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Is Demography Destiny?

pinenee Wrote: Nov 14, 2012 10:35 PM
Do you believe we, black people, would subject our brain, heart, and soul to ever vote again in America? 2012, we accepted our American duty and covered Mr. Obama's back. The Republican Party are now free to return it and its constituency back to 1770 or 1858 or 1958, who cares. The United States has over 200 million "white people", let them fight it out to see how far backward they can go. The Tea Bag Party declared they wanted their country back. it is theirs, now we have performed our duty.

Some media pundits see in the growing proportion of non-white groups in the population a growing opposition to the Republican Party that will sooner or later make it virtually impossible for Republicans to win presidential elections or even to control either house of Congress. But is demography destiny?

Conventional wisdom in the Republican establishment is that what the GOP needs to do, in order to win black votes or Hispanic votes, is to craft policies specifically targeting these groups. In other words, Republicans need to become more like Democrats.

Whether in a racial context or in other contexts, the...

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