Quote of the day
posted at 10:00 pm on July 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
“In an interview with POLITICO Thursday, the South Carolina Republican defended his decision to back Sotomayor by laying out a broad critique of conservative activists who push ‘ideological purity’ and refuse to cooperate with a Democratic Congress and White House.
‘If we chase this attitude … that you have to say ‘no’ to every Democratic proposal, you can’t help the president ever, you can’t ever reach across the aisle, then I don’t want to be part of the movement because it’s a dead-end movement,’ Graham said.
‘I have no desire to be up here in an irrelevant status. I’m smart enough to know that this country doesn’t have a problem with conservatives. It has a problem with blind ideology. And those who are ideological-driven to a fault are never going to be able to take this party back into relevancy.’”
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“I have no desire to be up here in an irrelevant status”
er, aiding the opposition is WORSE than irrelevant, douche …
/can the people of SC PLEASE find a replacement — actually 2, for DEMINT IN 12! as well …
:-)
Buckaroo on July 24, 2009 at 10:03 PM
This hideous woman is a gun-grabbing, racist idiot.
The RINOs have got to go.
Every last one of them.
Dave R. on July 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM
It’s not about just “saying no to every dem proposal”, it’s about choosing the best person for the job. And from everything I’ve heard about Sotomayor, she’s mediocre at best and a racist at worst.
4shoes on July 24, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Pork tallow, it’s what’s for supreme court.
Spiritk9 on July 24, 2009 at 10:05 PM
The country also has a problem with blind idiocy.
av8tr on July 24, 2009 at 10:06 PM
It takes a special Republican to make me wish we could trade them for Specter, Graham is the only such special Republican.
jarodea on July 24, 2009 at 10:06 PM
And we don’t want you there, either, so get the hell out and do us all a favor!
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
BTW Graham, the ‘party’ doesn’t get taken back to ‘relevancy’ by bending over for the liberals either. It gets taken back by showing the voters step-by-step logic that actually works while showing them step-by-step why liberal socialism is antithetical to the foundations of this country.
Asswipe.
Spiritk9 on July 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Opposing a racist judicial activist is following ideology??!!!!
Graham – YOU STINK!
J.J. Sefton on July 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Graham…gutting American jurisprudence for no other reason than to look like a nice guy.
Leo Durocher was right…nice guys finish last.
coldwarrior on July 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
BTW Graham, the ‘party’ doesn’t get taken back to ‘relevancy’ by bending over for the liberals either. It gets taken back by showing the voters step-by-step logic that actually works while showing them step-by-step why liberal socialism is antithetical to the foundations of this country.
Ass.
Spiritk9 on July 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Yeesh, what does this man need to get back into the fold? A presidential nomination?
KingGold on July 24, 2009 at 10:08 PM
I’m reminded of Ted Nuget’s RINO hunting piece from right after the election.
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Oh yes, saying yes to everything the Democrats want has been working out so much better.
Seriously, after the hit the go along to get along Republicans just took in 2008 you’d think they would at least realize that being the ‘nice’ guys isn’t working…
18-1 on July 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Lindsey, when you and the rest of the RINOs find your collective spines, please let us know. Until then, either shut up or get lost.
kingsjester on July 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Listening to Graham, now I know where Ron White came up with the idea for his signature phrase “You can’t fix stupid”.
VelvetElvis on July 24, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I wish he would say that about the party.
If Graham isn’t going to vote the way of the majority then what good is he…?
Excuse me there Mr. Reach across the aisle but how many damn freakin’ Senate seats do we have to lose before you realize that has already happened…?
Your bi-partisanship has already sailed.
NeoKong on July 24, 2009 at 10:10 PM
The NEXT time some idiot tells me we CAN’T talk as about forming a new party, that we have to work within the GOP, I’ll be HAPPY to remind said moron of the problems we’re up against with idiot RINOs in power.
You NEVER, NEVER, NEVER help the enemy that’s destroying our country.
Jeff from WI on July 24, 2009 at 10:10 PM
And yet the country has a problem with you…
…
A real brain twister.
Lehosh on July 24, 2009 at 10:10 PM
You’re dead on “Tater”.
Jeff from WI on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Has anybody made a Photoshop of Grahmnesty with a rhino horn sticking out of his face yet?
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
You are a joke, your hearings were an embarassment, and I’ll be working very hard to make as many of you irrelevant in 2010 and beyond as possible.
Need more scotch.
califdreamnred on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Tell that to Obama, he could use the lesson.
Rebar on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I hope the people of SC see that this man gets thrown out of the Senate. He is no more a Conservative than McCain is.
sheriff246 on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
“Must Follow Rush/Levin, Must Follow Rush/Levin.” Graham is right, look at the Demographics. Oh no, he’s wrong because Talk Show Hosts say he is and we’re not like the Kos Kidz, we’re not sycophants.
“You’re a RINO” a “Lurker.” No, I’m probably more Conservative than you are. Want to win in the future? Hispanics. Realpolitik. It’s easy not be realist when you’re a Multi-Millionaire living in Florida or Virginia.
AYNBLAND on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
That looks like a jumpin’ party going on in the front photo.
/
baldilocks on July 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
That would be a fantastic way to get a 3rd party off the ground.
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Sotomanure to the highest court, parley-voo?
Sotomanure to the highest court, parley-voo?
She has a foul temper and spews such a crock
On her la Raza has a full head lock
She could charm a certain senator and make a deal
But it wasn’t because of sex appeal
If she would just wash her hair and change her underwear
The frog Lindsey would probably give her the Croix-de-Guerre
She has so many delusions it would make Freud’s knees knock
And her face would stop a cuckoo clock
You might forget her racist chant and sexist yell
But you’ll never forget the nominee from Hell
Hinky, dinky, parley-voo
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on July 24, 2009 at 10:13 PM
MAY YOUR CHAINS FALL LIGHTLY UPON YOUR NECK ! MAY YOU KISS SOFTLY THE FEET OF THOSE WHO OPPRESS YOU ! YOU MAY WISH A MASTER WHO CONTOLS 70% OF YOUR LIVES…YOU WILL BE SLAVES ONLY 70% THEN YOU WILL BE FREE…TO SPEND 25% OF WHAT YOU OWN, THROUGH YOUR OWN LABOR !
eeeeaaarrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!! CANT YOU GET THIS SOCIALIST THING EVEN A LITTLE BIT???????
birdhurd on July 24, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Blind ideology? Has he even been paying attention to the President? It isn’t blind ideology to oppose someone based on a principled analysis of their abilities and prejudices…it is just a logical conclusion. Isn’t that what we’re paying him for?
You’re fired.
blankminde on July 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
NoFanofLibs on July 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Don’t like her one bit, but I accept Instapundit’s argument:
Sotomayor basically replaces Souter’s vote, but she isn’t smart enough to talk Kennedy into voting with her. More 5-4 votes are likely to go our way as a result.
Not a win, but probably an improvement. If it’s true, Obama outsmarted himself this time.
Strick on July 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM
No we have a problem with idiot RINOS that think they can acually have a seat at the table with the dems if they just play nice and roll over.
Stupid tool! The sooner that good folks in South Carolina get shed of this jackass the better for all of us!
conservnut on July 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I’m offically hijacking this thread, so that we all may send best wishes and thanks to HawkDriver and Company.
Keep your heads down, we love you and are thinking about you.
This thread will be copied, printed and sent in a care package to our fella’s who serve us well.
We love you HawkDriver!!!!
Knucklehead on July 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Your “realism” can join Graham on that couch with our next Supreme Court Justice.
blankminde on July 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM
By siding with Soto you just made yourself irrelevant & replaceable.
izoneguy on July 24, 2009 at 10:18 PM
What exactly is the alternative to ideology? Why does it have such negative connotations now?
Ideology comprises our values and ideals, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equal protection under the law, justice, truth, etc.
Ideology in itself is not the problem; rotten ideology is the problem.
jazz_piano on July 24, 2009 at 10:21 PM
When a senator makes this his fallback answer, it’s equivalent to “not reading the bill”. If we can’t trust these elected officials to study, review and make judicious decisions, then we are better off running this place on our own. I learned she was incompetent two days into the hearing, it really wasn’t that difficult. You only had to pay attention and do your job, Mr. Graham.
sherry on July 24, 2009 at 10:21 PM
What does Sotomayor have to do with demographics? She’s not THAT big; she’s only one person.
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:22 PM
For her to have such a huge impact on demographics she must have had a hell of a lot of children. By your own liberal logic, how could she possibly have time to be a SC justice?
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:24 PM
You just had an entire conversation with yourself. I’m sure there is a “clinical” explanation as to what just happened here.
“Look at the demographics!”, the Libs wail. So what! We should surrender America to third-world status because ignorant, free-loading parasites have us 51%-49%????? We will ALWAYS fight! First at the ballot box……and then…………
David2.0 on July 24, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Hows about doing whats good for the nation and the defense of the Constitution?
Speakup on July 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM
They probably didn’t want to sit too close together for fear people would find out, um, how much of a role Grahmnesty has had in helping Sotomayor influence demographics.
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I agree that we alienate the Latino vote at our own peril. The question (for me) is how conservatives can reach out to Latino voters and shed our reputation as racists without compromising our principles.
Choosing SCOTUS justices based on race or gender seems unprincipled and patronizing to me.
jazz_piano on July 24, 2009 at 10:29 PM
HawkDriver, just be sure to remember these very important rules:
Don’t look conspicuous, it draws fire.
If your attack is going well, then it’s an ambush.
Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
If you build yourself a bunker that’s tough for the enemy to get into quickly, then you won’t be able to get out of it quickly either.
Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder.
The most dangerous thing in the world is a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.
The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.
If at first you don’t succeed, call in an air strike.
The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.
If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.
Murphy was a grunt.
Murphy9 on July 24, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Of course, I said the same thing about McCain, too, but everybody decided: no, we’ll win because everybody will vote for the lesser of two evils.
Some of us pointed out that that was the same thing the Democrats said about Kerry, but noooooooooooo. Nobody would listen.
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Ugh
this guy is so dumb
blatantblue on July 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Hey RINO, maybe you should say ‘no’ to everything the socialist-in-chief wants. Your buddy RINO McCain tanked because he is a RINO. Now we are burdened by this socialist jerk, screw you and your attitude.
farright on July 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM
In trying to get the taste of a RINO like this, out of my mouth, something to get my mind off it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MWEAA9a-Xc&feature=related
Jeff from WI on July 24, 2009 at 10:36 PM
When Sen. Lindsey Graham announced his support for Sonia Sotomayor this week, right-wing radio talk show host
Mark Levin said it was a sign that Graham is “unreliable … as a thinker and a leader.”
———————————————————
Well,I`ve already seen a Maverick in action,and its been
a trainwreck,and another ‘Maverick’ in the making,me thinks
not!!
Time for a ‘Purge’,or sumpin similar like dat!!
canopfor on July 24, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Meggie Mac says to stop picking on her daddy’s special friend or she’ll unleash the anonymous anti-Palin sources again.
Terrie on July 24, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Sonny and Cher!
Jeff from WI on July 24,2009 at 10:36PM.
Jeff from WI: Thanks for memory lane,and Sonny was a
Republican!!So cool:)
canopfor on July 24, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Graham is a disgusting dirtbag who has the intellectual heft of a steaming pile of cr*p.
The GOP should not let Sotomayor out of committee, because she has proven herself, beyond any doubt, to be unqualified to serve as a justice on the SCOTUS. Case closed. Make The Precedent put another nominee up.
progressoverpeace on July 24, 2009 at 10:39 PM
I swear we have more republicans who love being the minority party more than the opposing party.
fourdeucer on July 24, 2009 at 10:42 PM
The people of SC have got to kick Graham out!
GarandFan on July 24, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Apparently, Sen. Lindsey Graham does not know that ‘ideology’ is the very definition of political orientation, an orientation based on foundational principles that characterize the thinking of a group or even an entire nation. Abandoning your ideology means abandoning your principles. In fact, it is in his very own words in that very article that he has stated his own ideology, and it is a Defeatocrat one.
RINO’s as ‘fixers’ are part of the GOP’s problem. As long as RINOs are running the GOP as all but Democrat-Socialist Lite, the Republican Party is no more “relevant” than tits on a bull. “Useless” is about as kind a word as I can think of for an opposition party that chooses to enable rather than oppose. It absolutely underscores the argument that the RINOs aren’t opposed to socialism, they just want to ease into it rather than see it implemented quite so quickly. To RINO’s, the re-establishment of the America the Founding Fathers intended is of far far less importance than their own momentary popularity. Just like the nonsense opining talking heads we see on TV when they speak from their wooden thrones in the chambers of Congress, and from the Oval Office for that matter, it’s all about their popularity and keeping themselves on their thrones. Not one iota more.
To paraphrase good ol’ Benjamin Franklin, ‘Those who would abandon principle to achieve power will lose both, and be worthy of neither.’
See ya later bye RINO Lindsey Graham. You abysmal lecherous self-serving scum. I, for one, am sick and tired of you and all the other RINO’s.
Don’t let the door hit you on your big fat RINO butt on the way out.
SilverStar830 on July 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Actually the Sotomayor situation is an amusing one. The strongest argument I’ve heard for her is that she isn’t particularly bright. Obama could have picked a much more dangerous leftist for the position, but he was so busy looking at the color of her skin, he had no time to examine the content of her character.
Not that the Republicans could do much to stop her…but the party is holding its ammo because a dull, “wise latina” racist is the best we can hope to get out of Obama. Strange days indeed.
Oh, and on an unrelated note, if the Republicans do need to pander more if we hope to pick up more hispanic votes, how about fighting abortion more seriously? There is a lot Bush, for example, could have done, fully within the “law” as rendered by Roe v Wade, to reduce the number of abortions in America…
18-1 on July 24, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Sadly, this isn’t that unusual. The Republican party was happy playing second fiddle to the Democrats before Reagan, and then again until Newt appeared on the scene.
18-1 on July 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Blake on July 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Senator, it is not about saying “no” to proposals, it is about your values: right versus wrong. Maybe it is to a point in this country where holding values is inconsistent with serving our general population – the population, you know the one, that elected The One.
It is about saying “no” to taking action that is contrary to the values you supposedly pronounced during your campaign. You did have values, didn’t you? Maybe it’s time to be more concerned about what your values tell you is the right thing to do, than about being the center of adulation at the next Washington cocktail party.
ManUFan on July 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Its only about saying ‘no’ to every BAD dem proposal…..
Wait, what? They’re all bad? Err…well, you know….
/facepalm
Texas74 on July 24, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Actually, she can’t get out of the judiciary committee without at least one GOP vote. The Republicans can keep her bottled up in committee and off the SCOTUS if they want. They just don’t have the brains or the balls to do it.
progressoverpeace on July 24, 2009 at 10:53 PM
What the heck. I expend all that Superman-like mental energy, and time, writing up a comment with absolutely nothing worse than a reference to ‘t.i.t.s on a bull’, and it doesn’t post. No doubt it’s in the ‘approval queue’ waiting to be duly annointed with holy water and approved by the freakin’ Pope.
I thought we were all adults here. What the hell with the censuring and delay of posts for approval? By the time the Hot Air pope gets around to it, it’ll be tomorrow and buried on the 5th or 6th page. Sucks!
SilverStar830 on July 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
18-1 on July 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I know what you mean, we aren’t happy unless we are the minority. When we are the majority we don’t know how to act.
fourdeucer on July 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
LOL. What the heck is wrong with that girl?
progressoverpeace on July 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Unfortunately Graham’s version of “reaching across the isle” is strangely reminiscent of Neville Chamberlin and Germany.
Hollowpoint on July 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Hate to tell you this, but treating people like faceless drones instead of individuals is not a conservative trait.
Jim Treacher on July 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
They just had their chance and they blew it.
I’d suggest that we should forcibly secede them from the nation but then we’d lose DeMint.
FloatingRock on July 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
The principles sell themselves, without having to pander to this or that group. Those idiots who think all the GOP has to do is simply out-pander the Democrats are the ones who are the drag.
As for the “reputation for being racists”, that’s going to be there as long as the state-run media have a voice. It’s trying to bend over backwards to erase those harsh, nasty words that create the Lindsey Grahams of the world. It isn’t “Realpolitik”, it’s surrender.
ddrintn on July 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
With the likes of Lugar and Graham in the party, the Republicans are going nowhere.
They and their RINO ilk continue to bring their squirt guns to fight the political war for the heart and soul of the country.
rickyricardo on July 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Goober, I don’t want you in this movement either. Go home or trade sides.
Tim Burton on July 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Threats from the ‘Fat Brat’, oooooo scary.
thomasaur on July 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Keep in mind some of the things that Grahamnesty considers to be “blind ideology” are:
1) Re-criminalizing the brutal butchering of innocent and defenseless baby boys and girls
2) Defending our borders from illegal aliens who a large percentage of which come to the USA to commit crimes such as sell drugs, rape women, murder anyone, steal from legal citizens, etc. resulting in 30% of prison inmates being illegal aliens
Lindsey Graham has a girl’s name for a first name and the spine of a weak 10 year-old girl when it comes to politics.
Really hoping South Carolina will vote his idiot ass out next election.
JaqobJackson on July 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I sent this tweet to Michelle Malkin and tips@hotair.com the night she tweeted it.
My response, and the response of many, is that we are GLAD that Meghan McCain and her dad and Grahamnesty DO NOT CONSIDER US TO BE PART OF THEIR FAMILY.
Thank you Meghan! You RINOs are you own damn family, not part of ours. Thank Jesus Christ for this being made clear!
JaqobJackson on July 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM
If anyone would like to do a shout out to Hawkdriver and company, please go to the Yon thread from earlier today. Thanks.
Cindy Munford on July 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Looks like Graham is scrambling for the “Post-Partisan” crown.
Star20 on July 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Plastics.
Blake on July 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM
That really worked out well for Mr Amnesty McCain, didn’t it? Oh, man, those Latino voters were just falling over themselves to vote for Mac…
ddrintn on July 24, 2009 at 11:04 PM
H8er!
Blake on July 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Hey look! a wise Latino chimes in. Well one wise latino to another why don’t you tell me what policy proposals will insure the “hispanic” vote?
Hey, I know, maybe we should run a “moderate” that supports amnesty…how bout it genius? Oh wait, that didn’t work out well…lets see maybe we should run a “moderate” that coddles grievance mongers and statist policies…no wait that would be a democrat…enlighten us as to the policies we latinos need to see from the GOP…
elduende on July 24, 2009 at 11:06 PM
The dems have the blue dogs as their mavericks that actually stand up against their own party on principle, and we have Lindsey and the original Maverick.
Makes me want to throw up.
JeffinOrlando on July 24, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Dunno how “blind” it was, but ideology was pretty important to Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln, etc.
I’d rather follow their model than some career politician who is more interested in winning the right number of votes than actually serving his country with honor and with its best interests at heart.
That is all.
cs89 on July 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM
While Graham panders to one group to be “relevant,” I distinctly recall him snubbing another… Hmm… Which one was that…
Upstater85 on July 24, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Hey Gramnesty, what have the dems ever done for you? I’m telling you, the most important thing in this guys life is to hear his own voice. SC, get with the program for God’s sake, find someone who wants to hear YOUR voices…..
PaCadle on July 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Now, now Meghan McCain is a nice girl that we all misunderstand
~AP
Upstater85 on July 24, 2009 at 11:18 PM
People of South Carolina,
How long will you put up with this guy? Vote him and all RINO’s out!
Christian Conservative on July 24, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Just to emphasize this point, the GOP can hold Sotomayor in committee and not allow her to get to a floor vote, if they had the guts and brains to do it.
From the rules for the senate judiciary committee:
Sotomayor only makes it to the SCOTUS if the GOP allows her, and if they do they are the biggest morons on the planet.
progressoverpeace on July 24, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Forty-five minutes later and my post still isn’t appearing.
I knew it.
Hot Air Pope is a slacker.
SilverStar830 on July 24, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Graham just wants to eat his grits
the Coondawg on July 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Thanks for the memories.
OmahaConservative on July 24, 2009 at 11:21 PM
We need the left of center republicans like Graham to help win over the indies /sarc
Upstater85 on July 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM
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rollthedice on July 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Replace Steele and we might be able to make this Graham jump to the Democrats. We get him as the worst case scenario when that senate seat come up for reelection next time and it’s more than likely he will lose to a conservative in that election.
Republicans just don’t know how to do basic…smart things.
Buddahpundit on July 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM
My ideology is not blind. It is as informed as, if not better informed than, the one the Democrats have foisted upon us, and which Mr. McCain now proceeds to buttress.
If we truly behaved as McCain suggests, slavery would still be present in America, because us Republicans would have come half way.
Is Sotomayor a choice McCain would have made for that vacant seat? If not, he needs to consider why. If so, he’s in the wrong party.
unclesmrgol on July 24, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Opie and the Judge….
d1carter on July 24, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Whoops, meant Graham, not McCain. Wonder why I made that mistake?
unclesmrgol on July 24, 2009 at 11:30 PM
But, evidently, those “ideological-driven to a fault” CAN wind up on the Supreme Court.
Seriously, Lins. You gots da brain damage or somethin’?
Rhinoboy on July 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Want to win in the future?
Flesh-eating robots.
Rhinoboy on July 24, 2009 at 11:35 PM
What do you expect…………
…….. after millions of tax payer dollars are given to groups like La Raza, thanks to Ted Kennedy, who then spend their working days walking the halls of the United States Congress shoving the Chicano Race in every one’s face with the threat of votes and violence,
We get RINO’s who support Sotofinger……….
……. You keep voting for it, don’t be surprised when it happens.
Seven Percent Solution on July 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I understand your viewpoint and can even be tempted to agree: we’re past the minority-voter tipping point, so we must pander.
But honestly, I think our only hope is an aggressive nativist approach that brings millions of white working-class and middle-class voters back into the fold.
Hispanics aren’t stupid: they know that the Dems will always offer them more political power and more “benefits” than Repubs will. They will sell their votes like whores. The idea that we can win them over because of their “family values” and “work ethic” is just a George W. Bush fantasy.
guntotinglibertarian on July 24, 2009 at 11:41 PM
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