Posted on 05/13/2014 9:27:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
No we don’t.
It’s the old elitists like Boehner and Rove who have an identity crisis.
The real list is Limbaugh, Palin, Cruz, Lee, Walker, Perry, and those who believe in America.
I totally agree .. Cruz is the only guy with steel spine enough to clean up the dems have made.
Rand Paul was on Hannity radio today touting his liberal credentials
Even Sean was trying to help him out
It was reminiscent of, ‘ you don’t mean yore Muslim, you mean Christian’
Good feedback.
10 Voices Shaping the Modern Republican Party
1. Obama
2. Reid
3. Pelosi
4......
Right. A professional would not refer to the “Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.” Roberts is Chief Justice of the United States. Unfortunately. He’s a weirdo.
I agree with all of those - except I’d add Trey Gowdy
No one makes the Libtard’s heads explode like Palin and Limbaugh - (and both occupy a ton of room in Obozo’s head, rent free).
Agree. We may never know what that weirdness really entails - but SOMEONE does....
By whom? He darn near lost to Gore, and if it wasn't for the Swift Boat Vets, he'd have lost to Kerry.
-——He has encouraged the Republican party to seek out a better relationship with Hispanic and African American demographics in the U.S-——
My list would be practically the same. to change would be nitpicking
Regarding Rand Paul’s statement.
There is no room presently in the Republican party for substantial change in the relations with Black america. Of all the various groups the black community is the least likely to provide much change in anything. They have a commitment to being black but no commitment to America. The culture of Black America is rigid and will not be substantially moved. That does not mean there are not some that might be disgusted and split away from the orthodoxy, but the numbers are very small.
Better course....... court the hispanics. They can move upward if Republicans provide the way
“court the hispanics. They can move upward if Republicans provide the way.”....
While I agree with helping the Hispanics, I do not agree they should be able to walk in here freely. They are historically hard working Christian people. Like many other races and cultures (including whites) there are the bad ones. By in large, they just want a better life for themselves and their families. The GOP needs to look a bit closer. Blacks on the other hand have been indoctrinated into the world of “welfare”, most of them believing it is there right to be given everything because they are ancestors of slaves. I do not see that ever changing for years to come but it could be accomplished if ANYONE cared to make the effort.
You make a big big mistake.
There are lots and lots and lots of American people with Hispanic origins. To lump them with illegals s to totally misunderstand the situation.
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio..... the Bush kid running in Texas
I did not INTENTIALLY lump all Hispanics into the same barrel, I know many and some are related to me via marriage. (I have two grandchildren who happen to be part Hispanic). While I do agree there are "undesirables" in EVERY race, by in large the Hispanics that come here, albeit “illegally”, are NOT of that "bad" vintage, they just want a better life and since our borders no longer exist, they come for that opportunity. Hope that clears it up.
To reiterate my point....... rather than split forces and try to assimilate the black community, there might be better success and more voters gleaned by directing the full energy of the effort at the those of long ago Hispanic family origins.
All are not required. A significant marginal effort would do nicely
The fact that hispanic (or to be more precise, Mexican) majority towns are some of the poorest, most illiterate zip codes in America, and have levels of socioeconomic and cultural dysfunction similar to what we see in the black community (gang activity, teen mothers, etc) deflates this whole myth of them being "natural conservatives" and "Republicans who don't know it yet."
I can see Cuban-Americans as a natural Republican constituency, but not most Mexicans.
I will argue again, you miss the point.
It is not all or nothing.
While what you say is true, that fact has nothing to do with the large segment that do not live in the conditions you describe. If there is a Hispanic community, there are subcultures within that whole. There are those that are prosperous and upwardly mobile and they need to be courted to become Republicans.
A few voters here and a few voters there and pretty soon you have a landslide (if self righteous conservatives actually get up the initiative to go vote)
I'm not missing the point at all, because the GOP's strategy of courting middle class Hispanic voters comes down to supporting policies like amnesty for illegal immigrants and liberal immigration policy that actually serve the interests of the barrios and borderland colonias. As long as middle class Hispanics feel a sense of solidarity with the illegals and the cholos, this won't change, just like the political habits of the black community won't change until middle class blacks stops seeing their ghetto counterparts as "brothers."
It's a completely counterproductive strategy because it alienates more GOP voters who oppose amnesty and open borders than it can possibly win over form the target demographic.
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