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		<title>Newt, can he swing the minority vote?</title>
		<link>http://vablackconservatives.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/newt-can-he-swing-the-minority-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vablackconservatives.wordpress.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Food stamp President, the phrase has offended some but may not actually offend who you think it has. The question I pose to you, Is Newt Gingrich the man to take away some of Obama’s strength in the minority community? His rise to front runner status and his momentum has made us pause and look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=179&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and his free pass..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article to share &#8230;  January 19, 2012   Here you have the first Black president of the U.S. who is doing everything in his power to ignore the very community that gave him 96% of their vote.  And people like Cleaver are giving Obama a pass simply because he Black?                                                     By Raynard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=174&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats, the Party of Victimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been hearing a lot of crap from Professor Cornel West lately. I’m sick of being spoken for, I am not a victim of America I am a proud citizen of America. According to this idiotic piece of trash people are poor because of the Republican Party, according to the “professor” Republicans are bringing the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=170&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do you not want to build this party? or remain status quo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been discouraged lately by the lack of enthusiasm that the blogosphere has had for welcoming the growing population of black Republicans into the fold. I have heard for many years, and have said many times myself, that our party is a big tent party. I believe we’ve got the best opportunity we’ve had in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=167&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building the Party Pt II ..Defending being a black Republican</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s funny how often I find myself explaining to people the reason why I am a Republican. Of course, the first thing they always say is “You’re a Republican? But…you’re black!” This is almost an everyday occurrence for me, as I am pretty vocal about politics. My car is covered in bumper stickers for Republican [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=165&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Support of the Atty General</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Red Nova blog yesterday, in support of Virginia&#8217;s  Atty General http://rednova8.com/wordpress/?p=5411<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=161&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Than Just a Voting Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fdgoldwater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to take a few minutes to address something that I heard the other day from a liberal friend of mine. He told me “Republicans only care about black people during election years.” He couldn’t be more wrong, especially here at the local level. I reminded him that Supervisors John Cook and Pat Herrity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=154&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage or Hate: When using race for political gain is enough!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mdwhitlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proclamation April has officially been designated as Confederate History month in the state of Virginia by its governor, Bob McDonnell. A proclamation that began under former Virginia governor, George Allen; Bob McDonnell reinstated Confederate History month in time to mark the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary to the start of the American Civil War.[i] Not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=149&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where is Haiti?</title>
		<link>http://vablackconservatives.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/where-is-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bshockle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bobby Shockley Following the tragic events in Haiti, the world mobilized to provide support to this tiny nation. Although I have no issue with the outpouring of altruism, I have a question: Where is Haiti? You see, prior to this event, many in the world had no idea about what was going on in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=142&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Profiles in Black Conservatism: John Langston</title>
		<link>http://vablackconservatives.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/profiles-in-black-conservatism-john-langston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coby Dillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Black History Month, VBC will present daily profiles of notable black conservatives past and present. It&#8217;s our hope that, through these profiles, we can be reminded of the proud history of blacks in the conservative movement and use their legacies to inspire our future. Enjoy!  John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vablackconservatives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11070764&amp;post=139&amp;subd=vablackconservatives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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