If 93% of White People voted for Romney...

[Mac4Lyfe]

Who gives a shit. I already told you that people vote for the candidate they think will help them the most. If white people felt a purple candidate helped them the most that's who they would vote for. It's human nature. It's not racist.

Now, go back to Romney headquarters... Let me ask you a question? How many black, hispanic, Asian, people of color did you see in the audience? I saw none. Not one person of color. How many young Americans of voting age? I didn't see very many of them either. Don't ask me how, but Romney alienated a lot of people and it was evident at both parties headquarters.

The shoe on the other foot plainly refers to the hypothetical situation of there being a minority on a major ticket and 93% (or similar) of white people voting against the minority.

[wikkidinsane]

No candidafe will get 93 percent of The white vote. what you fail to realize is that its not a racial thing its a class thing. Blacks went overwelmingly for Preseident Obama because our wealth (African Americans) is generally around The same. 90 of whites dont make The same amount of mulah.Mm

[Mac4Lyfe]

^^Exactly... It's about class not color. And when you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you. Romney had a very small base if you think about it. He wasn't left or right, he was in the middle which didn't bode well as a Republican. Then he was an elitist which didn't sit well with the majority of Americans.

[yisman]

Who gives a shit.

Then you never should've replied to the thread in the first place, because this thread was about that.

And when you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you.

Uh, what? If Romney catered to the 1% then I guess he only got 1% of the vote?

[muldoon]

Now, go back to Romney headquarters... Let me ask you a question? How many black, hispanic, Asian, people of color did you see in the audience? I saw none. Not one person of color.

Their budget for minority photo op people was used up during the campaign run up.

[Mac4Lyfe]

I never said I wasn't interested in the thread. I said who gives a shit as the reasons why people do what they do. People will vote the way they see fit. If white/black/brown/yellow/purple people voted 100% one way or another, that's just the way they voted. It doesn't make them racist.

The only reason Romney got any votes was because he was on the Replublican ticket. If this guy ran as an independent he wouldn't get any support. Romney was an awful choice. People didn't believe him nor trust him. Republicans had doubts but backed him to the death anyway. The Republican party needs a total makeover.

Then you never should've replied to the thread in the first place, because this thread was about that.



Uh, what? If Romney catered to the 1% then I guess he only got 1% of the vote?

[Naz18]

Bill Clinton got 85% of the black vote...

[yisman]

Romney was an awful candidate and so was Obama.

Anyway, you said if you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you. Clearly Romney didn't cater only to the 1% because he got roughly half the popular vote.

[Optional]

the race thing is big for a lot of people i guess. i just wanted america to stop borrowing so much money from china, a business man is what i think america needs. why fiscal conservatives have to be lumped in with all the religious crap that goes along with the gop i don't know.

4 more years. try to keep it cheap obama, ok.

I think their economic policies toward China was one the biggest and most important differences between candidates.

Romney sounded like he wanted to resume Bush's economic war with China, which I for one was fearful could be catastrophic for both America and my country, Australia.

Obama has developed a climate of mutual need and benefit between US/China. Another four years should cement that and power the US recovery more than anything else.

[Mac4Lyfe]

People are Lemmings. They voted for Romney because they were either Republican or were afraid of 4 more years of Obama. They weren't voting for Romney because of what he stood for because he didn't stand for anything but what he thought would get him ahead. He's a flip flopper.

Check out this article I found with a simple Google search. Romney was the 1 percent. He was totally out of touch with mainstream America... Read the entire article.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-at-romney-headquarters-the-defeat-of-the-1-percent/2012/11/07/857d00f6-284a-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html

BOSTON
It was a victory party fit for the 1 percent.
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.Over in Chicago, the Obama campaign had invited 10,000 to fill the
floor of the McCormick Place convention center. But here in Boston, Mitt
Romney favored a more genteel soiree for an exclusive crowd.
Romney’s election-night

event was in a ballroom at the Boston Exhibition and Convention Center
that could accommodate a few hundred. Most men wore jacket and tie;
women donned dresses and heels. Secret Service agents blocked reporters
from mixing with the Romney supporters as they sipped cocktails and
nibbled canapes.

Outside the ballroom, waiters in black tie tended bar, and Jumbotrons showed the election results on Fox News.
Downstairs, Romney’s big donors assembled in private rooms for finer fare; guards admitted only those whose credentials said “National Finance Committee.”
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On the final flight of his campaign Tuesday afternoon, Romney
ventured to the back of his plane for a chat with reporters and
discovered that — horrors! — the poor wretches were seated in coach
accommodations.
“I thought you had bigger seats back here,” he told them.
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“Assuming I win, one of the benefits is . . . to get another Weimaraner,” he disclosed when asked about puppy rumors.
So, one of his first gestures as president-elect would be to purchase a pricey hunting dog once bred by European royalty?
In that sense, Romney’s election-night celebration was a fitting coda to his presidential bid: It abandoned any pretense of being a campaign for the common man.

Romney was an awful candidate and so was Obama.

Anyway, you said if you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you. Clearly Romney didn't cater only to the 1% because he got roughly half the popular vote.

[yisman]

You could just admit you were wrong about what you said.

I didn't say anything about why people voted for a candidate. I was just responding to the comment.

The bottom line is that it was a pretty close election, and the reason it was able to be called so early was due to the antiquated electoral college system.

[Naz18]

Romney was an awful candidate and so was Obama.

Anyway, you said if you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you. Clearly Romney didn't cater only to the 1% because he got roughly half the popular vote.

Shows you the intelligence of the average voter....most republicans vote against their own financial interest. That is why Fox News makes up so much BS....Obama is gonna take away your guns, is a muslim, is a socialist, is a communist, not an american...etc...

[ChalkyDog]

What if 70% of Latino's voted for Romney? What if over 50% of women voted for Romney? What if anyone but old white men voted for Romney?

Just sayin'.

[Mac4Lyfe]

I think Obama has done a good job. The economy in my household has never been better. My 401K has been the highest ever and I've seen 35% returns on my money this year. Here in Houston, we have plenty of jobs. The only people that don't work are people that don't want to work. Crime is at an all time low, the school system is excellent and quality of life is at an all time high. No complaints from me but I also don't think the president has that much power in the first place.

One thing I've noticed is that there's a lot of people who are deluded and think they're also in the 1 percent or maybe one day will get there. Yet they are far from it and will never achieve it.

Romney was an awful candidate and so was Obama.

Anyway, you said if you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you. Clearly Romney didn't cater only to the 1% because he got roughly half the popular vote.

[Mac4Lyfe]

The only reason it was close is because America is a divided country. Too many people on the left and too many people on the right. The majority of people in the middle can't speak for themselves until there's a third party.

Even so, Obama won this in a landslide. He'll end up with over 340 electoral votes. That's an ass kicking. But I'm sure you're going to somehow dispute the electoral college because it doesn't suit your point.


Go back to Roosevelt, there were 95% white voters. Then 60 years later to Clinton 88% of voters were white. Then Clinton to Obama it went from 88 to 74% white. So in just 16 years the white vote reduced twice as fast as it did in 60 years. The US demographics has changed and it's changing very quickly. Romney didn't understand it and didn't reach out to this change.

You could just admit you were wrong about what you said.

I didn't say anything about why people voted for a candidate. I was just responding to the comment.

The bottom line is that it was a pretty close election, and the reason it was able to be called so early was due to the antiquated electoral college system.

[yisman]

Even so, Obama won this in a landslide. He'll end up with over 340 electoral votes. That's an ass kicking. But I'm sure you're going to somehow dispute the electoral college because it doesn't suit your point.

Once again, you said if you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you.

The electoral college is an antiquated and indefensible system that remains due to inertia.

Far more than 1% voted for Romney. If the election were based on the popular vote, they wouldn't have been able to call it for many hours.

Now whether you want to spin it as they were voting against Obama or not is irrelevant. What we had here was a split decision.


A lot of people didn't want to vote for Obama because Obama has not delivered on the promises he made. But obviously the Republican candidate was rather weak.

[GunShard]

The Republican party needs to wake up and realize who they are. You look at Romney's HQ's and it was ALL white. Not one black, Hispanic, Asian, even young people in the crowd. You look at Obama's HQ's and it was a melting pot.

Republicans have lost touch with America. America is a melting pot, young old, rich, poor, white, black, yellow, green. Trying to reach just one demographic is not reaching the masses...

I saw an Asian guy in the audience during Romney's losing speech.
But yea, majority white males were on Romney's side.

[Seaweed]

[MadTiger]

What if 70% of Latino's voted for Romney? What if over 50% of women voted for Romney? What if anyone but old white men voted for Romney?

Just sayin'.

If he hadn't showed his ass, maybe they would have.

[Joe Dogs]

Unreal.....Somebody give these people a Newspaper.

[Joe Dogs]

Now Its time for both party's to come together and do whats best for America and its people.

Yeah,right

[Mac4Lyfe]

He was one of working staff that snuck in near the end.

I saw an Asian guy in the audience during Romney's losing speech.
But yea, majority white males were on Romney's side.

[Mac4Lyfe]

So youre going to take my every word literally? Of course more than 1% voted for Romney. Theres a lot of Lemmings out there. I explained why I thought they voted for him. Yet when you hitch your campaign on one demographic you limit your base.

If Romney could have reached out to more than the 1%, he would have won this election. Unfortunately for him its just not who he is.

Once again, you said if you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you.

The electoral college is an antiquated and indefensible system that remains due to inertia.

Far more than 1% voted for Romney. If the election were based on the popular vote, they wouldn't have been able to call it for many hours.

Now whether you want to spin it as they were voting against Obama or not is irrelevant. What we had here was a split decision.


A lot of people didn't want to vote for Obama because Obama has not delivered on the promises he made. But obviously the Republican candidate was rather weak.

[TheMoneyShot]

It's just unfukking real how brainwashed people are.

[TheMoneyShot]

I've owned businesses for 10 years... I don't know how much longer I can survive... I'm for the people... I'm for the Democrats (my entire life)... This Obama guy... isn't a true Democrat. He's killing our economy...

[ngates815]

[Frederick Douglass ran for president in 1888 as a Republican. He got zero white votes. George Edwin Taylor ran in 1904, he got zero white votes. 1972 Shirley Chisholm, 1984/1988 Jesse Jackson, 1992 Alan Keyes, Carol Moseley Braun, Al Sharpton all ran for president. Did the black vote get them into the white house? No... Do you know that Black people supported a white candidate in most of those elections, not the black candidate who couldn't get out of the primaries. Chisolm and Jackson did a lot for Democrats by getting millions of people to register to vote for the first time. Even so, many of those people didn't end up voting for them.

Your assertion that Obama being black was the sole reason black people supported Obama is false. Hermain Cain this year ran as a Republican. How many black people supported him? Not many... Trying to insinuate that black people voted for Obama because they are somehow racist is wrong as well. I just told you that gay and lesbians supported Obama more than black people. Are they racist too? Not at all, everyone supports who they think is in there best interest. One look at Romney headquarters and it was easy to see who was his best interest.

Democrats? I think you meant blacks....Just like I'M POSITIVE that Millions of "democrats" would of never got off their asses and voted in 2008 if a "democrat" man didn't have a chance at winning.

But hey, I'm sure you meant "democrats"...

[opie1988]

^^Exactly... It's about class not color. And when you cater to the 1% then only the 1% will vote for you. Romney had a very small base if you think about it. He wasn't left or right, he was in the middle which didn't bode well as a Republican. Then he was an elitist which didn't sit well with the majority of Americans.

Yeah.....I think I'll pass on hanging with the "class" of Obama supporters.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Did you forget about Bill Clinton? Oh, you don't consider him white since he talked shit and smoked weed...

Democrats? I think you meant blacks....Just like I'M POSITIVE that Millions of "democrats" would of never got off their asses and voted in 2008 if a "democrat" man didn't have a chance at winning.

But hey, I'm sure you meant "democrats"...

[ngates815]

Did you forget about Bill Clinton? Oh, you don't consider him white since he talked shit and smoked weed...

Millions of "democrats" got up and voted for the first time when Clinton was running? Or did Millions of "democrats" get up and vote for the first time when Obama was running?

[Mac4Lyfe]

One of these days you're gonna find out that you're not all that. You're shit stinks just like everyone else and you're not any better than everyone else.

Your world is filled with fear, hatred and ridiculing others. You think you're a patriot but you're just pathetic.

Yeah.....I think I'll pass on hanging ]

[opie1988]

One of these days you're gonna find out that you're not all that. You're shit stinks just like everyone else and you're not any better than everyone else.
Your world is filled with fear, hatred and ridiculing others. You think you're a patriot but you're just pathetic.

I don't think I'm "better than everyone else".
I do, however, think I'm better than these folks.

[yisman]

So youre going to take my every word literally?

Yeah, if you make a statement like that, I'm going to take it literally. Romney hardly hitched his campaign to the "1%". No president ever did that.

Since 1976, only one election has been closer than this one, as far as the actual vote (Bush/Gore).

[The Madcap]

The Republican party needs to wake up and realize who they are. You look at Romney's HQ's and it was ALL white. Not one black, Hispanic, Asian, even young people in the crowd. You look at Obama's HQ's and it was a melting pot.

Republicans have lost touch with America. America is a melting pot, young old, rich, poor, white, black, yellow, green. Trying to reach just one demographic is not reaching the masses...

^^^ And be honest... You would have a much greater odds of getting laid at Obama Headquarters. A much cuter audience.

Romney's HQs looked like an Amish pie festival.

I agree that the GOP needs to learn how/why their values are not resonating with a greater proportion of the American public.

And you're right, at Obama's headquarters you'll find a lot more sluts.

[Mac4Lyfe]

The big push of registered black voters was well over 30 years ago... it had nothing to do with Clinton or Obama.

Millions of "democrats" got up and voted for the first time when Clinton was running? Or did Millions of "democrats" get up and vote for the first time when Obama was running?

[The Madcap]

So youre going to take my every word literally? Of course more than 1% voted for Romney. Theres a lot of Lemmings out there. I explained why I thought they voted for him. Yet when you hitch your campaign on one demographic you limit your base.

If Romney could have reached out to more than the 1%, he would have won this election. Unfortunately for him its just not who he is.

Romney's voters are lemmings? lol

Yeah, it's certainly not the people who would rather promote what's fair and warm and cuddly over the spirit of freedom. Those people aren't brainwashed followers at all.

Enjoy your bread and circus.