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Elbert Guillory: Bear-Killer, Gadfly, Statesman--Urges Blacks To Dump Democratic Party
Opelousas, La. — To kill a bear in single combat, you’ve just got to avoid its claws and teeth. That’s the first lesson Republican state senator Elbert Guillory, famous for urging black voters to join him in leaving the Democratic party, imparted over lunch at the kind of Louisiana restaurant that has crawfish enchiladas on the menu.
“Get in close,” inside of the paws and under its chin, he advises anyone confronted with such a challenge. The 70-year-old Guillory, wearing a three-piece suit and working on a cup of gumbo, doesn’t look like a bear-killer, but he offers this tactical advice without a hint of self-consciousness.
Guillory likes telling stories, especially the one in which a bear attacks while he and his then-young son camped in western Maryland years ago. Guillory says he killed it with a large knife.
This particular story is less surprising coming from someone looking, this election season, to wrestle a different kind of animal. Guillory wants to drive a wedge between African Americans and Louisiana’s vulnerable incumbent, Senator Mary Landrieu. Guillory has endorsed Representative Bill Cassidy (R., La.) for senator, and, though Democrats have had a lock on the African-American vote for decades, he hopes to help Cassidy receive 15 percent of it in November.
“Unfortunately, the black community over the last few decades, as a community, we have put all our eggs in one basket,” Guillory tells National Review Online. “For me, it’s not so much about helping Cassidy as it is helping my community. If I can get a United States senator who understands the issues and will address those issues, then I will have been successful for Louisiana.”
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By Joel Gehrke, Oct. 15, 2014, Nationalreview.com
Opelousas, La. — To kill a bear in single combat, you’ve just got to avoid its claws and teeth. That’s the first lesson Republican state senator Elbert Guillory, famous for urging black voters to join him in leaving the Democratic party, imparted over lunch at the kind of Louisiana restaurant that has crawfish enchiladas on the menu.
“Get in close,” inside of the paws and under its chin, he advises anyone confronted with such a challenge. The 70-year-old Guillory, wearing a three-piece suit and working on a cup of gumbo, doesn’t look like a bear-killer, but he offers this tactical advice without a hint of self-consciousness.
Guillory likes telling stories, especially the one in which a bear attacks while he and his then-young son camped in western Maryland years ago. Guillory says he killed it with a large knife.
This particular story is less surprising coming from someone looking, this election season, to wrestle a different kind of animal. Guillory wants to drive a wedge between African Americans and Louisiana’s vulnerable incumbent, Senator Mary Landrieu. Guillory has endorsed Representative Bill Cassidy (R., La.) for senator, and, though Democrats have had a lock on the African-American vote for decades, he hopes to help Cassidy receive 15 percent of it in November.
“Unfortunately, the black community over the last few decades, as a community, we have put all our eggs in one basket,” Guillory tells National Review Online. “For me, it’s not so much about helping Cassidy as it is helping my community. If I can get a United States senator who understands the issues and will address those issues, then I will have been successful for Louisiana.”
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As a Hispanic (Mexican) in southern California I wish there was someone in my community doing the same. Of all the liberals I know, which is the majority including my entire family I'm always surprised when I ask them what the Democrats have done for them in the past 10-30 years......... Silence. But they're quick to share how evil the Republicans are, or racist, or intolerant, or hate Hispanics and blacks and women. I received a "Latino voting guide" today...what the heck is this?! What if there was a "white voting guide"?
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