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2016 Postmortem

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Firebirds01

(576 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 02:04 PM Nov 2012

"Most Blacks and Hispanics will never go for the GOP because the GOP doesn’t offer enough freebies." [View all]

Ok, I just saw that quote on a freeper thread that was discussed in this The Atlantic article http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/some-republicans-their-coalition-just-it-thank-you-very-much/58864/.

The freep article is on the percentage of the "white vote" that Romney got and how it was similar to what Raygun received in his landslide victory. Of course, as has been the case this week, the Republicans are trying to figure out ow win in this 2012 America.

From what Ive been reading and seeing this week, the republicans are all but admitting that their party's sole purpose is to promote and maintain white heterosexual male socio-ecomonic hegemony over the US. That is their plan. Rich whites stay rich and poor whites can be complacent because "they are still better than the women and the coloreds." Why else would they fear engaging women and non-whites?

In their call for discussion on their current situation Ive yet to see them acknowledge the sharp racial and misogynistic overtones of their members is at all a problem. They seem to think they are the prettiest girl at the prom and if no one likes them it's because they are squares.

So instead of saying, ok guys no more" vote white, marry white, employ white" stuff, they double down on their rhetoric. Time and again this week Ive seen things like the above: "Most Blacks and Hispanics will never go for the GOP because the GOP doesn’t offer enough freebies." That's all non-whites are to them, just things that scream to be fed. To them, these arent people who have been deprived of the opportunities we whites have enjoyed, these arent people who live through hardship. Nope, they are just things.

Ok, look...If you want to promote your party and its policies, STOP MAKING RACIST REMARKS. You will only alienate those who may listen to your argument. You cant expect someone to join your ranks when you spit in their face.

The republicans cant rebound from this, sorry. 2010 was a fluke because it was an off-year election. The republicans killed themselves. They lived by the sword and they will die by it. If the Republican Party wants to exist in any form, it will need to purge itself of the hate-filled members they bred.

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The cold hard truth is that Racism is not going to win national elections any more. Kber Nov 2012 #1
Oh my. Way to embrace the new America, GOP. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #2
Racism must be permanently tattooed to freepers brains. JRLeft Nov 2012 #3
I love how they blaim Jeremiah Wright Firebirds01 Nov 2012 #5
There is still the problem of thecrow Nov 2012 #4
Policies that would provide an affordable way to go to college and a minimum wage Mike Daniels Nov 2012 #6
How fucking typical. Most African-Americans and Latinos will never vote for the GOP... Raster Nov 2012 #7
+1 calico1 Nov 2012 #8
Respect.. barnabas63 Nov 2012 #9
I am not so sure that word - RESPECT - is part of the republican lexicon. Raster Nov 2012 #10
The GOP hands out shitloads of freebies to rich white men and corporations! polichick Nov 2012 #11
But that is different. Raster Nov 2012 #14
I love it when they don't know when to shut up. sadbear Nov 2012 #12
Basically all they have is hissing and spitting and faux bravado. The GOP is like the town drunk... Raster Nov 2012 #13
"Most Blacks and Hispanics Will Never Go for the GOP Because the GOP Keeps Insulting..." The_Counsel Nov 2012 #15
Do they really think political parties give out 'freebies'? Any thing that sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #16
Oh for fuck's sake. I'm a white male (almost, some Native American) and I almost went straight Dem. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #17
The GOP gives a shit-ton of freebies ... Myrina Nov 2012 #18
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