By Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger
Well, much to the chagrin of our Republican brothers and without any obvious help from the train wreckers themselves, their base just shrunk. For the first time in American history, more non-hispanic Caucasians died than were born. This demographic milestone hits the Right at the worst possible time. With the incredible shrinking number of minorities in its ranks (only 13% of Republicans identify themselves as a minority) GOPers could always rest assured of refilling their ranks with scores of Caucasians driven into a frenzy by racial fear mongering or to rage by claims fiscal foolishness or to just about any other emotion … just pick your own right-wing wedge issue. Couple that with the fact that last year over 50% of all babies born were non-Caucasians and that the Republican record with women is well … sad, very sad … and you’ve got a demographic disaster looming for the GOP.
Or do you? Let’s see how are our brothers (and a precious few sisters) across the ideological aisle are dealing with the problem. Why full speed ahead on blocking immigration reform (Sen. Ted Cruz); rushing to impose invasive ultrasounds in heartland places like Wisconsin (Gov. Scott Walker); budget cuts for the poor (Paul Ryan); more votes in the U.S. House on bills to ban all abortion procedures after 20 weeks regardless of rape or incest (Boehner & Cantor). These righties sure know how to woo a woman.
Are there any voices of reason on the deck of this Titanic? Well you’d hope so. The College Republicans, once the recruiting ground of bomb throwers like Newt Gingrich (in 1978 he implored them be “young, nasty people who h[ave] no respect for their elders”), now seems to be the crewman in the crow’s nest transfixed on the looming iceberg even as their older brethren play the same ol’ tune (Nearer My God to Thee was the reputed last song played on the ill-fated luxury liner–strangely appropriate now and then) that got them shut out in the last two presidential battles and lost the youth vote by 5 million votes. According to a new report by the baby Repubs, young people deemed “winnable” for Republicans increasingly are coming to see the GOP a ” closed-minded, racist, rigid, [and]old-fashioned.” (p. 69). Imagine what the “unwinnables” must think! The report also finds the GOP out-of-step with the under 25 crowd in terms of understanding young Americans reliance on social media and non-traditional news sources like Comedy Central’s’ The Daily Show to get news and hence their view of the world. Just as distressing, the Republicans are hopelessly tone-deaf to the attitudes of young voters on issues like abortion, immigration, and negative political advertising. Ignore them at your peril the collegians are screaming, but the Right just keeps chugging father right. Onward Christian soldiers!
You have to wonder how any political party can survive with shrinking numbers, unpopular views, and an institutionalized arrogance (that 47% line still resonates) a Roman emperor would envy. Maybe you don’t have wonder for very long. Ask a Whig. Oops there aren’t any.
And as for the Caucasian race in the U.S., it might be time to take a break from the rat race they so proudly created. “We’re jumping the gun on a long, slow decline of our white population, which is going to characterize this century,” William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, told the paper. “It’s a bookend from the last century, when whites helped us grow. Now it’s minorities who are going to make the contributions to our economic and population growth over the next 50 years.”
Was that a chill I just felt blowing over from the country club?
Source: Washington Post
~Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger
Immigration reform, the immigration laws that are on the books now aren’t enforced, so more laws aren’t the solution. Ross Perot said ” as soon as 50% of the voters depend on the government for their income were screwed” . The democrats want to give everyone everything, and crap on the tax payers. The only thing most these politicians care about is themselves. You think Obama’s a leader? This guy’s a follower he doesn’t know how to make a decision, look what he did in Bengasi, Just let’em die I’m going to bed , What a wuss.
Gene H:
MM,
Maybe not, but the Dems for all their considerable faults haven’t been openly hostile to minorities, the middle class and the poor for the last 2-3 decades like the GOP. I personally hope the demographic shift enables more parties with enough critical mass to challenge the corrupt and barely differentiated DNC/GOP lock on power. Mark may have been talking about the GOP when he mentioned getting Whiggy, but at this point both parties could disappear from the political landscape and nothing of value would have been lost.
I don’t really want to play the wet blanket here, but I offer Barack Hussein Obama as Exhibit One for why the Republicans have nothing to fear from non-whites joining and moving up the corrupt ranks of the Democratic Party at the summit of which greasy pole one cannot distinguish them from Republicans. Sort of like the final scenes of Orwell’s Animal Farm where the “Democratic” pigs look just like the Republican “men,” both trying to cheat each other at cards.
Those Southern women do have their wiles and ways. It’s enough to give a grown man the vapors, but that Delta was too high maintenance for me. I decided to court her bookish cousin Sigma. She had that sexy librarian thing going for her, more than the summation of her parts. Which is nice.
(Somebody stop me before I make another math joke.)
Gene H:
Delta gets all the dudes, though. It’s that Southern charm thingie.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mmk22JuWJYY/UYkXaKi8XzI/AAAAAAAABvo/Qp06ElFACs8/s640/delta1.jpg
Darren,
There is an old American Indian saying that applies here.
“The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs.”
Yeah, Mark! You suck!
If by “suck” I mean you “have turned out yet another thoughtful well-written piece that reflects the realty of our times and the challenges and changes upon our society”.
Which is indeed what I mean by “suck” in this instance.
Good show, old bean. If the GOP has a lick of sense, they are sweating about how they’ve played to “their base” for the last twenty years. Demographics is a harsh mistress and delta is her cruel but karmic sister.
What Darren said. Been down that road myself.
Mike, please stop insulting 5th graders. Most of the 5th graders I know have much better critical thinking skills than that.
Marv contributed:
“Garbage article written by a foaming at the mouth Progressive idiot who lacks common sense.”
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Showing once again that no good article will go un-flamed.
Mike S:
I think Marv is an exhibit in the College Republicans Report. I’ll check.
Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku is one of my favorite scientists. He goes straight to the heart of the matter regarding H-1B visas.
and abortion
babyboomers are the biggest poster children for term limits
Garbage article written by a foaming at the mouth Progressive idiot who lacks common sense.
Sure open up immigration. Lets turn the country into a complete cesspool like Mexico. Reagans amnesty brought a ton of gangs and violence to our major cities, lets go ahead and ramp it up and then blame guns for it. Morons. Its amazing how blindly ignorant so many of you are.
Now go ahead and fall to your usual pathetic tactics of playing the race card and call me a kkk person or some wild accusation.
Progressives are destroying America. In 20 years none of you will want to live here anymore, if your even still alive since most of the dumbest progressives are aging hypocrite dinosaur hippys. Well hopefully the dying caucasians come from your end. If not just shut up and retire already.
Marv,
Do you realize that you never refuted a thing Mark wrote? All you did was call him names. The solid inference is that you’ve got nothing in the way of facts to present, merely chidish name calling that would be appropriate for the 5th grade.
RWL:
“Does it really matter who’s in office? Both parties have been doing a great job of running this train (country) off the tracks?”
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Right, of course,but you have to try to fix the party out of power. The guys with the juice always think themselves invulnerable, righteous, and leading the charge of God’s army.
Does it really matter who’s in office? Both parties have been doing a great job of running this train (country) off the tracks?
mostlyright70,
What wagon do you pull?
Mark,
Interesting and hopeful statistics. Perhaps the younger demographic and the growth of the Latino vote will force the oligarchs to pay heed to the needs of those finding this “land of opportunity” becoming bereft of chances to succeed.
Mostly,
I do not understand what you’re saying…
There are many folks that wish to work… Unfortunately, the GOP led the ability to allow american companies move out, shutter factories all while maintaing tax exempt status…. So if this is your point…. You’re right…. To a certain degree… Hail save the emperor…. When the roman army’s denizens come a calling… You’re right the ship needs to be uprighted…. Do you think your party leaders have the energy or strength to do what is morally correct for the American citizens it purports to represent?
Mark,
Excellent post… I was reading today about Langston Hughes…. Apparently, forgotten inspiration for social change the whites thought they could live without…. Now, can they…I think you raise valid nd interesting points….
Jon
We are witnessing the death of the American Republic. For the first time in history there are more in the wagon than pulling it. And the band played on.