Comments on: Shorter Delaware Liberal Commenter

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:25:19 +0000

“You guys have this so wrong. It’s all about beer and the marketing….”

True. And, parenthetically, why would anyone drink Corona, when the first thing they tell you when visiting Mexico is ‘don’t drink the water?’

By: RSmitty

RSmitty — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:26:19 +0000

…and yet we still do have a problem of perception and no one here dared even touch that. If anything, inflamed it.

Nemski, I would never dare defend the spirit of the comment laid at us by Rick, so don’t even try to stir that pot at me.

To what Joanne said, unfortunately, she’s pretty accurate. I do truly wonder how much any American (more specifically, non-Mexican-American) would be aware of the significance of the Cinco De Mayo holiday if it weren’t for the liquor industry. Sadly enough, most people think it’s about Mexican independence. Buzz…(as in wrong answer).

So, while I won’t argue against Adam’s comment, as this point was taken up a while back, and had enough evidence to it, that the program was at least temporarily halted, the Republican Party does continue to have an image problem of racism. Granted, it’s not in-your-face, but we have a tolerance of blatant ignorance when it comes to issues such as these. I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about what “they” do (as in DL, etc), but am more concerned about what we need to do.

By: Hube

Hube — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:14:41 +0000

Adam: Well, according to the left-wing loons (DL obviously included), all conservative whites are racists.

By: Adam Kissel

Adam Kissel — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:21:35 +0000

The University of Delaware Office of Residence Life was (maybe still is) teaching RAs that ALL whites are racists. For evidence see this video about their re-education program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EbQfmVoOfM

By: Joanne Christian

Joanne Christian — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:15:47 +0000

You guys have this so wrong. It’s all about beer and the marketing. Big deal–it finally came to Delaware. Having lived in California, and seeing the “poor showing”, of bar celebrations on St. Patrick’s Day, and then the phenomenal showings for Cinco de Mayo, the liquor industry was onto to something. The influx and popularity of the whole “new” Mexican beer market brought to the US in the last decade, has only added to the popularity and prevalence of this new “themed” day of adult beverage attraction. Now who wants to argue with me?

By: noman

noman — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:30:53 +0000

Rick gets a pass on that one because it was funny.

By: pandora

pandora — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:06:01 +0000

It’s comments like Rick’s that turn perception into reality.

By: nemski

nemski — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:54:29 +0000

Cinco de Mayo was the day the first illegal Mexican recieved a U.S. welfare check in Los Angeles. Viva la Estados Unidos!

RSmitty keep on defending people like this, please.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:25:17 +0000

Cinco de Mayo was the day the first illegal Mexican recieved a U.S. welfare check in Los Angeles. Viva la Estados Unidos!

By: pandora

pandora — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:47:53 +0000

Perception problems, once they take hold, are difficult to shake off. How many times have we heard that State employees are lazy, or that teachers don’t work an eight hour day and only work for nine months? Those perceptions are bogus, and yet they persist to varying degrees – just check the comment section of any blog when the subject comes up.

This Republican perception problem is actually quite amazing, given the fact that nobody had better, more consistent message (perception) delivery than the GOP. For years they were the party “perceived” as supporting the troops, as being fiscally responsible – as compared to those tax and spend Dems, tough on crime, fighting terrorists, etc.

So what happened? A series of things, the economy and the War in Iraq most obviously, wrecked a huge chunk of the GOP’s perception.

Republicans have lost their footing on the economy and the war, and while they struggle to find their way, social conservatives, who haven’t missed a beat, took center stage. Right now the only consistent message (perception) coming from the Republican party is on issues like abortion, gay marriage, and, the ever popular, Obama is a… (fill in the blank).

And while their may be room in the Republican platform for such issues, they can’t be the only issues. And even though they weren’t the majority, some of the tea party signs didn’t help the perception – any more than some of the anti-war signs helped the Dems.

Perception can also change by doing something unexpected. The unexpected can change the dialogue. Right now the loyal opposition is perceived as the party of no – for good reason, imo. Now, I’m not getting into a policy debate, and frankly neither should Republicans… since it isn’t serving them well. My advice would be to find something you can do, rather than stop. Think “for” instead of “against.”

Just thoughts from a liberal. Do with them as you will.