It will be interesting to see if they can continue to play the race card both ways - attempting to paint the Democrats as anti-Hispanic because they oppose one specific conservative judicial nominee, yet continuing to chip away at things like Affirmative Action and other attempts to level the playing field while professing their desire to be more inclusive.
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This is why the Repubs play so hard to the Bubba demographic. The subterfuge isn't complex, but for the flag waving crowd the idea that Repubs could nominate a minority for a certain position and still be working against minority interests is a labyrinthine concept of Machiavellian subtlety. Educated people are supposed to know better.
What exactly does the Republican party stand for anyway? Rugged individualism? How do you reconcile that with the Patriot Act? How can you have supposed 'libertarians' and the Religious Right in the same party and have the party aimed at some specific ethical goal? I don't think you can. States rights? How can you reconcile that with the War On Drugs?
I just want to know, from those who identify themselves as conservative, what exactly does that word mean to you? What is the concept behind it that you're defending and how do the Republicans defend that concept?
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