Comments May Cost GOP Minority Votes

[Omaha Steve]

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Comments May Cost GOP Minority Votes
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Aug 28, 4:16 PM (ET)

By ERIN TEXEIRA

One Republican senator described his house painter as a "little Guatemalan man." Another called an Indian man a "macaca," a type of monkey.

Just as the GOP is pushing for minority voters, the two recent gaffes have fed the perception among some blacks, Hispanics and Asian-Americans that Republicans are out of touch with the changing face of the nation.

"There is disconnect at some level," said Michael K. Fauntroy, a professor of public policy at George Mason University. "The country is becoming browner and new voters, particularly new immigrant voters, don't respond favorably to (offensive) comments.

"They may have already missed the boat on this."

[tularetom]

1. I cannot believe that these latest fuckups will lose minority votes

because I can't believe that they even HAVE any minority votes left to lose.

[maseman]

5. They don't have much

Back last fall after Katrina hit there was a poll done by NBC/Wall Street Journal that showed Bush's Black approval rating at a laughable 2%. Matter of fact the standard error was +-3.4% so his approval could have been ZERO actually.

Kind of hard to go down from 2%.


http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1816160,00.html

link to poll on edit

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. Actually, It "Improved" To 14 Percent

http://news.aol.com/gallup/story/_a/bush-approval-rating-back-down-at/20060817164809990001

[SpiralHawk]

2. What a Massive Mess O' Macaca

Anyone who has been paying attention already knows the republicons are a party that has succeeded by stirring up fear and hate, Ye Olde divide and conquer strategery.

republicons are in total disconnect mode with what it means to be a decent respectful human being. Anyone who has been paying attention got THAT a long time ago...

[BlueManDude]

3. They're down to Ward Connerly n/t

[NaturalHigh]

4. Frankly, I didn't know Republicans got many minority votes.

[onehandle]

6. The racist party losing votes over racism?

"Color" me "surprised".

[TlalocW]

7. Excuse me!

We prefer to be called, "Shocked-Americans," not "Surprised-Coloreds."

TlalocW

[tnlefty]

8. Excuse me, but my lightly colored self is offended by their stupid-assed

remarks, too. I've known for quite some time that repubs don't care a whit about me or my children 'cause we may be better off than we were a few years ago, but we're not extremely wealthy, and they don't give 2 hoots in hell about us either!!!

George Bush** and the repukes don't care too much for white people either.

[MadMaddie]

10. They are delusional...they lost most if not all black votes with "Katrina"

[Renew Deal]

11. Peter King said he wants to profile people "of middle easter descent"

at airports. Fucking racist bastards.

[sandnsea]

12. Not to mention those "whiny" NOLA coloreds

who expect the government to do everything for them, unlike the far superior hard-workin' white folks of Mississippi.

I don't know how anybody can deny the racism of the GOP now. I asked the question about 2 years ago - why do white men think they need their own party?? That's all the GOP is, white men and the snooty women who love them.

[devilgrrl]

13. No worries, they'll just be prevented from voting.

:sarcasm:

[bliss_eternal]

14. Assholes...

...I'll consider it a miracle when BOTH parties stop talking about minorities in terms of votes, instead of as people with interests and concerns just like everyone else in society.

[tom_paine]

15. This might count for something if the Amerikan voting system wasn't

untrustworthy and irrevocably corrupt.