1874 Electile Disorder 12

I wrote recently how for the next election my Republican friends need to be more pragmatic. The face of the electorate has changed, and it's a face of many colors. The old white male has gotten older and fewer.
The old gray male he ain't what he used to be.
So it doesn't do any good to keep making lame excuses for why they lost. The R's just keep diggin' deeper and deeper into the "I'm oblivious" hole. A telling moment in the campaign was when Romney said that 47% of the electorate expected handouts from the government. It looks like that 47% turned out and handed him a defeat.
Really, it was a pretty oblivious comment. Lots of those 47 percenters have hardworking, low-paying jobs, doing them thanklessly day after day. I'm surprised Romney didn't think the poor kids on free and reduced lunches were getting the reduced lunches because they were obese.
Lately Romney sent a letter telling his supporters he lost because Obama gave his voters gifts. You know, like jobs in the auto industry. Again, out of touch. It was probably more fear of what might be taken away under Romney. Starting with Big Bird.
Then there were the commentators who blamed the loss on Hurricane Sandy. Which is ironic in a way. Since those same folks are the ones who say there's no global warming. And others who say the severity of Sandy was due to global warming. So global warming created by those who deny it created the circumstances that destroyed their chances in the election.
Lastly, Rove's R's are currently claiming they actually got all the independent votes they were shooting for. That means one thing: The D's now outnumber the R's and the Independents.
Oops. Pay attention R's. Time to wake up and smell the rainbow.
America, ya gotta love it.