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The Republicans' Primary Problem

Stuart95 Wrote: Feb 07, 2013 6:10 PM
It takes a remarkably blank-minded idiot, not as uncommon as you might think amongst liberals, to repeat the ancient, hackneyed, baseless stereotypes of Republicans as sexists and racists. Really, you people should pass the hat, or apply for a government grant, for a few hundred dollars and hire some fifth graders to invent some new slurs. No group is as eager to segregate by gender and color, and treat them differently, as the Democrats. Proof? Read some Democrats' legislation and/or listen to their speeches and/or read their judicial decisions. Then look at the unintended consequences of their endless, ironic quest for "fairness" and "equity", which are political code words for "Are we not the most noble of the noble ever born?".

Having just lost an election, many Republicans are anxious to remake our party in the image of Democrats. The theory seems to be that whatever we're doing isn't working, so we better change everything.

But in fact, whatever Republicans did in 2012 -- other than an overly long primary fight -- worked amazingly well, given the circumstances.

In a detailed analysis of the 2012 election, William A. Galston, a fellow with the liberal Brookings Institution, makes a number of fascinating observations that Republicans would do well to consider before embracing amnesty, abortion, gay marriage and Beyonce.

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