<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	
	>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: Ignoring Hip-Hop Ensures a Democratic President in 2016</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 07:01:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
		<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
		<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	
	<item>
		<title>By: Dino Brava</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5393409</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dino Brava]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5393409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Drug dealers practice capitalism.  Why isn&#039;t the GOP pandering to meth dealers?  Murder-for-hire is a capitalist enterprise....the GOP should really go after the Mafia vote!  This article is ridiculous.  I noticed the author conveniently omitted the pervasive drug culture, extreme sexism, and abusive violence that is all but required in Hip Hop lyrics.  Hmmm, gain the Hip Hop nation and lose your base.....sounds like a great plan!!  Idiot!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Drug dealers practice capitalism.  Why isn&#8217;t the GOP pandering to meth dealers?  Murder-for-hire is a capitalist enterprise&#8230;.the GOP should really go after the Mafia vote!  This article is ridiculous.  I noticed the author conveniently omitted the pervasive drug culture, extreme sexism, and abusive violence that is all but required in Hip Hop lyrics.  Hmmm, gain the Hip Hop nation and lose your base&#8230;..sounds like a great plan!!  Idiot!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: jeffrahal</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391475</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jeffrahal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Best part of the entire article?  This quote:  &quot;This is the third part of Ronn Torossian&#039;s three-part series...&quot;  It&#039;s over.  Reminds me of the old Johnny Carson &quot;Carnac&quot; skit, when the crowd would cheer like mad when Ed would say,&quot;our final question tonight.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Best part of the entire article?  This quote:  &#8220;This is the third part of Ronn Torossian&#8217;s three-part series&#8230;&#8221;  It&#8217;s over.  Reminds me of the old Johnny Carson &#8220;Carnac&#8221; skit, when the crowd would cheer like mad when Ed would say,&#8221;our final question tonight.&#8221;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Ace Boogie</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391476</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ace Boogie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Ron Torossian, let me help you out with something.  Conservatives are who they are because of what they believe.  The type of music they listen to or embrace is not going to make a dyed in the wool leftist democrat become, or vote for a republican.  Furthermore, there are a lot of hard working successful people that use their success to undermine the founding principles of America.  By your own admission, none of the success attained by hip hop artists has made them conservative.  Saying to them, &#039;I like your music&#039; or how you wear your clothes will gain us not a vote or a contribution.  You aim to appease - I aim to defeat them at every turn.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Ron Torossian, let me help you out with something.  Conservatives are who they are because of what they believe.  The type of music they listen to or embrace is not going to make a dyed in the wool leftist democrat become, or vote for a republican.  Furthermore, there are a lot of hard working successful people that use their success to undermine the founding principles of America.  By your own admission, none of the success attained by hip hop artists has made them conservative.  Saying to them, &#8216;I like your music&#8217; or how you wear your clothes will gain us not a vote or a contribution.  You aim to appease &#8211; I aim to defeat them at every turn.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391227</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[laura r:  &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;the good hip hop has a gospel feeling.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

Glad to hear it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>laura r:  <b><i>the good hip hop has a gospel feeling.</i></b></p>
<p>Glad to hear it.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391224</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[the good hip hop has a gospel feeling. the junk is just noice w/no musical roots. philosophies are different w/each hip hop artist the piece.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the good hip hop has a gospel feeling. the junk is just noice w/no musical roots. philosophies are different w/each hip hop artist the piece.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: liz</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391135</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[liz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a ridiculous argument. Conservatism is a set of political principles, not musical preferences.  I&#039;ve never been to a tea party or republican meeting where they demanded to know the musical tastes of anyone before they were allowed through the door.  Anyone who shares conservative political views is welcomed.
If people who listen to hip hop want to join the conservatives in supporting conservative causes, who is stopping them???]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a ridiculous argument. Conservatism is a set of political principles, not musical preferences.  I&#8217;ve never been to a tea party or republican meeting where they demanded to know the musical tastes of anyone before they were allowed through the door.  Anyone who shares conservative political views is welcomed.<br />
If people who listen to hip hop want to join the conservatives in supporting conservative causes, who is stopping them???</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391128</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no comparison between R&amp;B and hiphop.  R&amp;B grew out of the Southern Christian Gospel Music culture which also led to the great genres of rock &amp; roll and rockabilly.  Hiphop is a product of the nihilist philosophies of the Left and has nothing to do with authentic Christian values.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no comparison between R&amp;B and hiphop.  R&amp;B grew out of the Southern Christian Gospel Music culture which also led to the great genres of rock &amp; roll and rockabilly.  Hiphop is a product of the nihilist philosophies of the Left and has nothing to do with authentic Christian values.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-5391066</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[they are all friends, one hand washes the other. so they tried to be edgy, not working.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>they are all friends, one hand washes the other. so they tried to be edgy, not working.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-5391063</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[not in my neigborhood. either @ a museum, or ill go up to the bronx.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not in my neigborhood. either @ a museum, or ill go up to the bronx.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-5391061</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[i would profile (i like hiphop) &amp; walk w/the cello. what can i say? so maybe i just insulted the next tupac, but thats the way i roll.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i would profile (i like hiphop) &amp; walk w/the cello. what can i say? so maybe i just insulted the next tupac, but thats the way i roll.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-5391059</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[you said it better than i have. there are some amazing hip hoppers ot there. too bad no one here knows that. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you said it better than i have. there are some amazing hip hoppers ot there. too bad no one here knows that. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391057</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[i like it. but i couldnt get the entire message.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i like it. but i couldnt get the entire message.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: laura r</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391056</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[i was R&amp;B all the way. hip hop can be a good progression. but then again, i admit there is alot of trash out there. the lesser know people are sometimes the best.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i was R&amp;B all the way. hip hop can be a good progression. but then again, i admit there is alot of trash out there. the lesser know people are sometimes the best.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: seewithyourowneyes</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391029</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[seewithyourowneyes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ll support hip-hop if hip-hop &quot;artists&quot; will submit to a Paula Deen-style public show trial, complete with tears, confessions, apologies and begging for forgiveness.  Snoop, Jay-Z, all of them, crying and begging for forgiveness for promoting drugs and violence against women.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll support hip-hop if hip-hop &#8220;artists&#8221; will submit to a Paula Deen-style public show trial, complete with tears, confessions, apologies and begging for forgiveness.  Snoop, Jay-Z, all of them, crying and begging for forgiveness for promoting drugs and violence against women.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Tim N</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-5391024</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim N]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you! 
Love the bling!
Don&#039;t you feel it embodies the true spirit of Che&#039;s revolutionary soul.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you!<br />
Love the bling!<br />
Don&#8217;t you feel it embodies the true spirit of Che&#8217;s revolutionary soul.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: FrontPgSubscr</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5391003</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FrontPgSubscr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5391003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#039;Right&#039; DID NOT seal its fate (so to speak) by ignoring &quot;Hip-Hop&quot;, but they 
have been ignoring much bigger issues where they could make an impact in 
lives ... WITHOUT pandering to Hip-Hop (that&#039;s pretty shallow thinking)!! First 
step is to differentiate, if not dissociate, themselves from the banker and globalist (communitarian) crowd, and engage, time-wise, in day-to-day activities where 
average people are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8216;Right&#8217; DID NOT seal its fate (so to speak) by ignoring &#8220;Hip-Hop&#8221;, but they<br />
have been ignoring much bigger issues where they could make an impact in<br />
lives &#8230; WITHOUT pandering to Hip-Hop (that&#8217;s pretty shallow thinking)!! First<br />
step is to differentiate, if not dissociate, themselves from the banker and globalist (communitarian) crowd, and engage, time-wise, in day-to-day activities where<br />
average people are.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: aemoreira81</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5390998</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aemoreira81]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5390998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t think that the author means embrace the culture per se, but rather try to reach its listeners. The issue is a communications problem.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think that the author means embrace the culture per se, but rather try to reach its listeners. The issue is a communications problem.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5390997</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5390997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s odd is the idea that conservatives should embrace hiphop culture but reject the very traditional Christian Catholic culture of Hispanic Americans.   Doesn’t sound very conservative to me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What’s odd is the idea that conservatives should embrace hiphop culture but reject the very traditional Christian Catholic culture of Hispanic Americans.   Doesn’t sound very conservative to me.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: aemoreira81</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-5390996</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aemoreira81]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5390996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Except that the author isn&#039;t trying to talk about formatting the message for new audiences...but just getting it out there. That is where the Republican Party does a wretched job.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Except that the author isn&#8217;t trying to talk about formatting the message for new audiences&#8230;but just getting it out there. That is where the Republican Party does a wretched job.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: aemoreira81</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ronn-torossian/ignoring-hip-hop-is-ensuring-a-democratic-president-in-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-5390995</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aemoreira81]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontpagemag.com/?p=221676#comment-5390995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ignoring the music aspect of things (as the music itself is something I don&#039;t see as relevant &lt;i&gt;per se&lt;/i&gt;), if Republicans want to reach new potential voters, they are going to have to advertise on media to which that potential audience listens, even if it is historically off-limits. This includes advertisements on urban radio formats (and out-of-home ads in the same areas) as well as on local ad time sold by cable operators on channels like BET (which is among the top-25 channels in the 18-49 demographic) and TVOne to at least spread the message into areas that are historically solid Democrat blocs...and often Democrat by default. (Not referring to hip-hop here, but) there is a reason why Pandora (internet radio) places ads for Democrat candidates on its jazz stations and ads for Republican candidates on country radio...with little backlash...because those listeners traditionally do trend that way at the ballot box (multiple articles have been written on this). That ignored urban audience is a swing vote in certain states.

Notice what I did not say: &lt;b&gt;compromise values&lt;/b&gt;. The problem that the Republican Party has is a communications problem. Obama won election twice because he had a 50-state strategy, while Republicans have tended to retreat instead of expand the electoral map.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ignoring the music aspect of things (as the music itself is something I don&#8217;t see as relevant <i>per se</i>), if Republicans want to reach new potential voters, they are going to have to advertise on media to which that potential audience listens, even if it is historically off-limits. This includes advertisements on urban radio formats (and out-of-home ads in the same areas) as well as on local ad time sold by cable operators on channels like BET (which is among the top-25 channels in the 18-49 demographic) and TVOne to at least spread the message into areas that are historically solid Democrat blocs&#8230;and often Democrat by default. (Not referring to hip-hop here, but) there is a reason why Pandora (internet radio) places ads for Democrat candidates on its jazz stations and ads for Republican candidates on country radio&#8230;with little backlash&#8230;because those listeners traditionally do trend that way at the ballot box (multiple articles have been written on this). That ignored urban audience is a swing vote in certain states.</p>
<p>Notice what I did not say: <b>compromise values</b>. The problem that the Republican Party has is a communications problem. Obama won election twice because he had a 50-state strategy, while Republicans have tended to retreat instead of expand the electoral map.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Object Caching 699/728 objects using disk
Content Delivery Network via cdn.frontpagemag.com

 Served from: www.frontpagemag.com @ 2014-12-30 02:01:02 by W3 Total Cache -->