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Lol, Godwin's law 2.0
Repug politicians are mostly out step with the majority of Americans on mj, same-sex marriage, minimum wage, financial regulation/taxing, wealthy taxing, other issues, because they pander to their extreme right wing/Christian base and grovel before BigCorps.
Lol, Godwin's law 2.0
For whatever reason, current U.S. immigration policy makes it more difficult for skilled people from countries not named Mexico.
Republicans are mostly against even having a minimum wage much less increasing it, so it's pretty strange to vote for minimum wage increases and vote Republican on the same ballot.
Must be a racial thing then
Most likely
not at all. Racism and xenophobia have been, are fundamental to Repug strategy for 50+ years, even when they were Democrats in the South, until LBJ pushed through the progressive laws of the 1960s and the Southern Strategy converted racist southern Dems to Repugs.
haven't you heard, BB, we're living in a post racial society now. all ascriptions of racism, except those lodged by a persecuted white minority against against racist anti-racism, are axiomatically cynical and false.
When everything is racist -- nothing is
who said everything was racist?
It's the other way around, tbh... You look at the visa lottery, and Mexicans cannot apply. Like I said, *legal* immigration costs a lot of time and money, and it's generally difficult.
Mexico is the typical case of a border country. Don't forget than in the US, almost half of illegal immigrants just overstayed their tourist visas.
How to tackle that is a complex problem. It's solvable, but it's going to take more than alleged silver bullets like building a fence.
to reflexively deny that a significant part of the opposition to Obama -- and support for the GOP -- proceeds from racism, seems as unrealistic as chalking everything up to racism. racism surely still exists, and racists vote.
does it explain everything? no. but it does explain some things.
Or, it's just the cyclical nature of politics. There are many examples of midterms going against the party of the in bent president.
But, whatever
Did the people of Illinois suddenly become racist by electing a republican governor? I'm pretty sure Obama carried that state in two elections. Lol.
historical patterns don't explain everything either.
you think racism explains nothing in politics? how terribly naive.
the Repugs/right-wing-hate-media LIE and SLIMES on Obama build on, amplify the Repugs' rural, white, low-wage, low-education base's racism and xenophobia. He's a n!gg@, fist-bumping terrist, Kenyan, communist community organizer, pals around with terrists, out-of-control spender, etc, etc.
Then they blame him for ISIS (a Repug creation) and Ebola (Repugs cuts to NIH) coming to destroy 'murica.
The Repugs' storm of propaganda, lies, slander drowns out, for their base, how much the Repugs have ed up Congress, have blocked EVERYTHING since 2010 that could have helped America forward.
whether it's you complaining that Obama can't get anything done because of Republican Congressmen, or Republican Congressman complaining (as they surely will the next two years) that they can't get anything done because of Obama, it amounts to the same thing: electoral posturing has replaced governing.
Exactly. During Obama's Presidency, unemployment has gone down, economic growth has accelerated, the budget deficit has plummeted, and millions more Americans have health insurance. So why don't people give him credit for his accomplishments?
Because of the color of his skin.
"you complaining that Obama can't get anything done because of Republican Congressmen" is a fact and worthy of vehement complaints, as Repugs would rather hurt the country, have people DEAD (block medicaid expansion) than allow Dems any progress.
Whether Obama will really veto Repug garbage, remains to be seen.
Economic growth has been , unemployment is down because of the way it's calculated, and Obamacare is a cluster because he wouldn't stand up to Nelson and other Blue Dog gots.
Let me ask you this: If working-class white voters were informed that the overwhelming majority of welfare recipients are white, instead of the single-parent black teenaged mother that they imagine it to be, do you honestly believe they'd still be as vehemently opposed to it as they are now? That's a simple yes or no question, and I want a straight answer.
Last edited by Uriel; 11-05-2014 at 02:20 PM.
President Obama Took Office
(January 2009) Today
7,949 The Dow Jones Index 17,390
7.8% Unemployment 5.9%
-5.4% GDP Growth 4.6%
9.8% Deficit GDP % 2.8%
37.7 Consumer Confidence 94.5
Your nuanced political takes are a refreshing change of pace from the extreme partisanship that many posters, including I admittedly, am guilty of in this forum. Well done.
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