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Originally Posted by suzzer99
I honestly wonder how many non-angry white people are even paying attention to this. It seems to be a winning issue with the GOP that it completely frosts up the bass, but most of the people who usually scare off part paying that much attention. Unlike say the primary debates – which people seem to pay a little more attention to.
Right. Exactly. For the moment, it's a "winning" issue for the GOP because the image (for the moment) is aggrieved nice white cowboy versus Black President and his faceless bureaucracy being busybodies on America's ranches, playing out only in theaters politically active libertarians care about. It's red meat for the right-wing base in the midst of a story that only the right-wing base is paying close attention to. In that context, it's safe enough for Rand Paul and Dean Heller to jump in and fan the flames and hold these clowns up as the paragon of freedom fighting virtue against Mean BaBlack Blackbama taking white people cows.
Once you shine the spotlight on these creeps, the fact that they're repulsive nutters becomes interesting and could become problematic for the GOP but since (for the moment) the feds have deescalated everyone will go away and stop caring again. They got lucky the Bundy types
probably are showboating a little bit and if they're lucky, probably won't open fire. If they did, all the political calculus above probably goes out the window, the press has a field day documenting how America's Racist Creep Libertarian Class finally acted out their Turner Diaries fantasies trying to instigate their race war against the feds, and the entire affair becomes one huge blight for the right-wing "rile up the right-wing anger bears for fun and profit" strategy for an election cycle or two.
They're basically staking a ****load for like the chance they might secure the political donations of the Alex Jones audience, but like I said, the political acumen of the American right is at all time low, although profits remain high, so they'll probably keep flogging the dog here and hope it never bites back.
Last edited by DVaut1; 04-24-2014 at 09:59 AM.