Don't act like the Republicans and their allies in the conservative movement aren't playing the "race card"!
They're playing every card from the bottom of the deck and this time they're playing even more dirtier than normal.
With the first Black (ahem, biracial) president, isn't obvious that the Republicans are trying to win the White vote. After all Mitt Romney overwhelmingly has the White vote locked up. He leads 56% - 42% in White registered voters.
Nearly everything Mitt Romney's done is appeal to the "real Americans" who are suffering under an European style "socialist" utopia that President Barack Obama is rendering! None of that is true!
They're riled up over an Obama surrogate who spoke on a local radio station saying that Romney is intentionally dog whistling White voters with political rhetoric that comes off as racist!
The Romney campaign hits President Barack Obama over the issue of early voting in Ohio. Republican state legislators and Ohio governor John Kasich passed a law that requires early voting to end three days earlier before an election except for military.
The Obama campaign believes that this law is designed to keep minority voters and veterans from the ballot boxes. The president believes that all Ohioans deserve early voting rights. Mitt Romney thinks that the president wants to deny voting rights to military. They've been squandering over this issue for a while now. The tax returns are hurting Romney, so some of his supporters are going to demand the president show his birth certificate and college transcripts.
Okay, let's look at the newest ad rolling out in the swing states. In the ad by Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee, they're using Romney's former foe and Obama's biggest ally in a claim that advocates political dog whistle. The key word: WELFARE.
| Louise Lucas, Virginia State Senator condemns Romney's campaign |
What I am saying to you is Mitt Romney, he’s speaking to a segment of the population, who does not like to see people other than a White man in a White House or any other elected position.
Let’s be real clear about it… let’s be real clear Mitt Romney is speaking to a group of people out there who don’t like folks like Barack Obama in any elected or leadership position. We know what’s going on here and some people may be afraid to say it but I am not. I am not afraid to say it.
He’s speaking to that fringe out there who do not want to see anybody other than a white person in a leadership position. Senator Miller said it before she died and I agreed with her. They don’t want President Barack Obama in office as President and for all the reasons that you and I and alot of other people understand.Okay, we have a Obama surrogate (delegate) talking about Mitt Romney pandering to the conservative White male. For example, if you're a White conservative male, you're likely to hold bigoted views towards someone's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings.
A person who resents President Barack Obama over issues such as his race, policies and political affiliation.
A person who reacts to issues such as 9/11 and harbors resentment towards American Muslims who condemn this attack as well.
A person who reacts to issues of gay marriage negatively, even though they may have a family member, co-worker, friend, or even themselves are gay.
A person who feels like the illegal aliens are coming over into the United States in droves taking hard working patriots jobs and send tax free dollars back to Mexico or China.
A person who reacts to a Black person committing a crime upon a White person over an isolated dispute.
A person who thinks the United States should lead the way in how things are done whether right or wrong.
These examples represents Mitt Romney's base! Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum tried this stuff during the Republican debates and primaries. They ended up losing! But to be clear, they deserve some of the credit for losing. Most Americans never took them seriously to begin with.
But the matter of why Republicans are dog whistling the election. They know that White males are more pessimistic about the economy than any other race, gender or nationality. They know that if they can talk about issues like welfare or the president's allies complaining about unfairness based on race, they can make five more angry White male voters support Mitt Romney.
Things have gotten better! Not the way of the economic forecasters, but much better than five years ago.
But Republicans would rather see the economy fail so they can get back into power. It was said by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky, Minority Leader), our goal is to see President Barack Obama serve one term.
That's proof positive that Republicans are cheering for failure and screaming at success. And the dog whistle is blowing like the wind.
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