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The GOP’s Asian Problem and How to Fix it
Townhall.com ^ | May 16, 2015 | Helen Raleigh

Posted on 05/16/2015 1:49:36 PM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 05/16/2015 1:49:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
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They protesting against a campus for letting affirmative action dictate who gets in a college while they vote for dems.

I hope sticking it to whitey is worth it.

2 posted on 05/16/2015 1:56:57 PM PDT by dp0622
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I don’t understand the GOP. All these deficits and upcoming disasters in SS and Medicare and not a peep to the Xers and Milennials. FAR more important to them than “homosexual marriage” and this other stuff. At least it should be. Those generations are getting screwed, as well as their future children and grandchildren.

And Asians? Ever heard of “affirmative action”? Code words for racism and quotas against Asians. Stop pandering to blacks, they’re never vote Republican. So use the inherent unfairness of quotas/preferences, etc. against them and appeal to Asian work ethics, achievement, sense of fairness, family. Don’t let the Demonrats establish the narrative with false “diversity” BS. Merit is what matters and this should be what’s important.


3 posted on 05/16/2015 1:58:55 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (The First Amendment = Freedom of Religion = Religious Liberty = Applies to Everyone)
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To: Kaslin

This is something I don’t understand.

Many of these people are industrious and intelligent.

Certainly they must see who Obama’s other supporters are, and that many of them are neither of these things.

Don’t they resent that even a little. Don’t they resent that Obama wants to take their earnings to support his followers? This is strange to me.


4 posted on 05/16/2015 1:59:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: dp0622
Not unlike the Jews: high performers academically and economically, yet wedded to liberalism even though conservatism is in their financial self-interest.
5 posted on 05/16/2015 2:02:37 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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Who are we calling “Asians” these days?


6 posted on 05/16/2015 2:03:01 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: DoughtyOne
Many of these people are industrious and intelligent.

Voting for a 'RAT shows a distinct lack of intelligence. These Orientals may be crafty and quite cunning but they are certainly not intelligent. Of course, that applies to any member of any race that fails to vote for Conservatives.

7 posted on 05/16/2015 2:04:16 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Wallace T.

Should be two groups so easy to at least make converts of 10 to 15 percent.
I’ll never understand why Asians team up with the black caucus sometimes.. They have nothing in common.


8 posted on 05/16/2015 2:06:54 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Kaslin

Asians vote for Democrats, they vote for “diversity”.

That means more big dummies getting in (over their kids) and getting straight `A’s in ethnic studies programs.

Too bad. but maybe Asians aren’t as smart as their grades.


9 posted on 05/16/2015 2:09:50 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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“So far Republican politicians have been relatively quiet about this issue.”

And therein lies the problem: Cowards.

BTW, I’ve found that Asians, esp those with an accent, DO appreciate asking about their heritage. This “you don’t belong here” is PC poop. People do not like to be ignored, they like to be engaged in conversation, and they especially like to talk about themselves. If one is uncomfortable striking up s conversation, do some research. Learn some names, some geography, come culture, some language. One of best ways to break the ice is to greet someone in their native language. I’ve yet to find anyone “offended” by this, even when I’ve guessed wrong. Usually it evokes a chuckle, the ice is nevertheless broken.

And in the rare occasion some left winger might be “offended” . .screw em, move on the next person. I gladly and proudly share my heritage, even when others have mistaken me for another ethnicity or religion. So what? Some people need to grow up and also grow some nads. Asian Americans should firmly be in the Republican and Conservative camps. Demonrats offer nothing to them, just quotas and lipservice.


10 posted on 05/16/2015 2:09:55 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (The First Amendment = Freedom of Religion = Religious Liberty = Applies to Everyone)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Ping


11 posted on 05/16/2015 2:10:27 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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I gladly and proudly share my heritage...

The only heritage worth sharing is 100% pure Americanism! And of course a sincere Christian witness.

12 posted on 05/16/2015 2:12:10 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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= :^)


13 posted on 05/16/2015 2:13:40 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: Kaslin

I don’t know.

An immigration law passed in 1882 is the same as Roosevelt sending Japanese to camps and taking their property?

Republicans rail and rail about improving education and education-fixated Asians don’t notice?

Republicans have been decrying racial selection in jobs and education (which disadvantages Asians) for a long time. And do Asians care when the abuse of H1B visas are clobbering Americans who have held those jobs?

Of course Republicans need to show up but if Asians are all in urban areas there aren’t a vast number of Republicans that are near by.


14 posted on 05/16/2015 2:13:58 PM PDT by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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My heritage involves more than Americanism, and please don’t even think about questioning that. Nevertheless, genealogy is very interesting and has been especially for me. And I’m damn proud of the contributions my ancestors have made here, including the ones who escaped religious persecution in their native countries. Don’t we call such “The American Dream”? Well I’ve now seen it up close and personal.


15 posted on 05/16/2015 2:15:26 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (The First Amendment = Freedom of Religion = Religious Liberty = Applies to Everyone)
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Its interesting, the democrats have done a good job of being both for and against immigration. In fact they are for Mexican immigration and Unions have been against all immigration. But Asian think that democrats are for immigration for Asians. Not true.

Asians are actually hurt by most progressive policies that allow quotas on Asians at colleges and jobs. For instance, Hispanics are considered a protected group. But Asians are not. When it comes to silicon valley, the story is that its all white. That could not be further from the truth. Its very Asian. When they mean silicon valley needs to be more inclusive, they mean fire Asians and hire blacks.

But Asians live in the cities and the west coast. So they hear democrat propaganda all the time. They do not know and have no experience with the old laws of discrimination referred to in this article. And if they say that they are a minority to a black person they will be quickly corrected. The reality is that Asians are often more racists against dark skinned people than anyone. In China, having dark skin is a sign of a lower class farmer family. And they can be quite blunt in their rebuffs of lower class individuals.

I believe Asians will start to vote republican in the future as they start to realize that their self interest is with the republican party and not the democrats.


16 posted on 05/16/2015 2:15:49 PM PDT by poinq
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No thanks. The Asian way is to climb as far as you can through legitimate means (ie public skrewl), and then counterfeit/embezzle/steal the rest. This is Confucianism extant 2015, and it meshes perfectly with the lie/cheat/steal modus operandi of the Democrat Party.

Their % participation vote is marginally greater than other minorities but not enough to Give. A. F*ck. as they are self-interred almost entirely in Blue states...

17 posted on 05/16/2015 2:16:32 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Own it.)
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Interesting read...but if Asians think the Dems will support them...they are lost.


18 posted on 05/16/2015 2:19:19 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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Asians feel a chip on their shoulder about being nerdy. So they vote in a way to feel hipper.


19 posted on 05/16/2015 2:22:09 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Wisdom and intelligence are often thought to be the same thing. They are not.

Highly intelligent people can vote Dem, because they lack wisdom to make the right choice.

Low intelligence people can easily, and often do, vote Repub, because they have developed the wisdom needed to overcome their lack of intelligence.


20 posted on 05/16/2015 2:24:08 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Is Ted Cruz himself as mean-spirited as the FR 'Click-it or Tick-it' Cruz Contingent?)
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