Wobbly Republicans
The drumbeat is starting. The Democrats are gleefully opening their playbook to the right page and holding it open for the weak kneed Republicans to see. “If you vote against Judge Sotomayor, the Hispanic vote will go against you and make you pay.”
Ah, the politics of class warfare. Republicans fall for it almost every time. That’s why we got John McCain as our nominee. The news analysis will point out how fewer Hispanics voted for McCain than for Bush, with Bush getting 40% and McCain only 31%. Maybe it was because McCain was a weak candidate? Bush put forward Miguel Estrada for the Supreme Court, he appointed Alberto Gonzales as the first Hispanic Attorney General, McCain and Bush were both for open borders. Boy, did that pay off!
Bush appoints Colin Powell as the first black Secretary of State, followed by Condoleezza Rice as the first black woman Secretary of State. So how did the black vote turn out for Bush?
So let’s get over copying the Democratic practice of appealing to groups and get back to our conservative principles of appealing to individuals. Don’t worry about the black vote, the Hispanic vote, the gay vote, the union vote, the Catholic vote. Worry about doing the right thing for all Americans. The Democrats want us to worry about all these blocs so that they can get us to meekly wave through their nominees. But when the tables are turned (e.g., Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele, Miguel Estrada, et. al.) they will be vicious, slanderous, mean and ugly. They don’t give a damn about offending the black or Hispanic vote because they think they own them. And when we put up candidates that are a weak imitation of the Democratic candidate, they do.
We need to stand for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and not back down from that. The votes will follow.
