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In reply to the discussion: What to do when the people you dismiss, kick your ass… [View all]Rozlee
(2,529 posts)That's exactly the term my step-daughter used when we saw the crowd at Romney HQ on election night. We had first been watching the huge crowd waiting for the president to appear in Chicago to give his victory speech. I remember seeing these two Asian-American toddlers squealing and playing with three other little African-American children while their parents chatted excitedly. Nearby, several college-age young people of every imaginable human shade talked animatedly and waved flags. Everywhere you looked, you could see Obama supporters ranging from white, Hispanic, Asian-American, African-American and others that could have been of East Indian, Arabic, or other diverse national origins. Then, they switched to Romney HQ and the throng of his supporters. It was a shock. The only variation was in blonds brunettes and redheads. This one guy was suspect, but he might have just tanned well. As far as the camera panned, I saw a sea of white. It was the same at the Republican Convention and at Romney rallies. The wind is not at their back as far as demographics goes. In the way of race, social issues and their outdated ideas, the times have changed. Hell, in the South, they're still acting like the Civil War happened yesterday.