I'll say it again - you have closed your mind to rational discussion.
Thanks for admitting you are Indian.
I had that impression from your first post.
I was afraid to ask because I thought you would claim I was being racist.
I live in Bellevue, WA.
10% of our population is Indian, almost all of them software engineers and their families.
That's roughly 12,000 Indians in 20 square miles.
The town next to us, Redmond, has a slightly lower percentage and number of Indians.
According to the Seattle News, this is the second largest concentration of Indian professionals in America.
I will dig out a link for that story if you demand it.
You claim that you understand the Indian psyche.
That is very depressing news.
Here is the political conception I now have of Indian-Americans...
Before leaving India, most of you were free enterprise capitalists who supported limited government, limited taxation, and individual responsibility.
After arriving in America, most of you encountered White Republican Conservative Christians, a species of man even more repulsive than Pakistani Muslims.
That experience was so horrifying most of you decided to vote for the political party that rejects capitalism, seeks unlimited government, seeks unlimited taxation, and rejects individualism.
Ironically, Indian-Americans decided to support the exact same political party that is overwhelmingly supported by Muslim-Americans!
Yes, now I get it, now I understand.
Are you aware that Bobby Jindal, a brown skinned Indian Republican, is Governor of the state of Louisiana?
Apparently Jindal converted to Christianity, but I had to look that up, since I had no idea what his religion was.
Are you aware that Jindal was actively considered for the Vice-Presidential nomination by Romney?
Are you aware that every Black Republican Congressman has been elected from a majority white District?
Are you aware that no Black Democrat Congressman has EVER been elected from a majority white District?
The only Pew poll I know about in India was the one asking if Indians “had confidence” in George Bush.
I have no idea what that means, or what India's opinion on that question means.
I will guess that India liked George Bush because he evicted al Qaeda and the Taliban from Afghanistan, and then he bombed extremist Muslims in northern Pakistan.
ravager, you think and talk like a Democrat.
The Republican Party does not “woo” anyone.
We have a fairly well defined set of political principles.
If you embrace those principles, we welcome you with open arms.
If you reject those principles, if you demand that we change our principles, then you need to choose another Party.
You are obsessed with race and religion and imaginary insults.
You think in terms of “groups” and not in terms of individuals.
There is nothing that I - or any other Republican - could say to you that would bring you to our side.
You skipped the most important question. Why do you think Bobby Jindal converted to Christianity? Do you think Bobby Jindal would have still been elected being what his original religion was.....”Hindu“? How many non-Christians have the conservatives ever elected? (not that Democrats fare any better on that test). But at least Democrats don’t point fingers at Indians for their failure. It’s one thing “consider” a Christian Jindal run for “vice President” quite another thing to actually elect a brown skinned “muzlum looking” Hindu for President...that too on Republican ticket. If that day ever comes I promise I will accept Jesus as my savior.
Am I close minded? Maybe. You want to pretend you are a better man then me, go ahead. I am sorry I am practical. I have no illusion as to how much Christian Conservative love my ethnicity. Don’t White Christian conservatives find us repulsive? Most of them don’t even see any difference between us and Pakistanis.
And far from wooing anyone, no other party does a better job of driving away potential voters then the Republicans. I know plenty of Indians who think exactly like Republicans but would never vote Republicans.
Personally I don’t even think it matters who the Indians vote. Republicans will still hate us and Democrats will only pretend they like us. And then there are those like you who will indulge in ethnicity bashing. A little introspective soul searching might have helped to see why Republicans are losing so many votes but I don’t see that coming. It’s always going to be those darn socialist marxist loving Indians from for the third world who are here to destroy America. Yeah that’s exactly what our plans is. Never mind majority of America also voted Democrat.
” There is nothing that I - or any other Republican - could say to you that would bring you to our side.“
I am already on your side. It’s what I have trying to tell you but look how quickly you branded me as a Democrat... just for speaking my mind. You just proved my point about Republicans driving away other people. And quite honestly I don’t care about passing Mr. zeestephan’s test to prove my Republican credentials. If you think I am socialist loving Democrat I quit fine with that.
Bush didn’t evict fruit flies from Afghanistan let alone the Taliban or Al Qaeda. Bush was popular because he was the first US president to forget strong strategic and economic ties with India. And the fact that he was ready to join India in combating terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
I am done proving anything. I am fine being a socialist like the rest of my ethnicity.
” The Republican Party does not “woo” anyone.”
They totally do but just one kind of ethnicity and religion. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. My point is why stop at one. It better then driving others away and then calling them socialists.