Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Donk
Dam
Okay , my bad. people could never be deceived by out right lies and half truths on a major scale.
Or at least We wont get fooled again.
you just doubled down on the straw man. There's a wealth of history to draw upon that says fiscal and foreign policy etc. lies and false promises can fool voters. There's also a wealth of history that shows minorities don't switch parties based on lies or quick position changes regarding social policy and discrimination.
It wasn't even unreasonable to think that the Dems could be less fiscally irresponsible than the government during the Bush regime, but that aside, it's a terrible analogy. The idea that the GOP can just soften on immigration and they will become suddenly appealing to Latinos is based on the false assumption that Latinos because of Catholicism are prone to conservatism. But I don't necessarily buy that argument since I don't think it's really reflected in how they prioritize the handful of socially repressive platforms the GOP promotes against other issues.
And even if it was, that doesn't mean that the racist rhetoric spewing from everyday Republican base types is going to be overlooked. The GOP still has to woo a white population that by and large is racist and full of nativist sentiment regardless of what the official party postion is. The interest that minorities have in finding out who supports them innately from a ground up level is usually of paramount importance to them.
Last edited by Jake7777; 01-25-2013 at 12:36 AM.