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Former Fla. congressman wows crowd at CPAC, saying liberals are terrified of a 'black American who wants a better life and a smaller government'
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-- there's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a Black America.
Once -- better life -- a smaller government.
Former candidate -- west fired up the conservative crowd on this opening day of -- packed house in west -- test your serve is always great to be with you -- OK so what do you mean there's nothing in the -- -- -- a liberal progressive fears more than black American who wants of their life and smaller government.
Because when you look at -- black Americans that are conservatives look at how they've been viciously attacked Condoleezza Rice Colin Powell.
Michael steel myself -- got -- -- love anytime you see people stand up.
And they -- swim against the current.
Especially as a minority conservative but definitely a black conservative the other side comes at them viciously you know when doing our election campaign we had a group -- came down from San Francisco.
This -- -- and they'll call around to homes and houses talking about you know I beat my wife and things of this nature.
That's the best fear they don't wanna talk about the issues they don't want to talk about an African American conservative that is served 22 years in the military.
That understands -- -- -- policies of responsibility.
That understands a commitment to this country and individual sovereign and freedom that's not what they want half.
Reception you get a big urban city in the inner city and I thank thank you went to Detroit.
I think the -- that I did because I've gone back to my own neighborhood back in Atlanta is very well because that's where -- came from.
It would be different if I did not have that background extras look Greta my parents were born in nineteen twin 1930 won the south Alabama south Georgia.
Growing up they were Democrats they voted for John Lewis about told him that when I got up there on Capitol Hill.
But they race -- -- conservative principles -- faith and family and god in education.
You look at what's going on Washington DC one -- first things President Obama did in January 2000 not.
He -- school voucher program for these kids who wants -- DC.
That takes away their opportunities you don't kid like me that was grown up inner city you just cut off cut them off at the knee caps.
You think about Washington DC now 25% is -- food stamps.
That's not what we want to have -- -- normally democratic voting population.
I think the problem is that we have not taken that message into those communities we have not taken the -- in the places like Detroit.
In the places like Chicago in tomorrow neighborhood there in Atlanta this says you know there's at a four way lied.
Don't -- because I mean frankly I didn't see and see the Democrats going to those neighborhoods either what -- -- -- you have to -- -- -- but he does or does daylight.
But the community is taken for granted.
And that's I think that's troubling I didn't -- -- Because Greta if you have money.
And you want to invest your money out there or mutual funds stocks whatever you put all your money and in one mutual fund -- stop.
You diversify your investments so when you have a community has not diversified his political investments guess what they become irrelevant to one party and they've become technically.
Relatively -- and so forgotten and -- economics and -- got everyone's got a dilemma for the economy to sabotage if we don't help those who are really not fortunate to get on her own feet and be successful but that that class is gonna grow larger entitlement class -- gonna grow larger and it really -- it's a -- -- from a humanitarian goods are -- must respect addiction and for -- and a self interest -- to have them dry and yet I don't -- Republicans -- Democrats going to those whose vision and doing it can't pay any attention to -- and then their problems.
-- was you know Reagan's economic -- art Laffer.
And former congressman Jack -- Jack Kemp did the empowerment zone that's right to urban economic and harm -- and no one has gone back and revisited that.
Because if you don't have that small business growth back in the urban communities if you don't have good quality education and opportunities.
You -- to see the crime you go see the gang should receive the jaws and all these things that a terror report two communities.
You'll see this -- for generational welfare you must see young ladies continue to have children -- -- -- -- government system government check for.
I well I hope that helped it did the Republicans and Democrats have more chances communities in and next go around -- -- turning -- to attend the question of what's going on -- in North Korea their -- report there were beefing up our security because North Korea's.
Rattling.
Those specific -- -- -- -- Yes sure.
Well one of the things you have to look at the military -- issue is that you have to consider the enemy's most dangerous course of action not his most likely course of action.
And it was about thirty years ago that Ronald Reagan on eighth to march 1983 gave his evil empire speech if you go back in you listen to that evil empire speech.
When he talk about nuclear disarmament.
And reduce our nuclear arsenal.
You know we've got parallels to where we are today.
The the world to small Machiavelli and if if you ever written books -- press where people are still looking for the opportunities.
And gaps of weakness and that's what we show.
We should have continued to have a defense shield we should continue to show peace through strength.
Which is what Ronald Reagan promoted in that speech back thirty years ago as a deterrent.
But right now we see ourselves trying to play catch up.
To the tune of some I believe about 242 or fifty million dollars.
To get those those first response deterrent factors.
Back up to four Greeley Alaska back out on the West Coast -- -- -- -- much money and the title have to borrow that money from China who have friends in North Korea so we can defend ourselves.
I guess North Korea that a schizophrenic foreign policy well our policy FR a positive for whatever reason that this administration last one -- not successfully convince the North Korea does set down -- -- -- -- got a very strong with North Korea I was stationed in Korea in 1995.
The North Korea will continue to do this as long as they believe that they can make us knuckle under and there will pay them off for whatever to get them to calm down.
And -- where they've become financially strapped to get direction up the rhetoric.
Does guys thank you sir thank you went here.
