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September 1, 2012

RNC Demographics (if the Broadcast Version Left You Confused)

Ben Lowy RNC demographics

More piercing of the filter via Instagram….

With that “rainbow” line-up on the RNC stage this past week (you’d think Romney was outpolling Obama 77 – 23% with Hispanics, not the other way around) and the media continuing that condescending practice of isolating on one black face in the audience after another when an African-American happened to be speaking, this Ben Lowy photo of the bedrock (and steel jawed) core of the GOP is almost a relief to see.

(photo: Ben Lowy/@newyorkermag. caption: Tampa, FL | August 30, 2012 RNC delegates recite the Pledge of Allegiance on the final night of the 2012 Republican National Convention.)

  • Quincy Scott

    The main purpose of the rainbow isn’t to win over more minorities. It’s to make the white men feel better about themselves. See, we aren’t racist or sexist in the GOP. Condi proves that. It’s all a liberal media smear!

  • Dr John Galt