Romney could have promised twice as much as obama and still lost. You may have to wait 4 years to believe me but that is most likely what will happen the next go round: the republicans will swing left and promise and promise all kinds of stuff and the minorities will still vote democratic, or at least 90 percent of them.
I don't disagree with this premise.
But suppose the Republicans did win on such a platform--of what benefit would that be to conservatives? What would be the difference between such a Republican Party and the democratic party? If your party deserts to the enemy camp you might as well vote for the enemy.
This has been the source of a lot of discussion here on CC. To answer your question, there would be no benefit at all because the two parties would be completely indistinguishable at that point -- not like they're terribly far apart as it is even now. The problem is, the Repubs are trying to out-moonbat the moonbats and they take it in the shorts every time that happens.
By the way - the Republican party is not MY party. Some here are registered Repubs, but I am not. For the simple reason that I believe that Republicans have long since forgotten what conservatism is. They talk a great game, but continue to spend money and increase the size of government and, in short, work in polar opposites of the party platform.
Go on to sites where there are a lot of minorities posting and they declare it openly and honestly--"Vote for Obama because he is black".
I believe you. That's the mantra because of their complete lack of critical thinking skills, borne as the result of 50 years or more of Democrats spoonfeeding them. It's disgusting. They think all they have to do is elect the Democrat and they get free stuff -- and so far, that's been working pretty well for them.
But the fact remains, the black population IS A MINORITY. The Hispanic demographic is becoming much more powerful than blacks and it won't be too long when whites are superceded as well to become the next minority. For that reason, you can say what you want, but minorities don't necessarily win elections. They help, certainly, but blacks didn't put Barry in the White House. Disaffected whites did.
A huge mistake made by too many Americans is that they think because they have ceased being racist the minorities have also. Many liberals say 'Blacks cannot be racist'. I have seen that statement time and again. Do you believe that. Their actions bely their words.
This is the white guilt that others have spoke of, and why it exists. And that white guilt also justifies a certain amount of "It's all right that that angry black man called me a honky cracka -- I had it coming to me because of all that his people have suffered." Nauseating.
Has anyone forgotten the church obama attended for 20 years and its pastor the infamous Rev. Wright.?
That Church was not an exception that church was not out in left field somewhere. That Church was in the mainstream of much 'Black Theology" as it exists today and has for decades now. I think they call it the Black Liberation Theology or something along those lines.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright is certainly not forgotten and his racist policies were very much listened to and accepted by Barry when Barry bothered to suit up and go to church -- which wasn't all that often.
Also, whether anyone agrees or not the perception among minorities and the working class of all races is that the Republican Party is for the fat cats. They are absolutely convinced it is the party of the rich. Now you tell me how is the Republican Party going to overcome that image?
What happens when the working class are Republicans, or at least conservatives? How does that play into your screed?
Despite what some on here seem to believe the Republican Party has a huge, huge job before them if they ever hope to win again. This is no time to engage in pipe dreams. If the Republicans want to regain the White House they had better start doing some serious thinking and analysis and not let the media lead them down the path of defeat once again.
Since you're a Brit, or at least currently living in northern England (Yorkshire, perhaps), it's really nice that you're identifying all sorts of "problems" that may not be problems, but I think you're going to have to live here before you can state with absolute certainty what will or what won't happen. It's a thing called "credibility" and living the theory, thereby making it real.
So the truth of this matter is that 'race' plays a huge, huge role in politics today and that phenomenon is increasing not decreasing. Surf the message boards and despite the general ban on racial topics and heavy censorship regarding that' you will see more and more people talking about race and its implications.
I'm still not convinced of your sell job. Race is a demographic and it certainly plays a part in what's going on, but to suggest that the black community put Barry in the White House simply doesn't square with the facts. While the Hispanics also played into that to a degree, what put Barry over the top were three things:
1. A disaffection of white voters with Romney. His arguments rang hollow to ears who weren't convinced that he was "one of us."
2. A failure of up to 4 million conservatives/Republicans to vote.
3. A better organization and better-run campaign that Barry had, despite the fact that Romney had been in campaign mode for 5 years by the time the 2012 election occurred.
