Old Angry White Guys are Destroying the Republican Party

[TexasTowelie]

By Dr. Brian Carr
President, Behavioral Health Associates, Lubbock, Texas, 1991-Present
Chairman, City of Lubbock Board of Health, 2013
Submitted on July 6, 2013 - 8:40am

The company of old, angry, white men is out in force. Their efforts to return women to the 1340s, to insult the Hispanic voting bloc by making “brown the new pink”, and insisting that we continue to kill our young men and women as a form of international pride are setting the foundation for vote backlash in 2014 and 2016.

Grasping at imaginary and fabricated scandals their forces are being exposed for what they are...selfish promotion and corporate overseeing. Carl Isaac has quietly withdrawn his protest after the release of the full transcript of his investigation revealed that, not only did the White House not have any involvement in the purported IRS scandal, but that it was a conservative Republican that started the intrusive investigation of tea party groups.

This group of old, angry, white men is displaying their senseless whining in attacking Hillary Clinton for “being too old” for political office. Really, Reagan was 80 when he became President. John McCain was no spring chicken. These old guys criticize Hillary for her pant suits. That is all they have.

Other bloggers on lubbockonline would like you to believe that Senator Wendy Davis likes to stir-fry fetuses while proclaiming her love of Satan. The old angry white guy would like women to stay at home, tending to their man’s meals and submitting to what men believe “is in their best interests”. The Pro-Life till birth movement wants to eliminate all birth control, to eliminate women’s health services and sexual education, and then turn around and refuse to provide help to struggling single mothers who are seen only as welfare cheats.

These old, angry, white men (who I do not believe represent the true core of the Republican party) want to limit the involvement of those who don’t fit their view. With the announcement from Texas Attorney General Mark Abbott that the state will go forward with photo ID cards we will see how this affects those who must travel significant distances to obtain one from their DPS office. This effort will expose hatred that these old men have for skins of any color but white.

More at http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/dr-brian-carr/2013-07-06/old-angry-white-guys-are-destroying-republican-party .

[gopiscrap]

1. Keep going let those old fuckers totally destroy the GOP

AND TURN THIS COUNTRY BLUE!!!!

[Glorfindel]

2. I'm delighted to hear it!

Go, old angry white guys, go! The party of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt has been dead a long time. The vile cult that has replaced it deserves to die, and the sooner the better.

[Aristus]

3. What is he talking about?

Old Angry White Guys ARE the Republican Party!...

[xtraxritical]

10. They have plenty of black spokes people too.

Why can't we keep it Dem Rep and Lib Con? Why all the race bait? If you want to end racism stop promoting it. I'm an older white Dem who has voted a straight Dem ticket every election since 1972.

[felix_numinous]

4. You can't fit everyone

into one party. I disagree this is a good thing for the left, because these people get to come here and divide our party from within.

When liberals present ideas, people appearing now to be within the party can use the 'batshit crazy GOP as the only alternative' to herd us all to the status quo.

No, what this country needs are at least two reasonable and SANE parties, so everyone can embrace who they really are. Conservative, middle and liberals should be able to petition the government separately and directly.

Disagreement within be party leads to a standoff and is ultimately ineffective especially when people on the left end up not being recognized or represented.

[MotherPetrie]

5. "...who I do not believe represent the true core of the Republican party..."

If they don't, then who does, and why aren't those people in charge of it?

So, bullshit. The Republican Party is rotten from the core to the skin.

[RainDog]

8. they are the core of the Republican Party

they have taken over the party.

Eisenhower would be considered a terrorist, by their standards.

I assume the writer put that in b/c the publication is in Texas and the pub doesn't want to alienate people who might be responsive to something other than the call of the Talibornagain.

[vinny9698]

6. Not all white people are "angry white males"

I am an old white male, have never voted GOP. I do not vote in the City of Kemah elections because both candidates are GOP. I do go to their bar b ques and eat their food with my kids.

[RainDog]

7. then the writer is obviously not talking about you

he's talking about those who finance and influence the way the Republican Party legislates.

In Texas, and most of the rest of the nation, this money and influence comes from religious extremists - they're no different than any other totalitarian religious group and, in fact, remind me most of the Islamists in the middle east in their hatred for women or secular society or a humanitarian view of the world.

right wing religious groups should be classified as hate groups in this nation, imo, because they are no different than smaller orgs with the same povs.

[Deep13]

9. okay. nt