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Avoid South Carolina at all costs... at least until it has a shower.
Republican presidential hopefuls descended on South Carolina last weekend to show how low they can go.
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This weekend, a dozen Republican presidential hopefuls showed up at the South Carolina Freedom Summit. They were there to court primary voters who will winnow the presidential field next February. Judging from the speeches, it’s going to be an ugly race. What the candidates are selling, and primary voters are buying, is vituperation against people who don’t look, talk, or pray like the Republican base.
The tone was set by an onstage focus group. The moderator, pollster Frank Luntz, handed the microphone to a woman from the audience. He asked her what she wanted from the candidates. She said she had once been a Democrat but had seen the light and switched parties. “People are coming in this country across the borders like rats and roaches in the woodpile,” she fumed. The audience applauded. She complained that states were registering people to vote and failing to “check them out.” “We’ve got to get control,” she demanded. When she was done, Luntz asked the crowd: “How many of you would vote for her for president?” The room erupted in cheers.
Republican presidential hopefuls were selling vituperation against people who don’t look, talk, or pray like the base.
Most of the candidates talked about immigration. Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, called for an end to “hyphenated Americans.” “We are not African Americans, we are not Asian Americans, we are not Indian Americans,” he said. Jindal acknowledged his family’s heritage but played it down. He quoted his mother: “If I wanted to raise my children as Indians or even Indian Americans, I would have stayed in India.”
Steve King, a Republican congressman from Iowa, opened the conference by insisting that there’s nothing bigoted about criticizing foreigners who come to America, as long as you target illegal rather than legal immigration. But he was soon followed to the podium by former Sen. Rick Santorum, who targeted legal immigration.
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This weekend, a dozen Republican presidential hopefuls showed up at the South Carolina Freedom Summit. They were there to court primary voters who will winnow the presidential field next February. Judging from the speeches, it’s going to be an ugly race. What the candidates are selling, and primary voters are buying, is vituperation against people who don’t look, talk, or pray like the Republican base.
The tone was set by an onstage focus group. The moderator, pollster Frank Luntz, handed the microphone to a woman from the audience. He asked her what she wanted from the candidates. She said she had once been a Democrat but had seen the light and switched parties. “People are coming in this country across the borders like rats and roaches in the woodpile,” she fumed. The audience applauded. She complained that states were registering people to vote and failing to “check them out.” “We’ve got to get control,” she demanded. When she was done, Luntz asked the crowd: “How many of you would vote for her for president?” The room erupted in cheers.
Republican presidential hopefuls were selling vituperation against people who don’t look, talk, or pray like the base.
Most of the candidates talked about immigration. Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, called for an end to “hyphenated Americans.” “We are not African Americans, we are not Asian Americans, we are not Indian Americans,” he said. Jindal acknowledged his family’s heritage but played it down. He quoted his mother: “If I wanted to raise my children as Indians or even Indian Americans, I would have stayed in India.”
Steve King, a Republican congressman from Iowa, opened the conference by insisting that there’s nothing bigoted about criticizing foreigners who come to America, as long as you target illegal rather than legal immigration. But he was soon followed to the podium by former Sen. Rick Santorum, who targeted legal immigration.
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