Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: jtusa4
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: OFFascist
Originally posted by: jpeyton
The Democrats are the chumps, huh? I honestly doubt the Republicans value the Hispanic population for anything besides their vote.
Oh so you mean the same way the Democrats dont value Blacks except for thier vote?
I've seen the way Democrats pander to blacks for thier votes but I've also seen that nothing fundamentally has changed for the Black community in the Decades that I've been alive.
The Republican party will always invite Hispanics to eat at the dinner table, but there will never be a spot at the head.
The Bush administration has had more minorities in positions of power than previous democratic administrations have. Definately more Hispanics.
Shit one of Bush's nephews is Mexican-American.
And that's why they won a significant portion of the Hispanic vote. Both parties pander equally. But if you look at the agenda of each party, the Republicans do not intend to improve the quality of life for the Hispanic population, instead choosing to appeal to their religious core.
Overall, the Hispanic population would have benefitted more from Kerry's health care plan and revised tax structure, and amnesty for established illegals.
Don't feel duped, though. Most of America fell for the "moral values" BS hook, line, and sinker.
Is it really that hard for you to comprehend that people value their morals and religious beliefs very highly, in some cases above all else? You can call them zealots, fanatics, whatever you want, but it's been that way since the beginning of time and it will never change. Some people actually put God above their comfort level. Faith is a very powerful motivator.
I KNOW faith is important to many.
But I'm trying to understand why improving the quality of life of your fellow people takes a back seat to "moral values" when those values weren't an issue in the first place. The President made them an issue so that you would have to make that tough decision between improving your own standing in the world and your faith.
What's the gay population in the rural counties of a state like Ohio, where Bush won by landslides? Almost nill. What's the abortion rate in those same rural counties? Nill.
Where are those gays living and those abortions being performed? In the big cities. In the places Kerry won. Would a Kerry victory in the election have caused gay marraige to be legalized? Probably not. (Hell, even Bush will have a hard time trying to ban gay marriage again) Would a Kerry victory make the gays move out to rural Ohio? Probably not. But that was the fear.
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