The GOP will never win the pander game because the democrats will always offer more to appeal to whatever selfish desire any particular group wants. Bingo! It turns into a competition which the democrats will ALWAYS WIN because they are backed by the mainstream media. Rush Limbaugh devoted two days to that argument, this week.
RUSH: Mitt Romney is everything about this country Obama despises. Everything. He's too normal. He's too rich. He violates the Obama way to get things done, sort of like Clarence Thomas is despised by the Reverend Jackson and Al Sharpton. You know why? Because Clarence Thomas has become the most powerful in his position, he is the most eminently qualified for what he does, and he got there without going through the traditional prescriptions said to be necessary for African-Americans by the civil rights coalition.
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The GOP will never win the pander game because the democrats will always offer more to appeal to whatever selfish desire any particular group wants. This game can be won in ten minutes.
Here is how you do it.
These guys care about two things - not being insulted and not having someone's religion crammed down their throat.
Seriously, that's about all they care about.
To win them, you take a part of the Standard Party Line and give it to them. This is what you tell them:
"We will defend to the death the First Amendment and your right to practice the religion of your choice or none at all."
Then you simply mention "those with no faith" in politicians' speeches. Just mention them. They'll flip out and be all smiles. Bush did exactly that. They completely freaked out and thought it was fantastic.
The only other thing you tell them is this:
"We are the party of smaller government. I'm sure you recognize, as do we, that as Government gets larger, the more things it regulates, and the more it reduces your freedoms and the ability to keep things at bay. We want to make sure you retain your rights, but the only way to do that is to shrink the size of the Government. Ask the Japanese during WWII how well 'Big Government' served them."
Quote to them that "A government large enough to give you everything you want is also large enough to take everything away from you" and add to that, "That includes throwing you in camps and forcing you into a church".
This one is a slam-dunk. It is amazing nobody can figure this one out.