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OP : if that discourse has lost it's traction, but it remains the central ideological linkage to this population, do you think it'll prevent the republicans from being able to retool their politics? because if mc-cain looses, it seems to me that the republicans are going to have to reconsider the way they frame themselves, and so retool their language. aside: this is ugly shit. i think it astonishing that the mc-cain campaign is irresponsible enough to encourage this, to stoke it, to play with it, to use it.
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Ths shit is ugly, and it stinks. I dont believe republicans will change their tune with this population, they will build it. I dont think they will reframe or retool their language. I think they will kindle the flames in a quiet way when a Democrat is elected and their constituency will ensure the fire burns.
I also did not appreciate the "Obama supporter" who said he feared that O would be killed if elected. I think it is just another fear that people can use. I also dont think standing by the side of a road upcountry is the way gain support from these people. I think it might just inflame them. Walking among them and having conversations though, that might help. So would education and the larger thought that they are part of a big world.
Go O!