Top Republican strategists are working on plans to protect the GOP from charges of racism or sexism in the general election, as they prepare for a presidential campaign against the first ever African-American or female Democratic nominee.
The Republican National Committee has commissioned polling and focus groups to determine the boundaries of attacking a minority or female candidate, according to people involved. The secretive effort underscores the enormous risk senior GOP operatives see for a party often criticized for its insensitivity to minorities in campaigns dating back to the 1960s.
So, the Republicans are polling people to see how racist (or sexist) they can be without being perceived as being racist or sexist.
Isn’t that whole enterprise, well, racist and sexist?
We have a saying in the PR business: Sometimes you have a PR problem, and sometimes you just have a problem.
You can work until you’re blue in the face to change the perception people have about you, but if it’s based on 100 per cent truth, well, it ain’t gonna work. In other words, the best way to be perceived as not being racist is to not be racist.
Of course, that’s asking too much for the GOP.
And it shouldn’t surprise anyone that they’re taking this tactic. They can’t win on the issues. They can’t win on motivation. They can’t win on ideas. They can’t win on fervour or organisation. They can’t even win on age, with their fossil of a presumptive nominee. And the 9/11 card just doesn’t hold the sway it used to.
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well... the other side of that coin is that *anything* republicans say against obama or hillary will be twisted into some sort of racist/sexist accusation. we can't disagree with hillary on policy because we're sexist. we can't disagree with obama because we're racist.
that's where they're coming from.... i don't expect the ridiculous, unfounded accusations from Obama, but hildabeast will stoop to such levels, because she already has and is against obama.
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