Is it just me or has the Grand Old Party gotten a little…darker over the past few months ?
With the promotion of Michael Steele to lead the party and the media and the GOP making Bobby Jindal the de facto Presidential front runner one has to wonder…just what the hell the Republicans are up to these days ? I’m not skeptical because the GOP is pushing brown people to the forefront…I’m just a bit skeptical of their motivations because of the timing.
If America is ever truly going to work the problems out that are weaved into the fabric of this nation (racism) then we will need representation from people of color in all major political parties. I get that. However…haven’t there always been really qualified brown people in politics for a really long time ??? Why now, all of a sudden, are the most powerful Republicans brown people ?
I don’t want people to somehow think that I think brown people have no business in the Republican party. That isn’t what this is. I have Republican leanings myself when it comes to the spending and the role of government in people’s personal lives.
What the heck are their motives ? Are the Republican, like Bush said, finally working to become more inclusive of all Americans ? If so, great! About time! Or, are the Republicans just capitalizing off of Obamamania and trying to find somebody, anybody, with that crossover appeal ? After all, in roughly a generation years most Americans will probably look like Obama…or Jindal…or some other random brown person. If that’s the motivation…I’m not so upset by that either. They’re just trying to ensure the relevance of their party for generations to come. That’s just good business.
However, if their motives are to just do something, anything, to grab the brown vote without actually seeking out qualified persons to do ,a la Sarah Palin, then they have screwed the proverbial pooch. I don’t know enough about Jindal or Steele to make judgments of their competence as elected officials. I just know the track record and knee jerk reactions of the Republican party when their back is against the wall. They do silly, dangerous things.
I just hope and pray that this isn’t what it looks like. I hope that we have some real substantive change in American politics. Don’t you ?
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