“racial, ethnic, gender, and religious overtones”
Not enough white, male, protestant Europeans then. I rest my case. You need to get on the horn with Pelham and explain why the Republican party needs to keep itself pure.
My argument has always been thus. Conservativism appeals to everyone. The problem is the welfare state - that you are removing people from the action of capitalism. People will not act according to the dictates of free market capitalism if they are sheltered from it. This is basic logic.
Remove the welfare state, and you will see people prefer conservativism. The democrats get this. The democrats know that the more people that are dependent on them, the greater their hold on the electorate.
There is a reason why people vote conservative, because they believe it to be the rational choice for them. The reason people vote democrat is because it is the rational choice for them. The secret to electoral success is to get a real understanding why.
Why do they vote democrat? It’s because they are getting money from the state. Pure and simple. If it’s not them, it’s someone that they care for, and someone that they believe will be worse off, and they don’t believe that there is much of a reason to go either way.
That’s really all there is to it.
Either the Republican party can attack the true source of their electoral defeats, or they will vanish in the wind. Given that they seem not to even understand the first point that conservative ideals win in a market environment - I’m going with dying a slow quiet death.
You have a bad habit of attributing to others what you wish to think they said since your reply fits your template
You do this with everyone son....I attribute that to your youth and immaturity
Race baiting has no effect on me...so fire away
I suspected you were a Sinkspur sort....
Yes pelham is my pal....in fact I have a positive history of many years with many on this thread
Look it up....its freeper lore