Runoff Pits Old South Against New South December 5, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
Politico: “Georgia’s campaign ads tell a tale of two states: Raphael Warnock’s ads are bright and sunny, featuring the pastor expounding on health care policy, telling his family story and walking a puppy. But the majority of Kelly Loeffler’s spots take a grimmer tone, attacking Warnock as ‘the most dangerous, radical candidate in America.’ In one ad, the camera pans across a photo of Warnock, who is Black, darkened and superimposed over footage of riots. ‘Saving the Senate,’ the narrator intones, ‘is about saving America … from that.’”
“It could work. But with Georgia’s demographics shifting, Loeffler’s approach — a familiar playbook tailored to older, whiter voters who skew Republican — is just as likely to prove out of step with a changing electorate. It’s pitting the politics of the Old South, often characterized by thinly-veiled racist rhetoric and maintenance of the predominantly white status quo, against the New South’s increasingly young and racially diverse constituency.”
It seems Republicans have lost what little minds they had. Totally lost in fantasy land and doing everything they can think of to overturn the election.
“I think the long term impact of this could be devastating… It’s important to be outspoken. That’s why I decided to put this on the line. We’ve lost our moral authority to be outraged. When you end up where principles don’t matter, beliefs don’t matter, it’s just about who can be the loudest and kind of maintain power through raw anger and aggression, you’re no different than a lot of Latin American countries at that point.”
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), telling Politico that the Republican Party has lost its way.
And why rally in Valdosta, of all places? I looked it up and its claims to fame seem to consist of being a stop on the way to Disney World and being the last place in the country where pine trees are still tapped for pine resin, used to make turpentine and rosin.
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ReplyDeleteDecember 5, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
Politico: “Georgia’s campaign ads tell a tale of two states: Raphael Warnock’s ads are bright and sunny, featuring the pastor expounding on health care policy, telling his family story and walking a puppy. But the majority of Kelly Loeffler’s spots take a grimmer tone, attacking Warnock as ‘the most dangerous, radical candidate in America.’ In one ad, the camera pans across a photo of Warnock, who is Black, darkened and superimposed over footage of riots. ‘Saving the Senate,’ the narrator intones, ‘is about saving America … from that.’”
“It could work. But with Georgia’s demographics shifting, Loeffler’s approach — a familiar playbook tailored to older, whiter voters who skew Republican — is just as likely to prove out of step with a changing electorate. It’s pitting the politics of the Old South, often characterized by thinly-veiled racist rhetoric and maintenance of the predominantly white status quo, against the New South’s increasingly young and racially diverse constituency.”
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DeleteIt seems Republicans have lost what little minds they had. Totally lost in fantasy land and doing everything they can think of to overturn the election.
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Delete— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), telling Politico that the Republican Party has lost its way.
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And why rally in Valdosta, of all places? I looked it up and its claims to fame seem to consist of being a stop on the way to Disney World and being the last place in the country where pine trees are still tapped for pine resin, used to make turpentine and rosin.
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