Odd you say this. I noted that the RNC had more minorities running for office then the DNC. Hindu is governor of SC. Several hispanic and cubans in Florida and southwest. Not sure where you got this idea.
My opinion, for what it's worth, is what Pelosi said when the Healthcare Act was coming to a vote. "You can read it after we pass it". That got a lot of peoples attention and made them wonder what happened to the transparency that "change" was going to give us. That was just the start of many other under the table things that went on, Americans were questioning.
So don't blame a small group of paranoids on what happened. This was a lot of independent people like myself that questioned the intent of this Congress.
Did you know there is a 3.5% tax on the sale of a home, payable to the Feds in the Healthcare Act? Not too many do. This is just one of many things hidden in the 1000 page+ bill.
I disagree with this my friend. If it were true then the Libertarians should have gained from this. They are not too far off from the Tea Party.
23% of those voting were over 65. Over 70% were white. The Tea Party candidates won only about a third of the races they were in. And they probably caused the Republicans to not gain control of the Senate (Angle/O'Donnell/Buck in particular).
My larger point was that the energy and the noise over the past 20 months has come from the LAWP. Look at any of the footage from the rallies and all you see are the LAWP waving the Nazi signs, depictions of Obama as everthing from an African Tribesman to Hitler.
Let us not forget a few things that preceeded the election: anti-immigrant (specifically Mexican), Islamaphobia (Mosque at Ground Zero), and the "New Black Panthers" (the 2 guys in Pa.) and Shirley Sherrod were decidedly from the Right. Angle lost Nevada because of her blatantly racist advertising at the end.
The largest point of my post was that, had Hillary been elected, I don't think there would be a Tea Party (or 16 Tea Parties, to be more precise)...even if she had done the same things as Obama.I would also posit that had Hillary been POTUS yesterday, there would be larger Democratic majorities in Congress. I make that claim based on two factors: First, the messaging would have been clearer and less incindiary, and second, there would be be no LAWP/Tea Party.
Is the health care bill perfect? Are Progressives happy with it? No and no. However, it can be saved and refined. Much of what is wrong with it stems from the Dems getting what they could from the Reps instead of getting what they wanted.
What changed yesterday? Nothing. I will address that and more in tonight's blog. Hope you'll tune in.
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