How GOP Can Win Suburbs

"In the suburbs, it's all about being nice and being polite and being respectful of the other party.

Hmmmmmmmmm. I don't know about this kind of talk. ;-)

1 posted on 09/06/2004 11:19:34 AM PDT by Scenic Sounds

To: Scenic Sounds

Dude, Hillary Clinton came out of those same Chicago suburbs..

2 posted on 09/06/2004 11:30:57 AM PDT by ken5050 (Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)

Maybe it's just me but this has the familiar sound of friendly own-throat-cutting advice from a liberal...

3 posted on 09/06/2004 11:33:14 AM PDT by sinanju

Dude, Hillary Clinton came out of those same Chicago suburbs..

You think Hillary Clinton is nice, eh?

I think she's too preachy! Politicians should just do what we want them to do and spare us the preaching!!!

4 posted on 09/06/2004 11:33:34 AM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)

Partisanship is not a dirty word. It boggles the mind how much we've got to appeal to the squishy, apathetic, moderate middle. It's like the most clueless people are the ones choosing the next president!

Do we want politicians who listen to us and represent us by fighting for what we want or do we want politicians who teach us what's good for us and lead us?

6 posted on 09/06/2004 11:37:12 AM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)

To: Scenic Sounds

Mark Kirk... LOL!

Might as well ask NARAL to advise us on candidates.

7 posted on 09/06/2004 11:49:54 AM PDT by mrsmith ("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")

To: Scenic Sounds

Jobs and the economy were the top issues on which suburban voters base their ballot picks.

We'll see if their tone changes when some Muslim terrorists take over their local Middle School and rapes and slaughters their children.

I suppose until then, they'll just wait around to be bribed by the usual Liberal politicans.

8 posted on 09/06/2004 11:55:53 AM PDT by Gritty ("The Democrats' unifying theme is we can return to the infantile delusions of September 10-VD Hanson)

Mark Kirk... LOL!

Might as well ask NARAL to advise us on candidates.

Well, now look what you did - you made me go to Google to find out about this Mark Kirk guy.

First elected to Congress in 2000, Mark Steven Kirk represents the Suburban Chicago 10th Congressional District of Illinois. Reelected in 2002 to the 108th Congress with 69 percent of the vote, Congressman Mark Kirk is a member of the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee where he serves on three of its subcommittees: Foreign Operations, Commerce/Justice/State, and Legislative Branch.

Congressman Kirk grew up in the 10th District and recounts an early brush with death as shaping his future and leading to a career in public service. At age 16, he nearly drowned in Lake Michigan and would later tell the Chicago Tribune, "To be given a second chance means it has to mean something. For me, that means making a difference through public service."

Representative Kirk began his career in government in 1984 as an aide to his predecessor Congressman John Edward Porter, eventually serving as his Chief of Staff. He later served in the World Bank, the State Department, the law firm of Baker & McKenzie, and as legislative counsel for the U.S. House International Relations Committee.

Congressman Kirk is a Naval Reserve intelligence officer who served during conflicts with Iraq, Haiti, and Bosnia. He has served four tours at sea and three in Panama. Kirk holds the rank of Lt. Commander and in 1999 the U.S. Navy named him 'Intelligence Officer of the Year' for his combat service over Kosovo.

Kirk is the only member of Congress to serve stateside during Operation Iraqi Freedom and was an air crewman over Iraq protecting the northern no-fly zone as part of Operation Northern Watch. Lt. Commander Kirk continues to serve one weekend a month in the Pentagon.

Since taking office, Congressman Kirk focused on issues important to his 10th District constituents including: securing $55 million to expand Chicago area's Metra North Central commuter rail line and saving the North Chicago Veterans Hospital from closure by arranging a merger with Great Lakes Naval Training Center's Navy Hospital. When youth violence shocked Chicago's north shore communities, Congressman Kirk convinced the owner of the Chicago Bulls to build a community basketball facility in North Chicago.

Congressman Kirk introduced legislation to reduce mercury pollution in Lake Michigan, Mercury Pollution Reduction Act, and was recognized by the League of Conservation Voters as one of the top environmental Republicans in the House. On the aviation security bill enacted after September 11, Congressman Kirk contributed provisions to the law, including the requirement that airport baggage screeners be United States citizens.

Representative Kirk graduated from New Trier High School and attended the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico before earning a B.A. with honors from Cornell University. He holds a Master Degree from the London School of Economics and once worked for a member of Parliament. Kirk earned a law degree from Georgetown and conducted military or official missions to more than 40 countries.

Congressman Kirk and his wife, Kimberly, live in Highland Park.

So, what's wrong with this guy??

9 posted on 09/06/2004 11:59:06 AM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)

Exactly. As the "middle voters" (convictionless, lukewarm wastes of brain matter) become more important in elections, campains become more meaningless. How the he!! can you base a campain around being "nice" and to the other side? on not being too extreme?
In my book, it's moderation that's the dirty word.

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice."
Thomas Paine

10 posted on 09/06/2004 12:00:31 PM PDT by Hot Soup

To: Scenic Sounds

U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes - and his sharp tongue - isn't helping matters.

RINO's blame Keyes for Bush loss of unwinnable, written-off state. News at 11:00

11 posted on 09/06/2004 12:04:21 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (For vitriol press one, for name-calling press two, for personal attacks press three...)

In my book, it's moderation that's the dirty word.

What is the opposite of moderate? Extremist? Wouldn't it be better to come up with another name for the opposite of moderate?

I think the label "extremist" turns a lot of people off.

12 posted on 09/06/2004 12:10:29 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)

To: Scenic Sounds

13 posted on 09/06/2004 12:11:48 PM PDT by Aetius

To: Scenic Sounds

"what's wrong with this guy??"

For funding international abortion groups, for military abortions.

He's your kind of guy, killer.

Heck, he even agrees with you that we shouldn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that we should pay more to the UN.

He's the Republican candidate you've always dreamed of!

15 posted on 09/06/2004 12:15:53 PM PDT by mrsmith ("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")

To: Scenic Sounds

[ I think she's too preachy! Politicians should just do what we want them to do and spare us the preaching ]

Everyone is a PREACHER.. You preach loudest by what you do, not by what you say.. Everyone iis a preacher.. With politicians its what they VOTE for or against, not what they say.. same with you and I..

16 posted on 09/06/2004 12:23:40 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)

To: Scenic Sounds

[ I think she's too preachy! Politicians should just do what we want them to do and spare us the preaching ]

17 posted on 09/06/2004 12:24:55 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)

For funding international abortion groups, for military abortions.

Oh. I don't think he even mentioned that in his bio.

He's your kind of guy, killer.

Mrs. Mith, it's just not kind of you to call me a killer. We hardly even know eachother yet. ;-)

Heck, he even agrees with you that we shouldn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that we should pay more to the UN.

Well, now I'm sure we don't really know eachother!

He's the Republican candidate you've always dreamed of!

What would you see as my choices as a voter this November if I lived in Congressman Kirk's district?

18 posted on 09/06/2004 12:29:14 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)

To: Scenic Sounds

What is the opposite of moderate? Extremist? Wouldn't it be better to come up with another name for the opposite of moderate?

How about principled.

19 posted on 09/06/2004 12:30:20 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (For vitriol press one, for name-calling press two, for personal attacks press three...)

To: Scenic Sounds

I never knew these things about you! Wow, you certianly do a good job of portraying yourself as a conservative when, in reality, you're one of those liberal baby-killing French wimps. :-)

20 posted on 09/06/2004 12:32:14 PM PDT by Cathryn Crawford (¿Podemos ahora sonreír?)

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