The New GOP?

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I preface this thread by bringing up (seemingly) unrelated events of increased incidents in racism and bigotry (I say seemingly...bear with me) that have been making the news as of late. The comments made in reference to advertisements showing interracial couples for example, as well as several other recent and equally despicable instances of pure HATE, which I will not enumerate.

Seems the venom has reached an all time high and it's even gotten to the point that CERTAIN bigots among us (APPARENTLY) have quite strong opinions as to who should or shouldn't have the right to demonstrate one's own patriotism, in song, dance, or otherwise.

In the midst of all of this the GOP, a party that has long exploited if not outright COURTED such hate based ideology says it is trying to take new direction, or so I've heard. But they're having some difficulties:

First there was that Jeb Bush comment about "fertile immigrants", which in all fairness, he (apparently) intended as a compliment. Nor should I fail to mention that in fact he's long been a champion of immigration reform (to the dismay of some of his OWN fellow Republicans) and has supported "pathways to legal status" for undocumented immigrants.

So that bit may (or may not - depending on your take) have been "all that".

But then there's this:

Former Miss America Called 'Street Walker' by Local GOP Leader | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo!

This is a former Miss America and a BLACK GOP candidate, who, according to Jim Allen, Chairman of the Republican Party of Montgomery County Illinois is a....well...read it for yourself:


Some Republicans were outraged, including the editor of the Republican News Watch:

"The editor of Republican News Watch, Doug Ibendahl, said the comments were "outrageous" and underscored "why we as Republicans fail to gain any respect from minority voters.

"If officials in my party fail to understand how destructive it is to attack an impressive person like Erika Harold merely because she dares to challenge the good old boys, the GOP will remain a losing party for decades,"


Ibendahl wrote. "This stay-in-the-back-of-the-bus mentality destroys any hope the Republican Party has for regaining momentum in future elections.""


I'm inclined to agree.
 
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The G.O.P. as Bob Dole said 'GOP should be ‘closed for repairs’. Even after the post mortem pretty much laid it on the line...The authors call for redoubling efforts to recruit and attract strong female, ethnic and young Republican candidates and surrogates. On its way is a new "inclusion council" to develop and strengthen ties with communities and groups that aren't typically Republican strongholds.

They can't move beyond the Southern Strategy. It's helped win every election since the Civil Rights era, the cash cow. How do you move beyond it after 50 years of success? Most certainly you're going to lose a lot of voters before you gain any.

Surprising that Cheerios commercial is only now being brought up since America is now 'post-racial'.

 
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They can't move beyond the Southern Strategy. It's helped win every election since the Civil Rights era, the cash cow. How do you move beyond it after 50 years of success? Most certainly you're going to lose a lot of voters before you gain any.
This is a great example of what Bill Clinton calls "Fact-free fighting"

Republicans have not won every election since the Civil Rights era. They won 7 of 12 Presidential contests since they stole the idea from the Democratic playbook in 1968 and for most of that time period, they were the opposition party in Congress.
 
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This is a great example of what Bill Clinton calls "Fact-free fighting"

Republicans have not won every election since the Civil Rights era. They won 7 of 12 Presidential contests since they stole the idea from the Democratic playbook in 1968 and for most of that time period, they were the opposition party in Congress.

2000 is still debatable...
 
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This is a great example of what Bill Clinton calls "Fact-free fighting"

Republicans have not won every election since the Civil Rights era. They won 7 of 12 Presidential contests since they stole the idea from the Democratic playbook in 1968 and for most of that time period, they were the opposition party in Congress.

I did not mean 'literally' win every election. It has helped them to win and even when they 'lost' it was that strategy that mitigated the loss. Lyndon Johnson predicted as much when the Civil Rights laws were passed.
 
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^We (most of us) understood what you meant, Sargon...helped them win every election they ever won.

The point being, notwithstanding their words and intentions to put a new face on their GOP, their ideology and their ACTIONS continue to speak MORE loudly for them.

And so far, all I see is the same old "smoke and mirrors".
 
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yes, it is a clown car, and it continues to entertain us.
and Petrolhead, YOU are SO right about wacky politicians in the US. i am just sorry we cant refer you to a video tour (something like "America's wackiest politicians") for you to see how CORRECT you are.
and it would be in at least 4 parts, with political analysis at the end. but it would need US English to British English subtitles.
thanks, Petrolhead, for giving us some needed outside the US perspective!!!!