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2012 Nov 7, 3:48am
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2012 Nov 7, 3:48am
Maybe the evangelical side of the Republican Party is a turn off to both the Asian Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims, and moderate Christians?
I certainly hope so. And it isn't just the "evangelical side," even "mainstream" Republicans declare America a "Christian country" and try to impose Pat Robertson's definition of that upon us all.
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According to some readers on Patrick, all those people voting for Obama are "shiftless loafers" which I guess encompasses the best educated (and supposedly the hardest working) minority population in the US.
The Republicans have "easy" stories on how African Americans vote, on how Latinos vote but what's the meme on the Asian vote? How do you frame that story?
David Brooks tried on PBS last night. Maybe the evangelical side of the Republican Party is a turn off to both the Asian Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims, and moderate Christians? Perhaps that notion of individual self-sufficiency is a turn-off to populations raised on communal family values which espouses taking care of your extended family and friends.
I don't know, but Republican strategists should start dissecting why their message didn't resonate at all with nearly all of the well-educated Asians I know.
Just sayin'.....
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