Do you honestly - HONESTLY - believe they're doing anything different than a Republican would do?
Seriously. Do you TRULY believe your own party does not pander to the votes of swing voters?
In other words - are you claiming your politicians don't play politics?
2007-03-12 03:13:32 · 14 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Leogirl - I'll do you one better. What about Republicans who sign laws as governor authorizing doctors to take patients off life support against the wishes of their families, then get elected President and pass a law preventing ONE person from being able to take his wife off life support as is his legal right to do?
No, honey, you're right; Republicans don't pander.
2007-03-12 03:54:06 · update #1
You mean like Rudy Guliani changing his stances on abortion, gun control, and gay marriage to appease his conservative base? No, Republicans don't do that.
2007-03-12 03:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Remember the old joke: How do you know when a politician is lying? A: His/her lips are moving. That joke isn't limited to one side of the aisle. They all pander to some voting bloc or blocs. Clinton and Obama have practice pandering to Black voters while Republicans are practiced at pandering to conservatives and Evangelicals. They know that they can say what those people want to hear without ever backing it up because they believe those voting blocs really have no other ideological place to go.
2007-03-12 03:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Democrats are racist? How else can one clarify the certainty that Hillary Clinton is thrashing Barack Obama? the guy is obviously the extra effective candidate---he's smarter, he's smoother, he's nicer. in straight forward terms distinction? he's black. purely like interior the video the day gone by the place bill Clinton fell asleep on the MLK Jr. service, if the jobs have been reversed and a crappy white Republican candidate have been beating a brilliant black Republican candidate, that's a mathematical undeniable fact that GOP voters may be referred to as racist hillbillies
2016-10-18 04:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by lipton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is LeoGirl joking????
Does she really not think that John MCCain hasn't spent the last 18 months pandering to conservative voters by embracing Jerry Falwell, and hugging up to Bush?
Does she really not think that Romney is pandering to conservatives by talking tough on abortion and gay marriage after publicly supporting those very rights in past elections?
2007-03-12 03:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by truth be told 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All politicians pander to acquire votes. The only difference is in what groups they target. The question should be is it dishonest to pander for votes? My answer would be only if you have no intention of delivering what you are promising.
2007-03-12 03:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Bryan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I vote based on results and I wonder why more people don't do the same.
Median Black family income rose faster than median white family income under Reagan - yet he got all of 10% of the Black vote.
2007-03-12 03:25:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When is the last time you saw a republican going into a black community and talking like a baptist preacher or trying to infer they have any connection to the hood? If you can give me an example of where a republican has gone in and obviously pandered a vote, the shame on them too.
2007-03-12 03:22:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The smart politician will aggressively campaign to people who do not, traditionally, vote. THIS is the swing vote. Both sides do it, and should. If they want to be elected...
2007-03-12 03:21:53 · answer #8 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hillary Clinton....
The first (black) female president.
2007-03-12 03:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hillary's minstrel show without the blackface was absolutely disgusting.
2007-03-12 03:20:01 · answer #10 · answered by davethenayber 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋