Ever since the election, we’ve had waves of articles wherein conservatives say that they won “on the issues”, and only lost because of higher than expected “urban turnout”. Here’s Paul Ryan, saying precisely that:
“I don’t think we lost it on those budget issues, especially on Medicare, we clearly didn’t lose it on those issues,” Ryan to local station WISC-TV. “I think the surprise was some of the turnout, some of the turnout especially in urban areas, which gave President Obama the big margin to win this race.”
Well, OK, I guess that’s a natural response to a loss, chalk it up as a loss in name only. But do you pick up on the implication? The GOP won “on the issues” but only lost because black people voted. For the “win on the issues” bit to be true, then, it must also be true that the decisive votes of black people were not based on issues! (Otherwise, they would have lost on issues, too)
This sentiment is really very common, and its disgusting. If black people vote for a black guy, its because he’s black. If women vote for a woman, its because she’s a woman. If white guys vote for the white guy, its because they agree with him about the need to reduce the deficit by reducing medicare payments and block granting it to state governments.
You see, only white men are capable of making electoral choices based on issues. For everyone else, purely identity politics.
520 Chestnut 
This is so perfectly worded, oh how I love you, haha. Here, here!!