Tag: New Voters

GOP Course Change?

I recall after the last election….you know the one where Mitt got his pants beaten off…..the GOP and its chairman, Rancid Prius (sorry cannot remember his real name and too lazy to use Google) stated that the GOP was gonna take stock and try to reach out to those disenfranchised voters…you know like women, Latinos, working folk, etc……

An excellent idea and I for one was looking forward to some substance to their issues and not just “we hate Obama” rhetoric…..this was the perfect opportunity for them to be successful…….many Americans were getting weary of the Obama admin and their sluggish policy machine….the voters were there for them to reach out to and hopefully convert……but…….

So far NOTHING has changed…they are NOT reaching out to new voters……they remain with an aging white base….they allow the idiots of the party free and unhampered access to spout all sorts of insulting rhetoric and falsehoods…….and policies….where are the NEW ideas on policy prep?

At the winter meeting of the RNC the chairman made some amazing statements……

We’ve come a long way since we gathered in Charlotte and vowed to renew our party, to grow, and to win.

As you’ve seen these last few days, we’re making great progress. We’re meeting our goals. We’re ‘making it happen.’

On all these things, I could go into greater detail. But you’ve heard and seen most of the numbers by now. So I just want to underscore the big picture. What we’re doing together is unprecedented for the RNC, for any party committee. We already have more people in the field than we do in headquarters. That’s unheard of in an off year. In some cases, that’s unheard of in an election year.

And we’re accomplishing these things because we’re united.

There are also people who want to turn the healthy conversations we’re having into headlines. They want to make a family discussion look like division. But we’re not going to let that happen, either.

I think it’s a good thing that we can have honest discussions on policy. A robust party should take time to debate the right solutions, and the right tactics. But there shouldn’t be any question: We’re united on our principles…

…yes, our party has come up with multiple ways to protect Americans from the consequences of Obamacare. But does anyone doubt that we’re united in saying that America deserves better than the Unaffordable Care Act?

Enough!  I could go one with his comments but why?  His comments are those of a delusional prick.  I have seen NOTHING new or anything that could be clled a success….with the exception of ACA (Obamacare for those haters) and that had NOTHING to do with GOP policy but rather a failed roll-out of the program…..very fortuitous for the GOP.

The RNC is already investing in a strong ground game for the 2014 elections, having already recruited more than 8,000 precinct captains. The committee has one of the largest, most diverse staffs it has ever had, officials said last week, and it has restructured its operations so they are data-driven. The committee is investing in all 50 states while eyeing some states where they could invest more substantially ahead of the 2016 election cycle.

But what good is a ground game if you have nothing to offer perspective voters?

The one area that has the GOP most concerned is the so-called “war on women”….but they have a plan…well sort of…….

The RNC is also considering a tactical defense against the Democrats’ “war on women” attack that in 2012 brought down candidates like Missouri’s GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin. The committee will consider a new resolution that states the RNC will not support the “strategy of silence” when it comes to Republican candidates and the issue of “life,” urging candidates to defend their positions and fight back.

Let me help them with this one issue….if you do not want it to appear as though there is a war on women then put a muzzle on the morons…..every time they open their mouths they feed that perception…..they can defend their position without using stupid statements to make their point….you know like “legitimate rape” or “biblical authority” or (pick one…they are not hard to find)…….as long as your candidates go off script the harder it is to reel they comments back…..just a suggestion……

I am a political philosopher and believe me when I say that I would love to see a new and improved GOP……… would make for a much better political stage….but so far all they have is….well NOTHING!  They have the same mindless twaddle from mental midgets……the people with an intellect are move to the fringe and told that they are NO longer political pure….there can NEVER be a strong GOP as long as these types of thoughts are allowed to blossom and bear fruit…….it is just that simple.

Grand “Old” Party

Think back after the election of 2012……Obama beat the pants off a candidate that was about as worthless as his word and after the loss the GOP and its pindits started blaming each other and writing stuff about how the party needed to expand itself beyond the voters it attracted…..they called for Hispanic outreach and Afro-American outreach and trying to woo women and even some have wanted to attract a younger voter…..all with the belief that they could once again be a national party and win national elections…….

Fast forward to today……the GOP is still do all they can to alienate women……are thumbing their noses at black voters and in a very small way trying to placate Hispanics by engaging in talks about immigration (a post in the making) and that leaves the young voter…..and how are they doing in their attempts to attract these votes?  So far….they SUCK!

(Newser) – Earlier this year, an RNC report cited major concerns with public perception of the party. Now, a 95-page report by college Republicans based on youth surveys offers a similarly bleak portrait, citing a “dismal present situation.” Those surveyed called the GOP “closed-minded, racist, rigid,” and “old-fashioned,” the report says, via Politico. Latinos “tend to think the GOP couldn’t care less about them,” and “so long as the issue of gay marriage remains on the table,” the party is in trouble.

The report, based on a pair of 800-subject surveys and six ethnically and economically diverse focus groups, found that young people think the GOP approach to discussing jobs and taxes is distasteful. “We’ve become the party that will pat you on your back when you make it, but won’t offer you a hand to help you get there,” the report notes. And while people saw Republicans as “strong on defense,” they “did not always mean that as a positive”; just 17% of respondents to one of the surveys called the fight against terrorism a priority for elected officials. Republicans can take the youth vote again, the report says, but that will require “significant work to repair the damage done to the Republican brand among this age group over the last decade.” Click for more from the report.

At the rate of their demise….the party of old white guys will NEVER be a party of the people again…..not until they stop the games and go back to discussing issues and finding answers to the problems of the country.  Their tent is shrinking NOT expanding!

Has GOP Turned The Corner?

After poor Mitt took it in the butt…there was lots of finger pointing and condemnation when the GOP tried to explain their humiliating loss……about the only voting bloc they took hands down were old white guys…they lost the Hispanics, Blacks,  most women and the younger voters……and with that loss all the high mucky mucks decided that the GOP had to be a big tent party and that they would reach out to the very groups that they lost……….and here is their outreach program…..

They have made Marco Rubio the man to beat for the nomination…he has traveled extensively making his appearances and his new stances…he started this makeover in Iowa (go figure) and moved on to several “liberal” MSM sources….Meet The Press, CBS news, etc……his makeover is a present to the Hispanic community……

And now with the departure of Jim DeMint from the Senate we have the second part of the party makeover hovering on the sidelines…Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina will do her part to make over the party by nominating Rep. Tim Scott as DeMint’s replacement the second part of the new p[arty will be in place….now the Afro-American community will have a single senator to look up to……….. and the party danced……

Let’s look at Rep. Scott….

(Newser) – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has chosen GOP Rep. Tim Scott to take over Jim DeMint’s Senate seat, CNN reports by way of GOP sources. She’s set to make the announcement today at noon. Scott will be the state’s first black senator since the late 1800s, the New York Times notes. Says a fellow rep from the state, “There is not a kinder, more humble, sweet-spirited person … That is somewhat antithetical to what you’d expect at this level of politics.”

It would be another auspicious step in the life of a man that the Times describes as having a “unique story”: Scott was raised in a single-parent home and nearly flunked out of high school; but after a Chick-fil-A franchise owner became his mentor, things turned around for him.

A compelling story and will surely turn the GOP’s dismal track record all around (sarcasm)……

I do think the Scott will be a good senator…I mean if he only sponsors one bill he has done a 100% improvement over DeMint……..

I hate to tell the GOP this….but Hispanics and Afro-American voters are not as stupid as they think….token candidates does not a big tent party make……

Voter Fraud?

Daily Agitator

Since McCain was crushed to death by Obama in 2008, there has been a concerted effort to try and do away with all the institution that was used to help Obama win…..ACORN is the first one that comes to mind…..Breitbart and his pet toad did an excellent hatchet job on the organization…..why?  Because they help thousands of people register to vote and most of them wound up voting Democratic…..so the organization had to go…..and now many states are trying to pass laws that would make registering new voters much harder….which is a stab at …wait for it….Democratic voters since most of the people that are helped by easier access to the registration process are poor or elderly and would most likely vote Democratic…..many GOP legislators used the magic slogan of voter fraud to try and push these restrictive laws through the state houses./…and then there is the assault on labor by the many states and why?  Wait for it!  They mostly vote Democratic…..

Do you see a trend here?

Now it seems that the battle ground state, Wisconsin is using a tactic that is just WRONG!

In letters obtained by No Quarter, local Republican Party officials are encouraging their GOP colleagues to collect enough signatures to get a fake Democratic candidate on the ballot in each of two upcoming recall elections.

The spoiler Democrats, who are identified by name in the letters, would run in the Democratic primaries for the seats now held by Republican Sens. Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac and Luther Olsen of Ripon.

Both of the fake Democrats have a history of giving almost exclusively to major Republicans.

“We need to make sure Democrat challengers face primaries to allow our Republicans time to mount a campaign,” Dan Feyen, chairman of the 6th Congressional District Republican Party, wrote in the letter to “fellow conservatives” on Friday.

Let me see……the Dems are attempting voter fraud by registering people, but the Repubs are being up and up in their underhanded attempt to influence an election?  And has the media taken on this situation?  Nope!

Explain please!

Vote–If You Can

From the VOMITORIUM

Meanwhile, back at the Constitution…….

My friend and loyal reader, Quin of Quintessential Havoc (Dammit!  Go to blogroll on right of site and visit a very well thought out site…..NOW!) have been having this exchange on voting in our two countries. He is against the AV vote and I understand why…..I wrote this to give him an idea of the silliness of this country and the people that want to eliminate some voters completely…the UK system is not looking so bad after, huh?

I like good political regurgitation from time to time, but there are times when it goes beyond pundit puke and becomes an attack on the rights of Americans…one of our fundamental rights that is guaranteed by the Constitution is that if you are a citizen and at least 18 years old you may vote …you can vote for mayor or gov or prez…..you can vote for whoever you want…..we have come a long way from the days when there were literacy tests or poll taxes or other such games used to keep some people, mostly minorities, away from the polls….the land of rights and freedoms…that is the US…..but in the wings are those little toads that want to find ways to keep some Americans, mostly minorities and elderly,  from voting….mainly because they vote one party over another…usually…..

An article by Ryan C. Ebersole brought this attempt to limit the people that vote to my attention……

It appears that the Republican Party may be turning to a new strategy to win elections this upcoming cycle. In 33 states, new laws have been proposed or enacted that make voter laws much stricter. These laws appear to be aimed at groups that are historically presumed to be Democratic voters, including the elderly, poor, disabled, minority and youth voters.These bills were introduced by Republican lawmakers under the premise of counter-acting voter fraud, when in fact no such phenomenon widely exists. Studies have shown that actual voter impersonation is so rare that it is practically non-existent.

While Republicans claim that the existence of voter fraud is so rampant that is has damaged their party’s electoral successes, in the past five years only 120 people have been charged with the crime, and only 86 were convicted.

When juxtaposed against the tens of millions who voted in 2008 alone, it seems almost comical that it would be the focus of such a concerted effort. Yet still, many on the far-right cited ACORN as complicit in “stealing” the 2008 presidential election.

How much of an impact might these laws have upon the American electorate? According to studies by the Advancement Project, approximately 11 percent of American citizens (21 million) lack a current government photo ID. Percentages are higher among specific groups: 25 percent of African Americans, 20 percent of 18-29 year olds, 15 percent of those who make under $35k annually, and 18 percent of senior citizens are without a current government-issued photo ID.

Sorry people, no matter how you to try and cut this story….it still is a chance for the GOP and its hidden donors to try and eliminate the competition….Now that would be a wonderful thing for our cloaked democracy (sarcasm, in case you missed it)….and if this is somehow successful then the next step in our democratic evolution will be an authoritarian, single party dictatorship…..now think hard…..does that sound familiar?  If it does not…then go back to SOPCOM4 and leave the debate to the adults!

What Is ACORN?

This article is just absurd in its premise.

Acorn — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — has been around since 1970 and boasts 350,000 members. We’ve written about them for years, but Acorn is now getting more attention as John McCain’s campaign makes an issue of the fraud reports and Acorn’s ties to Mr. Obama. It’s about time someone exposed this shady outfit that uses government dollars to lobby for larger government.

Acorn uses various affiliated groups to agitate for “a living wage,” for “affordable housing,” for “tax justice” and union and environmental goals, as well as against school choice and welfare reform. It was a major contributor to the subprime meltdown by pushing lenders to make home loans on easy terms, conducting “strikes” against banks so they’d lower credit standards.

I bring this article from the WSJ into the fray because ACORN is being blamed for everything from voter fraud to the cause economic crisis.  We are dumbing down the people with crap like this.  By using trhe Republican mindset, according to what was reported in the above article, then Obama by association is responsible for the meltdown.  I was wondering how they could make that connection when I first heard it back a month ago.  Damn, this guilty by association cuts deep huh? (sarcasm intended).

Just to let everyone know, 2 years ago McCain was the keynote speaker at an ACORN thing and he praised the work the the organization was doing.  Now that he wants to be pres he finds them offensive.  John…John…the internet just keeps biting you in the ass…when will you ever learn?

New Voters Flock To Register

This stuff is waht dreams are made of, at least according to some pundits.

In the past year, the rolls have expanded by about 4 million voters in a dozen key states — 11 Obama targets that were carried by George W. Bush in 2004 (Ohio, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and New Mexico) plus Pennsylvania, the largest state carried by Sen. John F. Kerry that Sen. John McCain is targeting.

In Florida, Democratic registration gains this year are more than double those made by Republicans; in Colorado and Nevada the ratio is 4 to 1, and in North Carolina it is 6 to 1. Even in states with nonpartisan registration, the trend is clear — of the 310,000 new voters in Virginia, a disproportionate share live in Democratic strongholds.

Republicans acknowledge the challenge but say Obama still has to prove he can get the new voters to the polls.

But after many years of analyzing the politics of the country, I have seen many “new” voters registered and the hopes are high.  Silly rabbit!  Before a victory can be claimed, these “new” voters must actually vote.  In the past they have stayed away on election day.  Obama’s camp is trying hard to keep these voters energized.  The only way to know how successful they will be is on Nov. 4th.