Herman, please, they looked no further past their nose at their gov’t check, bailout, or mortgage relief. It ‘s always about the freebies and these parasites have taken our whole economy down the toilet. Takers > Producers. Time to kick these losers to the curb. As the song says D-I-V-O-R-C-E. No one has to be responsible for their poor choices.
You have it right on the takers...that’s where we see the massive turnout numbers yesterday. They got free stuff and returned the favor with a trip to the polls.
The second problem is that there is a large swath of voters who are middle income or higher that support this system. I work in an business with a lot of contacts across the country. Lots of Republicans, good number of Dems, especially out west and northeast. They are all probably in the top 40% of earners, but buy the propaganda hook, line and sinker. They ran with the big bird and binders stuff, they think Mitt wanted to take away women’s rights. They think it is a GOP congress that caused all the gridlock...that poor Obama got attacked by the mean, evil congress. They have no clue the House passed dozens of bills never to see the light of day in a Democrat Senate. They are not takers, but they are gullible.
We have to battle these attacks and take it right to the voters....the concept among the RNC faithful of a final 2 week rush in a campaign needs to be shot down. We need to be opening regional offices like OFA by next summer all over swing states and start activism now...direct mail and targeted marketing to sell our ideas and push back on false attacks on congress. Building databases, not just of our base, but of potential swing voters. The playing field has changed. The battle is in the trenches, and the candidates are now just spokespersons. They are the marketing front for a movement. OFA turned out their vote in every part of every swing state this week. It is frightening, and we have to level the playing field.