Rep. Don Young (R-AK) didn’t get the memo about minority outreach. He went on the radio and reminisced about how his daddy used to hire 50 or 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes on his California ranch. Meanwhile, North Carolina Republican Pat McCrory has shuttered his office of Latino affairs, claiming that his administration views all constituents as equals.
These are self-inflicted wounds. I don’t think they will stop hitting themselves in the face anytime soon.
Don Young has a history of self-inflicted wounds, some rather more literal than that:
Honestly, I’ve been weirdly giddy that my favorite horrible member of the House is back in the news today.
It’s still not going to prevent the GOP from holding the House and taking the Senate in 2014.
They were supposed to take the Senate in 2010 and 2012, too.
Ah, but you see, they failed to take the Senate in 2010 and again in 2012 because they kept harming themselves with terrible candidate selection and other self-inflicted wounds, especially by making unwittingly-horrifying comments about women and minorities.
There’s no way that will happen next year.
Next year? there’s no way that will happen tomorrow. by 2014/ 16 they’ll be surging
somehow I feel there’s a good chance we’ll pick up an SC seat – Stephen Colbert’s sister vs Mr Appalachian Trail?? first of all, how many women will vote for Mr. AT? [and he asked his ex wife to manage his campaign????]
Which four senate seats will the GOP flip?
It really depends on whether or not the Democratic Party chooses to be aggressive in candidate recruitment and campaign funding. SD and WV may be the most difficult to hold given the weakness of the Party in those two states. But it would be foolish to concede either of those and several that Republicans currently hold. McConnell won in 2008 with only 53%; so he’s not wildly popular in Kentucky. The GOP primary in Georgia may shape up to make the GOP 2012 POTUS primary look sane; still it would be an uphill climb for a Democrat considering the electorate in that state but dark horses have been known to win. Wouldn’t overlook SC either.
As long as at least a full one third of your political base are very proud and outspoken bigots, repeatedly hitting yourself in the face is a requirement for representing your party.
I have a hammer they can borrow!
Keep up the good work, GOP!
OT – but since (I assume) you’re in IN, I was wondering how the armed counter-protesters against Moms Demand Action (for gun safety) story was playing in your state.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/men-armed-with-assault-rifles-intimidate-moms-at-gun-safety-rally/
Crickets in the southern end where I live.
or the classic phrase, “please proceed”
I’m grateful that the statements and actions of these culturally illiterate clods are being reported upon consistently and shared widely. Outside the 27% who are proudly, unredeemably regressive, it’s become not OK to be a racist in public, and particularly in public office.
The fact that the 27% and their favored officeholders don’t have the sense that God gave a donkey, and are unable to see the need to issue a sincere apology and change their actions, means that they will continue to miss out on the Presidency and the Senate. Your Party candidates can’t win enough Statewide elections to regain control of the Senate when you’re openly, brutally and unapologetically insulting and oppressing the vast majority of the voters with a wide array of offenses.
The GOP will forever face an uphill struggle with bigotry because they are a party based on class structure. The “haves” are the successful business people and the corporate management folks who feel that anyone who doesn’t pull down the big bucks isn’t worth their consideration. They’re also the traditional Conservatives who embrace God and Country and their God is bigger and better than anyone else’s.
These sorry-assed racists won’t change. They may monitor their conversations and speeches more carefully, but they still hate the wetbacks, spooks, kikes, micks, chicks, queers and anyone else who is different from their whitebreaded, blueblooded heritage. They learned their racism at their parents’ knee and they cannot actually understand how totally wrong it is. It’s as natural to them as breathing. It’s Niggerhead all over again.
They can’t and won’t change because they don’t think they’re wrong.