[Heartland Mom]

We can win with minorities if we become more techno savvy. We have to have ads that tie us to MLK and the fight for civil rights. We have to have minority success stories enlightening the masses that Republicans encourage self-worth and look to the individual. We have to bring up the fact that the War on Poverty did nothing other than bring disadvantages classes down. They are much worse off now than then. In short, we must be willing to speak the truth and get the word out.

[RangerM]

Overcoming emotion with logic can be a challenge. Logic doesn’t demagogue the way emotion can.

We have our work cut out for us.

[jveritas]

In what parallel universe do you live? Most minorities vote for only one reason: Welfare and more welfare.

[cripplecreek]

I’m with you. Aggressively speak the truth.

[Mad Dawgg]

"We can win with minorities if we become more techno savvy."

The Premise is flawed from the getgo.

You don't pander to minorities, you win by advancing an idea.

And idea like: Tired of paying more and more taxes for bigger and bigger government? If elected we promise to lower taxes and CUT THE BUDGET (actually cut it. if the budget is 1 Trillion for 2010 then the budget for 2011 will be less than that!)

Then when you get elected ACTUALLY DO WHAT YOUR PROMISED!

[LibLieSlayer]

We win over hyphenated-AMERICANS by educating them on the true History of this nation and breaking the slave mentality that the dims have beaten into their heads for 60 years. You cannot win over someone that wants it all for doing nothing and is told how “special” they are because of their melanin content. They must be educated and taught that opportunity exists in this country like it does in no other place in the world... or did until 52.6% of droolers voted to destroy this Nation and adapt to Castro's vision and philosophy.

LLS

[American_Centurion]

No matter how much we try to APPEAL to minorities, until we decide to give away piles, shovels, and truckloads of freebies (read Other Peoples Money, OPM) we will never win over any significant number of minorities to aid us with a “win”.

Identity politics has far less to do with culture or skin color, it has everything to do with wealth transfer. The less (insert minority) has to do to get the freebie, the more of them that will vote for you. We would have to abandon fewer of our principles to sway unions our way, which is STILL impossible.

Give up on trying to sway “minorities” in any significant numbers.

[nyconse]

We should probably show more sense then to put out parodies like the ‘Magic Negro’ song or Cantor’s profanity laced video...some of our wounds are self inflicted.

[evilC]

There is one thing that could win black voters, reforming the one government program that hurts black people the most.

Reforming this program would be also popular with white people and the base of the Republican Party. It would not require selling out principles or running me-too policies.

That program is immigration.

The massive flood of legal and illegal immigrants puts pressure on the jobs that many black families rely on. It is not just lettuce pickers; the H-1B program is used to lower the wages of many of the office jobs that black workers have moved into (and let's not forget white workers).

Despite all the talk, Bush did not receive 45 percent of the Hispanic vote; he received less than 40 percent (and that after incredible pandering).

That level of support means three new Democratic for every two new Republican voters created by amnesty or legal immigration (Mexico alone receives 13 percent of annual legal immigration).

Mc Cain holding onto Bush’s share of the white vote would have offset the large move of non-white voters to Obama. In other words, winning just three percent more of the white vote would have given us president Mc Cain (a mixed blessing, I know).

Immigration reduction (legal and illegal) is popular with the base, popular with white voters in general, and popular with black voters. Amnesty and increased immigration is not even that popular with Hispanics.

[JrsyJack]

Don't you think that hasn't been tried? Who reached out to minorities more than Bush? What did it get him...ignorant jeers and boos at NAACP conventions.

Minority voters are, by and large, voting for hand-outs. They may share conservatives' views on abortion, personal responsibility and may be the most devout religiously, all of which would put them squarely at odds with Democrats. Yet every election sees them voting in large majorities for the big D

[wastedyears]

Wanna know how we can win over minorities?

Make commercials that put racist Democrats in the spotlight. Start with the gun control laws after the civil war, and go up to today.

It will be quite effective.

[calex59]

We can't win with minorities, I don't give a sh** what we use. Our message is wrong to them. They want a government that gives them everything, conservatives don't believe in that. The dems promise pie in the sky(actually on the ground)and the minorities lap it up. They only way we would ever win any minorities over the conservative way of thinking is through education, starting at a very young age.

This is what the communistic left wing has done in this country and until we can take back the schools we will never win minorities.

[wardaddy]

We have to change the behavior of minorities ...blacks and poorer latins....that is who we really are talking about.

and they might see the light

a damn tall order given their history