Buchanan: GOP A "Heavily White Party"

Pat Buchanan acknowledged to MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall on Tuesday that his party is facing a severe "demographic problem" in the years to come -- specifically, the GOP is on its way to becoming an all-white party.

"There's a real demographic problem with the Republican Party," Buchanan said. "It is a heavily white party, quite frankly. And as a share of the electorate, that is diminishing and Hispanics are growing very rapidly, Asians are growing rapidly, and by two-thirds they tend to vote Democratic."

Buchanan told Hall that the party is losing young people as well.

"Young people increasingly are more liberal and more socially moderate, and they move away from the Republican Party," he said. "These things are undeniable, the Republican party ... is in tough shape."

But Buchanan said the party shouldn't be written off just yet, and said Republicans have made impressive comebacks from deep deficits before.

I went though the Goldwater disaster, when we were down to 140 House seats and we were dead forever, and I came with Nixon in '66 and we won 47 House seats and we won 5 out of the next 6 presidential elections. I don't think that's necessarily in the cards, but I think it'd be foolish at this point when Obama is at his peak, really, to write off the Republican party for 2010.

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[lmnop13]

Well, Rush is sort of a big boy, and, he is fairly caucasian.

[Genep34]

This is laughable - they didn't seem to notice when their super majority ruined the country. Now they are worried that the dems with a super majority might be able to go unchecked in fixing what they ruined.

There is a center there in the GOP that wants everything to run backwards.

Torture - pollution - domestic spying - immoral and illegal invasion - secession - homphobia - xenophobia - breaks for the rich - gifts to the oil lobby - 45 million without healthcare - etc.

And they are worried that without them that there is a danger to the country. What a joke. How can we possibly get by without their simplistic sadistic darkness.

[Genep34]

This is laughable - they didn't seem to notice when their super majority ruined the country. Now they are worried that the dems with a super majority might be able to go unchecked in fixing what they ruined.

There is a center there in the GOP that wants everything to run backwards.

Torture - pollution - domestic spying - immoral and illegal invasion - secession - homphobia - xenophobia - breaks for the rich - gifts to the oil lobby - 45 million without healthcare - etc.

And they are worried that without them that there is a danger to the country. What a joke.

How can we possibly get by without their simplistic sadistic darkness.

[AlexNYC]

"It is a heavily white party, quite frankly."

Pat would be scared to death if the GOP weren't dominant white. All you have to do is hear his comments daily on Morning Joe.

[learntofly]

True. And how is he going to spin anything when he finds out just how many whites, of the whitest party on earth, have left the GOP?

[rain33]

it's always been white for a long time.they accepted some blacks,hispanics,gays and some other forgotten souls are believe in their base;don't forget the rednecks too!

[madatrepubs]

The only way the Republicans will make a comeback is to become MUCH more moderate, practically Dem's. I cannot believe the leaders don't see this and keep pushing rightward. Shockingly in denial.

[noamjunior]

Buchanan should know- he is both white and heavy

[Nyah Molineaux]

you aint right. LOL :).

[Mauiloa]

It's enormous Republican intellects like Buchanan making Duh!-m statements like this that make me feel secure that Republicans have only one way to go in this country: DOWN!

But it's their well-practiced ability to play to the lowest instincts of human nature that convinces me that the Republican Party will never be OUT. Haters will always be with us and the today's GOP represents them better than anyone else.

[dax49]

not a word about what is good for this country- just another parlor game on numbers- as i have always said, these people are loyal to the republican party and not america

[GrainOSand]

The point is to win elections, not do anything to actually help. That should be painfully obvious. They are the Party of "No" because things are just fine the way they are, now bring on the tax cuts and drown the government in the bathtub, and all will be beautiful.

I am sure Dr. Frankenstein when he famously said, “It’s alive” thought that his abomination was trendsetting, groundbreaking, and earth shattering. Rove must be suffering post -- “It’s alive” proclamation letdown if not trauma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPmVhyHBRAM

[sheikwil4]

Pat forgot to say that the republican party is also on it's way to be a thing of the past.

[Havnagudtim]

They are having a special meeting today for all Repubs to officially call the Democratic party "Socialist". Right out front with it, by golly, they respond to the economic/war/job/healthcare/everything else situation by playing their cute semantics games. That takes REAL BRAINS.
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[hankmcoy]

This is not new news to the common American person, its been that way for a long time. Im surprised someone from the GOP finally had the balls to say it?

[WTF1956]

Well from here on out it's all your's. You're incharge, So when the, you know what hits the fan, and it will, don't blame whitey. Oh yeah, your guy also ran on the fact the he could fix all the problems that ail us, so have at it. The excuse that he inherited a bad situation is getting old. He knew what he was getting into, so spare me the excuses.

[Angmorg]

Hey WTF,
WTF is wrong with you.
"your guy" is Your President.

Which state are you in

[december30]

It is is possible she is not from any state in America, maybe just her sad state. just saying, if you get my drift.

[WTF1956]

Just as I'm sure you considered Bush your President in the past few years. What I'm saying is that the Dems are in total control now the Evil Racist White Republicans no longer have any power. And I'm hoping that the Republicans continue to lose throughtout the mid term. That would give us at least 4 to 6 years of total control by the Democrats. With such unyielding power you should be able to fix anything. Have at it. But, don't blame the other guy with that sorry excuse of it being broken when you got here. You knew that going in. In fact if I'm not mistaking we've been listening to how bad things have been under Bush for pretty much the last eight years.

He is President, I wish him well, in fact I hope he fixes everyhting that ails this country, but I didn't vote for him, nor do I support many of his policies.

Oh just a footnote? Why do Democrats view his Presidency as so historic? After all he is just another MAN holding the office, in a long line of men? Wouldn't it have been more historic if we had elected the first WOMAN to that office.

[noamjunior]

it already hit the fan- and the grown-ups are putting the blame where it belongs -on the GOP that drove the economy into the ground

[gayinmt]

Didn't McCain say he could fix everything as well? And it's not an excuse that he inherited a bad situation, it's a fact.

[peanutlee]

i don't know why i should be surprised when i read posts like yours. maybe i expect "whitey" to have grown up a bit and look around; see...it's 2009. wtf? where have you been living and please don't tell me Texas because i have a soft spot for that state having been stationed there for 9 years out of 22 in the Army. Some Texans can be rednecks, but it doesn't mean they're all GW lovers or propogators of hate. For all of GW's faults, I believed him when all the ex-presidents and he welcomed Mr. Obama at the white house, and he said in his most sincerest GW voice that he hopes for Mr. Obama's success. Because, guess what? IF HE SUCCEEDS, IT MEANS THE REST OF US SUCCEED.

Why should anyone not want that? Unless of course you are truly what Republicans tend to call liberals: un-American, and you follow the likes of Mr. Limbaugh, and cannot get past the fact a half black, half white man who looks black is in the "white" house, and how dare he. I am a white 52 year old woman...and how dare anyone in this country think we should still hold anyone back because of race.

[WTF1956]

Why did they hold those firefighters back who passed the requiired tests for promotion, but were not promoted because blacks didn't fare as well in the approved testing? Why isn't that considered holding people back because of their race?

I live in the home of the Brave and the Land of the free.

[WowJones]

The you know what hit the fan and his name was George Bush. But no one's blaming whitey so you just go hide under your bed until the new POTUS finishes cleaning Bush's mess off the fan.

[emily00011]

oh, the folly of catering to the right-wing, white-supremacist, bible-thumping types.

this is fun to watch.

[Budokan]

Someone had better clue Michael Steele in on this.

http://kennethmarkhoover.com

[GrainOSand]

I think white in this context is more a mindset than a person's color.

[zanzig]

How do you have a white mindset? Where can I get one?

[WryAwry]

The Absolute.
The Nadir.
The Incalculable.
The Irrelevanticans.

[GrainOSand]

The sick, the hostile, the self-defeating, the ludicrous, the unsustainable, the unnecessary, the unwilling, the indefensible, the inane, the ghastly, the gross, the illegitimate, the irresponsible, the insular, the ingrates, the scurrilous, the stupid, the divisive, the dismissive, the bogus, the boneheads, the bigots, the bastards, the twits, the tawdry, the contemptible, the foul, the faux, the frivolous, the failure, the warped, the weak, the xenophobic, the zany, the zits, the nasty, the nefarious, the drudgery, the dead (ideologically)....

[RedNane]

Pat and that is the way you like it. For years you have been making xenophobic remarks... you really don't want people other than white in your party. The reach out to Bobby Jindal was a counter to Barack Obama not a real gesture.

[Citizen13]

It's a shame that you have to act white to be included in the Republican Party. "Bobby Jindal" get real!