Move over Karl Rove
by digby
Political advice from white supremacists:
The Stormfront crowd offers its own helpful political advice, not only for Scalise but also for the entire GOP.
“If Republicans truly wanted to take this country back, they would make use of the majority of people in this country -- Whites -- and mobilize,” posts a user named Cyan Sky. “The Dems play identity politics with non-whites. The only way the Republicans will win is if they do the same with Whites.”
"Cyan Sky" is clearly a major GOP strategist. And they've been taking his advice:
These results are based on more than 338,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup Daily tracking in 2012, and clearly underscore the distinct racial profiles of partisan groups in today's political landscape.
Republicans are overwhelmingly non-Hispanic white, at a level that is significantly higher than the self-identified white percentage of the national adult population. Just 2% of Republicans are black, and 6% are Hispanic.
Unfortunately for them, while they have persuaded virtually all people of color as well as Jewish citizens that they aren't welcome in the Republican Party, they haven't been able to persuade every last white citizen to vote for them. Therefore, the Democrats remain competitive.
Perhaps they think that by putting white supremacists in the House leadership they can attract more white people. I don't think that's going to work. They already have the white supremacist faction all wrapped up. The rest of us are appalled.
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