Comments on: Steele And The GOP http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/02/19/steele-and-the-gop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steele-and-the-gop n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Cool Like That http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/02/19/steele-and-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-30317 Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Cool Like That Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:00:58 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8469#comment-30317 [...] or “conservative” about the previous eight years? Now granted, smarter conservatives have figured all of this out, but being smarter conservatives, they are completely shut out of the [...] [...] or “conservative” about the previous eight years? Now granted, smarter conservatives have figured all of this out, but being smarter conservatives, they are completely shut out of the [...]

]]> By: Rowan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/02/19/steele-and-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-30312 Rowan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:52:18 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8469#comment-30312 The main difference, I think, is that what Dean was trying to articulate was that the lower-class whites in the South who voted Republican were voting against their own economic interests. What Steele is proposing is that the GOP alter its image to appeal to a more "urban" demographic. Which reminds me of nothing more than this Daily Show clip, which I thought at the time was absurdist humor. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=215929&title=Reagraham-Lincool The main difference, I think, is that what Dean was trying to articulate was that the lower-class whites in the South who voted Republican were voting against their own economic interests.

What Steele is proposing is that the GOP alter its image to appeal to a more “urban” demographic. Which reminds me of nothing more than this Daily Show clip, which I thought at the time was absurdist humor.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=215929&title=Reagraham-Lincool

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