CNN Article: Republican Voters are ‘White, Aging and Dying Off,’ And the Party Could, Too
- Posted on May 25, 2012 at 12:52pm by
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The End Of Republicans?
What sounds like a progressive dream was prominently featured on CNN this week. According to an article by CNN writer Halimah Abdullah, Republicans are on their way to an ash heap of history since they are too old, white and out-of-touch.
The story starts with the musings of David Bositis. Bositis is a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, who states:
”The Republicans’ problem is their voters are white, aging and dying off.”
Bositis continues:
“There will come a time when they suffer catastrophic losses with the realization of the population changes.”
Going the way of the Dinosaur...
It should be noted that The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Bositis’s group, is far from non-partisan. It openly endorses a progressive agenda items such as single-payer healthcare and Climate Change and their stated mission is to:
“Improve the socioeconomic status of black Americans and other minorities; expand their effective participation in the political and public policy arenas; and promote communications and relationships across racial and ethnic lines to strengthen the nation’s pluralistic society.”
Back to the CNN piece.
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Abdullah uses this weeks controversial census data to bolster Bositis’s argument:
“Over the next several generations, the wave of minority voters — who, according to U.S. Census figures released this week, now represent more than half of the nation’s population born in the past year — will become more of a power base.”
According to Abdullah, this will mean “a massive changing of the guard” and “cultural clashes,“ particularly in ”GOP strongholds in the Deep South and Southwest.”
Percent of the states pre-recession economy that it has earned back, according to newsgeography.com
Abdullah cites healthy minority populations are on the rise in states like Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, Georgia, Utah and Arizona. Odd that this celebrated minority boon exists due to the superior economies of so-called red states. Each of the states touted by Abdullah has befitted from long periods of conservative governance, leading to each of the states being named nearly “recession proof” by newgeography.com. Seems minorities and immigrants are keeping with an age-old American tradition of going to where jobs and opportunities are.
But Mr. Bositis sees this as inconsequential and continues his draconian, racial predictions:
“There‘ll be a tipping point where you’ve got the Republicans in charge, but you’ll get to the point when the population becomes minority–When that happens the statewide offices will fall. Republican governors will fall. Things will change.”
Abdullah notes the Republican Party is scrambling to “clean up its image with Hispanic voters” but have “fallen short.”
“Romney in particular has stumbled with this critical voting bloc, after his comments suggesting that making the economic landscape tough for illegal immigrants will force them to “self deport.”
The writer makes a final snipe, assuming that Republicans will eventually fail and red states like Georgia will become strongholds for democrats:
“If Republicans continue to struggle to appeal to Latino voters, Spanish-language ads may not stave off a change that experts like Bositis see coming in the not too distant future, when states such as Georgia go purple and eventually blue.”
The greater assumption taken in this article is that as older GOP supporters die off and minority numbers rise, those minorities will never vote Republican. That assumption is plainly wrong. In 2004 almost half the Latino population voted for George W. Bush, which could be explained by their strong religious numbers. Additionally, blacks are largely considered a socially conservative group, which has been seen in the past and has popped up again with Obama’s new support for gay marriage.
And consider this: there are two Latinos serving in the United States Senate, one is a Democrat and one is a Republican. The latter is on the short list of vice-presidential contenders.
Reports of the GOP’s demise, then, might be greatly exaggerated.
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Comments (267)
MFHorn3
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:19pmYoug liberals often become older conservatives once they start paying taxes.
Report Post »MFHorn3
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:27pmThat’s “Young liberals”
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:29pmYes indeedie!
When you’re 20-something and aren’t a liberal, you haven’t got a heart. When you’re 40-something and aren’t a conservative, you haven’t got a brain.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:42pmits funny how the young voters in the GOP are the conservatives and the older voters are liberal.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:46pmI agree.. MFHorn3
Report Post »CNN serves these stories to their dismal useful idiot following…
With a healthy portion of pictures and the promise of a free lunch ,
from their leader…!
Ellie
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:50pmSooo True. Plus the Democrat Party has “progressed” to the point of being indistinguishable from the Socialist and Communist Parties thus following their Sociopathic path into insignificance within the American Political System.
By 2020 there will be a new two party system: Tea vs. GOP
Report Post »DIR
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:09pmSuper young liberals are aborted! They’re not dyeing off, they’re being killed off. Which group is going to survive the race to extinction?
The real deal with this article is it’s wishful thinking on the part of the author.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:11pmWell this dying, old, conservative white woman is raising her children to vote…something my democratic mama never did
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:21pmINDIV. You wouldn’t know a Conseravtive if he/she came up and kicked you in your Libertarian wanna’be tuckus.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:27pmNow you know why CNN‘s ratings are the lowest in it’s history; they have the dumbest, most dishones journalists working there. Do they not realize that for every old, white Republican, there are two or more young Conservative children coming from that family? Young, white, lliberals aren’t having children, or fewer than Conservatives, so who is really dying out here? It is mostly ghetto and Union children who are the new Democrap party.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:53pmNeocons are dying off and being replaced with Ron Paul Constitutionalists that are really going to make liberals miss those benign blue-hairs in the funny-looking red white and blue twill shirts.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:03pm“Neocons (code-Jews) are dying off…”
Now wouldn’t THAT make the Ron Paul neo-Liberal R3volution and the other Liberals on the left as happy as a bunch of Hitler wanna’bes chanting outside of a Jew crammed gas chamber…
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:11pmwhy must you Nazis bring up the jews against arent’t you happy going after Muslims and Gays now?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:27pmCome on INDIV you Muslame lover… get with the “new” Libertarian/ Ron Paul R3volution terminology and program. “Neo-cons” are Jews, or those that supposedly war for the Jews/ Israel. It comes right after “blow back” in the handbook…. sheesh.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:37pm@MFHorn3
Back to your original statement. I understand where you are coming from but there is one problem with that strategy…..Half the population doesn’t pay taxes anymore
A better solution is to be a party of ideas and freedom. Ooops
Report Post »AmericanFightingMan1
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:51pmNewsflash: Libs don’t have kids!! Hooray!! We conservatives do. I have. The weak die out. Oh well.
Newsflash: A lot of hispanics are conservative! Faith, family, hard work. They will push aside the old leftists. Hispanics are like the Irish; once D, transition to conservative (and more R). Fact baby. Us conservative white folks like people who emphasize faith, family, hard work.
Our country looks lib/bolshevik/progressive because the dope-dyed hippies are at their zenith in terms of political power. They will die out soon. Thank goodness. They have been a blight on this nation for decades. The groups that are growing come from families who have children. Demographically, the future is bright. The lib media people have it completely backwards.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:10pmJames Carville was trumpeting the same thing in 2008..now he‘s telling the Dems to wake up or they’ll lose the 2012 election.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:12pm“get with the “new” Libertarian/ Ron Paul R3volution terminology and program. “Neo-cons” are Jews, or those that supposedly war for the Jews/ Israel. It comes right after “blow back” in the handbook…”
As this is coming from a person who considers libertarian, libertine, and liberal all the same thing, I don’t think you quite have a handle on definitions.
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:26pmYes And Americans of Hispanic heritage are learning that they have FAR more in common with conservatives than liberals. I work in South Texas with about 50 good, hard working, Christian based, family men of Mexican decent and guess what? They see what’s going on and are NOT voting for Obama. They are conservative by their very nature and spreading the word. They know what is going on in Mexico and the U.S. and will vote their common sense. Can anyone say BACKFIRE?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:30pmLOCKED. IMO I think I have a very good handle on it. I Think all three of those descriptions pretty much cover a group who pretty much themselves can’t agree on much (Libertarians). As far as I’m concerned as a Conservative… I see all three of those descriptions of mine applying rather well to Libertarians as a whole. You can even sprinkle a wee bit ‘o Conservatism in there fiscally speaking. But hey, that’s just my opinion right?
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:42pmI work with about 50 hard working, Christian raised, family oriented, American men of Mexican decent. Guess what? Not one is voting for Obama! And they are spreading the word about the New Socialist Party and want no part of third world ideology. They know it all too well! We must embrace this wave of converts to our ranks! Republicans dying off? I think not. Liberals die in the womb or are never conceived because two hens can’t make a chicken.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:43pmBtw LOCKED. If you have a different definition of “neo-cons” DO share. It wouldn’t happen to be the John Kerry version would it?
Report Post »socialism.rocks
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:53pmwrong young workers have been screwed by republicans for the last thirty years..
Report Post »i dont know anyone under 35 who is a conservate except people who are racist or is a red-stater under-educated and just dont understand the facts……..
keep telling young people to get jobs -while there is not enough jobs…call them loser parasites
republicans are done in… 30 years of economic creative destruction…..
the end of conservatism is near……
sooner then you think….cause now republicans are turning on their voting base “seniors”
cut medicaid cut social security..while demanding more tax cuts for the rich
thats right fix the budget on your voting base republicans are not bright…
there is nothing republicans can do to re-gain what they’ve lost
SgtB
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:00pmThe GOP should die because it is a disease infested beast that continues to grow our government out of proportion just like the Democrat party does. I hope it falls and is replaced swiftly by a true Libertarian party.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:01pmYou can tell the party is getting older by looking at the last two candidates. Older people tend to be very very moderate (probably because they are so dependent on government) .
For instance, they wanted mild-mannered McCain despite his internationalist/global warming/free speech hating/economic illiteracy. Romney sealed the old vote earlier this year when he criticized Rick Perry for calling social security a ponzi scheme.
You would think that picking terrible leaders for 20 years would be enough to let them loosen the reigns but no, people like Cain, Bachmann, Perry have nothing to offer old people
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:30pmTime-to-end is a war-mongering, deficit-loving, big-government, liberal, babyboomer who feels us hardcore, genXer conservatives breathing down the back of his neck and he know when we say “balanced budgets’ and “civil liberties” we actualy mean it.
Hang on, Pops. The GOP is about to make a sharp turn to the right and I wouldn’t want you to fall out.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:05pmLmao @ MONKEYS. You sure do have the parcticed schtick down! This old guy, and many more like me, were making our bones and doing something for this country long before most of you spineless liberal-lites were a glimmer in someone’s eyes. Your continual whining and protest voting for the likes of Ron Paul, and Gary Johnson et al along with other fringe nimrods isn’t accomplishing a damn thing for this country.
Breathing down my neck? I don’t feel any draft at all. But I made it that way for myself, my family and my children’s family… and never whined a bit and blamed others for any bumps that may have been in the road and along the way.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:11pmNEOCON= Boehner, McCain and every other RINO that votes away American’s rights and spends money like the Democrats. Pretty simple, eh? Hint: Almost all of the sitting republicans in congress and the senate are neocon RINO’s and traitors.
Report Post »DownWithDems
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:14pmJust yesterday it was announced that CNN had a major loss of viewers.
It is no wonder why ! They deserve to lose even more viewers.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:58pmHIDDEN. No soup for you! “Neo-con” is the all too cute reference with a slight (okay, more than slight) tinge of anti-Semitism as an anchor for the neo-lib philosophy ya’ll like to ramble on about. It is a euphemism for “Jew.”
This comes in part because those who identified themselves with the term early-on, conservative intellectuals like Norman Podhoretz, Irving Kristol and son Bill Kristol, were or are themselves Jewish. This was discussed at length back in 2003 by Georgetown Government Professor Robert Lieber. Lieber described the accusation that, in essence, “the Jews” — aka the “neocons” (or “the Israel Lobby”)… are running American foreign policy as “pure myth.”
There’s no need to expand on the obvious. But you go with YOUR interpretation okay?
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:54pmMost Neo Conservatives are Evangelical Christians not jews, Jews are more so called liberal than so called conservative, just cause a few jews are doesn’t mean they all are, now stop bringing jews into this.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:40pmBy trying to hold onto power. from the county to the national level, the leadership of the Republican Party has sealed their faith. They are yesterdays people. The movement is unstoppable now.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:52pmLOL. Bizzaro Time2
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:53pm@Time-to-End
The only thing your generation did for this nation was get us addicted to drugs, debt, and, the proggressivism of your grandparents generation, while us genXers are more like OUR grandparents, the greatest generation. We are NOT going to be silenced…and I don‘t know what your issue is about Jews but I’m Catholic and while I “heart” Israel as much as anyone, I’m not going to sell my kids into debt slavery to China for them or anyone else.
Since you apparently aren‘t paying attention and only getting your news from the Blaze who doesn’t report such things, Paul has taken a MAJORITY of DELEGATES now in twelve states because consevative are utterly SICK over the idea that we, the GOP, are getting ready to nominate Romney, a guy more fiscally liberal than CLINTON to be president!!!!!!!!
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:11pm@3monkeysmomma
I never thought about that. It does seem liberty skips a generation. The generation before the ‘great generation’ also had little respect for constitution and freedom.
A lot of things skip generations like religion, the method of raising kids, and lifestyles. Seems like people take for granted what they have and the younger generation chooses a different path. path…Now if only the older republican establishment would give us the time of day
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:20pmLMAO Time2… She called you pops! I’m afraid that one might stick.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:33amTime_2, You should change your name, really. You are not good at your job. Paul is going to win the nomination on the first round in Tampa. Does that just not make your blood boil? Paul supporters are the base of a movement that is dedicated, loyal and excited. We are taking over the GOP little by little, to a point where they are attempting a shadw party. We have been playing by the rules and the GOP establishment has broken the rules many times. What do you have to say to that? The GOP screams when the Democrats do election fraud, but at least the Dems are doing it against the opposition. The Republicans are doing it to themselves. Shameful. But we have the law on our side and we will see what happens in Tampa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkNO90HPaw0&feature=youtu.be
We have held back for some time. I have hinted at this for quite some time but have been ridiculed.
Report Post »Ron Paul 2012!
West Coast Patriot
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:47amTo All Ron Paul Supporters. Ron Paul will be our next POTUS. 42 USC § 1971 – Voting rights states:
(b) Intimidation, threats, or coercion
No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate.
There are strict penalties for those who attempt these acts, which I believe has been done in at least one case, maybe more. Heads are going to role before this is over.
There are already enough Paul supporters as delegates and that are poised to become delegates. Romney delegates? At least 1/3 Paul supporters. By the time we get to Tampa, Paul will have at least 1150 delegates standing there waiting to cast their first vote for Paul.
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:27amTIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12, LOL, like the new avatar, the Flaming @$$hole! Good going.
Report Post »As for the topic of this tired old story, I‘ve heard it over and over since Nixon’s first administration. Yet, the conservatives keep coming back.
Mil-Dot
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:54amI agree with SGTB. I cannot support the Repubs. This year, I will vote for Romney to get Obama out of there and then vote a straight Libertarian or Tea Party ticket after that. I cannot support the Goppers any more. They are just like the Dem progs. Very little difference. They have the same NWO overlords.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:38amUnfortunately Demographics don’t lie. There‘s a lot of truth to the reporter’s statement and the leaders behind the scenes know it.
I’d recommend Pat Buchannan’s Death of a Superpower.. I don‘t really understand how we ever reached the point in white America that we became so naive to believe that race didn’t matter… I do actually. It’s called propaganda and we are awash with it.
People Demographics do matter. People and cultures are different and you’d better come to understand that very fast if you have any hope or love for your children and grandchildren.. Our filthy wicked perverted repulsive Apartheid leaders in America are leading your descendents down a road to Genocide… Mock laugh call me all the ugly names you like but you better wake the hell up and get off the FOX news, Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh, Oreilly, etc. Kool-Aid.
Again Demographics matter and they matter above all things! The people calling the shots today know that and they’ve always known that. Don’t be their guinea pigs!
Report Post »mrsuperpat
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:03amTIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12 is a liberal but just doesn’t know it. He contradicts himself with his misguided hatred towards the only Real Conservative that was ever in the race. Instead he will proudly cast his vote for a proven liberal because he has a “R” behind his name. Face it most blue haired republicans continuously support liberal republicans that enact the same policies as the leftist democrats. Ron Paul has already won even if he doesn’t get the nomination because his supporters are taking over the republican party leadership. Eventually we will retire the blue hairs so they can be spoon fed apple sauce and Fox news.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:37pmDEAR CNN…. YOU LOST TO THIS AGING GROUP THAT IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR IN 2010… AND YOUR GOING TO LOSE AGAIN IN 2012… SO WHAT IS THAT ABOUT A PARTY GETTING WEAKER,…. SHOULDENT YOU BE FOCUSED ON THE SLIP IN YOUR RATINGS AND NOT THE LIES AND BIGGOTRIES YOU WANT TO PUSH ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL ENEMIES, TO HELP YOUR STUPID VIEWERS THINK THAT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE OLD AND DONT UNDERSTAND THE NEW WORLD….. CNN YOU IDIOTS ARE DIVING AWAY ANYONE WITH A MIND…. NO WONDER YOU CANNOT GET MORE THAN 400K VIEWERS FOR ANY SHOW OF YOURS AT ANY TIME…. GLENN BECK HAS MORE SUBSCRIBERS THAN YOU HAVE VIEWERS…. YOUR NETWORK IS BEING DIGESTED BY THE LIES YOU PROMOTe
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:40pmRemember that when all those aging GOPers die off, they will be taking America with them forever. With those people, what was America: its laws, culture, language, values, technology, inventiveness, etc. ends. In the not so far future when all the GOPers die off, America will become a place people will want to escape from.
Report Post »Maggie the Cat
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:17amSo true,happened to me!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 9:33amteamarcheson: So true. It’s actually already happening. America has become a Zoo.
Report Post »nappy
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:19pmCNN is dying. They made a public statement about getting more ‘provocative’. These imports they hire, like Zakaria, are so out of touch with reality it is funny anymore. What are they going to do when minorities start seeing that Conservative ideals are worth considering? CNN won’t be around but Conservative strength, no matter what the race, will always exist. Racism like of the type that CNN promotes doesn’t start and end with whites. As if , once white people are a minority, the world will be so peaceful and wonderful. We need look no further than Africa, China and just about every other country where societies are racially homogenous to see what a friggin dream that is.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:50pmCNN is needing a ventilator
Report Post »It’s grasping for AIR
Kussmaul breathing abounds
Percy Morgan/Fareeko and CooperRainbowAnderson
NO ACCOUNTABILTY
No ONE is listening
Teddy Turner has 4 girlfriends and drives a prius
He misses HanoiJaneFondo
Dang I might write a book about this dimocrap
I raised 4 children
They are all “millenials”
They are all CONSERVATIVES
GOP DEAD?
RedDirtTexas said it best.
OMG 2012
VanceUppercut
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:45pm@nappy
Have you actually watched Fareed Zakaria’s show? I think it‘s one of the smartest and most essential show’s on today. Even though I know the official Conservative line is that “CNN is a commie, socialist, pinko, Marxist blah blah bah”, Zakaria has never backed off from telling BOTH sides when they’re wrong.
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:19pmWho will pay the bills? There is only so much that can be done by printing more money and eqallizing.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:18pmsoon the republican party will be the ronpublican party.
Report Post »hkyplayer
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:41pmI think your right the republican party is heading closer towards more freedom and responsibility.
Soon the Democrat party will be the welfare nanny state with little family values or morals.
Republican party will be alive but believe in self reliance. I think the hispanics will start heading over to the republican party more and more also.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:49pmImpressive delusions of grandeur. Keep in mind, with what you just said, you just put out noise that makes you indistinguishable from Marxists: you announced an intention to hijack another party instead of standing on your own merits. That manner of conduct worries me, and I daresay worries a lot more on the R side of the equation.
One question: If the Libertarian cause is so great, why are there no local or state representatives of the Libertarian cause? Why are none of the states listed as Libertarian instead of D or R enclaves? Or is this deliberate strategy to attempt for only the top position (President)?
For the record, I hold nothing against Libertarians. Since I am not part of that group, I am trying to understand the operational strategies of the party.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:51pmThe reason no local or State representatives run as Libertarians is because no State wants to become as useless as Amsterdam and be left with nothing but a bunch of drug hazed non producers. California is coming pretty close now that everyone with a couple bucks and a brain has moved to Texas.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:08pmits not hijacking its replacing a dying force.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:18pmGary Johnson was Governor and there are many libertarians some in the democrat and some in the republican party at local and state levels and there growing but many of them are in the two parties because the Illuminati fund them. if you know their positions you can identify them. but the neo cons are losing influence because people are suffering and when the system collapses the people should run to the libertarian ideology, because we don‘t want 1930’s germany or 1917 russia to happen. But were taking over state parties and taking delegates and the fake rigged votes by the neo cons don’t show it of course. but we are taking over positions of the party all over the country and we will be the standing alternative when the collapse happens.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:19pmLucky for us the Paulbots represent a very SMALL minority of America. Keep dreaming, or should I say Smoke another joint?
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:34pmrig the votes all you want neo cons, the majority will throw you out soon enough.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:48pm@Individualism
“soon the republican party will be the ronpublican party.”
LOL that was a good one. And the elected officials within the ronpublican party will be called PAULiticians.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:36pm@SOYBOMB315
Hahahaha! Good one.
@INDIVIDUALISM
Good point. The young can see through crony capitalism on both sides. They do not want to be forced to do anything, and libertarianism has a strong appeal on college campuses.
The Tea Party is slowly (rapidly?) taking over the GOP.
I would caution about being frustrated that the change isn’t abrupt enough. You may not like Romney, but there is no way to end government assistance, the Fed, the EPA, the UN, etc. overnight. Romney will prove to be a nice bridge to the land of freedom.
You have to start somewhere, and this may be our last chance.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:40pmAmen. Ron Paul has reminded us who we were SUPPOSED to be.
Report Post »Ch
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:17pmCNN lives in it’s on Radical Leftist world.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:16pmIf Republicans are dying off and supposedly replaced by young liberals, why are the ratings of CNN so low? How does Fox News blow them all away? How can GBTV, an internet channel compete with cable news outlets if there are no republicans left except for those about to die? The ratings tell the tale.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:22amThink about it. Young liberals aren’t sitting around every night watching prime time news, and many younger folks have grown wary of the BS spewed by all the media and trending towards getting their news from the internet. Also aren’t those ratings you site just opinion shows rather than hard news anyway? Personally I think the news media has sold it soul and spreads more lies than the truth. This is just a guess, but those who don’t believe this to be true are the remnants this article was talking about.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:04amACHAMELEON, Perfect comment , Kudos to you. Thanks.
Report Post »tonydanibradbury
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:16pmUh huh. And the Tea Party’s dead too, isn’t it?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:26pmNovember — they get an “education”
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:39pmI think most folks are not going to believe what’s going to happen in November. What people say and what they do in that booth alone with their thoughts are different things.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:22pmoh yes and don’t fprget Fox News viewers are the most uninformed news watchers…I think you would have to have the mentality of a three year old to watch CNN…Cooper had a woman on the other night explaining why some pastor down south said he hates homosexuals…really could CNN have gotten a more “stupid” southern white woman…think not.
Report Post »KStret
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:15pmHalimah Abdullah, “Even though I don’t like republicans,I am going to give them some advise about how to save the republican party. Are you ready? OK…here it goes…… Republicans you need to embrace all the political views of the democrats or your party will become extinct…… really…….I ‘m serious…hey….. why are you walking away?”
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:14pmOld white republican evangelicals make up almost all of the Neo Conservative part of the party and eventually they will die off but a new Republican Party will form when the Libertarian youth takes over like the Paul supporters are in the process of doing. than after that, young voters will leave and come to this party when we get it back to its old self by getting rid of the neo cons.
barstooltestpilot
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:33pmActually we are Anglo-Celtic “Red State” individualist and registered as independent.
Report Post »CNN can not see past their own bias.
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:48pmYou already have a party. It’s called the party of dope, porn and prostitution- The Libertarian Party.
Conservatives should kick the “newest” incarnation of the Libertarian movement along with the Ron Paul R3volution to the curb as neither have the Conservative values, tradition or moral standing to move this county forward.
While fiscal Conservatism is of the utmost importance…there‘s more to being a Conservative than fiscal responsibility and these carpet bag’grs have not and will never get it. Libertarians are the disease what infects Conservatism, not the other way around.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:06pmright because we don’t want religious rednecks telling us how to live our lives.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:17pmUnfortunately Libertarians think Freedom means the ability to do anything they want with no repercussions to their behavior, non-involvement with oppression in other countries even though it does affect the national security of the U.S., and endangering the safety of fellow citizens by their own illegal behavior. It’s no wonder under 20% of over 300 million people identify with Ron Paul.
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:33pmWhat IS a “redneck” INDIV? I was born and lived most of my life (when not doing my duty for God and Country) in New York. I’m a resident of Florida now where I can “stand my ground”. You? Some Libertarian enclave in New Hamphsire? A libertarian floating Island? The Gulch? Lmao.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:34pmWell I dont know about the official libertarian party but in general, people like us think that GOVERNMENT shouldn’t be able to do anything it wants (you have it backwards). We have a constitution that gives the federal government enumerated powers. For all other matters, the role of government, society, and the individual should be determined at the state and local level. Period, end of discussion.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:42pmother countries have nothing to do with America’s national security, secure the stupid borders and be done with it and the only attacks that get through now a false flag attacks carried out by gov;t. its funny how you folks go after Russia and Iran for rigged elections when we have them to the same extent here, hypocrite much.
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:50pmSOY. We are not 50 little countries… “WE” are the United States of America post 21st Century, not the colonies, not some territories, not a sprinkling of states, not the north vs the south… we are part of a “team” that has to grapple with nation-wide issues as a whole.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:01pmso i guess you have no problem living in CA, MA, or NY? hmmmm?
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:19pmSOY. I’m from New York (I’m sure you can guess why I moved). Conservatives need to push the Liberal agenda out of states like “CA, MA and NY” and take it ALL back… “WE” should not have to scurry all over the country LOOKING for a STATE that holds true to Conservative values, morals, traditions and standards. Libertarians should go to their Libertarian Islands if they are not happy here (or hole up in those enclaves)…
WE Conservatives will attempt to do the heavy lifting as always.
This will take a very, very long time… maybe 100 years. It didn’t happen in a flash, and it can’t be remedied in a Ron Paul ideological flash.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:44pmSo you are a beneficiary from our historically de-centralized government since you were able to find a state more to your liking. You go ahead with your ‘100-year plan’…I’ll go with the constitution, the same constitution that you just thrashed in your previous post
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:11pmSOY. “Thrashed the Constitution?” C’mon SOY… that’s so hard core of a response! Now you gone and done it… you threw the Constitution at me! Lol. That’s like someone from the left calling me a racist thinking THAT alone is way to end the conversation when you have nothing else.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:56pmYour comments trampled on the 9th and 10th ammendments. I dont know how else to call it.
I guess when you are guilty of treason the best defense is to plead ignorance….
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:31pmSOY. Sorry, took me awhile to get back… dinner and other obligations. Okay, where were we? Oh, that’s right you were calling me gulty of treason AND ignorant. Heck, I didn’t say Ron Paul was guilty of treason… but I DID say he came close. No benefit of the doubt here? Lol
Okay SOY, What I do know is that I have God given rights which (with my consent) grant power to the states, then to federal government… not the from the federal government down to the states. I get it and also get what you are driving at…
But I‘m also a believer that the individual States can’t have total carte blanche either just like the fed shouldn’t be able to run roughshod over the States. There has to be balance. With well rounded Conservatism I believe that balance CAN be achieved without overreach and over regulation. We also as a nation need a more unified moral compass.
Report Post »Laken
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:14pmThey WISH!!!! LOL…cnn has the lowest ratings that they have had in 20 years. Can’t wait until Nov…Let The Games Begin…
Report Post »Laken
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:20pmThe News Leader?? I Don’t Think So…
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/22/cnn-hits-15-year-low-in-weekday-primetime-viewership/135390/
Report Post »Laken
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:21pmhttp://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2012/05/23/cnn-prime-time-ratings-hit-a-20-year-low/?cxntfid=blogs_radio_tv_talk
Report Post »PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:14pmOh, yes! The DEMOCRATIC party who wants socialism. Where’s the democracy in a 1 party system?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:12pmIf the Republicans die off, then whose to stop the Dems from aborting themselves into oblivion?
Report Post »PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:15pmCradle to Grave gov’t care will stop them….they can abort as many as they want and have as many as
Report Post »they want…Gov’t is PAYING! -Either Way!
PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:18pmThe real question is who is going to supply the income for all the pay-outs and pay-offs?
Report Post »A gov‘t doesn’t run on no money, and according to them, it’s the Republicans who make it all.
kaydeebeau
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:20pmHere is something else for CNN to consider….when I was young, I was a liberal. As I got older, gained more real life experience and started to see the effects of liberlism, I became a conservative. It generally takes life experience to add realism to those utopian ideals of the young
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:21pmWhom… stops the Lemmings from running off a Cliff… or Chickens dying in a pile of their bodies?
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:52pmboth support abortion because they have voted for bills that support planned parent hood and other abortion programs.
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:01pmINDIV. You better do some research on what Ron Paul’s ideas have in store for babies. Can you say DEAD babies at the state level??
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:56pmthan don‘t vote for murderers but women also have the right to do as they wish with their bodies but don’t make taxpayers pay for it.
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:30pmINDIV. You’re all over the place. You and Ron Paul are not a good spokesperson for Ron Paul. You and Ron Paul should regroup and start over again with a new and improved Ron Paul so you can help Ron Paul help himself. Lol. I figured if I wrote all confused like… you might understand what I’m writing about…
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:03pmits not about Ron Paul, its about revolution and going back to our constitution and freedom.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:09pmwhere will you dem-wits send the bill???…three generations of finely tuned “Red Brigade ” indoctrination grads have you $17 Trillion in debt…perhaps it will be wise to instruct these “crap full of lazy” useless idiots on the finer points of serfdom and hope like hell you win the Peoples Republic of Chinas lotto…dam glad I’m old..whats ahead for these mindless morons is absolute poverty…
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:55pmThe Liberal (with other peoples’ money) idiots do not realize that we CONSERVE-atives are trying to STOP the hemorrhaging of money because THEY are the ones who will be stuck paying the bill loooooong after all of us old conservatives are dead. Unfortunately, we won’t be around to say “I told you so”.
Report Post »ricckky
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:08pmThey wish–No wonder CNN has lost so much audience–They are out of touch and there lies are becoming more and more transparent!!! If anyone will have a demise it will be CNN. These people need to get a grip on reality. As Newt once stated “ The left can lie better than the right can tell the the truth” Thank God that is changing. Their lies are so bold face that they have made a laughing stock of themselves!!!
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:08pm…
Report Post »White Republicans are dying off?
We can fix this problem.
REPRODUCE!!!
Young White Republicans, start having more babies.
chips1
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:47pmIf you have any questions, call 1-800-OCTOMOM.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:33pmTough to reproduce in your 50′s.the Republic party is not dying but the neo contact side aging rapidly. The party name will be the same in 30 years but it will have a libertarian edge. Wish I were younger to see it.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:07pmYea but when they send their ‘republican babies’ off to government schools, they will come out indoctrinated and stupid. Only one candidate has the guts to eliminate the Department of Education
Report Post »KStret
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:07pmHalimah Abdullah, “Even though I don’t like republicans,I am going to give them some advise about how to save the republican party. Are you ready? OK…here it goes…… Republicans you need to embrace all the political views of the democrats or your party will become extinct…… really…….I ‘m serious…hey….. why are you walking away?……”
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:21pmThe 2010 election shows proof quite the contrary. Ask nancy pelosi how the Republicans are going away.
Report Post »KStret
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:16pmAChameleon,
Report Post »Liberals attempted to use the same argument in 06 and 08 and then were obliterated in 2010. They are correct that the republican party needs to change. However, they are incorrect that that the republican party needs to go even more to the left. The reason republicans lost in 06-08 was because of progressive republicans and their policies.
Evomr
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:07pmNo wonder look at the author of the article: Halimah Abdullah
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:29pmLiberals can’t use a tried and true method: consider the source. They have to come up with something new and progressive they can slap their name on. Even if it takes a couple of years to prove it doesn’t work, we still have to try it. I’ll go with what works. I’ll consider the source and his agenda.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:05pmI guess… there is a HOPE… the Freedom Loving People will just Die Off!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:22pmSo… CHANGE… is…
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:05pmCNN wishes
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:05pm“The greater assumption taken in this article is that as older GOP supporters die off and minority numbers rise, those minorities will never vote Republican. That assumption is plainly wrong. In 2004 almost half the Latino population voted for George W. Bush, which could be explained by their strong religious numbers.”
I was going to say the same thing. Hispanics are largely conservative socially. Fiscally, not so much (but again, this is just in general). I anticipate that as immigrants have children, those children will likely be conservative voters because the immigration issue won’t be front and center. Granted, I do agree that the GOP needs to clean up its image with Hispanics; look at all the anger we hear from those who hate even the mention of a language other than English.
“Additionally, blacks are largely considered a socially conservative group, which has been seen in the past and has popped up again with Obama’s new support for gay marriage.”
Same with my comments about Hispanics, but even less financially liberal. I don’t see this changing much.
“And consider this: there are two Latinos serving in the United States Senate, one is a Democrat and one is a Republican. The latter is on the short list of vice-presidential contenders.”
Kind of a silly fact. You can just as easily point to House representation, where there are seven GOP Hispanics and 18 Democrats. That data invalidates the point the author is making.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:04pm“CNN Article: Republican Voters are ‘White, Aging and Dying Off,’ And the Party Could Too.”
ME: Democrat Voters are ‘Black, Young, on Welfare, and murdering their unborn children,’ And the party could disappear as a result.
Report Post »Azurite
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:03pmInteresting political comment from Dick Morris today
that the media wants everyone to think there are only a handful of states that matter
to ‘swing’ the election and that certain states will automatically go one way or the other
which is a way for the media to keep people from voting,
and to keep Romney campaigning only in certain pre-selected swing states,
and to suppress voter turnout which Morris says is all wrong
because obama has less money coming in
and he wants the election to pivot around a small handful of states
so he can keep Romney limited in his appeal.
Morris says that its best to campaign everywhere
Report Post »so that obama (with less money) will be spread thin
and also so that more congress members can be elected to the senate
which is essential to repeal obama’s nonsense.
teamarcheson
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:07pmThat will not matter this November.
Obama will get his walking papers and then get arrested for High Treason. Obama will be whisked off to GITMO for his Court Marshall and disposition for High Treason just like the atomic spies Rosenbergs.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:01pmThey are going to be very surprised in Nov., unless the unions succeed with corrupting the ballet count, which wouldn’t surprise me. I am seeing so many polls that just don’t agree with what is really happening in America. Obama had three states vote 40%+ against him in Dem primary. How can that be with the polls still having him up around 46-48% approval. Doesn’t make sense. I do not believe these polls. And certainly don’t believe one word CNN reports or says.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:08pm@NHWinter
“I am seeing so many polls that just don’t agree with what is really happening in America. Obama had three states vote 40%+ against him in Dem primary. How can that be with the polls still having him up around 46-48% approval.”
Two possibilities come to mind:
1. First, those three states either had open primaries or semi-open primaries (where you can switch your party for the primary, then switch back for the election). I’m sure there are certainly people upset with Obama (because not all Democrats are stupid), but I also have no doubt that a lot of people voted just to mess with the primary results.
2. Polls can be biased, and even when they aren’t they still have a margin of error. It’s not odd to see the numbers as a little “off.”
I agree that the election is close.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:20pm“polls are for strippers and cross country skiers” Sarah Palin
Report Post »Xpressed
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:10amThe fix is in with the Spanish company with ties to Soros counting our votes for POTUS. People here in the U.S. might be doing one thing while the votes coming back will say another. Don‘t be suprised if you can’t find a person who voted for Obama for real this time but he still wins the election. Maybe I‘m crazy and I hope I’m wrong here but I don’t trust whats going on.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:00pmWe will outlive CNN and the obama propaganda machine. Their time is running out and the clock is ticking loudly.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:10pmLOL .. they have forgotten that we raise RESPONSIBLE kids .. who are working and paying taxes and are Republican also! They may not have the time like the deadbeat dem kids to protest .. but they DO VOTE!
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:00pmCute – I guess it’s unfortunate for democrats and their propaganda outlets, such as CNN, that this is simply not true.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:19amDNC problem: ‘Their deadbeat voting base is running out of other peoples money’
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