Recently I’ve seen Republican leaders take a rhetorical sledgehammer to any Republican who dares come off as a non-ideologue extremist.
Not only is the consensus at the Republican Governors’ Convention that President Obama won not because Americans agreed with his positions on raising taxes on the rich or healthcare, but because of Obama’s ground game… Republicans think “the reason he won had nothing to do with issues.”
To throw into high relief just how crazy it’s gotten in the Republican ideology camp, check out this exchange on Fox news between conservative economist (who’s also an actor and was a Nixon speechwriter) and a Fox News anchor who calls his guest a communist for daring to go off the ideological script:
Wow…
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Watch the Republican Propaganda Machine Turn On Itself: http://t.co/aMytRJ8I
People like Ben Stein understand the following statistics:
Obama got the following percentages of votes from various groups:
93% of black voters
73% of Hispanic voters
71% of Asian voters
69% of Jewish voters
60% of under age 30 voters
55% of women voters
All that Romney won was the over 30 white male vote. That’s all. I’d call that a clue but most Republicans seem to think all these groups are just “moochers” who “want stuff” because they are not part of the “white establishment.”
I have a feeling this election will see more Republicans drop their party association and register as independents.
@lizelth
Thanks for sharing the stats!
They feel their issue isn’t the oppressive policy they’re pushing; rather, the believe that their PR is bad. They’re going around telling Republicans to stop saying ANYTHING about rape or abortion.
I’m betting that it’ll take another 10 years for Republicans to decide that they really want to escape political death by changing.