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randys1

(16,286 posts)
Thu Nov 19, 2015, 05:31 PM Nov 2015

Why the GOP runs Black and Latino candidates. Carson, Rubio, etc

Not to get Black and Latino voters to vote for them (because they know they wont get much of that), but to make the white racists and bigots who make up the party feel like they arent the racists and bigots they are because hey, they are willing to vote for a Black person or Latino person.

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Why the GOP runs Black and Latino candidates. Carson, Rubio, etc (Original Post) randys1 Nov 2015 OP
Just replace Alan Keyes' name with Carson or Rubio's in this comic TlalocW Nov 2015 #1
I don't think GOP picks who can or can't run yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #3
You can make a whole lot of money if you are a minority willing to shill for the RepubliCONS fasttense Nov 2015 #2
I agree and in fact treestar Nov 2015 #4
rubio? randys1 Nov 2015 #5
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
3. I don't think GOP picks who can or can't run
Thu Nov 19, 2015, 07:09 PM
Nov 2015

They decide themselves individually. George bush got 45 percent Latino vote so I am sure Rubio and Cruz think they can to.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
2. You can make a whole lot of money if you are a minority willing to shill for the RepubliCONS
Thu Nov 19, 2015, 05:38 PM
Nov 2015

But you can't make much if you support Democratic politics.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
4. I agree and in fact
Thu Nov 19, 2015, 07:11 PM
Nov 2015

think they have no intention of actually nominating them for the Presidency. They run them to claim they are not racists, but when it comes down to it, the top office will not go to any Republican female or person of color.

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