It's just kinda sad that some politicians (particularly in the GOP) are focused on mudslinging and cheap tactics rather than what they can actually do for the country.
But honestly almost every big name within the GOP is literally delusional, so.
Y'all don't understand... Hillary is a horrible politician. She says dumb things... wait n see. If that Maryland Gov O'Malley wins Iowa in the primary all of the Democats will abandon Hillary and run to support him. Hillary would bewise to set up shop in Iowa and schmooze the voters...if not, it will be 2008 for her all over again.
Elizabeth Warren is not interested in running, and is not going to be VP.
Rand Paul is the candidate of the GOP that the Dems fear the most...he attracts young and independent voters. The Democrats are going to demonize Paul for everything he is worth.
I would say with Rand's recent interviews he's already making some libertarians go " " himself.
The GOP is still in a tight spot, they want the Evangelical vote but also the youth vote and it will be hard to get both. What attracts one (conservativism for example) can easily repel the other (letting social issues go).
It's really hard for me to think that republicans aren't genuinely stupid Throughout history they're really just held the nation back in terms of social reforms and it's so frustrating.
MIAMI — Senator Marco Rubio of Florida announced on Monday that he is running for president, declaring that he is the best person to lead the United States into “another American century.”
Mr. Rubio made his announcement Monday evening during a speech here in which he presented himself as the embodiment of generational change who can unite the Republican Party’s factions and offer economic solutions for the 21st century.
At 43, the youngest candidate in the rapidly growing 2016 presidential field, Mr. Rubio cast himself as a forward-looking, next-generation leader — and an implicit contrast to Jeb Bush, 62, whose family has dominated Republican politics for nearly three decades, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67, the wife of a former president and the most likely Democratic nominee.
“Too many of our leaders and our ideas are stuck in the 20th century,” Mr. Rubio said, pointing to education and spending programs put in place by Democrats in the 1990s.
In a direct attack on Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy, which she announced Sunday, Mr. Rubio said: “Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday. Yesterday is over and we’re never going back.”
And hinting at Mr. Bush’s background as the son and brother of presidents, Mr. Rubio said: “I live in an exceptional country where the son of a bartender and a maid can have the same dreams and the same future as those who come from power and privilege.”
Mr. Rubio ‘s speech also leaned heavily on the importance of keeping America safe in a dangerous world. Laying out what he considered foreign policy errors by President Obama, he lamented “dangerous concessions” to Iran and the administration’s “hostility” to Israel.
But ultimately Mr. Rubio made the argument that he was best suited to make the American dream that his family experienced accessible to others. [...]
He is also angling to become the youthful face of a party that skews older and has struggled to attract young voters, blacks and Latinos. Many mainstream Republicans hope that a Cuban-American who speaks fluent Spanish can help draw Hispanic voters, a growing demographic that will be critical during the general election, into the party. [...]
Among the Republican Party’s announced and expected candidates, Mr. Rubio occupies a middle ground, which is both an asset and an obstacle. He hopes to appeal to more moderate Republicans as well as to social, fiscal and foreign policy voters, but he could also find himself without a clear constituency, especially in the first four nominating states. [...]
Raising money could be a challenge for Mr. Rubio, especially in light of Mr. Bush’s aggressive efforts and the large network of Bush family allies. And, because he is less known than some of his rivals, he will need to introduce himself to as many voters as possible, particularly in the early nominating states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
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It's really hard for me to think that republicans aren't genuinely stupid Throughout history they're really just held the nation back in terms of social reforms and it's so frustrating.
The Republican Party was the anti-slavery, pro-North, pro-Union party during the Civil War, while prominent Democrat, Alexander Stephens, helped found the Confederacy, declaring
Quote:
Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition
Having said that, there is no good reason to vote Republican TODAY if you are any of the following:
1) Lower class
2) Middle class
3) A visible minority
4) Not exclusively heterosexual
5) Not a Christian
The Republican Party was the anti-slavery, pro-North, pro-Union party during the Civil War, while prominent Democrat, Alexander Stephens, helped found the Confederacy, declaring
Having said that, there is no good reason to vote Republican TODAY if you are any of the following:
1) Lower class
2) Middle class
3) A visible minority
4) Not exclusively heterosexual
5) Not a Christian
The Republican Party was the anti-slavery, pro-North, pro-Union party during the Civil War, while prominent Democrat, Alexander Stephens, helped found the Confederacy, declaring
Having said that, there is no good reason to vote Republican TODAY if you are any of the following:
1) Lower class
2) Middle class
3) A visible minority
4) Not exclusively heterosexual
5) Not a Christian
The Republican party and the Democratic party have completely switched since then, I suppose I should've clarified conservatives, not republicans in the broader historical context. But yeah what you said was totally true.