Professor Tiger wrote:Uh no. You are an anachronism. You are not evidence of anything other than the fact that you live in your own little world.
I have been saying for the past six months that Romney was a terrible candidate and would lose in November. You and Ann said he was the greatest thing since sliced bread and would win handily. Now who is in the dream world again?
Romney lost. I was in a dream world, now we are ALL in a fucking nightmare.
Professor Tiger wrote:And if demographics doom conservatism, then why did conservatives run away with the 2010 midterms?
Because congressional votes are entirely localized. All the votes for a state are not thrown into a giant "state pot" and then tallied for the whole state. They are (instead) district by district.
There were entire polling places in Philly where over 10,000 ballots were cast to re-elect President Obama, and not one ballot for Mitt Romney.
NOT ONE. That is a district that (localized) the Democratic candidate (regardless of who he or she is) will win that seat every year no matter what they do or don't do. There only threat is a primary challenger. And what will happen (during a Presidential election) is in Pennsylvania, a Republican could win a Congressional seat in another district, but the overwhleming majorities for Obama in individual districts make it impossible for the Republican candidate (whoever he is) to win the state and all its electoral votes.
The 2010 midterms, the GOP crushed the Democrats in over 50 districts
that are in play. The majority of the 435 Congressional districts are in play every two years, but there are a few that (due to Demographics) will not be in play (like that one in Philly.) And their Democrat majorities are so unbelievably overwhelming that the entire STATE is put in the blue column for President every 4 years.
Professor Tiger wrote:Did millions of blacks, latinos and single women turn 18 in the past 2 years?
No. But the mid-terms don't turn out nearly as many minority votes as the Presidential election years. In that sense, 2010 was very much like 1994.
Professor Tiger wrote:And I don't accept the premise that conservatism can't appeal to minorities.
Then you are a fool.
You have entire minority populations that are so entitlement driven that their parents and grand parents do all that they can do to teach their children and grandchildren how to
game the system. Its almost cultural now, this gaming the system.
Professor Tiger wrote:[(Except for blacks. The D chip has been implanted. They are gone forever. ) The problem with conservatism as it is espoused by modern Establishmentarians is their form of conservatism offers nothing to average people.
Okay now this finally explains why you voted for Ron Paul and why you are a fool. You don't get it because you don't get Conservatism.
The whole point of conservatism is that conservatives
want to offer little to the most needy, NOTHING to everyone else. Nothing. No student loans, no aid, no housing, nothing. Certainly NOTHING to your "average" people, because "average" people are expected to take care of themselves. And the more conservative you are, the smaller that "most needy" percentage of people are. AND, a true conservative would be sure to MAKE SURE that the "most needy" got what they needed
regardless of how those needy felt about conservatives. That is where conservatism and Christianity
cross paths (much to the anger of Judaism because conservative Jews are led to believe that the GOP is run entirely by Christians.)
Conservatism is not about trying to buy votes from any voting block (be is "average" people or anyone else) by giving things to it. That is what drove me bat fuck crazy about Dubya's "Compassionate Conservatism" and his Prescription Drug Benefit to the elderly. People over 70 years old have over 35 times the amount of wealth and assets of your average 30 year old. I'm sorry grandpa that you are cash poor, you are still asset rich. Sell your mortgage free million dollar home, put the money in the bank, move into the guest bedroom of my house and live there free, watch my kids when I go to work, and buy your own damn pharmecuticals. You should be with us anyway (and not in Florida) because families should stay together cross multiple generations and DIE together. The strong family bonds (even at the end of life) is also paramount to conservatism.
Professor Tiger wrote:Take the current fiscal cliff debate. The Establishment R's will fight to the death to save tax breaks for the wealthy.
Stop, just stop it. This is partly why I am saying you are not (nor have you ever been) Republican. You didn't leave the Republicans. You were never with us. If you were ever a Republican, you wouldn't say this shit. You are repeating an upsurd DEMOCRATIC talking point. 47% of the people that live in this country pay 0 Federal income taxes.
ZERO. Zilch. Nada. Nothing, not one cert. The Earned Income Tax Credit pays them back all their federal income taxes that they might have paid, every penny.
So OF COURSE any tax break is going to favor only one half of the country since the other half PAYS NOTHING. Nothing from nothing, leaves nothing. You don't get a tax break when you've paid no taxes. This basic math must be repeated (ad nauseum, in public forums) to the Congressional c-nts like Debbie Wackogirl Shultz who sit there and blankly repeat non-thinking Democratic talking points. They are destroying this country with their inane values. They must be discredited at ALL costs.
Professor Tiger wrote:That is why they exist. In hopes of saving the wealthy from a tax increase, they will gladly risk letting taxes go up for everybody else. To them, tax increases on average people is mere collateral damage.
If you make $26,000/year ($500/week driving a forklift in a warehouse) and you are married with two kids you pay no taxes. You get it ALL back in EITC because you are considered to be living in poverty. I don't care that you are living in "poverty" I want $260 for the Fed ($5 a week from you.)
Yes, our poor (who pay nothing)
MUST PAY AT LEAST ONE PENNY ON THE DOLLAR TO THE FED. MUST. This should be entirely undeductable and no tax credit given. Ever. You pay your penny on every dollar you make (I don't care if you are 15 years old fliping burgers for minimum wage claiming student exempt, PAY) and anything more than that, that you've paid, we can talk about EITC. Until you pay something, you aren't kicking in so there is NO DESIRE on your part to shrink government since you aren't paying for any of it.
Professor Tiger wrote:Spokesmen for conservatism had better start all their speeches by saying, "Conservative principle are good for average people because ________." If conservatism doesn't help average people, then it's not worth believing in.
Rubbish.
If you are focused on a principle of helping average people, vote Democrat. You did already by NOT voting for Mitt. In my world, average people (like myself) don't need help from government. They can take care of themselves. Those that are the "most needy" are far-FAR below average (crippled, blind, mentally retarded, etc.) These are the people conservatives must help (and help them ALL THIER LIVES.)
Feminism: Eve eats ALL the apples, gives God the middle finder when He confronts her, and has the serpent serve Adam with an injunction ordering him to both stay away from her AND to provide her food and shelter because he dragged her out of the Garden.