Demographic Trends in Texas will Kill Republican Party Presidential Bids

Quote Originally Posted by AustinHoopDream:

you love accusing others of the strawman argument yet here you are doing the same thing.

i dont have to answer that question. the reality is what it is. now address the topic or be gone.

You are the one who suggested that the GOP will be gone once the African American and Latino population exceeds the caucasion.

My question is a good one and very relevent.

Its obvious that the latino get the advantage of having lax immigration policy.

it is not a good question and it is not relevant. i dont need to know why they would vote for a black president. the reality is that in a recent poll ZERO percent of black voters would vote for romney or any other republican candidate like romney.

republicans need to change or die.

Quote Originally Posted by AustinHoopDream:

it doesnt have to be all about more taxes, though i do think the top 1% need to be paying more. it can be about using our tax $$$ differently

-the us spends more on military than the next 19 countries combined

-we have 100,000 men in afghanistan

-we have 65,000 troops in japan and korea

-we have 70,000 troops in europe

-we have as many air craft carriers as the ENTIRE world (AND much better equipped)

-we have more total aircraft than the next 8 countries

i think we can pull back here and invest in healthcare, infrastructure, education, social programs, etc...

you are right...status quot will NOT work

that's not going to happen and you know it, it doesn't matter who is elected. The military machine will continue to roll and whoever is elected will walk the way they are told to walk is my belief. I am really not a negative person, but me thinks we're fucked either way. So IF i am right, we will need more taxation and i see an implosion. Politics has become very depressing to me.

Me thinks you need to focus more on reading comprehension.

I never said anything about them voting for a black president. I said what advantage do they get for voting DEMOCRAT?

Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:

have the democrats proposed to cut spending on defense?  the war machine will keep going for sure, but is one option the lesser evil?  we know romney wants to fight other countries using everyone else's kids but his own 9although if you grew up with the name tagg, you might come under the scrutiny of the don't ask, don't tell policy so tagg should get a pass )

they say they are, but i read an article the other day (which i now can't find, damnit) that makes it appear to be smoke and mirrors to me. Who the hell knows with these damn crooks running our country. I wish i shared your optimism Austin.

Of course I see the results. It just doesn't make sense to me.

I def agree with post #20 about how some people cling to the Constitution as if it's infallible.  It's an amazing document.  A work of art, really.  But that doesn't mean we shouldn't question it from time to time. 

And I think we're barking up the wrong tree, militarily.  "Wars" are different now.  We no longer line up on each side of a battlefield and shoot muskets at each other.  Maybe build less aircraft carriers and war planes?  Take that savings and pay for healthcare?  Beef up protection of our powergrids, financial institutions and farmlands and we're all good.

I think the latino voters in Texas BEFORE the big hoopla with the immigration issue were more or less democrats but AFTER the immigration hot button the last couple years are now overwhelmingly democrats.  It prolly went from a 60/40 to 70/30 (democrat/republican)  split within the past decade.  If this trend continues and the republican party continues their tough stance on immigration, the Lone Star state will turn blue in the next 10/15 years.  All the swing state electoral votes in the rust belt wouldn't mean a damn thing.