Deneen Borelli - Blacklash: How Obama and the Left Are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation

Im conservative. I believe in the power of the individual. Im a freethinker, and I love my country. Yes, Im also black, but that fact has nothing to do with my belief in limited government. I dont like President Barack Obamas progressive policies and his administrations spending habits. But some people apparently think that my economic concerns shouldnt supersede my racial allegiance.

Nobody wants to be told theyre racist simply because they are too conservative to buy into Obamas policies. People are too nervous to speak out, so Im speaking out for them. We need change. We really do. We just cant afford the kind that Obama and the Washington elites are currently advocating.

Deneen Borelli

T HIS COUNTRY IS AT A CROSSROADS . We can either reverse direction or nosedive into a cycle of dependency that is turning America into a welfare nationa government plantation where the underclass are doomed to 21st-century servitude. Now, Deneen Borelli, one of the most visible and outspoken black conservatives in the country, is fighting backtaking action, not just talkingand speaking up for those who cant or are too afraid to do so.

Borellis argument is a solid one: the problem begins with President Barack Obama, whose policy overreach has frozen racial tensions in this country when he should have been thawing them. The Left, having introduced the race card to defend Obama from the massive unpopularity of his policies, has turned a blind eye to the leadership failures that have spread down through black career politicianstraitors to minority successwho are causing a cycle of oppression in America: specifically Charles Rangel, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson, each of whom has enriched himself at the expense of his community. Borelli also challenges the ninety-five percent of the black Americans who voted for Obama without caring about or vetting his dangerous politics.

Borelli doesnt stop there. She speaks out against the elites and crony capitalists who drive expensive government policies such as needless green initiatives and ObamaCare. She exposes government regulation and the NAACP as nothing more than a liberal front group. She points out each grave flaw in the current administration, big government, unions, and special-interest groups. She demands that new black leaders abandon the false rhetoric and inexcusable lies of so-called progressive politics. She asks the questions that people of all colors are afraid to ask, and delivers the honest, unyielding, and controversial answers that have made her the favorite of the left-wing firing squad.

Today, with taking a stand against Obama, comes the fear of being called a racist. There is no fear in Deneen Borelli. Her outspoken voice gives everyone the courage and ammunition needed to stand up against destructive progressive tyrants. She is a brave critic, bold and proactivenot reactive. Hers is a story a lot of people dont want to hearno matter how firmly they believe it to be true. Deneen Borelli is here to ignite a fire in independent-minded Americans. Blacklash is the fuse.

DENEEN BORELLI is a fellow with Project 21, a network of black conservatives which is an initiative of the National Center for Public Policy Research, and is also a fellow with FreedomWorks. She currently serves as an official contributor to the Fox News Channel, appearing on such programs as Glenn Beck, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Sean Hannity Show, Fox and Friends , and has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC, and C-SPAN. Her commentaries have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, and The Washington Times . Borelli also served on the Board of Trustees with Opportunity Charter School in Harlem. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

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Borelli, Deneen.
Blacklash / Deneen Borelli.
p. cm.
1. United StatesPolitics and government20012009. 2. Obama,
BarackPolitical and social views. 3. African AmericansSocial
conditions21st century. 4. United StatesRace relationsPolitical
aspectsHistory21st century. I. Title.
E907.B67 2012
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Hard Work, Not Handouts

O ne of the first links that comes up when you Google my name is an article entitled the Black Tea-Bagging: Nigger Deneen Borelli Please! Note that it seems that the author believed it was not good enough to just identify me as blackI am a black and a nigger . The black is to let you know my skin color because apparently that will tell you something relevant about me. The second part, the nigger part, is to underscore the authors belief that I am something less than a white person. Not an American, not a freethinker, but subhuman: a nigger , because my racial and ethnic ancestry is broadly associated with slavery, degradation, and abusive treatment.

Thats right, my long list of accomplishments and my position as a mentor and role model are not front and center. I am not referred to as a Tea Party activist or a noted conservative commentator. My entire life is reduced to one very ugly slur. Instead of questioning my ideas or thoughts, people attack me. Shoot the messenger so to speak. How pathetic. I am not a victim, but why am I their target?