Epic fail: the GOP's attempt to woo minorities

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Yurt said:
please find the minority in your supposedly non white party....

http://www.democrats.org/a/party/ourleaders.html
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Minorities are not a prize to be bandied about like a trophy. I can’t personally speak for why minorities and women overwhelmingly support Democrats and liberals. But, I give them credit for being smart enough to know where their best interests lie, and which institutions or political parties work against their interests. They know what they're doing, and why they vote the way they do.

The Democratic Party’s hierarchy, sadly, takes minorities and women for granted much of the time. I don’t disagree that the Party leadership is 80 percent white males. Which is indeed ironic, given that minorities and women are the backbone of the party; the voting bloc that keeps them in power.

But, you can’t spin your way out of the facts. Your party is, overwhelmingly a white party. And, to a large degree, a white party of Christians from the South and the bible belt. I realize there is a large contingent of embarrassed republicans who like to claim that the Democratic Party is equally to blame and equally responsible for everything from the Iraq War, the economic meltdown, and on issues of race and quality. But, that's just coming from a place of deep-seated embarrassement and projection.

I, for one, would be uncomfortable being in a nearly-all-white party. America comes in shades of brown, white, and black. Male and female in equal proportions. Gay and straight. It’s a melting pot, and I would definetly think there was something fundamentally wrong with a political party that only reflected the white, Christian heritage of America. You obviously, feel differently about diversity and equality, Spurt.



• All 42 African-American members of the House and Senate are Democrats.

• The LGBT community supports Democrats by about a 3-1 ratio. Both of the LGBT member of Congress are Democrats.

• Non-Christians support Democrats by a 3-1 ratio. Both Buddhists and both Muslims in Congress are Democrats.

• 40 of the 4 3 Jewish members of the House and Senate are Democrats.

• I'm also going to take a guess here and state that there are no publicly declared atheist Republicans in Congress.

• Latinos support Democrats by more than a 2-1 ratio. Twenty-one of the twenty-five Latino members of Congress are Democrats.

• More than 60% of Asian-American voters choose Democrats. All eight of the Asian-American members of Congress are Democrats.

• Union members, single women, and whites who self-identify their religion as either "none" or "other" than the main world denominations also vote for Democrats by more than 2-1 margins.





http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5667
 
blackascoal said:
I don't disagree with that either .. however, one should never accept scared language as rational no matter which side it comes from.

Truth and reality .. such as one gets exposed to in the military is the best path to diversity and understanding.
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LOL Now your singing to the choir. accepting sacred language as rational is a death philosophy. Reasoning is the survival skill us humans have evolved to succeed as a species. The problem is, were not all as good at it, all the time, as we would like to be! LOL
 
Cypress said:
Minorities are not a prize to be bandied about like a trophy. I can’t personally speak for why minorities and women overwhelmingly support Democrats and liberals. But, I give them credit for being smart enough to know where their best interests lie, and which institutions or political parties work against their interests. They know what they're doing, and why they vote the way they do.

The Democratic Party’s hierarchy, sadly, takes minorities and women for granted much of the time. I don’t disagree that the Party leadership is 80 percent white males. Which is indeed ironic, given that minorities and women are the backbone of the party; the voting bloc that keeps them in power.

But, you can’t spin your way out of the facts. Your party is, overwhelmingly a white party. And, to a large degree, a white party of Christians from the South and the bible belt. I realize there is a large contingent of embarrassed republicans who like to claim that the Democratic Party is equally to blame and equally responsible for everything from the Iraq War, the economic meltdown, and on issues of race and quality. But, that's just coming from a place of deep-seated embarrassement and projection.

I, for one, would be uncomfortable being in a nearly-all-white party. America comes in shades of brown, white, and black. Male and female in equal proportions. Gay and straight. It’s a melting pot, and I would definetly think there was something fundamentally wrong with a political party that only reflected the white, Christian heritage of America. You obviously, feel differently about diversity and equality, Spurt.



• All 42 African-American members of the House and Senate are Democrats.

• The LGBT community supports Democrats by about a 3-1 ratio. Both of the LGBT member of Congress are Democrats.

• Non-Christians support Democrats by a 3-1 ratio. Both Buddhists and both Muslims in Congress are Democrats.

• 40 of the 4 3 Jewish members of the House and Senate are Democrats.

• I'm also going to take a guess here and state that there are no publicly declared atheist Republicans in Congress.

• Latinos support Democrats by more than a 2-1 ratio. Twenty-one of the twenty-five Latino members of Congress are Democrats.

• More than 60% of Asian-American voters choose Democrats. All eight of the Asian-American members of Congress are Democrats.

• Union members, single women, and whites who self-identify their religion as either "none" or "other" than the main world denominations also vote for Democrats by more than 2-1 margins.





http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5667
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AssHatZombie said:
I think time will heal all wounds. Creating new victims of discrimination is not the solution. I do know that. Your scenario gurantees the continued color consciousness of the nation and actually exacerbates antagonism between race groups.
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Time heals all wounds? Dude, that may be true but in the long run were all dead anyways and personally, I'm not that patient. LOL

Don't you think that it's a bit niave to think that African Americans should just be patient and let time heal these wounds? For some strange reason I have a hunch (just a hunch mind you), that they may want to try and solve some of these problems in their own life time! [/sarcasm]
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Time heals all wounds? Dude, that may be true but in the long run were all dead anyways and personally, I'm not that patient. LOL

Don't you think that it's a bit niave to think that African Americans should just be patient and let time heal these wounds? For some strange reason I have a hunch (just a hunch mind you), that they may want to try and solve some of these problems in their own life time! [/sarcasm]
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Nevertheless, revenge, retribution and more discrimination are not a sound basis for public policy.
 
cawacko said:
The dude is unique. And whether one likes him or not he does bring a different perspective than the normal Democrat/Republican rhetoric.
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Ahhh I love Asshat. That's why I tease him mercilessly. Where would this place be with out lunatic fringe posters like him? Awfully boring.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Fine, but could you step up to the plate with something a little more constructive then "Time heals all wounds"?
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I think that's really the best way. We should of course still prosecute cases of disrimination against anyone. I believe GUARANTEEING discrimination against white male individuals has NO place in our society. Our constitution forbids such discrimination. Are you familiar with it?
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Ahhh I love Asshat. That's why I tease him mercilessly. Where would this place be with out lunatic fringe posters like him? Awfully boring.
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Right. Being against racial/gender discrimination is a "fringe" poistion.:)

You only prove your own extremism with each additional malformed utterance.
 
Cypress said:
Minorities are not a prize to be bandied about like a trophy. I can’t personally speak for why minorities and women overwhelmingly support Democrats and liberals. But, I give them credit for being smart enough to know where their best interests lie, and which institutions or political parties work against their interests. They know what they're doing, and why they vote the way they do.

The Democratic Party’s hierarchy, sadly, takes minorities and women for granted much of the time. I don’t disagree that the Party leadership is 80 percent white males. Which is indeed ironic, given that minorities and women are the backbone of the party; the voting bloc that keeps them in power.

But, you can’t spin your way out of the facts. Your party is, overwhelmingly a white party. And, to a large degree, a white party of Christians from the South and the bible belt. I realize there is a large contingent of embarrassed republicans who like to claim that the Democratic Party is equally to blame and equally responsible for everything from the Iraq War, the economic meltdown, and on issues of race and quality. But, that's just coming from a place of deep-seated embarrassement and projection.

I, for one, would be uncomfortable being in a nearly-all-white party. America comes in shades of brown, white, and black. Male and female in equal proportions. Gay and straight. It’s a melting pot, and I would definetly think there was something fundamentally wrong with a political party that only reflected the white, Christian heritage of America. You obviously, feel differently about diversity and equality, Spurt.



• All 42 African-American members of the House and Senate are Democrats.

• The LGBT community supports Democrats by about a 3-1 ratio. Both of the LGBT member of Congress are Democrats.

• Non-Christians support Democrats by a 3-1 ratio. Both Buddhists and both Muslims in Congress are Democrats.

• 40 of the 4 3 Jewish members of the House and Senate are Democrats.

• I'm also going to take a guess here and state that there are no publicly declared atheist Republicans in Congress.

• Latinos support Democrats by more than a 2-1 ratio. Twenty-one of the twenty-five Latino members of Congress are Democrats.

• More than 60% of Asian-American voters choose Democrats. All eight of the Asian-American members of Congress are Democrats.

• Union members, single women, and whites who self-identify their religion as either "none" or "other" than the main world denominations also vote for Democrats by more than 2-1 margins.





http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5667
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wonderfully said!
 
LOL cypress says minorities are "smart enough to..." implying they are not smart in general.

Then nhe goes on to imply that something is inherently wrong with white people being the majority of a group.

Racism and race baiting all in one post and pedophile from maine loves it.
 
tinfoil said:
LOL cypress says minorities are "smart enough to..." implying they are not smart in general.

Then nhe goes on to imply that something is inherently wrong with white people being the majority of a group.

Racism and race baiting all in one post and pedophile from maine loves it.
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he implied nothing of the kind...the fact that you inferred it shows us all we need to know.

bottom line, douchebag....

minorities don't LIKE the republican party, and until the republican party "gets" that and figures out that it is not somebody else's fault and decides to actually do something about the fact that minorities don't trust them other than saying such distrust is undeserved, they will continue to be the party of whiny white people.
 
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