Black Republican Forum, Session 3

Aug 6, 2008

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

At the evening session of the Annual Black Republican Forum, co-sponsored by the National Black Republican Association and the American Forum Series, former football player Lynn Swann delivered a keynote speech on "Race and the Presidential Election." Then David Webb moderated a question and answer panel session on that topic, as well as other .. Read More
At the evening session of the Annual Black Republican Forum, co-sponsored by the National Black Republican Association and the American Forum Series, former football player Lynn Swann delivered a keynote speech on "Race and the Presidential Election." Then David Webb moderated a question and answer panel session on that topic, as well as other issues related to the campaign. In the session, three panels of three members each responded to questions from the audience.

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00:00:08 Unidentified Speaker THE NATIONAL BLACK REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION POSTED A FORUM FEATURING PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPUBLICANS...
00:00:21 Unidentified Speaker I'M A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CLUB. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE AN INCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION,...
00:02:57 Unidentified Speaker I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT...
00:03:29 Unidentified Speaker OUR KEYNOTE ADDRESS THIS EVENING IS RACE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. I THINK THERE ISN'T A PERSON...
00:05:18 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DAVID, VERY MUCH. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR HOST AND CO-CHAIRS FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE....
00:31:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK-YOU AND I GUESS I DO HAVE TO NOW SAY, MR. SWANN. [LAUGHTER] FOR A VERY MOVING SPEECH, PRACTICAL...
00:35:20 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION TO THE PANELISTS IS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE BEING ASKED WITH REGARD TO RACE TO BECAUSE, BLACK...
00:35:51 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I GUESS AS THE FIRST ONE SITTING HERE AND GET THE FIRST ANSWER THE QUESTION I.
00:35:57 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE ALSO THE PRETTIEST.
00:35:58 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
00:36:01 Unidentified Speaker AND MY ANSWER IS WE DEFINITELY MUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WE HAVE TO USE THAT TIME THAT THE ANSWER...
00:36:38 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION SO THAT DR. JOHNSON CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR.
00:36:47 Unidentified Speaker HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? MY QUESTION IS FOR ALL FREE. GRASSROOTS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO...
00:37:12 Unidentified Speaker RUNNING DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND PALM BEACH PRIOR COUNTY AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS...
00:38:18 Unidentified Speaker I ALSO THINK, I'M GOING TO ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS THAT ARE POSED, I ALSO THINK YOUR QUESTION LET'S...
00:41:01 Unidentified Speaker A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. WITH THAT SAID, OKAY, OBAMA CAMPAIGN, HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN ALONE....
00:41:23 Unidentified Speaker I GUESS THE FIRST THING IS HE WOULD HAVE TO COME HERE. BE VISIBLE AND THAT IS ONE THING, BE VISIBLE....
00:41:55 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS SOMEONE BACK HERE IN THE LAST ROW.
00:42:03 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A QUESTION AND STATEMENT. ONE THING IS, ONE OF THEM IS A GROUP IN THE DEEP SOUTH MISSISSIPPI....
00:42:54 Unidentified Speaker I KIND OF HEARD A LITTLE BIT. IS THAT JOHN MCCAIN TO GET A VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE THAT IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN....
00:43:54 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IF I CAN INTERJECT, AND THAT QUESTION COMES UP A LOT. WHY NOT? IS A REACTIONARY QUESTION....
00:44:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WELL, ALL TO NEW YORK CITY. I HAPPEN TO BE DISTRICT LEADER, WILL BROWN IS MY NAME, FROM...
00:45:04 Unidentified Speaker AND YOU STILL LIVE THERE.
00:45:05 Unidentified Speaker I STILL LIVE THERE. IN THE LIST GOES ON THERE AND.
00:45:10 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU WEARING BODY ARMOR? [LAUGHTER]
00:45:13 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION OR POINT IS THIS AND GOES TO THE COMMENTS THAT PRECEDED IT QUITE FRANKLY. IS THERE STILL...
00:45:56 Unidentified Speaker COLONEL WEST.
00:45:57 Unidentified Speaker AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU IN THAT THERE IS A LOT OF LIP SERVICE THAT OFTEN GOES ON IN THE MINORITY...
00:47:58 Unidentified Speaker AND LET ME ADD TO THAT, WE ADD THE MINORITY OUTREACH. WE ARE THE MINORITY OUTREACH, WHEAT AND THE...
00:48:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE PAN. [APPLAUSE] NOW, WE WILL DO A QUICK CHANGE OF CAST...
00:48:55 Unidentified Speaker OUT LIKE TO YEAR UNFORTUNATELY THE AMERICAN VOTER RESPONSE TO CONCISE, SHORT, RESPONSES SELLING LIKE...
00:49:23 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL.
00:49:26 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION IS HOW HAS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HEARD THE COUNTRY?
00:49:34 Unidentified Speaker WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THE PANEL. CAN YOU GET IT IN? [LAUGHTER]
00:49:42 Unidentified Speaker LET'S START WITH ABORTION BECAUSE THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO ME. LET'S START WITH THE FACT THAT 1500 UNBORN...
00:51:59 Unidentified Speaker FRANCIS. [APPLAUSE]
00:52:03 Unidentified Speaker FRANCIS ARISE, CHAIR OF THE NBRA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? CAN ADD ON LIKE TO SAY WHY IS IT THAT BLACK...
00:52:26 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY THAT PERSON ALL INDIVIDUALS NEED TO LIKE MICHAEL MENTION THE STATE TO TO YOUR VALUES. ...
00:52:53 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I CAN TELL YOU FROM A PERSON I COME FROM A MAJORITY NOT A BLACK DISTRICT, THE NON MINORITIES...
00:55:49 Unidentified Speaker AGAIN, I AM FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND I WAS HOPING REP. CAROL COULD TOUCH QUICKLY ON THE CHALLENGES,...
00:56:01 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, YES, WE DO. [LAUGHTER] BUT TO NO, THIS SHOULD NOT BE IS SHOPPING BLOCK. ...
00:58:12 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD ASK THAT WE SAY ON THE TOPIC OF RACE IN THE ELECTION AND WORK WITH IN THAT REMARK BRAND THAT...
00:58:23 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS, NO MATTER WHERE WE GO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER SOMETHING OR SOMEONE OR SOME PLACE....
00:59:15 Unidentified Speaker ON THE QUESTION OF RACE IN THE ELECTION BEFORE WE GO TO THIS WITH MARK.
00:59:22 Unidentified Speaker I COULDN'T HELP BUT SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE I HAVE SURVIVED MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS...
01:00:50 Unidentified Speaker MISSA WHITMORE, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.
01:00:54 Unidentified Speaker TAKE PART IN WHAT EVER IS IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE TWO HAVE THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR...
01:01:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEECHES FOR THE EVENING. WE'LL RETURN TO THE QUESTIONS NOW AND, PLEASE,...
01:01:23 Unidentified Speaker I LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND I'M A RECOVERING DEMOCRAT. [LAUGHTER] I ACTUALLY SIGNED OVER TO YOUR VOTING...
01:02:41 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?
01:02:42 Unidentified Speaker THE COMMUNITY OF THE CONSERVATIVE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND A BLACK CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES,...
01:02:51 Unidentified Speaker I WILL REPHRASE THAT FOR YOU. HOW DO WE REACH OUT AS BLACK REPUBLICANS TO OTHER COMMITTEES AND BRING...
01:03:04 Unidentified Speaker YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES. HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE TO, A PLAN OF ACTION, AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED....
01:03:25 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING HERE THIS EVENING AND CERTAINLY I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MONUMENT THIS OCCASION...
01:06:11 Unidentified Speaker WILSON, MICHAEL. YOU'RE QUESTIONS.
01:06:16 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, HAVING BEEN VOTED 2,003 TEXAS BUSINESSMEN OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE,...
01:07:30 Unidentified Speaker THAT BRINGS ME TO A VERY GOOD QUESTION FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. IN THE LAST QUESTION FOR THIS PANEL...
01:07:58 Unidentified Speaker THE DEMOCRATS TYPICAL IN THEIR EFFORTS IN CAMPAIGNING HAS BEEN THAT THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN PAID....
01:09:37 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MICHAEL MASSALEIT, REP. JENNIFER CAROL, DENINE BERARI, WE WILL GO TO OUR LAST...
01:10:16 Unidentified Speaker WITH 20 MINUTES LEFT IN THE PROGRAM OR ESHOO ABOUT 15 MINUTES, ALL LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE FORWARD LOOK...
01:11:06 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, WHEN PASTOR RECENTLY HAD A SERMON AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT IT APPEARS THERE IS A GROUP...
01:12:19 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, OUR QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.
01:12:26 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ANYONE OF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. ALL THIS THE TO SEND ABOUT GRASSROOTS IS FANTASTIC....
01:13:16 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION PLEASE?
01:13:18 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU SEIZE THE BANK BOARD TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE IN AN ARTICULATE,...
01:13:38 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE. I WORK FOR AMERICAN SOLUTIONS, WORK OUT OF D.C. AND THE REASON WHAT I BRING...
01:15:21 Unidentified Speaker RIVER IN PETERSON, ESPECIALLY WITHIN YOUR EXPERTISE IN THE CHURCH, WHICH TWO ADDRESS THAT POINT ALSO....
01:15:25 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT IN ORDER TO GET BLACK AMERICANS TO SWITCH FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN...
01:17:08 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE LESS THAN 90 DAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS COMING ELECTION. IN ATLANTA THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A VERY...
01:17:27 Unidentified Speaker THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN COUNTER THAT IS BE HONEST, BE A LIVING EXAMPLE AND TELL THE TRUTH. BECAUSE...
01:19:28 Unidentified Speaker MAY I MAKE ONE QUICK SHORT, I REALIZED WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT PARKER OR SOMEBODY...
01:20:23 Unidentified Speaker OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.
01:20:26 Unidentified Speaker , NAME IS GEORGE KINGSTON AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BLACK REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION. I HAVE A...
01:21:43 Unidentified Speaker I SAW YOU CHOMPING THE BLADE ON THAT ONE.
01:21:46 Unidentified Speaker I ENCOURAGE ANYONE FIRST OF ALL I COMMEND YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO THINK THROUGH YOUR PROCESS OF VOTING...
01:24:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRISCILLA. THAT CONCLUDES THE Q & A FOR THE EVENING. WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL...
01:26:30 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE YOU GO, PLEASE PICK UP A COPY OF OUR MAGAZINE, "THE BLACK REPUBLICAN." WE HAVE A COMPARISON...

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

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