Posted on 10/06/2004 11:59:50 AM PDT by MarlboroRed
But the thing to me, folks, is this election shouldn't even be close right now. The reason that it is close, they're reasons that have to do with things that, you know, Karl Rove and George W. Bush really don't have all that much to say about or control over. I mean demographics -- if we can be honest here for a second -- demographics are going to make it increasingly more difficult for Republicans to win in the future if things don't change as they are now. Many people who are voting have no context. I've got story after story today of voter fraud, registration fraud in Franklin County, Ohio. There are more registered voters than the Census Bureau says are eligible. We got a story out of Tampa today in the St. Petersburg Times about how a group that was formed in the 1970s, you may have heard of them, ACORN, is out trying to register voters two and three times and they've been caught in the act. You've got the Kerry campaign demanding 6,000 lawyers at these polling places but they will not allow Republican lawyers to be sitting side by side. But one of our problems here is that some of the people voting have no context today. They're just being registered and sent out there with marching orders essentially; World War II generation is dying off. We have people here because of the open border policy. We have people who have not assimilated into our culture. The liberal propaganda resonates with many of them, at least, a large number of them, maybe a growing number of them, because of the "we'll do everything for you" propaganda that liberals are known for.
I'm not trying to be defeatist. I don't want anybody to misunderstand. I just want you to know what the obstacles are here. Before everybody starts dumping on Bush and Rove and everybody else totally, there are some things that you have to understand. We still have history taught by the left in academia. The media has been teaching history for a long time and, you know, some inroads are being made there, tremendous inroads are being made. Progress is taking place but I want to be realistic about some of the obstacles that we still face. You can't have all this history taught by the left, including the media and expect to make huge, huge inroads. This is an election, maybe the first of its kind, with such dramatic demographic changes. And these demographic changes, as long as we don't do something about immigration, are going to continue.
Bush, I hate to say this -- but I mean you know this has been one of my bugaboos since 2000 -- on the domestic side Bush has spent like a liberal. He has spent and spent and spent and spent and spent. But, his problem is he dares to defend his country. So the fact that he dares to defend his country cancels out all the so-called "good," he's doing by spending like a liberal. And I think as I look back at the debate, one little comment about it, as you look back at Bush in that first debate, the last half of that debate, first half I'm telling you was a different story than the last half. There was a big momentum shift, but you look back at the second half of that debate, I think what you saw is the new tone. Maybe even a little bit prevent defense. Don't be mean. Let's not attack, let's not make people dislike us. Let's not get people angry at us and so forth. Of course just the opposite was called for, and just the opposite was what was necessary.
So, you know, I mean one of the examples of this demographic shift I can give you, just so you'll know, I'll give you an illustration. Orange County, California. Orange County always was relied on to offset the Democrat liberal dominance of Los Angeles. But now over 50% of Orange County is minority and immigrant and most of them vote Democrat, most of the new arrivals. The point is that the Republicans, I'm looking long-term here just to give you something to think about, not just this election and not primarily this election, but long-term. The Republicans just cannot expect to keep winning if every election we have to write off California. If every election we have to write off New York, Illinois, and maybe soon Florida, if those states become states that we have to write off simply because of demographic shifts, then you can't expect to win. One of those states, some of those states, are eventually going to have to be mined and cultivated if consistent national victories are to take place.
I have "hope" that since Potus can't run again and Cheney isn't interested in running that "maybe" some of these things will be addressed over the next four years.
The original title for this posting is "Demographic Obstacle for GOP"
More unlikeable than Algore? That is a tough call.
Well, that is the leftist party line...not that there is any virtue in persecuting the rich, if one group of Americans can be persecuted, then any group can be persecuted, and will be. Individual freedom is based on the rule of law, not the arbitrary rule of men, where the law picks and chooses who it will treat in what way on which day.
As far as being greedy goes, the entire Democrat Party position of wealth redistribution is based on greed. How else to explain taking resources from one group and promising them to another in return for votes?
And it is the Democratic Pary, not the Republican Party, which seems well on the way to being the party of the super wealthy (and the party of its serfs, the minorities) while the Republican Party is becoming the party of the ordinary guy, as FR demonstrates 24/7.
we haven't groomed any candidates for a GOP president in 2008. And I don't think the country will elect a third Bush on the heels of Bush 43.
So in 2008, we had all better decide that we want to beat Hillary badly enough to allow candidates like Giuliani to participate fairly in the primary process, and take electability into account.
If we don't, Hillary will be president, and all of the things people fear will happen to the US - will accelerate 100 fold under her rule.
I believe I remarked above I'm not discussing the issue of immigration until after the election.
As for your characterization of the President's character, I disagree.
Well things change.
I gave up on Rush and O'Reilly
All they want is people to buy their products.
So Bush is a liberal to?
Funny Bush didn't invite you to NYC for the convention.
Personally, I like Rudy. I like what he did in New York -- and he wsn't always popular while doing it. New York during Rudy and New York now can't even be compared. Bloomberg is letting it slide back to pre-Rudy days.
What this tells me... a leader has to be tough and make tough decisions, even if the decisions are not always popular at the time. Business returned to New York and the city was re-vitalized under Rudy. Compare what he did to what happened in San Francisco under Willie Brown where he even wanted to give credit card machines to vagrants and the new mayor wants to give homes to vagrants.
I used to LOVE SF, I won't return until someone with some guts is elected and cleans the city up... The reason I brng it up is San Francisco is a prime example of what happenes under Socialism and should be enough to make clear-thinking people get out and vote Republican.
BTW, people make a lot out of Rudy's private life. All I can say is the door swings both ways and it's not always one party 100% at fault in these things and it's between he and his ex-wife. What I care about is what he can do for our country. He's an intelligent, clear-thinking man. Who happens to be popular enough to be able to cross party lines and pull in some Democratic votes. With illegal immigration and changing demograhics that is important.
"So Bush is a liberal to?"
He spends like one.
"Funny Bush didn't invite you to NYC for the convention."
He did too. I was busy that week so I couldn't make it;^)
Hope Kerry is paying you a good salary.
PS You'll be out of a job Nov 2
The single most important thing President Bush and the GOP can do is develop a program wherein blacks, Hispanics and other minorities become business owners in large numbers. It doesn't matter how small or large the business is, just that they are the owners. Business owners are natural conservatives, by and large, because they want to keep the money the earn and they see how stifling the government bureacracy can be. 10 million new minority owned businesses a year would keep the GOP in power from now on!
cya Liberal!
That's often the case. In this case, however, the politico's know they need US to be reelected.
www.senate.gov or www.house.gov. Let them know what you think.
Your attacks on Bush and Arnie,
Bush spending
(guess you "forgot" what really happened on 9/11)
Immigration
Within 30 days of the election says it all.
PS I'm an independent, always have been.
" America will eventually balkanized and collapse much like eastern Europe"
A reminder of the words of Slobadan Milosevic from his International Court trial transcript on 9/27/02:
“So he is holding a head, the head of a Serb that he cut off. So those are the 20,000 Mujahedin that were brought to the European theatre of war through Clinton's policy, and most of them remained there and some went to America and to other countries, and they went all around Europe. And then when they start beheading your own people in wars to come, then you will know what this is all about."
Milosevic quote from internat'l court transcript:
http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/020927ED.htm
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