McAuliffe Says Democrats Are In The Best Shape They've Ever Been..

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[anniegetyourgun]

Yikes, they're multiplying.....AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

[mewzilla]

Terry McAuliffe...the Democrat Party's very own Baghdad Bob.

[Oberon]

I beg to differ.

This doesn't look like good shape to me.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

McAulliffe: He (the nominee) will become the messenger, and it's his message that won the primaries.

Let's look at that statement with respect to what happened in Iowa from both sides, that is, from the perspect of the losers as well as the winners.

First, what was the message of the losers?

Gephardt and Kucinich both must have failed Economics 101, but the farmers in Iowa apparently have to pass the lab for Economics 101, that is, they have to stay in business. The Democrats in the Iowa Caucuses turned Gephardt and Kucinich into the Iowa Carcasses because they rejected socialism.

Why did the voters reject Dean? I posit they rejected him because he had no real message. His shrill, piercing voice hasn't changed since I first met him in New Haven in September 1967. All he did then and all he does now is attack individuals without facts. He thinks that being different is enough. When he did make statements of values (as opposed to his tripe about taking back the American flag from the right-wing in America, most notably Rush Limbaugh), the Democrats in Iowa didn't like what they heard.

Example 1: The Iowa Democrats didn't like hearing him say we're no better off now that Saddam Hussein has been captured than we were before.

Example 2: The Iowa Democrats didn't like hearing Dean claim President Bush had prior knowledge of 9/11 and did nothing.

Example 3: The Iowa Democrats didn't like hearing Dean claim we went to war for oil.

Example 4: The Iowa Democrats didn't appreciate Dean losing his temper and ordering an Iowan to sit down and shut up.

If McAuliffe recognizes these facts (which I doubt), the Democrats in Iowa are in good shape. They may have been attempting to take their party back from the radical, looney left.

What was the message that Edwards and Kerry broadcast? I'm not really certain, and I doubt the average Iowa Democrat is either. But both men acted like statesmen. They listened to both talk in measured tones and use reasonably factuall bases for their discussions. In short, the Democrats in Iowa could see Kerry and Edwards as president.

The only real message I saw on television (from Boston) and in the Des Moines Register from Kerry that seemed to resonate was that Kerry was a war hero, who saved the life of Mr. Razzman. That's a good story, and it will sell as long as we have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. But I think the Democrats in New Hampshire will want to know where Kerry intends to take the country from January 2005 to January 2009 rather than where he was 30-odd years ago.

Now that the field has narrowed down to Clark, Dean, Kerry, and Edwards as the primary players with Lieberman and Sharpton for comic relief, I predict:

1. Dean will either explode (as he is prone to do) or implode (because only the hard core will continue to donate to his campaign). In either case, he will fade away.

2. There will be nastiness behind the scenes concerning General Clark's military service and LT Kerry's military service. I predict Clark will be the loser in that battle, but Kerry will be wounded in that skirmish.

3. Clark will attack both Kerry and Edwards as being lawyers. Kerry hasn't really practiced law in over 20 years. Edwards is an ambulance chaser. (While the average person claims to hate ambulance chasers, most Americans will not reject being a part of a frivilous class action lawsuit, so it remains to be seen if that will hurt either.)

4. Clark will attack Kerry asking what bill is known as the Kerry-(Smith) Act. The answer is there is none. In two decades in the U.S. Senate, Ketchup Kid hasn't done much. Edwards will not play in that cesspool, but will point to what he has accomplished in less than one term.

I predict that Edwards will be the nominee -- as long as he keeps above the mud.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

LMAO...poor guy.

No matter how many times he's been smacked down and proven wrong by the Bush administration, he still maintains these delusions of grandeur.

"We're still in great shape!"

WHACK!

"We're still in great shape!"

WHACK!

"No, really, we're still in great *cough* shape!"

WHACK!

"*cough* We're still *breathing heavy* in great *groan* shape!"

WHACK!

Man alive, talk about not learning your lessons...

[COUNTrecount]

"Millions in the bank, new headquarters, new voter files"

New voter files ? I see dead people !

[Recovering_Democrat]

[SeeRushToldU_So]

An ignorant man who doesn't know he's ignorant.

That defines stupidity.

[b4its2late]

Everyone has the right to be stupid, but McAuliffe is abusing the privilege.

[Semper Paratus]

McAuliffe is the best party chairman the RNC has ever seen.

[My Favorite Headache]

[Recovering_Democrat]

Terry likes to drive up steep mountain roads in an 18-wheeler...

[Jaded]

Hey Terry put down the crack pipe and step away from the microphone!

[Pylot]

Terry's been taking lessons from Bagdad Bob!

[moonman]

On Fox News, McAulliffe said that Iowa showed support for Kerry, because he was a war hero, and that 'Bush never served in the military'. He ought to tell all those Reservists in Irag that they aren't in the military and will never be a war hero.

[OldFriend]

And Senator Graham is the front runner in the race to the presidency.

[goldstategop]

LOL! Terry McAwful is the ONLY Democratic chairman in the last four years who can make this claim with a straight face. Yeah, they're in good shape, alright. Just ask the Deaniacs...

[anniegetyourgun]

NOw you're veering way too close to the Moveon.org style.

[goldstategop]

You could NOT be more wrong. The Democrats in Iowa, in their hearts agree with Nikita Dean about everything. They passionately hate Bush. But they realize Dean has become a big liability, that he's too flaky to be President. The party, like McAwful, shows no signs its about to leave Kooksville. They're all liberals over there and they want the public to vote for a candidate (who can fool the voters into thinking he's a moderate) that represents their message. The difference between now and a decade ago, is Bill Clinton had the brass balls to get away with it. Today's Democrats can't.

[muir_redwoods]

"...Democrats Are In The Best Shape They've Ever Been"

Possibly true but still nothing to brag about.