Two months later, the Democrats still don't get it (thankfully!)

National Post (Canada) ^ | Wed 05 Jan 2005 | Lorne Gunter

[GMMAC]

Note: as the National Post operates a pay-to-view website, the url cited merely confirms source.

BTW, as far as I know, the red/blue reversal in the U.S. only dates to the 70's when the liberal MSM decided to no longer associate "communist red" with their political fellow travelers.
Along with Lady Thatcher and many others, I remain a "true blue conservative"! - GMMAC

[spodefly]

BTTT

[26lemoncharlie]

I Can't wait till 2006, so that I can watch the Socialist Rock back like a stunned boxer after a blow to the head and swoons before falls heavily to the Mat!!

[Meldrim]

"Not even Ronald Reagan managed to win the kind of deep and broad electoral victory that George W. Bush did on Nov. 2."

Apples and oranges. Reagan carried 49 states. The realignment of the South had not happened, though Reagan did much to move it along. Bush was fortunate he was not running against a more capable candidate.

[RetiredArmy]

Good article. Too bad we can't read more like this in our local papers, etc. But, I agree. The socialist continue along the same roads. The republicans need to be IDing someone now to get ready for the Beast attack in 08.

[ProudVet77]

Just got this email from John Kerry -
Dear Al, No American citizen should wake up the morning after the election and worry their vote wasn't counted. No citizen should be denied at the polls if they are eligible to vote. And, as the greatest, wealthiest nation on earth, our citizens should never be forced to vote on old, unaccountable and non transparent voting machines from companies controlled by partisan activists.

Tomorrow, members of Congress will meet to certify the results of the 2004 presidential election. I will not be taking part in a formal protest of the Ohio Electors

Despite widespread reports of irregularities, questionable practices by some election officials and instances of lawful voters being denied the right to vote, our legal teams on the ground have found no evidence that would change the outcome of the election.

But, that does not mean we should abandon our commitment to addressing those problems that happened in Ohio. We must act today to make sure they never happen again.

I urge you to join me in using this occasion to highlight our demand that Congress commit itself this year to reforming the electoral system. A Presidential election is a national federal election but we have different standards in different states for casting and counting votes. We need a national federal standard to solve the problems that occurred in the 2004 election. I will propose legislation to help achieve this.

Florida 2000 was a wake up call. But the Republicans who control Congress ignored it. Will they now ignore what happened in 2004?

There are nearly 3,000,000 of you receiving this email. We accomplished so much together during the campaign. Now let's use our power to make sure that at least one good thing comes from the voting rights problems of the 2004 election. If we want to force real action on election reform, we've got to demand that congressional leaders hold full hearings. Make sure they hear from you and help hold them accountable.

Speaker Dennis Hastert: 1-202-225-0600
Leader Bill Frist: 1-202-224-3135

[Darkwolf377]

I wait for Obama to do something more impressive than make one speech at a convention.

[proxy_user]

Can we post pay content in full, without excerpting? I would think the copyright owner might object.

[Political Junkie Too]

Blue was traditionally used to represent the incumbant party in the White House. In 2000, that was the Democrats, so Republicans were red. After the Bush Country map in 2000, the networks kept Bush red this year.

-PJ

[2banana]

Mr. Obama has a white mother and a black father. The black father abandoned him at an early age and he was raised by his mother, alone.

But Mr. Obama shameless promoted himself as the what...?

[VRWCisme]

Lorne Gunter has done an excellent job of summing it all up. Great article.

[My2Cents]

Frankly, Bush reaped the fruits of Reagan's political successes. Had there been no Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party would still be a mish-mash of "moderates," and the congress and White House would be in the hands of the Democrats. But we have to give Bush credit -- his efforts and victories in the mid-term election of '02, and his own victory together with solidifying the majorities in both houses of Congress, are historical. But without Reagan's political legacy, we wouldn't be talking about "historic" gains.

[longtermmemmory]

Obama seems to be a firm member of the Jessie Jackson/ Al Sharpton wing of the democrat (gay) party.

[GMMAC]

On the other hand, Ronald Reagan was fortunate in 1980 both that he was running against the most inept and disingenuous American President in at least a century (if not of all time!) and that, by comparison, the liberal media kept the gloves on.
But, hey, "the Gipper" and "W" - God Bless 'em both!

[Gunrunner2]

Yeah . . .that color reversal always struck me as a transparent attempt to disassociate "liberals" from their commie buddies. Never did look right to me. What surprised me was nary a peep when the reversal took place. . .it was like no one noticed.

[goldstategop]

**How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Democrats**

[Timeout]

Real Clear Politics had the best column I've seen on this subject a couple of days ago.

In essense it all came down to this:

The question that Americans want Democrats to answer with clarity is this: when and where is the use of military force justified in the war against terrorism?

[I would have asked about ANY war.]

Bingo. They nail the Dems' problem and why it won't go away until they've answered that question to the voters' satisfaction. Read the whole thing.

[UCANSEE2]

The MEDIA is the one that uses the colors, and decides which party is assigned to what color. The MEDIA knows (and has tested over and over and over and over) that BLUE promotes tranquility, calm, peace. The color RED produces anxiety, fear, anger, hostility, flight, heightened blood pressure, you name it.

Telling that the color assignment is a stamp of support by the OLD MEDIA.

[theconservativerepublican]

They are so ignorant.

http://www.theconservativerepublican.com/index.html

[NilesJo]

Apples and oranges. Reagan carried 49 states. [] Bush was fortunate he was not running against a more capable candidate.

Oh, I guess you mean like....Jimmy Carter!...LOL