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Does the right (generally speaking) care for the minority?

Does the right care enough for minorities and their rights?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 23.7%

  • No

    Votes: 19 50.0%

  • other

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • I'm getting sick of BCR.

    Votes: 6 15.8%
  • Total voters
    38
"The right" is far too generalized a statement to vote "yes" or "no" on.

And "care for the minority" is also quite generalized...not to mention biased (at least IMO).

"Care for the minority" would seem to imply that they need to be cared about, seperate and apart from the whole.

This, I cannot agree with.

As a PART of the whole, sure.

I voted "other".
 
The Mark said:
If we're speaking in terms of getting their votes - I think many if not most Republicans probably realize that the majority of minorities are going to vote Democrat no matter what (as past elections indicate), and thus don't consider it worthwhile to spend campaign funds on something unlikely to give much return.
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The Republicans best bet is to push the fear issue harder. Make the world wide terrorist threat more dangerous than it actually is, and paint Obama as a pacifist who isn't doing enough to protect us from al qaeda.

ricksfolly
 
ricksfolly said:
The Republicans best bet is to push the fear issue harder. Make the world wide terrorist threat more dangerous than it actually is, and paint Obama as a pacifist who isn't doing enough to protect us from al qaeda.

ricksfolly
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Funny you would say that.
This is one area where I think Obama is not a TOTAL failure.
I'm sure Dems would like it if we went after him on the terrorist issue instead of jobs, and his job killing policies for example. I'm hoping the Rep. don't get distracted from that.
 
ricksfolly said:
80 percent of the people should really vote Democrat because it's the peoples party, but unfortunately they are also susceptible to fast talking Republicans, and their media aiders and abettors, who over exaggerate benign situations into major threats.

ricksfolly
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Wow - not making assumptions and lumping us together now are you? I vote republican occassionally when I feel it is right. Sometimes a democrat will run on a few points that I could personally benefit from, being a middle-class citizen (i.e. the 'people' of the 'people's party'). But simply because I could benefit from them doesn't mean that they are philosophically the 'right' thing to do. I would prefer to sometimes work harder if the only other alternative is taking money from somebody else who has done nothing wrong but work harder than I have so far and therefore makes more money. I know this isn't the case for all people who make more money than I, but if it's the case for even one person, I will be against the legislation.
 
BCR said:
I was asking if they care enough though? I realize they care for minorities but not enough to get their votes.
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There's a difference between kissing ass, lying for votes, fishing for support - heck - buying support . . . and people choosing to support you.

I don't want any politician to try to buy my view like McCain did with tossing Palin into the frey on the hopes that I'd vote for her and support her because she's "like me"

I have little respect for people who are 'won over' by various campaign tactics - such as those who suddenly supported Clinton after he tooted his horn on Arsenio Hall.

I feel that most people don't approach politics and their candidate-support seriously enough. . . so if someone's vote needs to be 'bought' then they should probably just stay home.
 
I voted NO.
Politicians of whatever hue have no feelings towards those they are elected to serve.
To a Politician you are merely a vote.
 
fredmertz said:
Wow - not making assumptions and lumping us together now are you? I vote republican occassionally when I feel it is right. Sometimes a democrat will run on a few points that I could personally benefit from, being a middle-class citizen (i.e. the 'people' of the 'people's party'). But simply because I could benefit from them doesn't mean that they are philosophically the 'right' thing to do. I would prefer to sometimes work harder if the only other alternative is taking money from somebody else who has done nothing wrong but work harder than I have so far and therefore makes more money. I know this isn't the case for all people who make more money than I, but if it's the case for even one person, I will be against the legislation.
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Great post, however you better watch out. I was called an idiot when I said I would vote against my own best interest if it was in the best interest of the country.
 
Barbbtx said:
Great post, however you better watch out. I was called an idiot when I said I would vote against my own best interest if it was in the best interest of the country.
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Same here.

In fact - someone's specific words were that I was a "morally ill conservative" :rofl
But in the same week someone else called me a 'jacked up liberal'

*sigh* :( No one loves me. I belong no where.

My Dad is an example of someone who votes against his best interest - or beliefs - for the sake of the country as a whole (in his view it's for the better) - he's a Democrat-minister but he's against Gay marriage/gay rights and abortion . . among other things that are of the Republican Ilk. . . . in fact - when I found out he was a registered Democrat and voted Democrat often I was thoroughly shocked.
 
jujuman13 said:
I voted NO.
Politicians of whatever hue have no feelings towards those they are elected to serve.
To a Politician you are merely a vote.
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What does this thread have to do with politicians?
 
The right cares for a most important and often oppressed minority

NET TAX PAYERS
 
TurtleDude said:
The right cares for a most important and often oppressed minority

NET TAX PAYERS
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I want a party that will look out for us syntax payers, we keep the English language afloat while the illiterate get a free ride off of our backs.
 
The "right" ,IMO, does not care for the minority, it is NOT where the money is.
The "left" does, or they seem to.
We need a political party that "cares for" the majority, the American working man.
Is this where the "tea party" comes in??
 
I want the party that wishes to give far more power to the poor than the wealthy.
 
Yes, of course. Only the right is defeding the righth of everyone to own property and to keep what they've earned away from the greedy grasp of the left.

The right cares that the rights of the unborn are ignored by the left, who sees them as mere objects to be used as political pawns.

The right cares about the defense of this nation, without which the whole issue of rights in the United States becomes a historical debate, not a matter for current events.

If someone doesn't care to defend the country that defends the rights of the minority to live their own lives free of the master's whip, then they really can't honestly claim to support any rights at all.
 
earthworm said:
The "right" ,IMO, does not care for the minority, it is NOT where the money is.
The "left" does, or they seem to.
We need a political party that "cares for" the majority, the American working man.
Is this where the "tea party" comes in??
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Yeah, that's why the Left makes it's annual pilgrimmage to Hollyweird for money. Everyone knows even the winos in Beverly Hills are millionaires.
 
earthworm said:
The "right" ,IMO, does not care for the minority, it is NOT where the money is.
The "left" does, or they seem to.
We need a political party that "cares for" the majority, the American working man.
Is this where the "tea party" comes in??
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The Tea Party is for less government spending and lower taxes so you keep more of your own money. More individual responsibility for our own lives and money.
 
Barbbtx said:
If 70% are against something the Rep. must side with the 30% because they are the minority. Otherwise, they are not doing enough for minorities. Got it.
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No. Let's go back to civics 101. Is America a straight democracy, Barb? Yes or no?
 
JohnWOlin said:
I want the party that wishes to give far more power to the poor than the wealthy.
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The poor has the power and will only have more in this nanny state environment Obama has created.
The poor can just keep voting in dems because they are promised government hand outs.
The right wants everyone to be successful. Those able to work should be able to find a job. Those unable to work will be cared for by the government. With Obama's anti-business job killing policies, able bodied people have no choice but to live off other people's money.
When that many people are depending on Gov. to take care of them, they have all the power by sheer numbers.
As has been mentioned , most people WILL vote in their own best interest.
I'm an exception... and have been called an idiot because of it.:)
 
I'm not really sure if people are talking about ideological minorities, or actual minorities.

I'm also not really sure why this thread is still going on, but that's a different concern.
 
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