The party of old white guys?

You might be very surprised rlm.

I've been on this forum a few years now and have expressed more than once my desire for a stronger Republican party.
I want BOTH parties to be strong and as far as that goes would like to see SEVERAL parties that are strong.

When the country leans too far right or too far left I don't feel it's good for the country.

I'll add that, in my humble opinion, the Tea Party was one of the worst things to hit the Republican party in some time.
It showed at the polls.

If the Republicans can find the correct candidate I will vote for that person. I've said it many times and I have voted Republican in the past.

I just haven't seen that person in some time and frankly it's scary.

 

Although I agree that the country operates much better with 2 parties at least somewhat equal, your comment about the Tea Party being bad for the Republican leads me to strongly believe that your better is much different from me better.

 

That's fine rlm but do you really believe the Tea Party has been an asset to the Republican party?

I don't and I'd be willing to bet there are many "true Conservatives" that feel the same way.

 

Probably not, but there are pluses and minuses. They are a new "party" and they made more than a couple mistakes, but on the other hand, I doubt that the Republicans would have gained so much in the House were it not for the Tea Party. You can probably blame them for the loss of the Senate. None the less, their prime goal is to cut spending and if they do not succeed in doing that, you may not manage to die in the same country you were born in. Without some kind of reign, our economy will not survive and possibly not anyone's economy.

 

An easy prime goal.

As for accomplishing it a much diffferent story.

Really?

 

It is easier to accomplish today than after another $16T of debt. Just ask Greece and California. Not easy, just easier.

And Really!

 

I think that you will find that the situation Greece found itself in is somewhat different to the situation in the US. The Greeks had a rather bad habit of failing to pay there tax's and it's admission to the single currency was also shall we say fixed

 

It's getting hard not to notice all the president's -- white -- men.​

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After running a campaign that highlighted its appeal among women and diversity in the party, President Obama is starting to take some flak for the common thread among his initial nominees for second-term openings.​

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From John Kerry for secretary of state to Jack Lew for secretary of the Treasury to Chuck Hagel for defense secretary to John Brennan for CIA director -- all are white men.​

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Those four marked just the first round of second-term nominations. But on Thursday, Democratic New York Rep. Charlie Rangel called the lack of diversity "embarrassing as hell." (LOL... for once I actually agree with Crazy Charlie).​

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"I've spent so much time making fun of Republicans, in terms of just the picture and the absence of women and Jewish people in the Congress, and blacks and Hispanics -- it has just been unreal. Now, I'm going to have to learn, when trying to explain why our picture, at least as it relates to the president's Cabinet, looks the same," Rangel said on Fox Business. (You tell 'em, Charlie! You tell 'em!).​

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/10/obama-catches-criticism-over-diversity-in-inner-circle/#ixzz2HcU0512o​

 

Odd, the lefties among us don't think this matters but apparently it has become a national issue...NBC did a piece this morning after BO nominated the fourth old white guy to a cabinet post.

 

I really think that most women are too smart to try and follow BO in his future plans. He has got to find people to support his socialist/anti-Israel agenda. Hagel, Lew, and Brennan seem to meet both criteria. Kerry is just dumb enough to follow any lead.

 

And the Righties here seem oblivious to the fact that we don't have some old white guy nominating other old white guys. We have a black guy nominating white guys. Imagine your criticism if Obama started nominating just black guys. Since when do you guys hate decorated soldiers anyway. Between Shinseki, Hagel, and Kerry, they have enough military chest candy to sink a PT boat. Your hypocrisy is showing again.

 

You need to exclude Kerry. He threw his away.

BTW, I could care what race, gender, etc. they are so long as they are the best (or more practically among the best) available. However, when you belittle the opposition for their "binders" and lack of minorities, it is kind of hypocritical to not have minorities in you Cabinet.

 

If you believe that and I'll take your word for it, then this thread should have little meaning for you. Otherwise, you'll have to show me a woman with as much military/intelligence expereinces as these white guys. Show me a long list of minorities that Obama could pick from. If anything, we have doomed ourselves to a small pool of qualified nominees by our own hand because of our treatment of both women and minorities in the past.

P.S. Shinseki isn't white either.

 

You think it is my job to pick candidates for Obama? And this after he (and the liberal press) made fun of Romney asking for candidates. Back to your hypocrisy again. You just keep digging, don't you

Oh, and there is that mouse again, but at least you have admitted to the mistreatment of others.

 

Did you really post this?

 

He first needs to define "minority".

 

You may have the same problem Coin. It might require the terms "black" and "white" amongst others.

 

Ah, but there is no "black" or "white". Just humans with differing skin tones. Of course, there are those who segregate people of differing skin tones into an arbitrary "minority" or "majority" status. Since I'm not one of those who does that, I have no "problem" as you say and therefore no need to define "minority".