Comments On: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down by Goldy http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/12/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-doubles-down Comments On: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by smade]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:32:06 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
Republicans are good with code words.


Posted by david]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:47:08 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by kersy]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:46:24 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Mr. Happy Sunshine]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:09:02 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
I'd argue that the Republican's are primarily a plutocratic party, that makes up for the truly wealthy's minority status and big businesses not being allowed to vote directly, by giving seats at the table to a coalition centered primarily around aggrieved old white men.

While this was intended to be a cover for increasingly brazen and short-sighted theft and graft, the figureheads and factions the plutocrats have been employing have awakened to the fact that sitting on throne allows them to actually take some bites at the carrot that the powers behind it had expected to forever dangle.

It may be that the radical regressives have become too entrenched for the plutocrats to quickly change the coalition, and we may see some shake ups on the Democratic side as the wealthy get their service elsewhere, but eventually, some electable party will coalesce around the economic messages the Republicans have been pushing for some time now.
Posted by Especially If Money Continues To Be Speech]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:57:25 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
Oh, and she probably want's Boehner's job, too. The Night of the Long Knives is approaching.
Posted by Daddy Love]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:54:11 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by kersy]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:35:08 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Spokalou]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:17:03 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by sperifera]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:25:29 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
It's a new dawn for her. A golden dawn.
Posted by Baconcat]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:13:41 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> “I don't think it's about the Republican Party needing to become more moderate. I really believe it's the Republican Party becoming more modern...”

Must be her lady-time talking. She needs to shut her yap-hole and go make me a sammich.
Posted by Mr. Happy Sunshine]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:01:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> CNN transcript:
RODGERS: Yeah, they need to know we care. They need to know that we are pro-immigration. But again...

GUTIERREZ: But are we really?

RODGERS: Yes, I believe we are. I'm pro-immigration.

GUTIERREZ: Well, you are.

Posted by RonK, Seattle]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:52:42 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by jeffinfremont]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:39:25 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Purocuyu]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:06:15 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Prettybetsy]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:02:36 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by sarah70]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:58:07 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by McJulie]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:49:52 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Fairhaven]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:43:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by dutchie]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:42:35 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:42:27 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
They capture the votes of the shrinking portion of the population who are members of the American monoculture while losing the votes of everyone who embraces multi-culturalism, which, of course, includes everyone who is excluded from participation in the American monoculture: Blacks, Latinos, Asians, and Jews. It also constrains women.

The Republican party can become a meaningful political party again when it asserts itself as a political party instead of cultural party. The social conservatism is actually antithetical to their political conservatism, but has been a marriage of convenience for them. They have adopted the social conservatism to build a larger coalition and win those votes.

The nation's urge to march back to 1955 weakens with each passing year. The nation's fear of multi-culturalism fades with each passing year as well.

Representative McMorris Rodgers is right if by "modern" she means multi-cultural. If she's just talking about using Twitter and Facebook, she's stuck in the bubble of delusion and denial.
Posted by Charlie Mas]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:10:31 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]> Posted by Asparagus!]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:55:28 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
Essentially, the Southern Strategy no longer works, so they need a new way to trick voters into voting for the GOP, against their own interests.

It is essentially what Fox has been saying since the election, that conservatives have the winning message, but American voters are too faulty, lazy, brown, female, young, or stupid to realize it.

Massive denial.


Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:49:49 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
So, go after young (i.e. modern) folks by promising them smaller FICA deductions. Its a perfectly plausible strategy.
Posted by Alden]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:48:44 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Cathy McMorris Rodgers Doubles Down]]>
I think he'll make another bid for it in 2016. The question is whether he'll be able to beat out Bush and Christie for the "I'm the best former Republican Governor so you should nominate me to be the President!" schtick.
Posted by Queerly Yours]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:43:42 -0800 The Stranger