Posted on 11/06/2004 3:12:30 PM PST by hillary_4_prresident
bush is the anti-christ so all u so called "christians" who voted for bush are hipocrits....i sure hope all you un-educated-bush-loving-satan-hugging posers are still happy with your decision after theres a draft taking away all your loved ones to fight in a senseless war...so when you see their bodyparts in black bags you can slap a thank you note on georgies desk!
B I N G O
That is exactly how I see the situation.
Glad to hear you are better.
glad to BE better.
not bad, as flus go, but no flu is a good flu.
I think the Democrats reached the limits of their turnout. It would be very difficult to match those numbers with the same passion (uh, well, pathological hatred) as before. I think one myth that exploded on Tuesday was the nature of who does not vote in American elections. Rove harped on that 4 million Evangelical number--that number was seriously lowballed.
Also, the increase for Kerry still did not improve his numbers in comparision to Gore in many blue states--particularly in the battlegrounds. Indeed, the only states where his numbers improved were due to the "New Austin" areas of Oregon, the Sea-Tac area and Vermont, which is becoming a New Age enclave. In Nevada and North Carolina GOP numbers dropped, again, because of remarkable turnout from the college-town and union enclaves. Still was not enough.
The upper midwest remained incredibly close. In order for future Democrats to win state-wide elections in those states they may have to maintain the current 2004 model. It is more likely the GOP will continue its model and possibly expand upon it.
I believe the Democrats have lost the economic argument, the only issue with which they can make inroads into these new voters (or emerging constituancies). Only an economic downturn could do it, but campaigning on negatives haven't won elections for Democrats lately, obviously.
So, for the next two years, the Democrats face a choice between reassessment or resistance. The latter route portends disaster. There is no reason to assume Kerry's vaunted 5 million new voters will be around for mid-terms.
There is every reason to believe Bush's 11 million shall be.
Amen to that.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1273135/posts?page=1
my little tract's stand-alone thread.
I think discussion should nucleus there.
Next move - learn to spell
Yep, just one more reason why I voted for Bush. I TOTALLY DESPISE WORLS!!! I HATE WORLS!!! And if electing Dubya for four more years will get rid of 'em, then that's good enough for me! ROFLMAO......worls......too cool, hahaha.
hahaha love that cat!
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Long time no *see*!
I think your answer regarding what they fear is right on target.
Well done.
one of those times when I really wish my line of thought was not correct.
Apparently the beginning of the end is the disappearance of capital letters from headlines! We're DOOMED!
But seriously...this person was probably raised by someone who said the same thing in 1980, when another Democrat who promised wobbliness in the face of Muslim extremism was defeated by Ronald Reagan. There are millions of people out there who are still sore that Reagan didn't start a nuclear holocaust like they said he would.
uh...who's that?
Get back to us when you've graduated kindergarten,
or gotten past age 46, whichever comes first.
((dansangel)) yep not as much time to FReep as I'd like!
As soon as I get the chance, I'll bring you up to speed on everything that's been going on with the Church (mostly good news).
Please do. I'll be looking for your FReepmail!
;-)
Someone who allowed himself to photographed holding a dead fish and wearing a loaf of bread for a hat. I have no idea who he is, but he's an admirable illustration of the phrase "not the sharpest knife in the drawer."
That being said, I don't think that it's totally out of the question. Especially if they receive a drubbing at the hands of the GOP two years from now.
I think the key to breaking the ironclad grip the radicals established after the '68 debacle and which has tightened incrementally during every succeeding election lies in greater turnout among those Democrats who have heretofore felt completely disenfranchised by the power brokers within their own party.
They need to cobble together a coalition from the ninety percent of black voters who comprise the Democratic base and the other faith-minded minority voters-who are still receptive to a populist, Dem. message-and join them to the remaining white Democrats who have been excluded from the nomination process up to this point.
If the Democrats can approximate the numbers that were reflected in the ballot initiatives/referenda dealing with gay "marriage", I think that they'll have a chance to resurrect their party.
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