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Winning the Latino Vote: If the Democrats have the winning formula, why not copy them?
National Review ^ | 11/27/2012 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/27/2012 7:21:57 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 11/27/2012 7:22:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Emulating a collection of losers, is not a “winning strategy”.


2 posted on 11/27/2012 7:23:56 AM PST by Carriage Hill (America - a great idea while it lasted.)
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To: SeekAndFind

WHy not merge teh Republican and Democrat parties into one big political juggernaut?

Americans need never vote again.


3 posted on 11/27/2012 7:24:32 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SeekAndFind

Many Latinos love Banana republic dictators. This is why they vote democrat.


4 posted on 11/27/2012 7:25:54 AM PST by frogjerk (Obama Claus is coming to town!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It will never work for the GOP because the dems will just keep moving the goal posts to the left. And everyone understands you get more free stuff if you vote for the winner.


5 posted on 11/27/2012 7:28:43 AM PST by lodi90
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To: SeekAndFind

A few tweaks here and there, and the average ‘Rat would agree with every word of it.


6 posted on 11/27/2012 7:30:09 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: SeekAndFind

VDH is behind the power curve on this. The GOP is already salivating over amnesty and the DREAM act, even in the face of the reality that Hispanics will consistently vote dem 3-1.


7 posted on 11/27/2012 7:32:39 AM PST by TADSLOS (Welcome to the new Plastic Banana Republic- We''ll Make You Feel Good to be Poor)
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To: BenLurkin
WHy not merge teh Republican and Democrat parties into one big political juggernaut? Americans need never vote again.

It's pretty much a formality now. "Do you want the extreme leftist (D), or the crypto-leftist (R)?"

8 posted on 11/27/2012 7:35:03 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hanson skillfully demolishes recent calls for "Latino outreach" here, and the problem for the GOP is two fold. Preach small government and liberty and excoriated by the MSM as racists. Start talking like the hypothetical "me too" Republicans in the article and be ridiculed by the MSM as "Too little, too late."

There is no way to win, other than a James T. Kirk "Kobiyashi Maru" scenario - the best of which is for conservatives to register as Democrats en masse and start electing conservative candidates everywhere we can. The Left will never see it coming, and it will take them years of frantic effort to reprogram all the anti-GOP memes they have crammed into their mush-skulled adherents.

9 posted on 11/27/2012 7:41:04 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: SeekAndFind
The Republicans do not understand they cannot out-democrat the Democrats.

If the Pubbies run with a “chicken in every pot” the Dems will run for two or three in every pot and then excoriate the Pubbies for being so mean that the one chicken is not enough. You can never win that way.

Like Rush has stated over and over; if you run a real conservative and espouse conservative values you win. History has proved it.

The RNC is full of rich liberals who look down on the citizens of the US with disdain and have as much contempt for us as the Dems.

10 posted on 11/27/2012 7:44:00 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: SeekAndFind

Here in Virginia, Bob McDonnell did well with Hispanics (40%+) during his gubernatorial campaign in 2009 by speaking to the expansion of businesses and jobs. Rarely did the subject of immigration ever come up. Whoever wants to win these people over in a future election should hire the Governor’s campaign team. Like increasing numbers of Americans, most Hispanics prefer big, powerful government entities standing over them, but GOPers can slice off larger shares of their voting populace with McDonnell’s approach.


11 posted on 11/27/2012 7:50:56 AM PST by ScottinVA (I've never been more disgusted with American voters.)
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To: frogjerk

Back in the 70’s way before Hispanics and immigration was an issue, a cousin of mine told me something like(emphasize like, wish I remembered exactly, she is now gone)that it is impossible to translate our founding documents into Spanish as there is no comparable language or concepts. She was hardly anti-anything, ignorant or bigoted. She and her family often hosted exchange students from Latin America, she taught English to Spanish-speaking immigrants and travels much in Latin America.


12 posted on 11/27/2012 7:50:56 AM PST by all the best (`~!)
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Corruption and national “giving in” suicide, the “winning” fluke formula.

Give them a welfare pacifier and buy a whole lot of free speech shutting in exchange for giving latex taste in her mouth.


13 posted on 11/27/2012 7:51:57 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: ScottinVA
GOPers can slice off larger shares of their voting populace with McDonnell’s approach.

I don't disagree, but didn't he have the advantage of running in an off year election which didn't have the disadvantage of bringing out legions of zombie and brainless voters to support their false Messiah?

14 posted on 11/27/2012 7:57:51 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: OldMissileer

I am Hispanic from the Midwest. most Hispanics live conservative and vote liberal like many white families. it goes back to JFK. I remember visiting Hispanic homes in the 60 s and 70s and seeing JFKs picture on the wall. He was the first Catholic prez. Many black evangelical blacks voted because BO is black. I remember seeing Steve Harvey (u can probably find it on YouTube) in 2008 and he said that he didn’t care what BO did, he was going to vote for him because he was black. I think it is all about emotions and feelings. It sounds compassionate, when you say you want to help people, feed them give the working families something. I know the argument, “ you show compassion by giving people a job” and not handouts. Americans have become like woman (I bet that 90% of Freepers are men) and they vote because it sounds good, clean air, free medical, food stamps. The libs care about people, that is the perception. The GOP will never win until they can show compassion and sell economic growth as compassion. We need to take back the educational system first. Where are the GOP statesmen, going out and selling their views. You can’t compete with Oprah and daytime TV. You all are going to think that this is crazy but I think Sarah Palin show have a daytime talk show like Oprah. It would do more to sell conservative values than any office. Fight fire with fire.


15 posted on 11/27/2012 8:16:35 AM PST by cromero (Lead, Follow or Get out of the Way)
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To: JudgemAll
"... latex taste in her mouth."

A whole new line of Blow-Pops® suckers?

16 posted on 11/27/2012 8:16:35 AM PST by Carriage Hill (America - a great idea while it lasted.)
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To: OldMissileer
Like Rush has stated over and over; if you run a real conservative and espouse conservative values you win. History has proved it.

Visit this thread and view Tea-Party conservative Steve Pearce's win in NM-2, a district with only 34% Republican registration. He won with over 59% of the total vote.

Martinez, Pearce: How To Win Hispanic Votes (NM)

17 posted on 11/27/2012 8:17:56 AM PST by CedarDave (Presstitutes: Journalists who refuse to ask hard questions and who report by omission or distortion)
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To: BenLurkin

>>Why not merge teh Republican and Democrat parties into one big political juggernaut?

>>Americans need never vote again.

They are working on it, day by day.


18 posted on 11/27/2012 8:18:02 AM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (As long as America's tolerence of failure is not overwhelmed by a desire to succeed, we will fail.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Having the media lie by saying your opponents and their policies are all racist is not a strategy that is available to us.


19 posted on 11/27/2012 8:18:03 AM PST by Gil4 (Progressives - Trying to repeal the Law of Supply and Demand since 1848)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is this kind of what it was like on the Titanic? Listening to the music,dancing and having a gay ol’ time.


20 posted on 11/27/2012 8:22:25 AM PST by Leep (Are you smarter than a 7th grade math student and or Barack 0bama?)
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