Posted on 07/29/2015 2:27:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: No, no, no. I've not forgotten where I was in the Trump story about the Trump campaign. And a mistake that the Republican Party is making is thinking they need to improve their standing with Latinos and Hispanic voters to win. Now, there's nothing wrong if they do that, but that's not the road to victory. That's not what they have to do. Romney's already proven it. And when you hear me run the numbers, report the numbers that already had been run on what it would have taken...
I'll cut to the chase. For Romney to have won, given everything else that happened in 2012, he would have needed 70% of the Latino vote. Not gonna happen, right? However, given everything else that happened, if Romney had just secured an additional 4% of the white vote, he would have won in 2012. Now, which of those two is more attainable, more doable? Romney nor any Republican is going to get 70% of the Latino vote. Now, I say that, and I can actually see where I'm wrong about that, given certain circumstances.
But Romney wasn't gonna do it, and the Republican establishment is not gonna do it the way they're going about it. They're not gonna get a significant increase in the Latino vote by being Democrat Party Light. They're not gonna get it by being for amnesty. They're not gonna get it by not criticizing Obama. They're not gonna get it by reaching out to Hispanics on the basis of liberal-type issues.
Even if they did -- if they knew exactly how to do it -- they're still not gonna get 70% of the Latino vote, which is what Romney would have needed if everything else was the same. But achieving 40% additional white vote? Well, that's much more doable than getting enough of the Hispanic vote to win. What does it also tell you? It tells you why Romney lost. Now, we all know the reasons why Romney lost. There was a lot of the Republican base that stayed home, and many of them happened to be white.
Now, see, here's the thing. You're hearing all this talk that whites are a minority, or soon to be a minority, "People of color are becoming the majority, and the days of white-dominated America are history and forget about 'em 'cause it's never gonna happen again. It's about time you came to peace with that, because your people's day has come and gone, and your day of running this country is over." Well, it's wishful thinking on the part of the leftist identity politics experts.
The fact of the matter is if Romney had just achieved 4% more support of white voters, he would have won. And 71% of the country to this day are still white, 73% still Christian. So these people on the left, they're relying on getting away with intimidation and lies and dispiriting attacks on things that people hold dear. They're succeeding. The Republican Party's helping, by the way. They're succeeding in getting voters to stay home. But I'll give you the details of all this -- how you get there -- in mere moments.
And, yeah, we're gonna get to the Patriots thing and the Brady suspension being upheld. We're all gonna get to it, folks. That's why we're three hours here every day. Takes that much. I mean, I could do all this in the first 20 minutes and go home. But all I would be able to do is tell you what happened. You would not benefit from my own analysis of it, which is why you're here. And that analysis along with the reportage consumes vast majority of the three hours the program.
And I also have to get some phones in. We'll start that now with Alan in Grand Junction, Colorado. Glad you called, and I appreciate your patience. And hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. It's good to talk to you. I'd just like to talk for a moment about Jericho Trump. This is a guy... Oh, wait a minute. I got that mixed up with your past story.
“A lot of the Republican vote stayed home”
That was certainly demonstrated when Romney got ONE MILLION MORE votes than McCain did in 2008.
I think the blacks are more astute about what is in their interests than you are.
It's a given that what you call the "Christian vote" can defeat any Republican.
It's not clear that the "Christian vote" can elect a dogcatcher, however.
Or Walker. Those Iowaians!
One reason Republicans lose is that Pro-Lifers have the lowest voter turnout of any group that has a position on any political issue. I’ve repeatedly gone to people who have pro-life bumper stickers and asked them to register to vote. I’ve given them the forms to fill out and suggested they fill them out while I wait. Then I can hand deliver them to the County Clerk with the other registration forms (300 in 1 8 month period was my best).
The Pro-Lifers say that they will pray about it. Three elections later they are still praying about it. I tell them prayer is a 2-way street and God has told me that they should register and vote pro-life. They get mad at me for suggesting that.
Another group are the Pro-Lifers who just can’t believe a candidate is sufficiently pro-life. I campaigned for Pat O’Malley, IL, the most conservative and most pro-life politician to be found anywhere in IL. He is pro-life, no excetions. The pro-lifers would not believe that he was sufficiently pro-life to deserve their vote.
“Teach them a lesson” is another type of voter. They think that somehow not voting will move the party more their direction, which of course is the total opposite of the truth. Every time an ideolog (left or right) stays home to “teach em a lesson” it always moves the party in the unintended direction as the professionally offended are written off.
Until Rush (and many others) figure out a way to reach the above voters (and probably voters with other excuses) the Mitts and Jebs will always have the edge in the debate and that extra 4% of white voters will never materialize.
Hey! Don’t laugh a new black trend for Trump could be afoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgSDR4beSAY
see, you are full of it.
you jumped to a conclusion that reflects your ignorant bias.
There was no mention of Jeb Bush at all.
Surprising how many Christian haters there are on FR, but then that is a sign of the times I guess.
I hope you’re not calling me a Christian hater. I’m a devout Christian, raising seven Christian children.
All I said is that the so-called “Christian vote” can deny an otherwise conservative candidate victory, but can’t, on its own, elect anybody to anything.
Maybe you missed the part when the Boss said, “2 they shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them.”
The time is now.
Well I taking a lot of heat for say posting this:
“Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
In the same way, deacons[b] are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
In the same way, the women[c] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.”
1 Timothy 3:1-13
And saying that Ted Cruz is the only candidate that meets this criteria
I put the Yeb vs Hillary question out there as a what if
I am very biased against Statists (rats and GOPe). Ignorant? I don't think so....
I dispute that 73% of the country is Christian. If it were, we wouldn’t be so screwed up as we are. I would say the actual number of believing Christians is 15-30% of the country’s population.
Or they cannot tell one wing of the uniparty from he other.
Trump has turned his attention to the illegals now here in our country. He said he’d “take care of the dreamers.” The criminals are out. What about the other millions? He says they would be put on a path to earn citizenship. Sounds like Jeb. We are still going to be totally invaded especially when those here bring in their nice big families.
When you have known some of those who think Lincoln was a Democrat and George Wallace was a Republican and all the old slavemasters and slavetraders were Republicans and the Republicans started the KKK and stood in the schoolhouse doors to keep black children out of white schools it is hard to see how they can be very astute about anything.
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