Appearing on "Hardball," Tom Davis, a former Republican Congressman from Virginia, explained how "the politics of culture has wounded the GOP's mass appeal" in the recent years:
Politics has been defined by culture over the last few cycles, and we've become a rural party and a Southern party. We've been losing inner suburbs and the like. A lot of this was the policies of the Bush administration.
He also said that, in most cases, people with higher education vote for Democrats, while the less educated vote Republican:
The high education areas Obama carried - 78 of the 100 counties with the highest education. McCain carried 88 of the 100 counties with the lowest education.
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Nuff Said!
Enough said!
Proves the point...
I've been surprised lately to see the redneck population turning Republican. I suspect it has to do with thinking they know how everyone else should live... Enough said!
Proud to be a Democrat.
A lot of you liberals are calling the Republicans "the party of No" although we all know it is nothing but an attempt to demean the party.
So what do you all think of Newt's suggestions?
Repugnicon party RIP>
You are one of the many extreme leftists on Gather!
Which was the point of my posting, It doesn't matter if the Republicans have solutions or not, you and those like you wouldn't entertain them anyway, you would just continue your hate filled attacks against them.
People like Newt making a comeback simply shows the lack of new talent. You have smart people like Eric Cantor being told to move right, when the guy is clearly a tough fiscal conservative, yet moderate on social issues. The republican message of responsible government, lowering spending, government intrusion in our lives, goes very well with women's right to chose. They are hypocrites when they say "keep government out of our lives" and turn around and legislate marriage and abortion. Why? Because southern, rural wing of the party wants to.
How is new talent better than old talent? Talent is talent!
"You have smart people like Eric Cantor being told to move right, when the guy is clearly a tough fiscal conservative, yet moderate on social issues."
Who's telling Cantor to "move right"? and I agree he is a smart guy and being that he is the whip he apparently not being ostracized for his moderate positions on social issues.
For a better understanding of how and why this has happened, I highly recommend a book called Deer Hunting With Jesus by Joe Bageant.
But it's a sad book in places.
It's not about persuading in favor of the party of the Democrats, Its about demeaning the Republicans that's all!
Unlike many who criticize Obama and the Democrats for their policies, these people engage in attempted character assassination of their opponents because they can not defend their party's policies which are rapidly failing along with the the opinion of the public!
It's all they got!
Sunstitute the word "Mexicans" or "Jews" for "republicans" for maximum effect.
"Appearing on "Hardball," Tom Davis, a former Mexican Congressman from Virginia, explained how "the politics of culture has wounded the GOP's mass appeal" in the recent years"
"He also said that, in most cases, people with higher education vote for Democrats, while the less educated vote Jew"
That doesn't really work for me at all. Maybe it's because I don't have any Krispy Kremes or crack.
Did you even read the article, or do you just post inane comments randomly?
There is a lot of history in Virginia of feuding between moderate and Right wing Republicans, and the moderates seem to always lose.
Overall, ultra-religious people tend to not be well-educated, and even be suspicious of knowledge and college-educated people. They believe in white male dominance, they are against women's rights, against gay rights, against minority rights. They view equal rights as an off-shoot of 'socialism' and 'communism', although they really don't understand those constructs either.
Well-educated people are usually people who have been exposed to a wide variety of thoughts and people. They have travelled outside the US and seen first-hand how the rest of the world is. They tend to see things from a wide variety of viewpoints. They understand that the world is not 'black and white', but various shades of grey.
They understand that a well-functioning society needs to have equal rights and opportunities for all, that religious freedom means being able to practice one's religious beliefs privately without intruding on the beliefs of others or influencing secular law, that everyone should have the freedom to pursue their own dreams and aspirations. They see that a well-functioning, modern society also has obligations to its poorest, neediest, and most disenfranchised.
These are generalizations and to be sure one can cite exceptions, but I think overall this is true. It is understandable that the GOP uses terms such as 'elitist' to describe President Obama and Democrats. To them, anybody who can speak well, reason, and understand the value of discussion and concensus is suspect, foreign to their way of thinking and therefore 'elitist'. Well-educated people are taught to value the ability to communicate well, reason and discuss/debate issues. Open-mindedness is a virtue, not a fault.