Slog - Comments on GOP Hopefuls Skip Out on Yet Another Minority Community Debate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min While the Democrats are busy debating, the Republicans are not. Well, at least not for minority audiences. Last month, PBS hosted a Republican presidential candidates’ debate at historically black college in Baltimore — and all of the top four GOP candidates decided to skip it. This followed close on the heels of a Univision-hosted Republican debate in Miami on Latino issues — which was cancelled when all but one candidate declined invitations. The National Council of La Raza asked Republican candidates to address its annual conference in July, but none showed up. The National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed... Copyright 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:03:26 -0800 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:50:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by exelizabeth Duncan Hunter? Who the hell?

]]> exelizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c836985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c836985 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:32:04 -0800 Comment by tsm I wonder if the Republican Party will realize that pursuing rural/exurban white guys at the expense of every other demographic is not a strategy that will keep them in power in the next couple decades.

I sure hope they don't.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837001 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:05:48 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Duncan Hunter got in the race to out race-bait Tancredo didn't he?

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837016 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:47:47 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman Yeah, why try and even fake it anymore. At least Bush spoke broken Spanish.

At the same time, the R's will push big for the soccer moms and suburbanites with fear, fear, fear. Fear of Islam, fear of terroism, fear of *those* people coming to your neighborhood, fear of not being able to drive your SUV and of course fear of the fags.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837021 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:53:45 -0800 Comment by monkey Republicans only like rich white people. Why would they waste their time talking to minorities?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837069 2008 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:32:28 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew


Bush's Spanish is even worse than his English.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/gop_hopefuls_skip_out_on_yet_another_min#c837333 2008 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:50:33 -0800