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Title: The GOP Is Dying Off. Literally.
Source: Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/magazine/st ... 8035.html?hp=t2_r#.VVnQK_lVhHx
Published: May 17, 2015
Author: DANIEL J. MCGRAW
Post Date: 2015-05-18 07:50:21 by Jameson
Keywords: Old Angry, White, Guys
Views: 28880
Comments: 128

It turns out that one of the Grand Old Party’s biggest—and least discussed—challenges going into 2016 is lying in plain sight, written right into the party’s own nickname.

The Republican Party voter is old—and getting older, and as the adage goes, there are two certainties in life: Death and taxes. Right now, both are enemies of the GOP and they might want to worry more about the former than the latter.

There’s been much written about how millennials are becoming a reliable voting bloc for Democrats, but there’s been much less attention paid to one of the biggest get-out-the-vote challenges for the Republican Party heading into the next presidential election: Hundreds of thousands of their traditional core supporters won’t be able to turn out to vote at all. The party’s core is dying off by the day.

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#2. To: Jameson (#0)

The GOP represents crony capitalists. That's its core. Those are the people who always get everything that want out of the GOP.

To get the votes and the seats to advance that agenda, the GOP has in contemporary times made allies with militarists and pro-life Christians, gun nuts and other so-called "conservative" causes.

The problem, though, is that crony capitalists in general are liberal rich people, so they WANT abortion rights, and gun control, and open borders, and they want government contracts but not full-on wars to victory that require tax hikes.

And, because the Republicans always do the bidding of the crony capitalists, who are really liberal on social issues, the result has been that the systematic betrayal of the Christian pro-lifers, the Borderbots, the gun nuts and the soldiery. Republicans only fight to the death for one thing: low taxes on the rich (and contracts for cronies). Everything else is negotiable.

Net result? The crony capitalists are intensely loyal to the GOP base, but others have left, stayed home, given up.

And it isn't as though Mexicans, or young people, or really, anybody, is flocking into the GOP.

It's time for a new party. Crony capitalism has a death grip on the Republican Party that cannot be, and will never be, pried loose.

People have two choices: form a new party, or satisfy themselves with Democrat rule.

I'm not satisfied with Democrat rule. I want to see a third party. But Republican rule is godawful and old people are stubborn. So we're going to get Hillary.

Oh well.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-05-18   8:13:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Vicomte13 (#2)

I'm not satisfied with Democrat rule. I want to see a third party. But Republican rule is godawful and old people are stubborn. So we're going to get Hillary.

But you mostly sing the praises of Blue state Dem ideology. It's a constant theme in your writing.

You like the Dems. You're only squeamish about abortion but not enough to do anything about it. So you object but not all that much.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-05-18   8:22:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: TooConservative, Vicomte13 (#3) (Edited)

I'm not satisfied with Democrat rule. I want to see a third party. But Republican rule is godawful and old people are stubborn. So we're going to get Hillary. But you mostly sing the praises of Blue state Dem ideology. It's a constant theme in your writing.

You like the Dems. You're only squeamish about abortion but not enough to do anything about it. So you object but not all that much.

He is probably returning to his roots as a Catholic European style Christian democrat (big C, small D). I have made that journey as well - as I have mentioned many times over.

Pericles  posted on  2015-05-18   8:57:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Pericles (#10)

He is probably returning to his roots as a Catholic European style Christian democrat (big C, small D). I have made that journey as well - as I have mentioned many times over.

You guys are liberal Catholics.

This is me, all shocked and stuff.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-05-18   10:47:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#19. To: TooConservative (#16)

You guys are liberal Catholics.

No. Just Catholics.

Social Welfare is not liberal. It is a 4000 year old commandment of God.

People who oppose social welfare are not "conservative", they are evil or they are dupes, serving Satan.

Abortion is murder. So is military adventure abroad. Those things must be stopped. Gay marriage is not marriage.

Immigrants are human beings with rights and needs. If we want to stop illegal immigration, then all of the money we pour into wars and Israeli imperialism should instead be poured into developing Mexico, so the people who immigrate here stay there.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-05-18 10:51:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: TooConservative, Vicomte13 (#16) (Edited)

He is probably returning to his roots as a Catholic European style Christian democrat (big C, small D). I have made that journey as well - as I have mentioned many times over.

You guys are liberal Catholics.

This is me, all shocked and stuff.

The old tags of the current American political system apply to me.

I find no identification with any political party in the USA. In Europe I would be easily identified as a Christian democrat.

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