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Political strategist Mike Murphy makes a long overdue return to the Ricochet Podcast to discuss what really happened in the Cantor-Brat race. Was it immigration or is all politics local? Our old friend Mickey Kaus has a point of view on that, and he joins to give his boots-on-the-ground analysis of what happened in VA-7. Spoiler alert: he and Mike disagree — but in a very entertaining and knowledgable way. Finally, the answer is “This Ricochet editor is currently the reigning champion on Jeopardy.” Remember to give your answer in the form of a question.
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Rob brought up Meg Whitman not being elected. I work for HP and see the policies she is employing to turn around HP. It is rife with all leftist political correct priorities you can think of. Meg is not a Republican and neither is Mike Murphy.
I used to work with a guy who was into radical politics, said he wants there to be “no money or borders.” Some of these “open borders” types sound like they are half there.
Everyone forgets this. https://twitter.com/dick_nixon/status/479673063932694529 … Cruelest mistake ever. The whole planet is ruled by thermodynamics, tribalism, and force basically. Ignore that fact at your peril.
I’m beginning to understand why NBC sent David Gregory to see a psychiatrist.
They are regarded as leaders because they hold a lot of leadership positions. Very high achievers.
Catholics voted for Kennedy, and 92% of black voters voted for Obama. That’s pretty good evidence that an overwhelming majority of hispanics will vote for someone who literally speaks their language. Put two(!) Cuban candidates in the running (Cruz and Rubio) and you’ll definitely get the attention of the latino community.
You guys are wasting your time arguing with Jan-Michael Rives. His premise is that there are no such things as borders. Everything else he says follows from that.
Is there any evidence that “Hispanics” consider themselves to be a monolithic group along the lines of Kennedy era Catholics?
I’m pretty sure that, say, Sarah Hoyt (libertarian scifi author born in Portugal, occasionally blogs about her amusement about suddenly being “hispanic” or “latino/a”) wouldn’t vote for someone just because their grandfather was from Argentina, even if they did have a somewhat similar language. Those who do the whole ethnic solidarity thing would only do it for a liberal– “minorities” get excommunicated from the ethnic group for bad-think.
Do Cubans like Rubio and Cruz (“Conquistador-Americans” as Steve Sailer refers to them) really have a great deal in common with mestizos from Central America? Do Mexicans look at Cruz or Rubio and think “ah yes, one of us”? Ted Cruz did not win the latino vote in his Texas Senate race.
Also, if Cruz and Rubio go around talking about a “six year path to citizenship,” how many white votes do we lose on that issue alone?
Yeah, I gathered that. I felt the same after another of our otherwise fine members declared immigration a matter of “human rights.”
This has been 25 years ago, but… one of the things I learned in the Navy was that different Hispanic groups not only don’t always agree, many openly dislike each other. Puerto Ricans would badmouth Mexicans, Mexicans would badmouth Cubans, Cubans would badmouth Columbians, etc. The sense I got was that the collective “Hispanics” only claimed that identity when their interests clashed with the white majority. Kind of Arab-like, in the “I and my brother against my cousin, I and my cousin against the world” sense.
Murphy’s a great example of someone making a fantastic living telling us how we’re all idiots. He’s not a Republican, he’s a salesman, and he sold his points pretty well – as wrong as they are – because he didn’t allow much if any dissention, by continuing to talk over people and switch lanes on the topic, and insult the other guest and by definition, the listeners.
I think he’s an idiot, as most salesman are. They are good at selling something so they get paid. That’s it. Being knowledgeable about the subject matter does not make you wise. It makes you informed about the product that you’re selling.
If there is a Fort Republican, Murphy should be beaten from it. He is a prime example of the corrupting influence of money in politics. Murphy is happily swimming in that sewage, doing backstrokes.
Mike Murphy must not listen to Mark Levin, if he can’t even pronounce Levin’s last name.
Or is that supposed to be the Spanish pronunciation?
Disagree. I want to keep hearing from the other side in case they stumble onto a good idea. Murphy seems like an intelligent and well studied foil.
Agreed. Murphy does not cover himself with glory on the subject on intellectual honesty. I would have fallen for his poll numbers if there had been no Kaus to put them in context. (While Murphy tried desperately to talk over him.) If you could arrange a mute on Murphy’s mike when his partner is making a point, that would improve the level of discussion.
Mr. Murphy does not see the country as actually threatened. He feels the party is threatened, and has no view on the country.