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ProVobis
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Okay, but in fairness, as long as we’re saying Ron Paul is too frail at 77, we should take into account that Bork is 85. Just saying.
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rlg94086
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Bork isn’t running for office.
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ProVobis
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Like no one voted against him just because he is black and a democrat?
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ProVobis
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Neither is Ron Paul apparently. (He’s already retiring from Congress.) We were talking about what influence they would have. As you might have noted, some posters aren’t exactly thrilled about the spirit he happens to generate among the young. I can only question their (poster’s) sincerity on their own supposedly “pro-life” positions.
I had earlier alluded to Paul Volcker not having the influence he once had had. And we might as well throw in Greenspan. I’m not trying to compare abortion vs financial disorder here, just pointing out that seniority doesn’t always work in one’s favor when advising.
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What an incredibly rude post. Since you are asking “who are they” with regard to Allen West, Kelly Ayotte, Nikki Haley, Mia Love it appears you are not speaking from a position of knowledge of either rising Republican stars or the issues they champion.Sure. That’s why the Republicans have always done better than the Democrats among the minorities. Is the Democratic Party even breathing any more?
Who are they?
You seem to have missed the fact that the poor and the disadvantaged have already taken their pick, and it wasn’t for the silk-stockinged GOP types you seem to admire.
“Silk stockinged GOP types?” Really? I mean REALLY?
Apparently you have concluded that minorities only respond to bribes, goodies and LEARNED DEPENDENCE. And you think this is a good thing?
Yep that Democrat inspired “war on poverty” is working out really well. The casualties are now in their third and fourth generation.
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Rich_Olszewski
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Not at all; just a direct unsugar-coated response.
You are correct. These people mean nothing to me, and I expect they mean nothing to others as well.
Perhaps I should have said “country club types” instead.
I nowhere stated those things.
You miss the point. Yes, the Dems stink, I don’t deny that, but I don’t see that the GOP has replaced the Democratic Party in the affections of black people and other minorities. That’s a fact, Jack. If the GOP were so good and so effective, they’d be ones supported by the disadvantaged.
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Wow.
Does Chris Christie or Alan West remind anyone here of a “silk-stockinged GOP type”?
You have chosen propoganda over reality. In fact, of the top ten richest people in Congress, seven are Democrats.
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Rich_Olszewski
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I agree with Christine, but not for the same reasons.
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ByzCathCantor
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The very thought of Chris Christie in silk-stockings …
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Sjonesd3
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Of course but voting based on color is wrong which goes both ways.
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Rich_Olszewski
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Not at all. I don’t know who they are, and am wholly uninterested in them or their plans to “save America.” Be my guest, however, to laud them.
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CatholcCrusader
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The 50 Richest Members of Congress (2011)
rollcall.com/50richest/the-50-richest-members-of-congress-112th.html
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CatholcCrusader
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I will always laud the party of traditional family and pro-life over the party of gay marriage and baby-killers. No Catholic can do otherwise and remain Catholic.Not at all. I don’t know who they are, and am wholly uninterested in them or their plans to “save America.” Be my guest, however, to laud them.
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ProVobis
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The very thought of Chris Christie in silk-stockings …
First pockets, then shoes, now we got the government into silk stockings. Does it get worse?
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ByzCathCantor
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Alan West is one thing, but Chris Christie is fairly well known. It is unclear how one can engage in honest, serious dialogue about national politics without at least some appreciation for the players on both sides.
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Rich_Olszewski
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Would it matter? If the GOP were described as “blue tie types” instead, would you give any GOP pol a pass if he wasn’t wearing a blue tie?
Which has what to do with what?
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_Abyssinia
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You have not provided evidence voting time has been increased in conservative counties
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Rich_Olszewski
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I do know who Christie is as his state adjoins my beloved New York City and his reputation precedes him in any case. Why engage in “honest, serious dialogue about national politics” in this Forum? Almost all of you are Republicans, so discussion is ended there. Or were you considering the national Democratic candidates as ones you might vote for?
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St_Francis
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That looks lovely, Mark!
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LisaA
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No it was rude to claim that the GOP does not appeal to minorities when my post listed several well known, self made, and successful minorities in the GOP. It was rude to claim that “silk stocking GOP” types appeal to me…particularly when I listed a group who are anything BUT. You have no idea either who they are, what they stand for or further what kind of politician appeals to me.
Interesting you would brag about being ignorant yet claim the complete opposite of what these GOP members have done and what kind of GOP they stand for.
And that would have been more accurate because? Using a completely incorrect characterization of people, about whom you brag you know nothing does not make your claims very credible.
And no where did I claim that the GOP has replaced the Democrat party in the eyes of minorities. I simply pointed out that your characterization of the GOP as a group of white shoe country club types is both inaccurate and ignorant. Many of the most prominent rising stars in the GOP are minorities or women. What sets them apart from the old style race baiting, demeaning and bigoted view of minorities with their hands out wanting goodies is that they were raised with strong traditional values, the demands by their parents that they earn their success and that America IS the land of opportunity.
If you think that this is still the era of the Rockefellers you are sadly mistaken.
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