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Originally Posted by molson
I can certainly see why you don't like them if you believe that.
It seems like a huge exaggeration and political grandstanding though - "largely been taken over"?
Anybody can set up a "Republican women's group", or a "Family Values Meeting". If there's larger state groups doing this stuff at conventions funded by the actual GOP, I agree that's a much bigger problem and they need to take a more active stand in quashing that stuff
But they can't stop people from meeting and doing racist shit. I'm not even sure they own the name "Republican".
As the party going against an African-American presidential candidate, they're OBVIOUSLY going to attract the racist element. What do they do about it exactly? Most of the stories involving these things include a statement from a real GOP official condemning the racist sentiment.
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it's easy. Do what McCain did in Minny at the rally. Just a simple, "Let's tone down the rhetoric guys." or "That's unacceptable and whle we disagree with the opponent over XYZ we're all americans blah blah blah."