Rush has the new bullshit talking point. Expect to be hearing the word

[AllentownJake]

"Reverse Racism" bandied about by your Right Wing idiots in your life.

It is the dumbest bullshit in the world but the angry white male crowd (I guess I'm an angry white male as well, just angry at the right people), will soon be spouting this out.

Expect Michael Steele, to be saying it as well. The irony of which I won't even try to articulate.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Republicans can say goodbye to the Hispanic vote

The way they're going, the GOP will be just a handful of Freeps and Raptures Readies by midterms.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Adios, you pathetic Homelander losers" - Senors y Senoras

"We choose America, not your freaking fear and hate driven fascist Republicon Homeland."

- Senors y Senoras

[customerserviceguy]

8. They weren't getting much of it anyway

I think they figured this out during the last election. I do a bit of lurking over at freeptardville, and there was speculation that Latino people wouldn't want to vote for a black man, especially after the way that Hillary Clinton's campaign tried to move the Hispanic communities towards her way during primary season. Also, it's clear that John McCain was for immigration reform, some thought this might sway some Spanish-speaking voters his way in the general election.

Well, surprise, none of that came to pass. Since McLame is now a discredited loser even to the GOP (the far right wing of that party never liked him, anyway), they will officially discard the policy of trying to reach out to Latino voters. Besides, they have a different strategy in mind, that has worked for them historically.

I remember the 1960's, when the various civil rights acts were being given the force of law. Rather than trying to court African-American voters, the Rethugs painted "black power" as something for white America to be fearful of. They ran Nixon as the "law and order" candidate, and as the TV was filled with images of both Vietnam and urban unrest, it was the latter that most threatened the comfortable in America.

Expect to see that same theme again. Expect to see the Repukes playing the "Obama's giving everything away to the minorities" card. History does repeat itself.

[northernlights]

14. if they try it, they'll be sorry...or

at least sorrier than they already are.

This is not the 1960s. The "boomer" generation effed up its share, but one thing they do appear to have done is raised a generation that is far less bigoted than their grandparents.

Not to mention that "the minorities" as a whole are on a track to outnumber "the whites." And already do outnumber the bigoted whites, lol.

Play the 60s race card, and the GOP will suffocate in its shrinkwrapping.

[customerserviceguy]

18. I'd share your optimism

except for the fact that there is a GOP-engineered recession going on right now. Even if President Obama succeeds in stopping our downward momentum, it may still take awhile before the jobs market recovers.

In the meantime, "us" versus "them" might just work. All you have to do is reverse about half of the white vote in the states that are not solid blue (I'd consider those that voted for Dukakis in 1988 in that category), and you have a Repuke victory in 2012. It's critical that we get the economy back on it's feet.

[DrToast]

15. As recently as W. they got 46% of the vote.

So it's not like they've always been unpopular with Hispanics. Reaching out to Hispanics through immigration reform was the linchpin of Rove's "permanent majority." They lost it when they discovered that their base doesn't like dirty foreigners in "their" country.

But if they push them further away, they're finished, if they're not already.

[creeksneakers2]

2. I hope Rush becomes the face of the opposition

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. yes

there won't be many GOP supporters left. Rush and a little band of followers

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Expect to see "Reverse Winning", i.e. losing - on the GOP side.

The more this fat stooge talks, the more the right tanks. I love it.

[Buzz Clik]

5. Why would I listen to a single word Limbaugh has to say?

[BlooInBloo]

6. Funny because people like him are the biggest beneficiaries of white folks' affirmative action...

program of America's first 200 years.

Irony alert.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. Started more quietly with the New Haven firefighter case.....

the whole "reverse racism" meme.

With Sotomayor being involved in that case, they will POUNCE on that and make that THE issue.

And, I predict it'll be the focus of the confirmation hearings as well.

I'm kind of in favor of hashing this shit out big time, once and for all.

The racism that was apparent (to anyone with a brain) in the Palin mobs ramped up tremendously with Obama's election.

They've been seething.

Even the more subtle racists (those who wouldn't identify themselves as being racist) are latching on this this New Haven case, as a focus for their anger that life sucks in many ways for so many.

They need someone to blame. The white people are so darned oppressed it isn't funny. :sarcasm:

Since Obama didn't magically fix things -- even though they didn't expect him to -- there's no holding back now on all the racism in this country.

But maybe it shouldn't be held back. Let it be seen for all its ugliness, and maybe then it can finally be healed. As it stands now, it's like a boil lying under the surface, just waiting to pop.

[CTyankee]

9. I was a Cassandra about this case being a down side of the Sotomayor candidacy

awhile ago. I'm too old to not see this one coming.

However, that being said I think she'll do okay. She was really just upholding existing law in the New Haven case, not "legislating from the bench."

[OneGrassRoot]

10. I'm not concerned that it will block her.....

I'm concerned about the nonstop reverse racism meme we will be confronted with nonstop for weeks and weeks.

I hear you. :) I guess I'm too old as well, and grew up with (and still live amidst) overt racists. :(

[CTyankee]

16. Actually, Obama may be ahead of us here. He must have anticipated this firestorm.

Maybe he thought there was some real value in having the debate and that there really wasn't a downside to this. Maybe he is betting that at the end of the day the racists will just look like the racists they are and that will help educated the public. Just sayin'...

[OneGrassRoot]

17. I had the exact same thought. He obviously knew this issue...

would be what the media (prompted by the Limbaugh) crowd would focus on. I think he does want to get this shit over and done with, hopefully, once and for all.

[Arkana]

12. We hear "reverse racism" every day already--there's a black dude

in the White House, remember?

[HopeOverFear]

13. "Expect Michael Steele, to be saying it as well. The irony of which I won't even try to articulate."

:rofl:

[msu2ba]

19. "Reverse Racism"

He and the Pubs can't support a "reverse" racist. They only support the "regular" ones.