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Originally Posted by saden1
Disgraceful:
We don't want stuff, we want equality and we want opportunity for all not just the people who have parents they can borrow money from. We want to focus on healing this country from a decade of war. We want to show the olive branches before the daggers to the rest of the world. We want equal pay for equal work. We want to help veterans reach their full potential when they come back home. We want to regulate bad people and business doing bad things. We want to move this country along to reach its full potential instead of focusing on the good ol' days which were good for some but not for all. We want to find decent and good solutions for undocumented immigrants not prescribe self-deportation.
This formula of further insulting and degrading minorities isn't going to help white conservative America overcome its presidential electoral predicament. |
As long as the GOP continues to proudly be the party of exclusion and serving primarily the interests of wealthy white males, they will continue to lose national elections. Until they strongly and publicly denounce and distance themselves from the far right fringe elements that poison their party with divisiveness and hatred, they will continue to lose national elections. There should be a strong condemnation for what happened last night on the campus of Ole Miss, (large group of students shouting racial epithets towards Pres. Obama and in general) but it will be ignored by the right.
What O'Reilly said is actually correct (except that the ones who voted for him want 'things and stuff'), even though his delivery wasn't the most welcoming. The days of the White establishment in the US are over. What he doesn't say is that shouldn't be considered a bad thing! The nation is evolving so embrace the evolution, learn to accept others and find common ground rather than find areas of difference.
We all want the same things. An opportunity to provide for our families, safe communities, quality schools and the freedom to practice whatever religion we choose. The rest is all BS for talking heads to discuss.