How to Beat the Democrats and other subversive ideas
Posted on 07/31/2002 6:44:45 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
How to Beat the Democrats and other subversive ideas
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Politics is about winning. It seems like an obvious fact, but Republicans sometimes forget it. Many seem to think that politics is only about being right: if you espouse good principles and good policies, you’ve performed your political task. In one sense, of course, politics is about such things. Why engage in political battles if you don’t think you are wiser or more principled than your opponent? But politics is also a war in which almost anything goes. Consequently good principles and good policies are defeated as often as they succeed.
Those who think they can win elections on superior principles and better policies are “Gold Star” Republicans. Gold Star Republicans believe that if they show voters they are decent and prudent human beings they will be rewarded. But that’s not the way the political war works.
Defending our Republic and the principles for which it stands is a task that Republicans will have to face. To do this successfully, Republicans will first have to change their approach to the battle itself. They can no longer afford to regard politics as a business. Instead, they will have to embrace it as a cause.
McAuliffe wisdom from 2000,
on why Republicans lost key races:
"I think for the Republican National Committee last Tuesday was one of the worst nights they have ever had. Somebody has to take responsibility but I am not going to blame it on (Republican Party Chairman) Gov. Gilmore. I am going to blame it on a lack of vision, a lack of ideas, bad candidates. Listen, they put up conservative candidates who are outside the mainstream of where America is."
Now doesn't that make you angry? E-mail your congressmen and senators and tell them to take off the gloves! Suggest they buy David Horowitz's new book "How to Beat the Democrats and other subversive ideas".
NEW YORK (Variety) - The yakker battle for second place in primetime between MSNBC's "Donahue" and CNN's "Connie Chung Tonight" is a photo finish -- with Chung hanging on by a hair.
Since Phil Donahue launched his gabfest on MSNBC's rejiggered primetime schedule July 15, he's averaged 620,000 viewers, compared with Chung's 746,000 in the same 8 p.m. hour, according to the final July Nielsen ratings. Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor," hosted by Bill O'Reilly, is well ahead of both, taking in an average total audience of just about 2 million. (MSNBC and Fox News reach fewer households than CNN.)
In total household ratings during the same time slot, Chung grabbed a 0.7 compared with the godfather of gab's 0.6. O'Reilly pulled in a 1.8.
But most news cable channels can boast a staggering amount of year-to-year viewership growth from July 2001 to July 2002.
In total day, CNN jumped 57% to an average of 514,000 viewers, while MSNBC is up 17% to 266,000. Frontrunner Fox News spiked 97% to 621,000.
Media watchers have attributed this mostly to post-Sept. 11issues and persisting interest in the faltering stock market. "This July has been a much stronger month for news," said Tim Brooks, a ratings guru who is senior VP of research for Lifetime Networks.
Brooks thinks that the CNN-Fox News rivalry has bolstered interest in cable news. "Two powerhouse networks competing in a given category will enhance both of them," he said. "Just look at Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network."
That's really too bad. Since Phil has become Ralph Nader's biggest cheerleader. I want more and more dims to fall in love with Ralph. Dims really deserve their very own Ross Perot.
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Thanks. Thanks a lot. |
So much for my honeymoon with HLL...
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I can't tell you how thankful I am. |
Now if you don't mind, I'm headed off to the monastery...
This is a test, right??? You wanna see if I'm hot for leftist intellectual babes....
More beautiful Democrate women/men, oh hell who know what it is!
I bet this same group supports GAY rights and are pro-Choice. Funny how that is.
On Crossfire yesterday, a question to Paul Begala from a student:
"Paul, my name is Jamie from Palm Beach, Florida. I'm wondering if you ever get tired of being Clinton's lackey by putting a clean face on all his wrongdoings and scandals."
Mr. Begala
........"I will tell you what, I would much rather have a guy who was in bed with a young girl than a guy who's in bed with Enron, and that's what we've got now. So we've just got a difference of opinion, brother. Thank you very much for your question."source
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