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adieu

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20. Gary Bauer is partly right
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 12:21 PM
Nov 2012

Just adding policies of inclusion won't attract voters to the party. It has to be a comprehensive make-over of the party. Get rid of the anti-immigrant policies, get rid of the anti-women policies, get rid of the anti-poor policies, get rid of the anti-young policies, the anti-old, the anti-sick, the anti-disabled, the anti-drug using, the anti-union, the anti-everything else policies and you might have a chance of getting some voters to your side.

Of course, if you do that, you'd be the Democratic party, or even better, the Green party. But we already have them, and they have a much longer history of being on that side of the policies, proving that they can walk the walk as well as talk the talk.

Agreed! Dems need to push immigration/Dream Act. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #1
Ditto. SoapBox Nov 2012 #3
Romney scared the heck out of a lot of people, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #2
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #5
Except for my husband mimi85 Nov 2012 #7
Don't know about that... yends21012 Nov 2012 #13
The only people he didn't scare was(RICH)old white guys. workinclasszero Nov 2012 #15
Well Mr. Gutierrez....... Grassy Knoll Nov 2012 #4
Republicans have an ideology problem AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #6
Umm, Marco Rubio is the senator, and Ricky Rubio is the basketball player. alp227 Nov 2012 #8
Yet still we lost 27% of the Hispanic vote nationwide, many more in VA and NC. DCKit Nov 2012 #9
It's just going to be so much fun watching them turn on each other. Speck Tater Nov 2012 #10
As the meme goes... sakabatou Nov 2012 #11
TomCADem Diclotican Nov 2012 #12
RW radio listeners phoned death threats to GOP congressmen when bush* pushed immigration reform Kolesar Nov 2012 #14
Republicans are scaring the heck out of white people, too. nt silvershadow Nov 2012 #16
That "conservative activist" proved Mr. Gutierrez's point. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #17
"conservatives" been on the wrong side of history for every non-white demographic since...forever. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #18
Limpballs, Hannity, Loofah and Beck, please keep playing the racist. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #19
Gary Bauer is partly right adieu Nov 2012 #20
lol these guys are nuts geomon666 Nov 2012 #21
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