Jindal orders barriers built

[Perd Hapley]

Being a conservative member of a minority is not a plus. You of all people should know that, especially after seeing the treatment given Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, and others. Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities aren't really minorities unless they're Democrats.

Me of all people?    Did you think I was ethnic-ish or something?  White dude here.


But what you're saying only holds true amongst the kind of people who would never vote for a Republican/conservative, anyway.  (And I'm not even sure that dynamic is present among those of Jindal's ethnicity.)  A conservative of color would blunt some of the race-baiting that will inevitably be used in 2012.  After all, how dare those Republicans take away the first black president's second term?  Racists! 

[roo_ster]

Me of all people?    Did you think I was ethnic-ish or something?  White dude here.


But what you're saying only holds true amongst the kind of people who would never vote for a Republican/conservative, anyway.  (And I'm not even sure that dynamic is present among those of Jindal's ethnicity.)  A conservative of color would blunt some of the race-baiting that will inevitably be used in 2012.  After all, how dare those Republicans take away the first black president's second term?  Racists! 

Puh-lenty of ethnic Indians form the sub-continent live hereabouts.  They are the sort of folks who would go to school board meetings and pound the table with the rest of their engineer/technically-minded co-workers.

Matter of fact, the last school board election, I voted for a technically-minded Indian guy who was doing just that. Also, proposing very radically increasing the standards and resources devoted to the sharper kids in the school district drawer and boost the math & science curriculum, which has languished as more anchor babies enter the district.  The local anti-religious types used his fundy Christian beliefs as a club to beat him, but they, despite their pathetic claim to Reason, would never have voted for an unapologetic Christian of any stripe.

[Monkeyleg]

Fistful, I'm aware that you're white. When I said "you of all people" I meant you as a Republican should know what the media does to minority conservatives.

I'm just saying that it's going to be a long time before we get another occupant of the White House who isn't a white male. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

[taurusowner]

Fistful, I'm aware that you're white. When I said "you of all people" I meant you as a Republican should know what the media does to minority conservatives.

I'm just saying that it's going to be a long time before we get another occupant of the White House who isn't a white male. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

Who do you see as a GOP candidate in 2012?  The top three that I hear the most talk about are Rand Paul, Sarah Palin and Boby Jindal.  Only one of which is a white male.

[RocketMan]

Who do you see as a GOP candidate in 2012?  The top three that I hear the most talk about are Rand Paul, Sarah Palin and Boby Jindal.  Only one of which is a white male.

None of which have a chance in 2012, in my opinion.  I believe Obama's numbers will have swung around by 2012, and the American people will likely fall for his Utopian promises one more time.
It was clear to see for anyone who looked during the 2008 election cycle, that Obama was a Socialist.  He did very little to hide that fact.  His handlers and the MSM made only a perfunctory effort to hide that information.  And yet Americans voted him into office.  That is very telling about the American electorate.

[Scout26]

None of which have a chance in 2012, in my opinion.  I believe Obama's numbers will have swung around by 2012, and the American people will likely fall for his Utopian promises one more time.
It was clear to see for anyone who looked during the 2008 election cycle, that Obama was a Socialist.  He did very little to hide that fact.  His handlers and the MSM made only a perfunctory effort to hide that information.  And yet Americans voted him into office.  That is very telling about the American electorate.

The bloom is off the rose....  It's one thing to be seduced by the oratory, it's quite another to live under the results.....