This is the modern version of “some of my best friends are colored people”.
Seriously guys your “I don’t hate blacks/hispanics/muslims/gays/women, i just vote for the party who does” is really not going to get you very far as an argument.
The argument that a party can’t be against someone if that someone is for the party is crazy.
Some women support the Taliban, therefore the Taliban must be pro-women.
Some Jews supported Hitler, therefore Hitler was pro-Jew.
“I *know *he really loves me. Just sometimes he has too much to drink …”
Democrats hated gays up until really recently. It is definitely possible that a party, even the Republican party, could change, and it is with the help of people like **Bricker **et al. that it might. Personally, I’m not holding my breath, but to write them off as irredemable shows a shocking ignorance of history and a rather us-vs.-them view of politics.
I don’t think they’re a part of hatefulness so much as a party that supports the status quo of 40 (or 60) years ago, a time when casual sexism and racism and homophobia weren’t questioned as much as they are now. If they continue to remain two generations behind the times, we might find them quite tolerant in half a century or so.
On too many other topics, though, they want to repeal pretty much everything we’ve done since Secession. They’re not catching up with the 21st century until they catch up to the 20th. And that may not be until the 22nd.
I agree totally. The GOP might be a completely different party at some point in the future. The trouble is that right now, they’re kind of shitheels.
You’re from Miami. You don’t count.
In all seriousness, Hispanics are easily the most diverse group in the nation so generalizations in either side are really dumb.
I don’t write them off as irredeemable. They could turn around, if hit with a big enough clue-by-four. My guess is that it would take something like a repeat of the 1964 election results.
Well, the idea that the party “hates” those groups is where the craziness begins. I guess one shouldn’t be surprised if craziness begets craziness. But… I would not want a party to be pro-<insert group here> as I dislike the entire concept of identity politics. I guess another part of the craziness is that if you’re not "pro-<insert group here> you must be anti that group. Ain’t so.
As for the OP, EC is far from my favorite Congresscritter, but I have to wonder if whoever replaces him is going to be better or worse. I’m thinking worse. And by “replace”, I mean as Majority Whip. This guy who primaried him is pretty much an unknown, and if the people of his district want to exchange a very powerful guy who can actually get things done with the Junior Congressman from VA, I guess it’s their party so they can cry if they want to.
Yes, cuz you see, if you don’t want millions of illegal immigrants swarming over the border, you must hate Hispanics. Can’t be that you think having massive illegal immigration is not good for the country. No way. Hate Hispanics it must be.
If you presumably support all those things, why are you still in the GOP? Do you think their fiscal policy makes up for their congress members thinking evolution is fake, gays are mentally ill, Islam is evil?
The use of dehumanizing terms like “swarming” (a term normally associated with insects) betrays a degree of hatred. The fact is, immigration is in decline, and as a total percentage of the population, immigrant numbers today are in line with historic levels in the United States.
I am sure SI just hates Denver Broncos. Or dehumanizes them. And Vanity Fair hates hates hates Italians and Estonians.
Check the name: Saint Cad. I’m thinking one-issue voter: abortion being that issue. Just a guess, could be wrong.
well put. R’s are being co-opted by their extremists, but their mostly conservative social tendencies prevent them from embracing D philosophy.
Nice question. Vox sez, “Doesn’t matter”: Eric Cantor to be replaced by Kevin McCarthy, who’s just like Eric Cantor | Vox
Recall that Cantor was a big obstructionist to begin with. And that he let up on his campaigning for Boehner’s job because the Tea Party’s biggest enemy aren’t Dems, RINOs or mainstream Republicans but rather reality. Their fiscal responsibility via default on the national debt plan is partly underpants troll, but mostly talk radio heavy breathing. Changing the cast won’t change the fundamentals, and there’s nobody waiting in the wings with insight on how to square their circles.
Replacing McConnell, OTOH, might matter as he possesses unusual political acumen, along with obstructionist and strategic tendencies. His replacement could be more of a gamechanger, relatively speaking, simply due to a blurrier focus. Though the odds favor the turtle’s re-election.
Nitpick: Cantor is/was Majority Leader, effectively the number 2 position in the House. The current Majority Whip, Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), is, last I saw, the favorite to replace him as Leader, though he is apparently being challenged by Pete Sessions of Texas.
The guy next in line for the Majority Leader position, Kevin McCarthy, comes from a district which is something like 37% Hispanic. I don’t know what percentage of that number voted for him, however.
Is anybody really “in line”?