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Is Demography Destiny?

suz Wrote: Nov 15, 2012 5:12 AM

it's always been about equal rights, not social justice. the term "social justice" was never broached by the right and mr. sowell is correct in saying their positions were never really made clear. at any time in our lives (our recent history) no time was greater than to draw a clear dividing line between us and them. that was never done. romney chants "jobs" and it worked but the corrupt incumbent steals. romney should have chanted personal independence. owe no one and chart your own life -- a clear definition of us and them. a relentless attack on bho regarding benghazi would have helped too.

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Is Demography Destiny?

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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