California Republican Party in decline (camps, military, legal)

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

It seems like Hispanics are behaving the same way black voters are. Take a look at 2008, Blacks and Hispanics overwhelmingly supported Barrack and voted for Prop 8. I think these are sets of voters that can be conservative on cultural issues but still vote for Democrats.

It's because both of these groups tend to be very religious as a whole. This doesn't mean that either group is socially conservative overall.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

I find it very curious that the so called conservatives have a stereotypically "liberal" view of government intervention in social issues, they are all for it, all the while crying out for small government..

I do get a bit confused.

Government involvement works like this:

Health care: keep the gov. out, it has no business.

Abortion: Oh hell to the no! Government better do something to stop that.

[5thgenSF]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

Government involvement works like this:

Health care: keep the gov. out, it has no business.

Abortion: Oh hell to the no! Government better do something to stop that.

you got it. they conveniently forget all about separation of church and state. somebody in another thread just said the dems wouldn't vote for a republican if it was jesus christ running. that's funny. he was liberal clear to the bone.

[Captain Obvious]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

It's because both of these groups tend to be very religious as a whole. This doesn't mean that either group is socially conservative overall.

Actually I think they are socially conservative they just don't vote based upon that (though the younger voters of these groups probably skew differently).

[fightforlove]

Originally Posted by bradleyyo

More Here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/us...urnaround.html

How can you see this as good news OP? States need a 2 party system to thrive. The more CA becomes a lop-sided Democratic state, the more we're going to see jobs/companies leaving CA because of the Democrats over-reaching, failed economic policies. This decline in the business sector will continue to create and increasing gap between haves and have-nots, which is already pretty pronounced in places like L.A. Apple is moving to Texas, Boeing is moving to South Carolina, pretty soon these other regions will be flying ahead of California as the socio-economic engines of America and the world. Beaches and Mountains aside, what will that leave CA with? We need a healthy, fiscally disciplined California Republican Party to keep this state competitive and keep the Democrats from sinking it into the ocean.

[.highnlite]

pretty soon these other regions will be flying ahead of California as the socio-economic engines of America and the world.

I get so confused, why is this a problem?

[5thgenSF]

Originally Posted by fightforlove

Apple is moving to Texas,

apple is not relocating to texas. they may be expanding.

Apple's Texas move 'in peril' after attorney calls contract 'rigged' | Apple - CNET News
The company initially had plans to invest $304 million in Austin, Texas, but now the county isn't sure it wants to offer Apple incentives to come to the city.

not sure where you're getting this info on boeing either. the latest news i'm seeing is from a year ago.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/c...nt?oid=3461150

Last week, South Carolina's top politicians gathered together to celebrate the official opening of Boeing's Dreamliner plant in North Charleston. But this week, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will conduct hearings in the city on a lawsuit filed by the National Labor Relations Board against the airline manufacturer. At issue is whether Boeing illegally retaliated against its unionized workforce in Washington state by building a second Dreamliner plant in North Charleston, a move that will create an estimated 3,800 new jobs in South Carolina.

[bradleyyo]

I find it funny that posters that I never see on this forum and/or have under 100 posts flock to this thread. Many are jealous plain and simple. They only come around to bash the state. People still live here. People still have to eat, get gas, go shipping, etc so not EVERY business is leaving. Get real.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

Actually I think they are socially conservative they just don't vote based upon that (though the younger voters of these groups probably skew differently).

I cannot totally speak for Hispanics. I am black and I will still say no on that.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by bradleyyo

I find it funny that posters that I never see on this forum and/or have under 100 posts flock to this thread. Many are jealous plain and simple. They only come around to bash the state. People still live here. People still have to eat, get gas, go shipping, etc so not EVERY business is leaving. Get real.

See what they do is, find those businesses that are leaving. Find out why and if their reasons fit into their ideology. If it does, gather as many of those examples as you can and repeat them stridently and frequently in the hopes that you will scare those who may be unsure.

See the conservative machine works on fear. Fear of immigrants, fear of foreigners, fear of other nations, fear of your own nation if it's not conservative. Fear of one another if need be.

The proof is in every single thread our conservative members post in. Everything is doom and gloom with them.