“Either you are 100% pure, or you are the enemy. That’s why I don’t think there will be any more GOP presidents.”
That’s true. Contrast with the democrats, who can get coal producing states to vote for 0bama. They can get blacks to vote for him, even though he wants to open the floodgates to cheap immigrant labor that will keep them forever unemployed. They can get industrial union members and environmental kooks who hate all things industrial to vote for 0bama.
As you say, conservatives’ constant quest for “ideological purity” will keep the GOP out of the White House.
Not to say we should just accept anyone as a candidate (like the last two). But you can’t require your candidate to be as perfect as Jesus and spit on anyone who isn’t and expect to ever hold office.
Obama didn’t persuade coal producing states to vote for him in spite of his agenda. He lied to them.
Obama didn’t convince black voters of the need for amnesty for illegal hispanics, the need for abortion on demand in black neighborhoods, the need for homosexuality pushed in our military and schools. He lied to them.
I'm going to keep beating people up on that one.
The major coal producing states are Wyoming, West Virginia, and Kentucky, none of which have EVER voted for Barackula the Destroyer.
The remaining minor producers were about evenly split, and their in-state economies are generally not dominated by Coal.
/bingo