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Michael Barone: Changing Demographics Won't mean End of The Republican Party
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Posted on 10/29/2012 4:59:37 PM PDT by emax
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A mix of optimism and realism amongst fear that the smaller percentage of middle aged and older white guys in America means the Republican party is doomed.
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posted on
10/29/2012 4:59:37 PM PDT
by
emax
To: emax
Guess in order to remain competitive, the future GOP will have to move Left + promise more goodies to the Dems usual demographics blocs.
To: emax
I could care less if the Republican Party survives.
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:06:35 PM PDT
by
WackySam
(Obama got Osama just like Nixon landed on the moon.)
To: emax
Many if not most Asians and many Latinos marry middle class whites and raise families in suburbia. The white community may darken but will grow
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:14:24 PM PDT
by
hecht
(restore Hetch-Hetchy, and screw San Francisco and Pelosi)
To: emax
Many if not most Asians and many Latinos marry middle class whites and raise families in suburbia. The white community may darken but will grow
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:14:25 PM PDT
by
hecht
(restore Hetch-Hetchy, and screw San Francisco and Pelosi)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: emax
Think of it as an assembly line. When people are young they are naive and idealistic. They believe that utopia is possible if you just vote for it.
As these youngsters grow older and experience the real world and begin to recognize the con artists for the shysters they really are, they begin to change from democrats to republicans.
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:19:07 PM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(An empty chair attracts a stadium full of empty chairs.)
To: WackySam
The ideology of the GOP is heading leftward.
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:23:33 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: emax
The Republican Party is nothing more than a bunch of degenerate blue blood banker country clubbers who waged war against the sons of the Founders in 1861 and murdered the Republic via imposition of Universal Suffrage via Constitutional Amendment.
They have since conspired with the communist faction of their fellow Washingtonians to make slaves of the working man outside of DC, under penalty of imprisonment via the IRS and the DOJ.
The Washingtonians have got it figured out, and basically fight every 4 years over control of the cash extorted from the working class.
The RNC and their greedy pulled back wives aren't much different than the DNC commies, it's all a scam.
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:29:01 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(NO ONE IN ROMNEYS DIRECT LINE HAS EVER SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN UNIFORM 170 YEARS)
To: emax
In the sixties, conservative voters in the South figured out that the Democrat Party of their fathers and grandfathers was the enemy of their core beliefs in freedom, liberty, self reliance, and limited government. The South is now solid red. The rest of the country is starting to wake up and will likewise abandon the party of their forefathers.
The Republican Party should take note, however. If they act like Democrats, they will be abandoned as well and a new party will rise up. We are tired of writing the checks to support the Get-a-Check crowd.
To: hecht
Vietnamese become middle class aggressively and most still have the traditional family structure which means the kids don’t rebel and they vote according to middle class status or aspirations and with traditional distrust of government.
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:47:00 PM PDT
by
ThanhPhero
(Khach hanh huong den La Vang)
To: Rome2000
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posted on
10/29/2012 5:48:57 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: emax
As the West begins to endure true debt-induced austerity, we may very well see more younger people going conservative, as the majority of debt is being spent on programs for the baby-boomers, and the young are getting the worst of the deal - higher taxes and less employment mainly.
Start watching about 15:50. Niall Ferguson makes a very good case for this idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-VKTgXyR0
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posted on
10/29/2012 6:00:25 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Rome2000
The working class doesn’t pay much in taxes, actually.
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posted on
10/29/2012 6:08:14 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
("History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil governm)
To: WackySam; cripplecreek; emax; Rome2000; HANG THE EXPENSE
"I could care less if the Republican Party survives." - WackySam
"The ideology of the GOP is heading leftward." - cripplecreek
"...means the Republican party is doomed." - emax
"The white community may darken but will grow." - hecht
"The Republican Party is nothing more than a bunch of degenerate blue blood banker country clubbers..." - Rome2000
"I agree." - HANG THE EXPENSE
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Contrary to the prevailing opinion on this thread the GOP has grown quite a bit since the 2010 elections, and that growth continues. Even the liberal PEW group had to admit that GOP growth has been significant.
And what about the liberal views within GOP elected officials? The fact is, they arent supported by grass-roots conservatism where the largest segment of growth resides? They dont like it, and are rising up in opposition to Republicans that vote with the Democrats.
Conservatism within the GOP is in high ascendency, and in fact represents the greatest concentration of conservatives among all political parties that have any chance in future elections. If you dont support them, then your own conservatism is highly suspect.
I invite all of you to visit your own local district central committee, precinct, or ward (different names for the party at the local level) and vote there against pretend conservatism. Its all too easy to do so.
I suggest you all get out of the house and find out what real conservatives do to earn the moniker.
To: Rome2000
You think Republicans are degenerate blue blood banker country clubbers??? I’m sure this place must be teeming with them right? Maybe you can point some out for me.
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posted on
10/29/2012 6:30:07 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbOuxqK2T34)
To: Admin Moderator
Don't be afraid to see what you see.
Ronald Reagan.
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posted on
10/29/2012 6:34:01 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Admin Moderator; WackySam; cripplecreek; emax; Rome2000; HANG THE EXPENSE; Jim Robinson
Contrary to the prevailing opinion on this thread the GOP has grown quite a bit since the 2010 elections, and that growth continues. Even the liberal PEW group had to admit that GOP growth has been significant.
This isn't a discusson about the size of the GOP, but whether or not it is headed in the right direction.
As conservatives, we aren't all that enthralled with the sell-out approach of the "Big-Tent".
Conservatism within the GOP is in high ascendency, and in fact represents the greatest concentration of conservatives among all political parties that have any chance in future elections. If you dont support them, then your own conservatism is highly suspect.
Sorry, but if that were true, why is the following happening?
1. The worst candidate, in terms of being a conservative, won the nomination.
2. That same candidate supports Abortion in the cases of incest, rape, life, and HEALTH of the mother.
3. That same candidate supports the Gay Agenda by supporting Gays in the Military, Gay Adoption, and fathered Gay Marriage in MA.
4. The GOP spends one million dollars on an openly Gay, extreme left-wing pretend Republican Tsei in MA, but refuses to back a 96% Conservative in Todd Akin because of a statement, however unwise it was, that was twisted by the Press.
5. Boehner Leading the House
6. McConnell Leading the Senate
Any growth in the size of the GOP, this election cycle, has come at the expense of conservatives and their principles.
You may have a point about the Grassroots, but you have exactly no point where the leadership of the GOP is concerned.
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posted on
10/29/2012 6:41:27 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency.)
To: Rome2000
Damn Brother , you got it figured.
To: SoConPubbie; VinL; ex-snook; sport; INVAR; ejonesie22; PieterCasparzen; Colonel_Flagg; Washi; ...
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posted on
10/29/2012 6:44:22 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency.)
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