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patrice

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35. We don't need the majority of the White vote, but that doesn't mean that we don't need a significant

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:22 PM

Jun 2012

minority of it; failing enough White votes can likely put us right back where we were in 2010.

There's another point here too: Is the Democratic Party an authentically pro-Labor party or not? Is Labor authentically pro-Democratic Party or not? The answer to these reciprocal questions lies in the condition of Labor and Labor will NEVER come into its own unless it shares power with poor unions, including poor Whites. ALL of that is up for bids now and if Democrats want to write off poor Whites, because they ARE a problem in the Democrats' more racially diverse culture, I think that could turn out to be just be another instance of "Meet the 'new' boss; same as the old boss." Btw, if I'm reading the Paulian tea-leaves right, this will to some extent also affect young Americans too, who are less racially sensitive and more economic class sensitive.

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The Republican Party is the White Party [View all] cthulu2016 Jun 2012 OP

That's exactly the point. swayne Jun 2012 #1

The white MALE party. polichick Jun 2012 #2

Well, now, I think we can expand it... Scootaloo Jun 2012 #4

Add the word Xenophobe. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #8

Yes and no cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #6

yes exactly--that's also why they pretend that Dems are "girls" librechik Jun 2012 #7

I, and some others, think the party differences are CLASS, not race. There are plenty of "Whites" patrice Jun 2012 #3

I used to think the same, and there's some truth to the matter Scootaloo Jun 2012 #5

You can think that but it isn't true cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #9

So you are in favor of dividing the parties by race? patrice Jun 2012 #11

. cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #15

What is the logic of "The Republican Party is the White Party"? Not "a", "the White Party" i.e. . . patrice Jun 2012 #20

Using language the way people use language is communicative cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #25

k. "the" is still the definite article, limiting to ONE specific person/place/thing - and - "a" patrice Jun 2012 #33

Ayup, okay, so what happens if you take the white male vote out of the picture? Zalatix Jun 2012 #17

Sorry, I don't understand. White males don't suffer from economic injustice? If I care about patrice Jun 2012 #19

And the Democratic Party isn't? What about poor Whites? Are they better off as Republicans? nt patrice Jun 2012 #10

The Democratic party should become the elderly party as well aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #12

No, it's the party of hate and fear. ananda Jun 2012 #13

Some whites. Zalatix Jun 2012 #18

Which is my point. OP subject is a BROAD brush; what about poor Whites? patrice Jun 2012 #21

It is not broad brush cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #26

So don't play THEIR game. nt patrice Jun 2012 #34

Another DUer pointed out something I found very illuminating: malthaussen Jun 2012 #27

I understand, except that I think we're talking about pie here, not misery. That's the vision thing, patrice Jun 2012 #36

Ummmm Zalatix Jun 2012 #31

We don't need the majority of the White vote, but that doesn't mean that we don't need a significant patrice Jun 2012 #35

Actually, they are a "big-tent" party these days SoCalDem Jun 2012 #14

The white 1%ers and the willfully ignorant. lpbk2713 Jun 2012 #16

And race is a handy way to do that, especially with anyone who is already pissed off about economic patrice Jun 2012 #22

So very true. lpbk2713 Jun 2012 #23

And, in my real life experience, poor white males are more often paranoid rather than not. nt patrice Jun 2012 #24

This PWM sure is malthaussen Jun 2012 #28

Talking about family here, but lol anyway . . . patrice Jun 2012 #29

The Plutocracy is NOT ignorant - they create this divide by design. Zalatix Jun 2012 #32

It is also the KOOK party. michaelcobb Jun 2012 #30

White's Only Party is a better fit Son of Gob Jun 2012 #37