Boehner Says Out Loud He Hopes Blacks and Latinos 'Won't Show Up' This Election

[CatWoman]

House Speaker John Boehner is the most prominent Republican to admit, out loud, that his party's strategy for winning in November doesn't suppose that the GOP can win over some black and Latino voters, but hoping they won't vote at all. Boehner wasn't talking about voter I.D. laws, which are being pushed by Republicans and criticized as disenfranchising minority and poor voters, he did tell a luncheon hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Tampa Monday that the Republican Party was counting on apathy from the Latinos and blacks who are choosing Democrats over Republicans by record margins in recent polls. As Talking Point Memo's Benjy Sarlin reports, Boehner said:

“This election is about economics… These groups have been hit the hardest. They may not show up and vote for our candidate but I’d suggest to you they won’t show up and vote for the president either.”

Perhaps he meant those groups would vote third-party, but it doesn't seem all that likely. Less prominent Republicans have made essentially the same case in other terms. Doug Priesse, chair of the Franklin County, Ohio, Republican Party, indicated restrictions on early voting hours and voter ID laws were meant to keep blacks from voting.


http://news.yahoo.com/boehner-says-loud-hopes-blacks-latinos-wont-show-185558772.html

[Laurian]

1. He's creating a cover story for stealing the election through voter suppression

or other means.

[flamingdem]

8. ouch

good point

[redqueen]

12. e.g.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/18/710381/ohio-secretary-of-state-removes-democratic-members-of-election-board-for-supporting-weekend-voting/

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169454/ohio-gop-admits-early-voting-cutbacks-are-racially-motivated

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Your title is spot on. They are definitely attempting it. They may not succeed. Yes, WE can and will

Yes, we can and will win the election, AGAIN.

[Frustratedlady]

30. It's the "other means" that scares me.

They have the money to hire those necessary to carry out their dirty tricks, be it electronic, bullying or whatever horrible ideas they might think up.

With Rove and the Kochs, anything can happen.

[roody]

31. And other means. Nt

[Skittles]

2. he's hoping repuke anti-voting efforts pay off

that's what he REALLY means

[KansDem]

3. Well, there you have it.

What voter suppression doesn't get, DIEBOLD will...

[JaneQPublic]

4. He has doomed the GOP to never be more than...

...the party of grumpy old white men.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Like Harvey Keitel said in Pulp Fiction...

"Let's not start sucking each others d**** just yet". In other words it isn't over yet. We keep claiming the death of the GOP, but the body still has a pulse.

[Cha]

5. To me, his big stupid mouth

is giving incentive for people of all color to GOTV!

[KamaAina]

6. What about Orange Americans?

[tanyev]

7. I believe the correct term is Tandoori-American.

(At least according to The Daily Show.)

[graywarrior]

9. Oh man, I was just gonna post the same thing!

[Brigid]

11. You win.

[tavalon]

33. oompa loompas?

3/5 votes for each, I think. I may be getting my history wrong.

[TeeYiYi]

10. Because they're economically challenged?...

The blatant racism of the GOP is staggering.

TYY

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Was he drunk at the time?

That's the only reason I think he'd say something so stupid out loud.

[KamaAina]

14. Depends.

Was it on a day that ended with a 'y'?

[Raine1967]

19. Let's not assume anything until we see him cry.

THEN we'll know he's drunk. I can't wait till congress gets back to town, I gotta go eat eat dinner at his favorite 'outside' DC place...

... and accidently run into him.

[CabCurious]

15. The danger is allowing him to end up right... THIS IS TIME TO MOBILIZE

[Botany]

17. Thought Bubble

Alcohol = speak the truth

[SoapBox]

20. ...filthy bastard.

Screw off Boner.

[GallopingGhost]

21. Maybe the tanning beds are permanently affecting his brain

[Tx4obama]

22. The headline is 'misleading'. See article on the link below

Misleading Atlantic Wire Piece Accuses Boehner Of Saying ‘Out Loud He Hopes’ Blacks, Latinos Don’t Vote
www.mediaite.com/online/misleading-atlantic-piece-accuses-boehner-of-saying-out-loud-he-hopes-blacks-latinos-dont-vote/

[surrealAmerican]

23. When you bar groups of people from voting ...

... it's not called apathy.

[elbloggoZY27]

24. NO MORE GOP

Lets be fair in that the GOP does have an Agenda. It's for polarization, no Reproductive Rights for Women, Anti-Government, Federal Worker Pay Freezes, Anti-Latino, Anti-Black and of course the Party of No.

And the big one is they are no friend or supporter of the President.

[amuse bouche]

25. Let's hope the Prez

uses Boehner's words in an ad to motivate

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. It is so obvious that even they cannot deny it

Anymore, not and keep a straight face.

[Enrique]

27. or they may show up and we run out of ballots n/t

[nobodyspecial]

32. Or have broken machines and make them wait in line for hours

[progressivebydesign]

28. Hoping the GOTV folks pick up on the meme "SHOW UP." He just provided that. n/t

[HockeyMom]

29. He better hope WOMEN don't show up either

Although I am too old to get pregnant, I have daughters who can. I don't want them raped and forced to have rapists babies. I know my SON-IN-LAW doesn't want his wife forced to have a rapist baby either.

[fun n serious]

34. How can anyone of good conscience vote for what these people believe?