3 Reasons Mitt Romney and Republicans Lost Big in Election 2012

There are more reasons, but these are a good start.

Despite a rotten economy, a miserable foreign policy, and a terrible record of deporting mostly Hispanic immigrants and raiding medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal under state law, Barack Obama handily won a second term as president and Democrats even picked up seats in the US Senate.

Here are three reasons Mitt Romney and Republicans lost big in Election 2012 -- and how they might win future contests.

1. Welcome immigrants, don't shun them.

Back in the day, Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to millions and George W. Bush pulled high percentages of the latino vote as governor of Texas and president of the United States.

Mitt Romney and the party's palpable disdain for immigrants -- Romney called for "self-deportation" for god's sake -- is not only grossly inhumane and un-economic. It's no way to speak to an increasingly mutli-ethnic and gloriously mongrelized America.

2. Pledge Unconditional Surrender in the Drug War.

Voters in Colorado and Washington state have legalized marijuana, a substance Barack Obama once used heavily and now arrests people in record numbers for selling as medicine. The GOP should take the lead in ending the war on drugs, a life-destroying, money-wasting, Constitution-shredding tragedy that is antithetical to limited government and personal responsibility.

3. Stay Out of the Bedroom, For Good.

Marriage equality initiatives won in Maine, Maryland, and Washington and an anti-gay-marriage amendment lost in Minnesota. Republican candidate statements about rape and abortion turned off voters concerned about reproductive rights. There's plenty of room for serious disagreement on these issues, but it's clear that Americans don't want these things controlled by the government.

The GOP should look across the aisle to the Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. The former Governor of New Mexico won over a million votes, the LP's best showing since 1980.

Johnson's success shows that Americans are interested in what the GOP has always said it stood for but never delivered on: A government that stays out of the boardroom and out of the bedroom.

"3 Reasons Mitt Romney and Republicans Lost Big in Election 2012" is written and narrated by Nick Gillespie and produced by Meredith Bragg.

About 2:30 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJxiQO9KcA

They made their bed, now they can sleep in it. As an immigrant myself I am offended by the GOPs actions. They will never ever get my vote. The Democrats have pissed me off too and this time I voted against both parties, but the GOP has a special place in my "GO FUCK YOURSELF" list.

Calling off the drug war is a good idea, but it's not going to win any elections for anybody.

As an immigrant myself I am offended by the GOPs actions. They will never ever get my vote....the GOP has a special place in my "GO FUCK YOURSELF" list. Originally Posted by icuminpeace

In short this is exactly whey Romney and the Republicans lost the election and why the Republicans will have a problem winning future Presidential elections.

When the GOP tells their ignorant followers that the Democrats let the illegals in and automatically give them citizenship, my blood starts to boil. I waited in line 10 years to become a permanent resident, and all that time I couldn't even get a tourist visa to come to the U.S. because they thought I would stay. Then it took another 5 years to be able to become a citizen. Total 15 years! My sister, daughter of a US citizen had to wait 11 years. So don't insult me with the Democrats giving out citizenship. This is a non-partisan process and if the GOP would understand how it really works and wouldn't instill the fear of the immigrant (in short, the fear of us not being white), they would have the support of the immigrants. In the meantime, GOP, GO FUCK YOURSELF! I hope I'm still alive when the GOP dies, I'll throw the biggest party of my life.

And if you think I live off the government, I've never been unemployed one day in the 18 years I've lived hear. I paid for my college education and I'm paying for my own grad school. I also pay more in taxes than the typical GOP supporter that's not rich.

Hey, old geezer, weren't you the very same clown whining about how sick and tired he was about the elections in a previous thread?

Well, the elections are over, but now you're just rehashing the ashes!

. . . You just need to be yammering about something, don't you?