toxicmedia
Gold Member
I said racism is losing social issue that come back to bite the GOP when they address them. That is because lefties have done a fantastic job of painting Republicans as racists. Republicans oppose social programs that cause lefties, justified or not, to feel attacked, and less likely to understand why Republicans oppose social programs that help minorities.I didn't say Republicans have come out in favor of racism or shooting black people, you did.Racial issues and gay sex do not affect the economy. They are losing social issues that come back to bite the GOP when they address them.I resist the term "progressive" as much as the term "conservative" these days to describe righties and lefties in this country.
Progressive implies change, and the liberal mentality has been prevalent since 1970, so it's the people who call themselves conservatives that are actually trying to change that.
The first Elephant in the room, IMO, is the fact that the GOP is viewed as the party of white people, and the DNC is viewed as the party of everybody else. Almost all the polls done on this validate my statement.
Politicians have a low approval rating because the median income in the US is flat. Whoever is in charge will get the blame.
Economists predicted in 2007 that the recession and unemployment wouldn't get better till 2016, but they left out the fact that the jobs that come back will be McJobs.
The second Elephant in the room is that American workers in general are lazy and entitled compared to their foreign counterparts, and politicians that point that out, or talk about ways to remedy that, will not get elected. The politician who lies and says he'll create jobs for you, will get elected. The people who create jobs are people like Bill Gates, not Barak Obama.
I'm way off topic now...but I see the writing on the wall, IMO, Obamacare will neither destroy nor remedy our cost prohibitive healthcare system. The impending access to healthcare crisis will eventually result in a government healthcare system. I can't imagine any way to avoid it, even though I'm not in favor of it.
No, the term Progressive is perfect for these people. The term accurately shows that their approach is one like a frog being slowly cooked in a hot pot of water. Put the frog in a scolding hot pot and it jumps out, but put him in a warm pot and slowly turn up the heat and he cooks.
Just imagine what the response of Americans would have been 100 years ago to Obamacare. Hell, FDR could barely convince people to embrace Social Security.
As the standard of living slowly goes South, as well as jobs, the frog is transfixed on such partisan issues as racial injustices and gay sex.
It's not 1940, and it's not 1780.
When did any Republican come out in favor of racism or shooting black people?
I said racial issues and gay sex do not affect the economy
You said the come back to bite the GOP. How could that possibly be true if the GOP isn't in favor of racism? Democrats are going to accuse Republicans of racism because that's the only thing they've got. It doesn't matter what the Republicans say or do.