bendog
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Yes, it is well known that the Democrats are better at attracting minority voters and thus has more of a population to draw minority politicians from.
But as Iowa points out, it is NOT because white republicans have any problem voting for minority politicians.
This greatly undermines the Myth of the GOP as teh party of "old white racists".
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I copied Correll's post from a race baiting thread, because I thought his post went actually to the truth of the matter. You cannot simply ignore the racist incitement that goes on at the fringe of the gop (and now possibly with the mainstream nominee Trump). But Trump aside, there's also a racist vein to more liberal folks as well.
But the real question, imo, that Correll's post brings up is why can't the gop do better with blacks and latinos?
The gop's resurgence in the South predated welfare politics. Goldwater was the genesis. At that time the Dems held the power and pursued Jim Crow. I'm moderately familiar with the key figure in Mississippi's party, Wert Yerger who is now in his 80s, and he's why Reagan kicked off in 1980 campaign down here.
It's the message that by tying one's economic fortune to govt handouts, you willingly enslave yourselves. And ironically over the past five decades since LBJ, the new masters are the black pols themselves.
I think the blacks are a lost cause. Nixon ceded the issue. Bobby Kennedy could have come into black churches and given speeches on obeying laws had done just fine.
Latinos are bit different. A maj of the gop chooses to ignore the history of America where since WWII's end we've depended on an illegal workforce to provide food. With unemployed construction workers, I'm not downplaying the need to control our borders. But latino small biz owners should be receptive to the small govt less tax message. But when you demonize an entire race as "rapists and murderers" for simply doing what Americas done for 70 years, you're not getting anywhere good.
But as Iowa points out, it is NOT because white republicans have any problem voting for minority politicians.
This greatly undermines the Myth of the GOP as teh party of "old white racists".
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I copied Correll's post from a race baiting thread, because I thought his post went actually to the truth of the matter. You cannot simply ignore the racist incitement that goes on at the fringe of the gop (and now possibly with the mainstream nominee Trump). But Trump aside, there's also a racist vein to more liberal folks as well.
But the real question, imo, that Correll's post brings up is why can't the gop do better with blacks and latinos?
The gop's resurgence in the South predated welfare politics. Goldwater was the genesis. At that time the Dems held the power and pursued Jim Crow. I'm moderately familiar with the key figure in Mississippi's party, Wert Yerger who is now in his 80s, and he's why Reagan kicked off in 1980 campaign down here.
It's the message that by tying one's economic fortune to govt handouts, you willingly enslave yourselves. And ironically over the past five decades since LBJ, the new masters are the black pols themselves.
I think the blacks are a lost cause. Nixon ceded the issue. Bobby Kennedy could have come into black churches and given speeches on obeying laws had done just fine.
Latinos are bit different. A maj of the gop chooses to ignore the history of America where since WWII's end we've depended on an illegal workforce to provide food. With unemployed construction workers, I'm not downplaying the need to control our borders. But latino small biz owners should be receptive to the small govt less tax message. But when you demonize an entire race as "rapists and murderers" for simply doing what Americas done for 70 years, you're not getting anywhere good.