RNC Report: Our Party Scares Voters | Drudge Retort

Monday, March 18, 2013

RNC Report: Our Party Scares Voters

The Republican National Committee concedes in a sprawling report Monday that the GOP is seen as the party of "stuffy old men" and needs to change its ways. The report cites post-election focus groups with voters conducted for the RNC. "Asked to describe Republicans, they said that the Party is 'scary,' 'narrow minded,' and 'out of touch' and that we were a Party of 'stuffy old men,'" the report states. "Already, there is a generational difference within the conservative movement about issues involving the treatment and the rights of gays -- and for many younger voters, these issues are a gateway into whether the Party is a place they want to be."

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A conservative movement is the natural home for a lot of people who the GOP are actively trying to keep out.

#1 | Posted by BruceBanner at 2013-03-18 02:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

"GOP: We're Too White And Too Old"

don't forget STUPID.

#2 | Posted by kamakiri at 2013-03-18 02:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Party is 'scary,' 'narrow minded,' and 'out of touch' and that we were a Party of 'stuffy old men,'"

And those stuffy old men were seen as sane and moderate compared to the new klowns reaching for the steering wheel.

#3 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-18 03:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

It doesn't matter what the Tea Party wants, it's the billionaires in suits that will change the party to hold onto power.

#4 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2013-03-18 03:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

I see no other way than the party splitting in two, the social conservatives will never support gay anything or abortion and the rest of the party that wants to take a small government approach sees that many that agree with them are forced to vote against the GOP because they have different values then the social conservatives. A Social Conservative party could take many minority voters who already have a closer outlook to social conservativtisum away from the Dems . Interesting Times!

#5 | Posted by THomewood at 2013-03-18 03:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

#2 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

Exactamundo, the Grand old party hasn't gotten a dime from conservatives or tea party folks that I know. I only support the local party. The RNC is going to roll out the old "we've seen the error of our ways and we promise we will change" banner but it's business as usual behind closed doors.

#6 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-18 03:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

I also see the party splitting in two - with big business interests in the "New GOP" and social conservatives (and wackos, crazies, and racists) in the Tea Party.

#7 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2013-03-18 03:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Exactamundo, the Grand old party hasn't gotten a dime from conservatives or tea party folks that I know. I only support the local party.

#4 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-18 03:36 PM

#8 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2013-03-18 03:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Asked to describe Republicans, they said that the Party is ‘scary,' ‘narrow minded,' and ‘out of touch' and that we were a Party of ‘stuffy old men,'" it states.

If demagoguery didn't work then the Democrats wouldn't use it.
The problem for Republicans is that only about 25% of the people measure success in terms of results. For most voters a claim to good intentions and not wanting to hurt people's feelings is enough.

It's much more appealing to voters to pretend how much you care, the results be damned.

#9 | Posted by Huguenot at 2013-03-18 03:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The problem for Republicans is that only about 25% of the people measure success in terms of results. "

Man....

....Man that's just...whew!

#10 | Posted by Kreator at 2013-03-18 04:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

"We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."
US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-03-18 05:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

Graham, along with McCain have become moss covered. The dead wood needs cleared out. Republicans aren't looking for angry white guys, just adults.

#12 | Posted by Huguenot at 2013-03-18 06:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Republicans aren't looking for angry white guys, just adults.

#10 | Posted by Huguenot

Do you have any examples of republicans currently serving at the federal level, who are acting like adults?

#13 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2013-03-18 06:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

If demagoguery didn't work then the Democrats wouldn't use it.

Neither would the GOppers. It wasn't the Dems that told primary voters McCain had a secret black baby, or that Obama was a secret Muslim.

#14 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-18 06:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

It does scare people when you tell them, that maybe, just maybe, the problems that they have in life are of their own creation. The idea of personal responsibility tends to freak some people out.

#15 | Posted by danv at 2013-03-18 07:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

With each passing day, we draw closer to the much needed dissolution of the discredited GOP and the birth of a new, fiscally responsible party. So long RNC. Good riddens.

#16 | Posted by libertarian_gi at 2013-03-18 07:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

With each passing day, we draw closer to the much needed dissolution of the discredited GOP and the birth of a new, fiscally responsible party.

In the meantime "conservatives"will line up to vote straight GOP ticket, which in turn will keep all the libertarian loons in the GOP.

#17 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-18 08:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

It does scare people when you tell them, that maybe, just maybe, the problems that they have in life are of their own creation. The idea of personal responsibility tends to freak some people out.

#13 | Posted by danv

Sometimes the problems you have in life are because your dad got killed in a war for oil profits or your teachers suck because republicans prefer tax cuts to investments in our kids.

But right wingers have a tendency to be blind to the problems of others and chalk it up to "well that didn't happen to me so it must be their own fault"

#18 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2013-03-18 08:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

#15 | Posted by northguy3

You're not real smart, are you?

#19 | Posted by libertarian_gi at 2013-03-18 09:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're not real smart, are you?

#17 | Posted by libertarian_gi

Probably not, but I do know what has happened in the past. You guys lined up to vote for McCain and Etchy, as well as Dubya. And there hasn't been a "libertarian" candidate in the last quarter century has there? Even the Queen of Real Americans, SARAH!! supports Republicans. But keep telling yourself some day your Libertarian Liberator will show up.

#20 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-18 09:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't think anyone is worried about "stuffy old men", I'm pretty sure we're all freaked out by the crazy Tea Party members that are coming out of the woodworks and hitching themselves to the GOP.

The problem with the Tea Party is they are too ignorant to realize their brand of crazy is off putting to everyone else in the nation.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-03-18 09:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

#18 | Posted by northguy3

So, you're saying I didn't vote for Gary Johnson last fall because he wasn't running on the Libertarian ticket for President in 2012?

#22 | Posted by libertarian_gi at 2013-03-18 09:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Somehow the GOP went from being the party of Jerry "Mr nice guy" Ford to a group so mean they almost made Bob Dole cry when they murdered a veterans job bill.

www.stripes.com

The good news for America is that there are less of them in the Senate now and Democrats have only to get HR 188 through the house and it will pass the Senate with relative ease.

#23 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-18 10:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

So, you're saying I didn't vote for Gary Johnson last fall because he wasn't running on the Libertarian ticket for President in 2012?

#20 | Posted by libertarian_gi

That's what I'm saying, Goat.

#24 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-18 10:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

#15 | Posted by northguy3
You're not real smart, are you?

#17 | POSTED BY LIBERTARIAN_GI

I used to think that north guy was a spoof, but lately, I think he really means what he says.

#25 | Posted by RonPaul at 2013-03-18 11:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

The problem with the Tea Party is they are too ignorant to realize their brand of crazy is off putting to everyone else in the nation.

#19 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

This article is not about the tea party.

But, you knew that, right?

#26 | Posted by RonPaul at 2013-03-18 11:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

The astonishing incompetence of the Repugs resulted in the deaths of 3000 Americans on 9/11. Scary stuff indeed.

#27 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2013-03-19 08:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

The astonishing incompetence of the Repugs resulted in the deaths of 3000 Americans on 9/11. Scary stuff indeed.

#25 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

LOL!!!

#28 | Posted by RonPaul at 2013-03-19 08:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

It's obvious that the RNC, and all Republicans for that matter, are RINOs.

#29 | Posted by cbob at 2013-03-19 09:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

"I used to think that north guy was a spoof, but lately, I think he really means what he says."

So you are trying to pretend you aren't a spoof? Come on....I just don't believe that. You even call yourself Ron Paul for crying out loud. You're hilarious!

#30 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-19 09:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

With guys like Paul Ryan leading the way, they want to be known as a party of stuffy young men.

#31 | Posted by Sully at 2013-03-19 09:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

This article is not about the tea party.

But, you knew that, right?

#26 | Posted by RonPaul

Until they actually separate themselves from the republican party on the ballot, it certainly is about the Tea Party.

#32 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2013-03-19 12:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

You mean to tell me that Fear and Loathing doesn't sell anymore?

"Get off my lawn!"

--Grand Old Poopers

#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2013-03-19 04:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

This article is not about the tea party.

But, you knew that, right?

#26 | Posted by RonPaul

Until they actually separate themselves from the republican party on the ballot, it certainly is about the Tea Party.

#32 | Posted by Whatsleft

Nope.

From reading the Left-leaning responses on this thread, it appears that none of you actually know what you are talking about.

#34 | Posted by RonPaul at 2013-03-19 08:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

You mean to tell me that Fear and Loathing doesn't sell anymore?

"Get off my lawn!"

--Grand Old Poopers

#33 | Posted by donnerboy

Seems that Reid is a "Grand Ole Pooper" since he pushed Feinstein's Assault Weapon bill into the... well... pooper.

#35 | Posted by RonPaul at 2013-03-19 08:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

You Randoids are a real piece of work.

www.stripes.com

#36 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-19 09:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

You Randoids are a real piece of work.
www.stripes.com
#36 | Posted by Tor

Do you even know what it is?

Apparently not.

All it was is just more Obama buffoonery.

Doesn't do squat for Veterans. Just drains our pockets.

Idiots!

What's more. Veterans aren't too upset over it.

#37 | Posted by RonPaul at 2013-03-19 10:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

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