# Mia Love: Is there a better election story? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769 "2014-11-05T15:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/21 "2014-11-06T16:04:33Z")
I sorta thought IMHO was for just expressing opinions. I’m not that interested in debating here. But in general, if we want to get to a color blind society, we need more people of color representing the red side of the aisle and more people without color representing the blue side…well, I guess the blue side has plenty of people without color, but at least they pretend to represent people of color enough to garner votes from people of color at election time. So I’d like to thank Mia Love for running and for being willing to step outside of the box that the blue side of the aisle creates as a default assumption if you are black. A Republican party that is small-government (Federally) and looks like a cross section of America is a permanent winner. Since I want small Federal government, I’d like to thank Mia for starting to make Republicans look more like an American cross section. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/22 "2014-11-06T16:08:45Z")
Find me a black small-government smart woman running for President and I’ll find you your next President. Although Mia needs about 2 more years before she can match Mr Obama’s impressive resume when he first ran. ---
**Author:** ![JesterX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JesterX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JesterX)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/23 "2014-11-06T16:34:20Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > We desperately need more Pauls in politics. Smart, accomplished people who say what they think, and who introduce bills and vote in accordance with their conscience and informed analysis, not what their party tells them. You have no idea what you are talking about if you equate the Tea Party, Ron Paul, Rand Paul and Palin/Bachmann as being similar. You are talking about at least three separate political stances/platforms. > > As for your first paragraph, we’ve seen what happens when blacks (Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Condaleeza Rice, Walter Williams, Herman Cain, Ben Carson, Alan Keyes, etc.) aren’t in the “correct” party. They are marginalized, called Uncle Toms and ridiculed for turning their backs on “their own” by those on the left who dwell on race and skin color. I agree about Rand Paul. He’s a reasonable guy and I think he gets unfairly blasted by the left. I’d say the same about Paul Ryan. However, the notable black conservatives you mentioned, with the exception of Condoleeza Rice, have been just as hostile to blacks as you say blacks have been to them. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/24 "2014-11-06T17:11:40Z")
> [@JesterX](#): > > However, the notable black conservatives you mentioned, with the exception of Condoleeza Rice, have been just as hostile to blacks as you say blacks have been to them. Sure, sure. Absolutely. Dr. Sowell is even skeptical of the whole [“driving while black”](http://www.creators.com/conservative/thomas-sowell/-driving-while-black.html) complaint so often mentioned here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/25 "2014-11-06T17:23:21Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > We desperately need more Pauls in politics. Smart, accomplished people who say what they think, and who introduce bills and vote in accordance with their conscience and informed analysis, not what their party tells them. You have no idea what you are talking about if you equate the Tea Party, Ron Paul, Rand Paul and Palin/Bachmann as being similar. You are talking about at least three separate political stances/platforms. I don’t mean to say that their politics are all equivalent, except to the degree that when they open their mouths, I generally wish the Republican party wasn’t implicated. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/26 "2014-11-06T17:38:37Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Actually, there IS a better election story–[Saira Blair](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/05/361723735/a-win-in-west-virginia-makes-saira-blair-states-youngest-lawmaker?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews), a high school senior who was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates. She was only 17 when she won her party primary last summer. > > Not that her ideology is likely to appeal to many on this Board. And it **does** take something away from the story that her father is a State Senator. I’m not a fan of political dynasties. I think it’s impressive she beat the incumbent in the primary but you could have put my name on the final ballot with an R next to it and I’d have won too. And nobody would vote for me on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/27 "2014-11-06T19:48:25Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > So I’d like to thank Mia Love for running and for being willing to step outside of the box that the blue side of the aisle creates as a default assumption if you are black. Have you held this Mia Love view a long time? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/28 "2014-11-06T22:09:34Z")
This my favorite election story: [http://www.kare11.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/97-year-old-mn-woman-votes-for-first-time/18491387/](http://www.kare11.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/97-year-old-mn-woman-votes-for-first-time/18491387/) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769/29 "2014-11-06T22:22:33Z")
> [@JesterX](#): > > I agree about Rand Paul. He’s a reasonable guy and I think he gets unfairly blasted by the left. I’d say the same about Paul Ryan. However, the notable black conservatives you mentioned, with the exception of Condoleeza Rice, have been just as hostile to blacks as you say blacks have been to them. Actually, when mention was made of “the Pauls”, I was thinking about Ron and Rand Paul, not Paul Ryan. But that doesn’t change much. Postulating about the race baiting Jackson/Sharpton and their ilk creating a culture of victimhood and dependency is hostile to blacks? I disagree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769.md?page=1)