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Major Hogwash

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33. To be continued.

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 01:24 AM

Mar 2015

That's how all of the results for all of the elections turn out concerning diversity for the members of the GOP party.
They continue to get whiter, and whiter, and whiter.

68-year trends don't lie.
Evidently, Strom Thurmond struck a chord with those people.

Take a bow, Strom.
No, wait . . . he is? . . . I forgot.

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Pic Of The Moment: The Results Of The GOP's 3-Year-Long Minority Outreach Effort Are Finally Here! [View all] EarlG Mar 2015 OP

AND THEY STILL WIN!! n/t ChiciB1 Mar 2015 #1

because they cheat uponit7771 Mar 2015 #2

They win because the Dems try to emulate them AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #17

well that too, this fall was the end of the straw for me...it's like they want them to win in off uponit7771 Mar 2015 #19

The GOP ALWAYS has a hate issue Politicalboi Mar 2015 #28

The Dems have Stockholm Syndrome, Obama included AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #29

They fire up their voters better. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #23

THIS is why repubs want to make it difficult to vote groundloop Mar 2015 #3

And they are proud of it. SoapBox Mar 2015 #4

The GOP is the party of white people Gothmog Mar 2015 #5

Maybe so...but StanP50 Mar 2015 #7

Welcome to DU, StanP50! calimary Mar 2015 #25

I am also white Gothmog Mar 2015 #43

To be fair.... robbob Mar 2015 #16

Not of this white person... whathehell Mar 2015 #37

Should be called the GOWP pauldp Mar 2015 #6

Grumpy Old White People Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #9

I definitely like the second one. niyad Mar 2015 #13

i have to wonder how stupid and self loathing the people in the 5% are samsingh Mar 2015 #8

Hence their gerrymandering efforts Bradical79 Mar 2015 #10

Yep. Somebody on our side finally woke up and smelled that coffee. calimary Mar 2015 #27

5 percent just seems like... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #11

It's apparently a winning strategy. Kablooie Mar 2015 #12

In the midterms yes but thankfully not in presidential elections. n/t totodeinhere Mar 2015 #20

Tribal AlbertCat Mar 2015 #14

But some of those white people are women. tclambert Mar 2015 #15

I wonder what percentage are women? Liberalynn Mar 2015 #18

In 2012 Romney got 56% of the white female vote and 62% of the white male vote. totodeinhere Mar 2015 #21

Thanks! Liberalynn Mar 2015 #44

I think the subliminal messaging they've always done is to infer that if you Just. Keep. Voting. CON calimary Mar 2015 #26

because socialism, gays, feminists, and immigrants are destroying this country! IronLionZion Mar 2015 #31

Wow--five percent!! MADem Mar 2015 #22

, blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #24

This is sick. The United States, unfortunately is PatrickforO Mar 2015 #30

Yeah, all the gopeeparty knows how to do is brainwash.. guess that's not working too well on Cha Mar 2015 #32

Stop it! Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #34

It's their fault! Cha Mar 2015 #35

To be continued. Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #33

Good post, M.. mahalo~ Cha Mar 2015 #36

unbelievable -- and yet, SO believable it hurts tomm2thumbs Mar 2015 #38

Which implies a total collapse of the GOP in the next 20 years NickB79 Mar 2015 #39

So i asked myself: Demographically, who voted for the Nazis? chknltl Mar 2015 #40

demographics are not kind to you if your a corporate republican captainarizona Mar 2015 #41

5%? Are you kidding me? Maybe .0000005 if that. lonestarnot Mar 2015 #42

A bit of apples and oranges here customerserviceguy Mar 2015 #45