPARATION THEOLOGY -- SURE. BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY THREATENS TO HIGHJACK THE CHARACTER...
00:52:13 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. STARR?
00:52:16 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A DIFFICULT PANEL FOR ME, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS DIFFICULT IS BECAUSE I THINK...
00:57:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, STAR. JESSE.
00:57:15 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND JESSE PETERSON. [APPLAUSE]
00:57:20 Unidentified Speaker FIRSTLY, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS -- LET ME DO THIS FIRST. I AM ON SEVERAL BOARDS AROUND ...
00:58:42 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,...
00:59:53 Unidentified Speaker AND LONG STORY SHORT, THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM IS ABOUT ABORTION ON DEMAND, ABORTION, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY,...
01:06:54 Unidentified Speaker OH, THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT. WE NEED VOTE FOR HIM. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? SO I WANT TO SAY, WE KNOCK...
01:07:39 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY THAT IS EXACTLY THE MESSAGE THAT KNEES TO GOOD FORTH. THAT IS CALLED IN PLANE ENGLISH,...
01:07:53 Unidentified Speaker TO THE PANEL, QUESTIONS. COMMENTS,.
01:07:55 Unidentified Speaker I'D LIKE TO INTERJECT MYSELF AND START WITH A QUESTION OF GENERATIONS. WITH REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT...
01:08:43 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A SIGNIFICANT RISK BECAUSE KIDS ARE LIKE SPONGES. THEY PICK UP ON EVERYTHING, AND IF YOU DON'T...
01:09:37 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU'VE OPENED UP A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE HEARD VERY LITTLE ABOUT. NOT JUST THE IMPACT IT...
01:11:34 Unidentified Speaker WITHOUT A DOUBT IT INFLUENCES. WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s, I RECEIVED THE INFLUENCE. I USED TO LISTEN...
01:12:41 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. BOB OVER HERE.
01:12:46 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY ADDRESS THE ONE DOUBLE STANDARD, PLEASE. A COUPLE YEARS AGO I WANTED TO...
01:13:18 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR IS HOW DID THE NAACP GET AWAY WITH NOT VIOLATING THE STATUS AND...
01:14:06 Unidentified Speaker IT HAS NOT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. I MEAN, YOU RECALL, THE LAID JERRY FALWELL ADMITTED HE ASSOCIATED,...
01:15:25 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE -- ITCH YO WOULD ADDRESS THE DOUBLE STANDARD AS FAR AS -- I'VE HAD NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS WITH...
01:16:58 Unidentified Speaker REMINDS ME WHEN THE PIZZA PARLORS WERE BEING DONALD IN ISRAEL AND ONE IN OF THE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS...
01:18:39 Unidentified Speaker MAY I JUST SAY ONE QUICK THING ABOUT THAT. I DON'T WANT TO HOCH THIS IS DEAR TO ME. I WAS IN INSIDE...
01:20:20 Unidentified Speaker WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THE IMPOSSIBLE. WE ARE BACK ON TIME. ACTUAL LAY COUPLE MINUTES LATE. THIS GENTLEMAN...
01:20:34 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING TALKED ABOUT LIBERATION THEOLOGY. AS I SAY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS...
01:21:21 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION. LIKE HE POINTED OWED OUT EASTERLY YES, EDUCATION AND JUST TO OPEN UP THE...
01:21:53 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT, IN MY ORGANIZATION, WE'RE LAUNCHING OUR OWN TELEVISION SHOW. NOT GOING...
01:24:01 Unidentified Speaker THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS NOT TO BE AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH. YOU HAVE TO START TELLING THE TRUTH....
01:24:19 Unidentified Speaker YOU CAN'T. THE BUR YESTERDAY THAT WORD.
01:24:24 Unidentified Speaker WHAT ABOUT A BLACK FOR JESSE JACKSON HAD AN OPEN MIC.
01:24:28 Unidentified Speaker THE BESS WAY TO GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE IS STOP GIVING THIS PREACHERS YOU'RE MONEY. PREACHERS WANT...
01:24:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT WE CONCLUDE THIS THIRD PANEL. GOING TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS. THANK YOU VERY...
01:25:06 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE I -- FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING PATIENT. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. WE ACCOMPLISH...
01:30:37 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. BUT I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD THANK YOURSELF. TO ME A FAVOR. STAND UP....

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Borelli, Deneen
  • Carroll, Jennifer
  • Honeycutt, Deborah Ann Travis M.D.
  • Innis, Niger
  • Johnson, Timothy
  • Massie, Mychal S.
  • Parker, Star
  • Peterson, Jesse Lee
  • Smith, Princella
  • Webb, David
  • West, Allen B.

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