What about having a leader who shows the way? Who actually leads people to accept that the USSR is not a permanent fixture, as Reagan did. Are Republican politicians incapable of communicating facts to the public in a convincing manner?
“No use arguing whether the globe is warming as a result of the use of carbon-based fuels: Rightly or wrongly, voters believe that to be the case.”
WRONG!
http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2009/04/vas-majority-believe-global-warming-is.html
Stelzer’s been in Britain too long. What he’s advocating is that the Republican Party become like the Tories. No Thanks.
Nobody tells me what to accept. And I mean nobody.
I believe that the other side is made up of gullible people, ignorant people, mentally ill, malcontent whiners, communists, homosexuals, etc. Why would anyone ever accept their goals.
The second amendment and more importantly the spirit of serious fighting against an evil dictatorship is tailor made for situations like this.
So if voters believe eating colorful jelly beans will make their flatulence smell like a flower shop, that makes it so?
Where do they find these idiots, and just whom did they expect to be swayed by this crap?
After all, if we were suckers, we'd already be liberals.
Partys are becoming OBSOLETE...
I think the Republicans should take the “Party of no” label and run with it.
(i.e Yes we are the party of no; no to raising taxes, no to illegal immigration, no to wasteful government spending, no to coddling terrorists..._
you get my drift.
They need to become - not the party of no, beu the party of Hell NO!
Except that only 34 percent of the public believes in human-caused global warming - a significant drop over the last few years - largely because the skeptics refused to be silenced into accepting a falsehood. Someone needs to hand this pinhead a binky so he can go hide in a closet and suck his thumb.
Was the Swine Flu a test on the fear factor?
Fear enough to Nationalist Socialize healthcare?
Remember when in WWII the owner of GM said "What's good for GM is good for America."?
Clump.. clump...clump...clump...
Goosestepping our way to global fascism.
Wrong.
Should they agree that everyone should jump off a cliff just because the voters say so? That is essentially what the believers are saying....ruin your economy. Windmills and solar panels will not cover our demand, not even close. We are being asked to go back to 1900 or so in terms of CO2 emissions with 3 or 4 times the population. I can't be done without a MASSIVE nuclear plant construction program.
Leaders stick to their guns even in the face of opposition. They either go down for the cause or are later hailed for their strength sticking to what is right.
http://travismonitor.blogspot.com/2009/05/power-of-no.html
Verbose twaddle from the ‘let’s meet Obama half-way’ wing of the conservative/GOP, Irving Seltzer:
http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/454ncnmo.asp?pg=2
He gets verbose because he falls in the trap of taking off the most powerful GOP/conservative weapons and granting far too many premises to the Obama and Democrat side. For example, he will grant as a premise that CO2 is enough of a danger to be worthy of regulation at this time, whn in fact that premise is definitely a false one.
While he is correct in saying the Republicans need alternative ideas, he is wrong in saying that is the only avenue for Republican response to the Obama agenda. Sometimes - like when you are in a car getting driven off a cliff - saying “No! Turn around!” suffices.
As a parent, I know the power of No. Sometimes, its the only leverage you’ve got. Today, it’s the only leverage the GOP has. The Republicans have no majority and no leverage to enact any alternatives, so whatever they propose will be theoretical exercises and PR. The bare fact is that for 6 of the Bush 8 years, the Democrats didn’t feel the need to only criticize Bush when they had a better plan. They criticized Bush relentlessly 24/7, often unfairly, often hypocritically, often opportunistically. The Republicans should be fair and without double-standards, but also relentless and opportunistic: Oppose the Obama agenda with both barrels on each and every item where they are doing wrong.
Let’s not fall into the either/or trap. We either have alternative policies or we are the party of “No”. We need both.