West is onto something....

West is onto something...The Democrats have not been goot to the Black Community...they have taken them for granted...


GOP Rep. West Urges Black Voters to Follow 'Underground Railroad' Away From Democrats

Published August 18, 2011 | FoxNews.com

Republican Rep. Allen West, describing himself as a "modern-day Harriet Tubman," said Wednesday he wants to lead black voters on an underground railroad away from the Democratic Party.

The Florida congressman, who is black, was responding to a raucous town hall meeting hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Tuesday in Detroit. Participants vented to Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who in turn voiced frustration with President Obama and asked the crowd to "unleash" her and other black lawmakers on the White House.

But West, the only Republican member of the CBC, told Fox News the Democratic Party as a whole has let black voters down.

"You have this 21st-century plantation that has been out there. Where the Democrat Party has forever taken the black vote for granted and you have established certain black leaders who are nothing more than the overseers of that plantation. And now the people on that plantation are upset because they've been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about," West said.

"So I'm here as the modern-day Harriet Tubman to kind of lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility."

West said Democrats' "social welfare policies" have failed.

Racial tensions were flaring at the meeting in Detroit where Waters was in the hot seat.

Waters said the Congressional Black Caucus "loves" the president, but it is frustrated.

"We're getting tired, y'all," she said. "We want to give him every opportunity. But our people are hurting. The unemployment is unconscionable. ... When you let us know it is time to let go, we'll let go."

The unemployment rate for African Americans is 15.9 percent while nationwide it stands at 9.1 percent.