Republican: We've got a Trump problem. He's appealing to voters who are responding to racism bordering on fascism. It's a real dilemma. How do we get rid of Trump but keep those voters.
They correctly observed that they weren’t connecting with minorities and women. What they were not able to do is admit that their POLICIES marginalized minorities and women and change them. So they doubled down and worked on eliminating those inconvenient voters. It’s starting to look like apartheid here and there, just more subtle…
My feeling is that they’re trotting out the craziest a year early, so that when they finally produce someone like the last few candidates, it’ll be such a contrast and such a relief, that it’ll almost seem like an improvement WAS made over 2012…
Why do people hate people of other races, colors, and other countries?We are all people!Have people always been this way?If only we could look past the outward differences, and see each other’s likeness and same-ness we could get a lot done. I wish that war didn’t make a handful of people immensely rich. If we weren’t so quick to cast blame and aspersions at each other?I wish that instead of a few getting rich off war, that every one would get extreme pain, if people got pain, or poorer, not just they average people but the rich, we would see a lot fewer wars.
Just make a deal with Trump. Maybe VP, as an attack dog like Cheney. Maybe promise that he’ll never have to pay an income tax rate higher than Willard The ChickenHawk.Or maybe promise that he can import as many immigrants as he needs — an’ it’ll be all nice ‘n’ legal.
When I was a boy, we had the poll tax. In order to vote, one had to get the county tax collector to stamp PAID by your name in the book. Of course, a WASP who was a miser could be excused from the tax and still get the stamp. And if any non-WASPs tried to pay the tax, the tax collector would call some very altruistic and helpful patriots wearing white sheets to explain to the non-WASPs why taking food out of the mouths of their children was NOT a good use of their limited financial resources..Those were halcyon days. Non-WASPs don’t really understand US democracy well enough to be able to cast intelligent votes, and now that they’ll allowed to vote and attend schools, they just make lots of problems for the US of A.
mdhutton1949 over 8 years ago
The GOP has been courting this type of voter since Nixon’s Southern Strategy. The chickens are coming home to roost.
Motivemagus over 8 years ago
They correctly observed that they weren’t connecting with minorities and women. What they were not able to do is admit that their POLICIES marginalized minorities and women and change them. So they doubled down and worked on eliminating those inconvenient voters. It’s starting to look like apartheid here and there, just more subtle…
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago
They have no idea how to connect to people they find abhorrent and icky, which is most people.
WaitingMan over 8 years ago
Bordering on fascism? More like full-fledged fascism.
magicwalnut Premium Member over 8 years ago
If Trump becomes president, I hope Canada will accept refugees from the U.S…..
comixbomix over 8 years ago
My feeling is that they’re trotting out the craziest a year early, so that when they finally produce someone like the last few candidates, it’ll be such a contrast and such a relief, that it’ll almost seem like an improvement WAS made over 2012…
pam Miner over 8 years ago
Why do people hate people of other races, colors, and other countries?We are all people!Have people always been this way?If only we could look past the outward differences, and see each other’s likeness and same-ness we could get a lot done. I wish that war didn’t make a handful of people immensely rich. If we weren’t so quick to cast blame and aspersions at each other?I wish that instead of a few getting rich off war, that every one would get extreme pain, if people got pain, or poorer, not just they average people but the rich, we would see a lot fewer wars.
dre7861 over 8 years ago
Insane as it ever was.
Godfreydaniel over 8 years ago
Racism bordering on fascism? No! Racism crossing OVER into infantilism!
braindead Premium Member over 8 years ago
Just make a deal with Trump. Maybe VP, as an attack dog like Cheney. Maybe promise that he’ll never have to pay an income tax rate higher than Willard The ChickenHawk.Or maybe promise that he can import as many immigrants as he needs — an’ it’ll be all nice ‘n’ legal.
StCleve72 over 8 years ago
T. Rump reminds me of Mussolini. An arrogant, ignorant, dangerous demagogue. If you haven’t read today’s NY Times editorial, here’s the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/opinion/mr-trumps-applause-lies.html?src=recg
Mickey and Delia over 8 years ago
When I was a boy, we had the poll tax. In order to vote, one had to get the county tax collector to stamp PAID by your name in the book. Of course, a WASP who was a miser could be excused from the tax and still get the stamp. And if any non-WASPs tried to pay the tax, the tax collector would call some very altruistic and helpful patriots wearing white sheets to explain to the non-WASPs why taking food out of the mouths of their children was NOT a good use of their limited financial resources..Those were halcyon days. Non-WASPs don’t really understand US democracy well enough to be able to cast intelligent votes, and now that they’ll allowed to vote and attend schools, they just make lots of problems for the US of A.