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Kana -> RE: Baltimore Ravens told to change player's stance on gay marriage. (9/10/2012 10:41:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Kana
It's pretty common to see a Dem preacher and his flock in naptown supporting issues that are more often affiliated with the Christian Right.
And they would be in the Christian Right as well if the Republican Party hadn't so thoroughly alienated minorities.
Actually Baltimore and most rust belt city African American communities have voted overwhelmingly Democratic since the mid sixties, mostly due in small part to Kennedy's overtures to Dr. King but far more so since LBJ and the great society. In Baltimore, the community has voted straight dem at about a 80% rate since the MLK riots.
Which personally I find kinda funny. I mean, since 68, the city has declined precipitously. Between crack and poverty and corruption and poor schools and HIV and an alarming male incarceration rate (Hold on and get ready for this stat-60% of African American male Baltimorean's between the ages of 16-65 currently live under some auspice of the criminal justice system, either prison, parole or probation. Think about that for a minute.), decaying neighborhoods, destroyed families, no economy and B-mores status as the heroin capital of America, I don't see how the Republicans could do worse.
I used to live in New Orleans, which is pretty much as sleazy as a town can be. It's corrupt in ways most folk can't imagine.Just old school graft all the way. I lived in Miami when the whole city was for sale in the mid eighties. I'm seen amazingly venal shit pulled by politicians out for a buck. So I'm saying something when I tell ya that Baltimore is by far the most corrupt and least competent city I've ever seen.
And the General Assembly ain't much better. MD is one of the richest states in the nation and we somehow have a 2 billion dollar deficit. In a city that starves and closes libraries and day care centers, with an majority poor African American population, the city and state have pumped millions into a farcical grand prix that nobody wants or attends. At one point, the state legislature had been rated by the feds in the bottom three state legislatures in the nation five years running. These fuckers don't even bother to hide the kickbacks.
A few weeks ago they passed a new law expanding gambling in the state.
The very first law they passed afterwards retracted a prior law preventing casino interests from making political donations.
Fucking amazing.
If I were a Black Marylander I'd vote Republican, simply because they have nothing at all to lose.
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