Comments on: Republicans and “Outreach” http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/03/17/republicans-and-outreach/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ivan Ivanovich http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/03/17/republicans-and-outreach/comment-page-1/#comment-77062 Ivan Ivanovich Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:57:04 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5599#comment-77062 Yes, what credit did Bush get for promoting Powell, Rice and Gonzales? NONE! And, I was astonished to hear Republicans attack the executives at AIG for taking bonuses they contractually deserved, saying they should kill themselves. I don’t hear anyone suggesting that Larry Summers or Obama himself should commit seppuku because they took money from government assisted groups. I suppose this is just a preemptive attack by Charles Grassley hoping to deflect criticism from himself. Yes, what credit did Bush get for promoting Powell, Rice and Gonzales? NONE!

And, I was astonished to hear Republicans attack the executives at AIG for taking bonuses they contractually deserved, saying they should kill themselves. I don’t hear anyone suggesting that Larry Summers or Obama himself should commit seppuku because they took money from government assisted groups. I suppose this is just a preemptive attack by Charles Grassley hoping to deflect criticism from himself.

]]> By: Patrick Mulligan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/03/17/republicans-and-outreach/comment-page-1/#comment-77059 Patrick Mulligan Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:44:25 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5599#comment-77059 The very idea of "reaching out" to "minority" voters is insulting in and of itself. It is the idea that principles, policies, and ideals are not universal, but must be tailored to each racial, cultural, social, or economic sub-segment of the political market. Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess, depending on your persuasion), the conservative and libertarian ideology is ill suited to creating a coalition of victim groups to promise free goodies to, so that marketing strategy is ineffective. If Republicans want to "reach out", how about reaching out to people who aren't brain dead and can be persuaded by reason, whatever race, ethnicity, culture, or economic group they hail from? The very idea of “reaching out” to “minority” voters is insulting in and of itself. It is the idea that principles, policies, and ideals are not universal, but must be tailored to each racial, cultural, social, or economic sub-segment of the political market. Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess, depending on your persuasion), the conservative and libertarian ideology is ill suited to creating a coalition of victim groups to promise free goodies to, so that marketing strategy is ineffective. If Republicans want to “reach out”, how about reaching out to people who aren’t brain dead and can be persuaded by reason, whatever race, ethnicity, culture, or economic group they hail from?

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