Dems Brainstorm on How to Start Winning

AP ^ | 12/10/04 | NEDRA PICKLER

[carlr]

Democrats have to change their habit of "laundry listing" the country`s problems and come up with solutions that can be easily explained

That sums up their dilemma.The problems they cite are fabrications most of the time and even if not they have`nt come up with a new solution to anything since 1964.
Their solutions trace all the way back to Marx which have been an abysmal failure wherever and whenever applied.

With that their hopes are fleeting.

[Mo1]

Woodside noted that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry was always telling people to visit his Web site to read about his plans, something only the intellectual elite will do, not voters glued to the television waiting to hear answers

Ummmm .. is she saying that voters are to stupid to read???

[matchwood]

"What do the democrats stand for? What is their platform?"

They are not a "for" party; they are an "against" party except for their drivel of "better schools, better health care, war on poverty, fight AIDS, etc."

[Mo1]

So the Dems plan for the future is to scream louder?

And pay for babysitters

[Liz]

.......after two defeats in the presidential election and losses in high-profile Senate races.....Democratic leaders......largely agreed that they failed to reach the hearts and minds of Americans......

Nominated as the "Understatement of The Year."

[rodguy911]

"What do the dem/rats stand for"

Welfare, big govt., socialism, no progress in socha security, punish big business, punish small business, more socialism, more taxes shall I go on.......

[compuguru]

Democrats? BRAINstorm?

Maybe a light drizzle, I can believe. Even a tempest in a teapot. But a storm generated by their brains? No, this is not possible.

[mainepatsfan]

This is like a football coach who only calls a few plays during the game. Eventually the defense gets wise and shuts them down. Then after the game the coach blames his players for not executing his game plan.

[mainepatsfan]

They can use the money they got back from Bush's tax cut!

[Mo1]

Won't work .. they gave the money to the Dems so they can get free babysitting

[planekT]

"But for a shift of 60,000 votes in the state of Ohio, John Kerry would be inaugurated on January 20," he added...

Horse shoes and hand grenades. Oh well.

These folks don't realize that they have grown completly out of touch with just about everything good that America stands for.

And no, you can't put lipstick on that pig. It's still a pig.

[Imaverygooddriver]

I have three words to Dim-o-rats if they want to be viable again in the election process;

Stop promoting communism.

[ProudVet77]

It's a he. Rush apparently knows of him. He made a comment about him on his show during the summer.

[Colorado Buckeye]

There is nothing in the article that implies that their problem might be what they stand for. The Democratic party primarily stands for abortion, homosexual marriage, and gun control. From the start, they alienate a large block of the electorate with their core issues.

[danmar]

Fliers distributed to black churchgoers said Kerry wanted to give gay couples the same rights as married couples. Mailings to middle-aged women argued that Bush would protect their families against terrorism. Older Hispanics heard about Kerry's opposition to a ban on late-term abortions, and male union members heard about Bush's support of gun rights. These are techniques that the Democrats will use over the next four years, McAuliffe said, as they try to recapture voters who live in rural areas and the South as well as churchgoers.

Hey, McAuliffe you guy's still don't get it, do you?!

Let me splain' somethin' to you stupid! We DO believe in all of the above as you stated; just talking about it for the sake of winning an election is not going to cut it.

One/The Party HAS to stand on some core principles in order to be believable. Since when is the Democrat Party for the 2nd, antiabortion, anti-gay marriage, lower taxes, pro defense, pro business, against government monopoly on education ad nauseam!?

Just "me too" talking about it is not going to cut it bonehead! You guys are such a ...like, so 60's, 70's, 80's regurgitated!

Fossils comes to mind!

[NetValue]

They could start by a program of national excellence in education, i.e.,get rid of the teachers' unions and begin rewarding excellence rather than "time in place".

[NetValue]

Disavow class warfare solutions.

[winker]

Get a "LIFE"- Get a Brain- Get a Clue Get out of Dodge!

[NetValue]

Concede that affirmative action is itself racist.

[UCANSEE2]

Here is the answer.

I found this interesting, as it does describe the party well.

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/United_States_Democratic_Party