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TrollBuster9090

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3. Republicans have written off the youth vote anyway. The only youth left in the GOP are the Ron Paul
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 05:53 PM
Jul 2012

libertarian computer geeks, and half of them will evaporate once the RNC makes all Paul's delegates swear a loyalty oath to Mitt Romney.


The Turdblossom Genius, Karl Rove made a serious strategic blunder when he decided to reach over to the far right, and rake in as many scumbag racist votes for the GOP as he possibly could. Now they have no choice but to double down on the angry old white people vote, at the expense of every other demographic.

At the moment here's how everybody else sees the GOP:

African Americans see the GOP as one giant 'Stand Your Ground' gun law, chasing Eric Holder around with a subpoena.

Latinos think the GOP wants to put them all in PINK UNDERWEAR and throw them in an Arizona tent until they can be put on a train back to Mexico, whether they actually came from Mexico or not.

Young people see the GOP as the party that wants to double their student loan payments, and forbid them from having sex.

Women see the GOP as one big Vaginal Ultrasound probe.


At the moment, by doing this they've succeeded in ringing every last ounce of racist, angry white old man voter enthusiasm out of their one and only demographic, and it MIGHT be enough to win a couple more election cycles. But the long term damage has been done. They've lost these other groups for a generation. The Latino alienation is a particular problem for them, since it puts states like Texas, New Mexico and a few others back into play again as a swing states.

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