Conservatives still don't get it regarding Bundy

[ZX86]

I monitor more than my fair share of right wing media (talk radio & Fox News) and the reaction while predictable still misses the mark. Their basic dodge is to either condemn and compare ("Yeah well about Al Sharpton&quot or condemn and ignore ("It's not about Bundy but about BLM over reach&quot .

News flash for conservatives: Making your base comfortable with their latent and/or blatant racism is not your pressing issuing at this point. If you as party want to win national elections making excuses or ignoring the the racists in your party is not a winning strategy. Everyone knows the difference in remarks of Ryan and Bundy can only be measured with a micrometer. Your problems can not fixed by retooling your dog whistles. Your problems is not that conservatives feel awkward after Bundy reveals his true feelings in public. It's that Blacks, Hispanics, women etc. aren't impressed with your racist/sexist product and the plausible deniability of your dog whistle politics.

Try convincing Blacks and Hispanics you're not racists instead of trying to convince yourselves.

[lunasun]

1. Try convincing Blacks and Hispanics you're not racists

C'mon that would be hard to do
convincing themselves is a much easier option
it's all about a feel good - not facts or reality based

[lob1]

2. "Try convincing Blacks and Hispanics you're not racists."

For example: Don't push slavery as a jobs program.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Actually, they don't care about what those people think.....

It's other white people they care about.

Mainly because they have to deal with them on other matters and when one of these Conservatives does this crap it puts them in the dog house.

[JI7]

4. yes, and you can see they do find sympathy among some

even on a dem forum like this you have people complaining about being "politically correct" and use some lame examples like people insisting on how quinoa is pronounced as an example.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Only the ones who've bought into that Beltway "This is a center-right country" crap....

They are often the ones who say you should fight fire with water. They scold you for not trying to win them over or for being too aggressive and lowering yourself to their level.

Puleeze, I say we kick their asses.

[eShirl]

5. exactly; why care about votes you can supress?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. Bingo. But what happens if you lose the blue collar vote?

Wedge issues are the ONLY reason workers are voting for the party of their boss.

There's an old saying, "If you want to live like a Republican you vote for the Democrat."