“Now the Democrats have a Black Canidate that could win and the party machinery is going to pull a hatchet job. I freaking love it
Yeah. It might even slash Hillary’s share of the black vote in November from 92.4% to 91.8%.”
I know that you’re being facitious here. However, what it could do is depress black voter turnout. She’ll be getting 90% + votes of a lot less people.
What I really wish would happen is that the republican nominee take this opportunity to go into traditionally black areas and preach the conservative message to them. After all, what has the liberal establishment ever done for them? Keep them on the liberal plantation and tell them not to get too uppitty.
Agreed. I'd start with school choice. Running against dysfunctional inner city schools is a winner in African American neighborhoods where the parents line up around the block for any type of opportunity scholarship. These parents know exactly whose kids are being sacrificed in crummy schools and they're mad about it.
I think Social Security reform is another winner if presented correctly. I can't fathom why George Bush, when he was trying to sell personal accounts, didn't do a man-in-the-crowd schtick at every stop:
The Prez: "I like you all to meet Joe, from West 22nd street. I had a chance to chat with him earlier. Joe's retired after 45 years over at ACME, where he built roadrunner traps. Social Security sends him $892 a month. The very same dollars, had they been invested in a broad based index fund from the time Joe started working, would be paying him $6,000 a month now. Joe, how do you feel about Social Security as it is vs. Social Security-plus, with a private investment account?"
Joe: "!*@#\\|$^%*@. "!*@#\\|$^%*@ Social Security. "!*@#\\|$^%*@ Franklin Roosevelt. "!*@#\\|$^%*@ the Democrats. Do I look like Wiley Coyote? You'd have to be Wiley Coyote stupid not to want personal accounts. I think the democrats owe me about $5,000 a month because that's what they've cheated me out of. "!*@#\\|$^%*@. "!*@#\\|$^%*@. "!*@#\\|$^%*@.
Or words to that effect. President Bush didn't play his hand that way. John McCain should. I'd take that message into every working class neighborhood in the country, black, white, or hispanic ... lay out the numbers ... and let the democrats explain why people should be happier with much smaller pensions so as to remain dependent on the government.
Enough to overcome what McCain will do to depress the conservative voter turnout?
You mean like Romney going before a predominantly black crowd and, apropos to God knows what, saying "Who let the dogs out?"
The Republican establishment does not do minority very well.