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ck4829

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Tue Sep 17, 2013, 03:26 PM Sep 2013

Greatest delusion ever? "Well, maybe the Republican Party is just too smart for the average voter!" [View all]

“Conservatism is too cerebral for many Americans,” writes Rachel Alexander at the Christian Post. She claims that Republicans continue to lose elections “because people are lazy” and simply not smart enough to understand why Democrats are wrong on the issues.

“While Americans deep down prefer shows like Duck Dynasty, they're allowing the left to win on social issues,” Alexander said. “Republicans need to quit lamenting over the backwards fact that the most intelligent party is not the most successful.”

One way to change to “turn the tide” and improve the GOP’s image as a “cold and heartless” party, she writes, is to shame women who seek an abortion: “Portray the woman who wants to abort her baby as cruel and selfish, and showcase those children who grew up with permanent injuries as a result of an attempted, botched abortion. These kinds of portrayals must be done frequently and everywhere.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/christian-post-gop-too-intelligent-average-voter-will-win-shaming-women-who-seek-abortion

That explains it. Christine O'Donnell and the birthers are just too intelligent for all the America troglodytes, you know, pretty much everyone now.

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"people are lazy" is dog-whistle racism Skittles Sep 2013 #1
Wonderful! AZ Mike Sep 2013 #2
"Uhhhh hunh." - RepubliBaggers (R) Berlum Sep 2013 #3
I'm guessing that yer average Duck Dynasty viewer tularetom Sep 2013 #4
So, who is the audience then that she is talking to? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #5
Wing-Nuts Ought To Be GRATEFUL That American Voters Are Lazy Vogon_Glory Sep 2013 #6
Duck Dynasty? KamaAina Sep 2013 #7
A show about Scrooge McDuck? xfundy Sep 2013 #8
Definitely a couple signs of sociopathy ck4829 Sep 2013 #11
Do Americans watch Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo because they admire conservative values or LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #9
Classic projection ananda Sep 2013 #10
Wait, I thought WE were the elitists! tanyev Sep 2013 #12
And only 6 percent of scientists vote Republican, but what do the 94% of those eggheads know, right? ck4829 Sep 2013 #14
If you google 'Rachel Alexander', most of the responses are about Rachel Alexandra, a great horse. Shrike47 Sep 2013 #13
Later in her...piece, she says that the GOP should focus on "emotional arguments"... Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #15
Her way of saying "Agree with me or you hate America and Jesus!" ck4829 Sep 2013 #17
The truth is that the dirty-tricks leadership of the GOP is too smart for THEIR voting base FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #16
I agree to a limited aspect of this mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #18
Actually one of their operatives said recently, "We're at war with the smart people. Doctor_J Sep 2013 #19
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