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New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says that the Republican Party has adopted extreme anti-immigrant positions to appeal to their base, which is, by and large, elderly white people arguing with empty chairs.
During a Sunday panel segment on ABC News, Krugman pointed out that Clint Eastwoods bizarre conversation with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention last month was illustrative of the partys base.
Arizona is a third Hispanic, conservative columnist George Will noted. The Republican Party spent 20 debates in the primary competing to see who could build the longest, thickest, tallest, most lethally-electrified fence. And Hispanics said, I detect some hostility here. And its going to take a long time to undo that.
Krugman agreed that the GOPs move to the extreme right during the primary had hurt their standing with minority voters.
The Republican Party is where it is because thats where the base is, Krugman agreed. You watch that whole primary process, Republican candidates had to appeal to their base, which is, by and large, elderly white people arguing with empty chairs.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/09/krugman-republican-base-is-elderly-white-people-arguing-with-empty-chairs/
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)...is because they are "bribed" with mythical "welfare money".
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)that i am brainwashed because i vote for Democrats. he went on to say that the only african-american "independent thinkers" are Cain, Thomas, West, etc. of course he failed to grasp the racism inherent in his statement. Rmoney has exactly ZERO % support from african-americans...not even enough to register 1%
or they say minorities are only voting for the President because he is one. Funny since usually the people saying it only voted for McCain because he was white.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)jimlup
(7,968 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)elbloggoZY27
(283 posts)I am always amazed that these folks who but into the garbage even when it smells.
The GOP is against Medicare, SSA, Health Care and they still will vote for them. Hey! What you sow you reap.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)making empty promises, and leaving us with empty wallets.
Tumbulu
(6,278 posts)0rganism
(23,944 posts)and Clint Eastwood was pretty weird too.
TeamPooka
(24,223 posts)like 14 times after he had handled the question well the first time they just kept saying the same thing over and over.
Take your chair Will, it's as empty as your head.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)porphyrian
(18,530 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,112 posts)What a wild success for him. I find it depressing
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)fear of change...