Posted on 10/24/2009 4:07:59 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
The GOP needs to shed its image as the "old white guy party," Jeb Bush said this week.
Speaking at George Washington University, Bush said Republicans need to reach out to a more diverse group of voters.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that in order for a political party to be successful it has to reach out to everyone," Bush said, according to the GW Hatchet. "In politics, you never win when you say 'us and them.' We need a more welcoming message."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates
who are pledged to the same goals
as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Hey, if the old white guys keep churning out policies that keep our economy strong, our liberties intact, and our borders defended, I say keep up the good work!
You were a pretty good governor, Jeb. Now STFU.
bush be gone....we’ve had enough of these Vichy Bushes to last the rest of the life of this Republic.......Jeb, FOR GOD’S SAKE SHUT UP AND GO AWAY !
GOP can’t be the old Juan Bush RINO party either.
Well the GOP’s affirmative action chairman is a disaster. If they felt they had to have a black man they should have chosen one who is a conservative first.
Jeb Bush falls in with McCain, Graham, Snowe, Buckahee, Mitt-Witt Romney, Arlen Spector, his Brother and dad.
Just because Jeb Bush likes Latina women (i.e. he married one), that’s no reason to ignore the Constitution.
There will be an epic battle within our party...we are at a crossroads. Its conservatism vs. moderates....AND one other thing, STFU about “old white guys” as if that’s a BAD thing.
Pffft!..... No more test runs from the Shrub Family.
Let’s all reach out like McCain! I am lucky to be alive after getting caught in the stampede of Black and Hispanic voters that were rushing to vote for McCain since he reached out so damned much. Two words that turm me off completely to any candidate are “Reach out.” From the time I read those words, it completely disqualified Jeb Bush from ever getting my vote, no matter who he is running against. We run Republicans like that, we deserve the likes of Obama or worse.
How about being a party of Americans with no hyphens regardless of ethnic background? Although I don’t publicize it in my profile I am not a “white guy” old or young, I’m an American. And by the way, it’s about time for the white majority to stop apoligizing for being the white majority. That’s just how it is in this country. That’s the basis for our shared American culture with the Blessings of Liberty being secured for all Americans. I, as someone who is not ethnically European glory in our shared American culture that could only have come out of the European enlightenment.
The fact that our unique American culture is based not on ethnicity or blood ties, but on shared principles of freedom and liberty is what should be celebrated. Everyone who denigrates that is free to go somewhere else, another one of our great freedoms.
Oh, yeah, let’s keep voting for Republicans!
There’s no nice way to say it: anyone who votes GOP from this point on is just dumb.
I second that.
“The old white guy party” is exactly what the GOP is gonna be. Count on it Jeb.
(with emphasis on OLD and de-emphasis on PARTY)
Hey, I’m not old!
OK, I'll go for the young white chick party!
That’s why there’s Sarah!
That’s why there’s Sarah!
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