Republicans gather at former plantation to discuss minority outreach

[IDemo]

Source: RawStory

After its general election battering, the Republican party has retreated to lick its wounds and ponder what went wrong – on the leafy grounds of a luxury golf resort in Virginia.

And what better place for today’s GOP to hold strategy sessions titled “Successful communication with minorities and women” than on the grounds of a former plantation in the south?

“When the first English foot was placed in Virginia, it was here on these grounds that once served as a central part of the area’s plantation life in the 1600s through 1800s,” boasts the website of the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, which draws a discrete veil over whatever events in the 1800s may have caused that to end.

But tradition lives on in the name of the resort’s Plantation Golf Course and the 374-seat Burwell Plantation Room – where, as luck would have it, the forum on minorities and women was to be held.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/17/republicans-gather-at-former-plantation-to-discuss-minority-outreach/

[wordpix]

1. oh, the irony - the US plutocracy can't even get that this is wrong on so many levels

[MADem]

18. +1,000 !!!! nt

[Politicub]

2. This isn't by accident

[kairos12]

3. What's Next

A Republican meet and greet for atheists at the Creationist Museum.

[NYC Liberal]

11. Heh. Most atheists would probably find the Creationist Museum entertaining though.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. I trust there will be any number of black waitstaff & whatnot in white coats--

hopefully with video-equipped smartphones handy…

[ReRe]

15. ooh, ooh...

...that would be sweet!

[DavidWD72]

5. Here we go

First off wow, just wow. This is the core of the party and this is how they regroup. If the Dems don't broadcast this to anyone and everyone in the country they will be missing out on broadcasting the Repubs true nature.

[hughee99]

20. How will the Dems broadcast it?

I doubt saying "Repukes hold their "outreach meeting" at the same plantation Obama went to for his debate prep" will have the desired effect.

[brush]

6. Tone deaf much, repugs?

What idiots, like this wasn't going to get out and blacks and Latinos and Asians weren't going to hear about where they were meeting. Are they that clueless that they don't know this is wrong, or are they still sending the same exclusionary message? Whatever it is, it's GIANT FAIL. Please keep it up repugs until the 2014 elections, just like you're bungling the gun control issue and the fiscal cliff issue and the Hurricane Sandy aid issue and budget ceiling issue.

[annabanana]

7. Only real power can afford to be so stupid.

If they only THINK they have the power to be that stupid, well...

power can evanesce

[Tx4obama]

8. Additional article on the link below

House Republicans Hold Minority Outreach Meeting In ‘Burwell Plantation’ Conference Room

http://www.mediaite.com/online/house-republicans-hold-minority-outreach-meeting-in-burwell-plantation-conference-room/

[Marrah_G]

9. ~facepalm~

[YOHABLO]

10. They just don't get it ... and never will.

[muntrv]

12. Doncha know? Abe Lincoln loved plantations so much, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation!

[bullwinkle428]

13. I'll bet "The Onion" staff is kicking itself for not coming up with this headline first!

[Jamaal510]

14. Wow, you just can't make this stuff up, can you?

Looks like I was wrong about Republicans being con-artists. Maybe they genuinely are stupid and tone-deaf about their views on minorities, especially if they're holding an outreach program for us at a place that is widely considered the symbol of blacks not having any rights.

[ReRe]

16. You can't make this stuff up....

....they are running The Onion out of business.

[Historic NY]

17. Thankfully they will be gone from the area before...

I head to winter quarters at nearby Williamsburg.

[Heather MC]

19. my DH just said. I wish I knew the answer to that

I read to him the title of the conference "Successful communications of Minorities and Women"

We are a biracial couple he is white i am black. I didn't get his comment at first
. but then i laughed he is so stooopid lol

[tclambert]

21. I'm kinda surprised it wasn't held at a "white men only" country club.

And what would Republican ideas for communicating with minorities and women include? Some suggested section headings:

"How to talk jive"
"Using small words that women and brown people can understand"
"How to redefine rape without making women hysterical"
"How to promise free stuff to moochers, without having to deliver"

and a very popular one:

"How to discourage women and minorities from voting"