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Posted by MikeT23 on 7/11/2011 9:32:00 AM (view original):
I don't know that I'd use "epidemic" to describe the problem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/health/13mothers.html
So what would you call it?
This is a huge rate. We need parents to raise their children.
We just stopped getting along?? I looked at him one day and decided I couldnt stay married to him??
TOO BAD! Raise your damn kids!
If I'm running for public office, I would probably try to avoid using disease metaphors to describe social problems in a group of highly identifiable voters who have exhibited hostility towards my party. That's just my conservative risk aversion kicking in, though. I'm sure the collective genius that is the Tea Party know better even if they don't seem to realize it isn't 1948 any more than the GOP will need non-white voters in order to be more than a rump group in plualistic modern-day America.
How did this become racial for you?
I thnk the GOP needs to court minority religious voters. Core Christian beliefs could be the thing that splits the evil hold the Dems have on minoritites in America.
When the conversation started about Bachmann's dumbassery in singing a pledge that contained a reference to African-American family dynamics before slavery ended and under the Obama Administration. Remember?
So lets drop the issue of who mentioned race when. Clearly it was a simple misunderstanding between us.
So do you think Republicans can get traction selling Anti-Gay marriage to Blacks and Hispanics?
I'd rather that the GOP try to put together a coherent strategy on education reform that includes choice and school vouchers, two issues that would resonate with those voting blocs.
I don't know whether the GOP are going to move people to our side of the ledger by pandering to bigotries. You need to give people a reason to vote for you rather than demonize your opponents and the anti-gay marriage movement seems more likely to hurt the Republicans rather than help.
That's why the likes of Rush, Ann Coulter, Olbermann and others make ****** campaign strategists and would never, ever test themselves in a run for public office. They make too much money as carnival barkers. It's why you should ignore them, swamp.