THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS

At a Santa Barbara retreat for David Horowitz, I had the pleasure of meeting republican strategist and Fox News political commentator Angela McGlowan.

http://www.angelamcglowan.com/

At the risk of using language that got Barack Obama in trouble, this woman is a total and complete sweetie.

Her book is entitled “Bamboozled.” It is the story of how the left bamboozles people into voting for them, and against their interests.

She is a black woman from Mississippi who supports conservative beliefs and values. She has a very sharp mind and a lacerating wit. She also conducts herself with dignity. I mention this because she is occasionally a guest commentator on the Fox News show “Redeye.” No matter how low brow the conversation plummets, she maintains her propriety. This is not snobbishness. It is class.

Lastly, one point I will repeatedly emphasize is what a quality human being her mother happens to be. A classier and more pleasant woman I have not met.

As for Angela, she was part of a panel discussing the 2008 election.

“Liberals use race baiting to bamboozle. The republicans allow it. This is because republicans are clumsy, and terrible at grassroots organizing.”

“Haley Barbour was the last great grassroots organizer at the RNC. Karl Rove is also great. He helped republicans get 16% of the black vote in Ohio, up from 9% in 2000. This is because many black Americans agree with President Bush and his faith based initiatives. Rove understood this.”

“There are three key constituencies in this upcoming election, that being blacks, hispanics, and women. Not all blacks, hispanics and women vote for their own. Issues do matter.”

“Obama is doing well because Hillary went to the center.”

“Initially, the black vote was split between Obama and Hillary. Things changed after Obama won Iowa, which is only 2.5% black. Hillary made her remarks regarding LBJ and Martin Luther King. Then Bill Clinton lied and said that Obama supported Ronald Reagan, when all Obama said was that he appreciated Reagan’s ability to reach out and inspire people. Lastly, the race baiting comments by Bill Clinton in South Carolina comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson pushed black American’s into Obama’s camp for good. It was not Obama’s message. He has none. All he offers is hope and change.”

“The GOP needs to speak to La Raza, the NAACP, and the Urban League. You have to show up.”

“Bill Clinton signed 70% of the contract with America into law. The democrats then took credit for it, and the republicans allowed it.”

“Republicans keep losing special elections because they are focusing on the national scene. In Mississippi, blame the NRCC for the loss. They nationalized the campaign, allowing democrat Travis Childers to win.”

“We need to change our strategy, walk the pavement, and talk issues. Truth crushes all to the ground. Lies do not stand.”

“Obama has played the race card. When Michael Steele was running for Senate, Obama said that race was not the issue, and that Steele should be judged by his views. Then when Harold Ford ran for Senate, Obama said that ‘The Senate is getting lonely here for me, if you catch my drift.'”

She did agree to do an interview by email, but then she suggested that we just conduct the interview that weekend. It was a pleasant chat with a pleasant person.

1) How does a nice black girl from Mississippi end up a republican?

AM: “My father, rest his soul, was an independent. He died when I was young. He was very political in Mississippi. He helped integrate the schools and change the prisons for the better. He was a preacher at the United Methodist Church, and he was not like Pastor Wright. Despite oppression, the KKK, and segregated  water fountains, my dad never preached racial divisions. He preached  love…and not to depend on government…and self reliance. Jesse and Al preach division.

I was a democrat at age 18. My values stayed the same, but 90% of blacks supported the democratic ticket even though they had no idea what they were voting for. Blacks have always been traditionally conservative. Yet they escaped the Southern Plantation only to join the Federal Plantation. Not all democrats are bad, but the democratic leaders are awful. They are more interested in self preservation, which means a more partisan America. Whether Jewish, black, Hispanic, white, or gay, no group should vote for just one party.”

2) As a black conservative, have you ever been subjected to ideological bigotry?

AM: “Every day! Since I was a little girl in Mississippi, I have been. I was not black enough, I looked and spoke a certain way, and I was also not white enough. My father taught me to ‘Put God first, Stand on right,  and don’t hate back.’  Four siblings all fought to help their fellow man. When I wrote ‘Bamboozled,’ it brought ideological bigotry. There is even a website called “Field Negro,” which I have been called. I have been called a House Negro, a Cloonie, a Lawn Jockey,  an Uncle Tom, Sambo, and Auntie Annie. I don’t even know what that last one means. I have been on Fox News since 1999. I hear it. The black community has become puppets of white racist liberals. When we stand on right, we in the end.”

3) What political issues are you most passionate about?

AM: “Welfare reform, revamping the public schools, providing better school lunches to inner city kids, better music and art in schools, voluntary devotion in schools, and the opportunity for meditation during the day. If we can teach kids Kwanzaa, then we can teach them Christ.”

4) Who are your top 3 political heroes?

AM: “I do not have any political heroes. Mother Theresa is a hero of mine. My father, James Thomas McGlowan is a hero. My mother Angela Alberta McGlowan Bryant is the strongest, purest, most elegant humanitarian I know. Also, and I do not mean this in an egotistical way, but I am my own hero. It is a poor frog that cannot bring himself to love his own pond.”

5) If you had 5 minutes with President Bush or Vice President Cheney, what would you say to them or ask them?

AM: “I would thank President Bush for his faith based initiatives. I would thank President Bush for HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, and Elaine Chao. I would ask him how he reacted when Andy Card whispered in his ear that America was under attack. I would want to know at that moment how he felt, and what he thought. I would ask him if he seeks guidance from a higher power before making decisions, but I think I already know the answer to that, that he does. I would thank him for his support of Darfur.

With regards to Vice President Cheney, I would ask him why he came back after leaving Congress to become Secretary of Defense. I would also want to know why he came back again to be Vice President. He had a very successful career in the private sector. He gave up millions of dollars for public service, and I would want to know why he gave up that corporate power.”

6) What would the first 100 days of an Angela McGowan Presidency look like?

AM: “I would make sure that people understood that the minimum wage is a training wage, not a job wage. It is for jobs training programs in inner cities. The minimum wage is for teenagers, not adults trying to feed their families.

I want more money for schoolteachers, not ballplayers. I would revamp the educational system. I would revamp welfare,  encouraging fathers to be there to get more money. I would pay more money to social workers. I would revamp the criminal justice system. We should focus on rehabilitation, not how to be better criminals. There should be better training programs in prisons.

There should be term limits for members of Congress.

I would make sure there was equal justice for everybody. O.J. Simpson had a better defense than Reginald Veasey. Reginald Veasey was my first cousin. He had poor legal representation, and ended up in prison.  He had meds in prison, but when he was released, he was denied his meds. He ended up committing suicide.  This should never happen.

Immigrants must have a sponsor to come to the United States. My husband, a German European, was sponsored by the Lutheran Church. He came to America and became a millionaire by his mid-twenties. He had a sponsor, and so should other immigrants.”

7: As a black woman, how did you react when Pastor Wright  referred to Condoleeza Rice as Condoskeeza Rice?

“Pastor Wright says so many awful and hateful things. My father preached from the pulpit, and would never speak that way. Pastor Wright has said even worse things, such as when he blamed America for purposely giving AIDS to black people. This is horrible, and deflects blame from what causes most AIDS cases. This is how black people get bamboozled. As for referring to the Secretary of State as Condoskeeza, I was very offended. She is a bright, classy woman, and I am proud of her accomplishments.”

8) How would you like to be remembered?

AM: “When leaving, all you have is good deeds done and words spoken. I wanted to help solve the ills of the world and brighten dark corners, and make the world a better place.”

Angela McGowan is a lovely human being. She is also running for Congress in 2010  in her home district in Mississippi.  Normally the media would celebrate a black woman running for a seat in Congress.  I wonder if ideological bigotry will lead them to have less enthusiasm this time.

The next time I meet her, I want to get her opinion of Judge Charles Pickering, the Mississippi Judge that the left demagogued as a racist despite his support from the Mississippi NAACP.

She and her mother might be the two most delightful people I have ever met, regardless of gender, race, or creed. I suspect that is how both of these fine women would want to be judged.

I wish Angela McGowan the very best life has to offer, and much luck in her Congressional run. She has my support.

Her mother is not so sure about her going into politics, given how tawdry it can be. She supports her daughter nonetheless.

I wish her mother many peaceful nights. Her daughter will be fine, even in the world of politics. Like her Redeye appearances, those around her will not get her to compromise her dignity.

I am certain of this because of how well Angela McGowan was raised. She stands on right.

eric

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