"...if the GOP remains a purist cohort built around grumpy old white men, it is committing suicide..

[Melinda]

Okay, so Nicolas Kristoff's piece at the NY Times is brilliant in it's analysis, but particularly it's language. Phrases like:

A coalition of aging white men is a recipe for failure in a nation that increasingly looks like a rainbow.

and paragraphs like:

"Then there are women. The paternalistic comments about rape by a few male Republican candidates resonated so broadly because they reflected the perception of the G.O.P. as a conclave of out-of-touch men. As Representative Todd Akin of Missouri might put it, when a candidate emerges with offensive views about rape, “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Namely, they vote Democratic. "

and of course the opening line I used in the thread title from here:

An astonishing 45 percent of Obama voters were members of minority groups, according to The Times Nate Silver. Many others were women or young people. That’s the future of America, and if the Republican Party remains a purist cohort built around grumpy old white men, it is committing suicide. That’s bad not just for conservatives, but for our entire country.

make me smile real big. Like HUGE big. When it comes to this planet, humankind, and our history, it's almost always been a ran older white male plutocracy, hasn't it?

I say good riddance to bad players.

I've give this piece a solid 5 thumbs up, err stars, err, votes. I liked it. A lot.