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Today, the Southern Republican Leadership Conference announced that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had agreed to speak at its April 8-11 event in New Orleans. The conference bills itself as “the most prominent Republican event outside of a Republican National Convention.” Reflecting the Republican Party’s difficulty in reaching out to minority voters — despite the RNC’s election of Michael Steele as chairman — the line-up of confirmed and invited speakers has just one woman (former Alaska governor Sarah Palin) and one person of color (Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal):
Let's not pretend to be surprised. It's long been known that "diversity" is a bad word in the rethuglican party. "Everyone" knows that Jindal, Steele, and even braindead Palin are all tokens.
The rethuglican party is still the party of the fat, white, ignorant, HS dropout, Southern, rebel flag waving, man (no offense). Only people like Rush Limbaugh (who unsurprisingly fits that definition to a T) will ever have any real power in the repug party.
Let's not pretend to be surprised. It's long been known that "diversity" is a bad word in the rethuglican party. "Everyone" knows that Jindal, Steele, and even braindead Palin are all tokens.
The rethuglican party is still the party of the fat, white, ignorant, HS dropout, Southern, rebel flag waving, man (no offense). Only people like Rush Limbaugh (who unsurprisingly fits that definition to a T) will ever have any real power in the repug party.
Lets clear things up a little bit. Diversity is not a virtue, it matters absolutely not, and causes far more problems than any perceived value. It has been proven time and again that Republicans on average are more educated than Democrats.
But yes, the Republicans are grasping at straws in trying to clean up their image. Jindal and steele are a pretty pathetic attempt to draw the minority vote.
I am sorry, but did you really expect Democrats to be more educated than Republicans? These days their power comes from pandering to recent immigrants, and brainwashed people force-fed the idea that diversity is good, despite all facts and logic proving to the contrary.
I will concede that on average liberals tend to be very educated. But the majority of democrats aren't liberals, they just attach themselves to the party for free handouts. I can't say that I blame them. If I was a recent immigrant, with no job skills or an education, I would damn sure vote for my gravy train of foodstamps, free housing, and free healthcare. And hey, the so-called "enlightened" liberals want to make me seem like I am the victim? And they want to expand immigration so all my extended family(who also have no education and don't speak English) can come here too? And they want to give my buddies amnesty? Damn, am I dreaming?
Last edited by Redshadowz; 01-12-2010 at 02:03 AM..
Might it be that Republicans place less value on "diversity" and more value on merit? Case in point: the powers that be in New Haven, CT thought it more important to have minority faces in the upper ranks of the fire department than to have people of demonstrated (by passing the test the city itself administered) capability. Diversity trumps the security needs of the people and the rights of more qualified applicants.
By the way. Do you know for a fact that only Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin were invited to speak? Is it possible other minorities and women were invited and chose not to attend for one reason or another? Just asking...
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