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GOOD A.M. MP, ALL FROM THE D-R-Y MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST, USA, BRUISED BUY NOT BROKEN!!!!

I really believe that it is time for the 'pubs' stop being Mr. Nice Guy, please tell me why the are always so nice to the dimwits and sadly to say, dims get more points than the pubs. They let lies, etc., get in on the floor, never saying a thing about it. It makes the pubs LOOK like little dumb ones all the time.

The plants that are taking over the world, my roses, running out of vases. I get one special rose every day for my GD and put it next to her bed so she will see it when wakes up. Oh yeah, she is 10 now, going on 14, know the routine????? bet ya do.

SIL is really doing some finishing touches on the house. He did put me up a two strand electric fence around my garden and it has zapped the dogs and chickens, usually takes once to keep them out but here is the clincher, I forgot to turn it off before stepping over the fence, gotta tell you, I uttered a few not so nice words when it shocked me.

My computer is acting funny again, think I will get off and let SIL look at it before I end up with a blank screen again.

All have a good, loving day.
Toby

I really believe that it is time for the 'pubs' stop being Mr. Nice Guy, please tell me why the are always so nice to the dimwits and sadly to say, dims get more points than the pubs. They let lies, etc., get in on the floor, never saying a thing about it. It makes the pubs LOOK like little dumb ones all the time.

Every time I get tempted to fault the Republicans for doing what they do. I do what a Bush staffer told me to do. He said, "Try reading the election returns!"

The Democrats have been doing what they are doing ever since they lost the House. The Republicans have been turning the other cheek since they won the House. The Democrats have lost the House, the Democrats have lost the Senate. The Democrats have lost the Presidency. They are on the verge of losing the Judiciary. The Democrats have lost control of a majority of State Legislatures and Governorships. The Democrats have been losing on every level of government.

During that same time the Republicans have won the House and held it. They have won the Senate and Presidency. Republicans have won a majority of State Legislatures and Governorships.

The Bush staffer asked me, "Based upon the election returns, Ray, which party do you REALLY think is doing something wrong?"

Look at the recent house seat election from California. Duke Cunningham, the Republican who held the seat, is going to prison. It is a slightly Republican district... about 54 to 46. That is a very similar margin to most Republican seats in the House. The Republicans ran 13 candidates and the Democrats 2. And the lead Democrat according to the media was supposed to win well over 50 percent of the votes and therefore the seat. The Democrat won the same percentage as Kerry did in 2004... forty four percent.

By forcing a run off, it looks more and more likely that the Republicans will hold that seat. That says something to me. If the Democrats can't win THAT seat, what seats can they expect to take away from the Republicans?

That is the latest example.. in a long list of examples... that show that what the Democrats are doing is not working and what the Republicans are doing is working.

Having looked at recent voting patterns, I think the Democrats hope to get Republicans in a knock down drag out shouting match. When that happens the moderate voters say fie on both your houses. The election then comes down to which side has the most registered voters. When that happens in most battleground states, the Democrats win.

Look at the California situation in the Gray Davis run for re-election. The Republican Simon got into a shouting match with Democrat Davis. Every time Davis called Simon a so and so... Simon called Davis a so and so. Davis won the election. Republican Candidate Bill Simon was strongly urged by Karl Rove to turn the other cheek. Simon refused. Had Simon turned the other cheek, he would very likely be Governor of California today. Instead he emulated the nasty Davis attack and lost.

Elections are very often popularity contests. Being a nasty, name calling, son of a gun is not the way to win a popularity contest. It is a desperation strategy by a loser, hoping to draw his opponent into a name calling contest that only the Democrat can win.

When we get our dander up, it may help to take a look at the election returns. It is hard argue with the election results.