Liberals say the darnedest things when they think no one is watching them. A hard-left media outlet Huffington Post published an in depth article examining the problems faced by the Republican Party. It’s an interesting read for an attentive reader. One passage made me laugh out loud:
”But as I [Huffington Post reporter] sat among the Heritage’s luncheon crowd — part of a daylong anti-poverty forum — a series of more immediate and pressing questions came to mind: How will the Republican Party and the broader conservative movement it’s meant to embody fix their problems with the poor, the disadvantaged, women and minorities? How will the Republican Party evolve? Romney’s loss forced the GOP to recognize that its support is built on a shrinking base of aging, ethnically monolithic, and geographically isolated voters — while the Democrats have amassed a coalition of growing and engaged constituencies.”
Most of the rest of the article is spent on the author challenging the GOP activists on how they plan to rectify this situation and attempt to persuade the “poor and disadvantaged” to vote Republican. The unstated but apparent assumption is that the number of poor people will grow in Obama’s America, and will give DNC a ruling majority unless Republicans find a way to appeal to this growing demographic. This logic is based on actual facts on the ground, the number of people on foodstamps went from 28.2 million in 2008 to 47.7 million people in 2012. Not only that – the number of people receiving disability benefits jumped from 9,273,839 in 2008 to 10,890,896 in 2012.
And yet, it makes me wonder – who will notice this pearl of wisdom? Why is it that even the Democrats allies in the media assume that poverty will skyrocket under Obama? And an even more penetrating question – if “poor and disadvantaged” are the key allies of the DNC, and their number is expected to expand under the Obama administration – is it really unnatural to assume that growth of poverty in the last 4 years may not be accidental? After all, Obama holds the keys to the US economy….
the Democrats have amassed a coalition of growing and engaged constituencies.”
Growing, yes, engaged, barely. For many in these groups it’s about freebies, not freediom (at least until it’s too late).
Good points you make. The more the Democrats can ensure they have a large group of poor, disadvantaged, disenfranchised, low information, single issue voters, the more they can assure winning elections. You’d think groups would tire if living in government designed and built ghettos/penal colonies. You’d think they’d value greater freedom to earn wealth and do as they please. But, whether it’s many of the poor and minorities or upper middle class divas like Sandra Fluke, it’s all about getting freebies.
I don’t think the Huffington Post reporter was suggesting, much less assuming,
that poverty will continue to increase. I believe she or he might have had in
mind the words of Jesus, “The poor you will always have with you.” But I’m
heartened to hear that Republicans have a plan to end poverty; I just hope it’s
not the same as their last plan, “Honey, I Blew Up Wall Street and Tanked the
Global Economy.” (By the way, we liberals always assume that someone is watching
us; we are, after all, the center of the universe.)