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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (39131)	9/22/2000 2:25:04 AM
From: phyxter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I do think that the people in charge of the convention realize that they have a serious demographics problem, and need to attract voters outside of the current base if they are to remain electorally competitive. But it will take more than allowing multi-colored faces to speak at the convention to convince the populace of the sincerity of the party as a whole. There is generally perceived, and frequently historically justified, view that the GOP is unsympathetic to those less fortunate, and especially those who are Black, those who are gay, those who are Hispanic, those who are ... hyphenated-Americans in some way. As you say, Newt spoke to this (and I have previously stated that I thought Newt could be a very thoughtful), but this has not been taken into the "soul" of the party.

To: Neocon who wrote (39131)	9/22/2000 2:53:16 AM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Oh please, how patronizing can we get! Speaking as a member of a minority group, I can flatly say that the Republican convention was a complete insult to my intelligence. How asinine was it for the Republican party whose delegate count sported only a few minority members to drag nearly all of them to the podium to show their faces behind the likes of Trent Lott and Tom Delay. A commitment to minorities does not begin with finding a few non-white faces; it begins with policies. And it begins with ending its relationship with hate-mongering groups around the country. When push came to shove, and McCain was dumping on him, Dubya went to Bob Jones University and kowtowed to racists and bigots. That's the true mettle of the man. As for your comments on the "patchwork" of the Democratic Party, might I point out that you left off women as a voting bloc, which is the majority voting bloc in the United States today. They have also voted the Democratic ticket for the last decade, and pose the biggest threat to a Republican majority. Put together women and minorities, and you have a good two-thirds of the electorate covered, and the fastest growing segments as well, and that's not a shabby "patchwork" at all. In my mind, it will take decades for the Republicans to recapture the mantle as the party of Lincoln. Doughboy.