NASCAR Lessons for Democrats

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 12 March 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

This subject is live, and unfortunately will become livelier. Until Howard Dean and Hillary! Clinton are embarrassed out of national politics by a sufficient number of impressive defeats, these issues will survive. After those defeats, the Democratic Party as it is known today, will die.

John / Billybob

[wk4bush2004]

Amen to that!

Democratic 'values?' What values? Let's see....baby slaughtering, world socialism under the UN, tax, tax, tax.....

[peacebaby]

Great read!

Add this one to NASCARs Lessons for Democrats:

Never sit on the stick shift.

[Still Thinking]

You've just eliminated a core Democrat constituency. ;-)

[Teacher317]

Did you see what was missing? If not, read it again and ask yourself what the Democrats intend to do if they get back into office.

For some time now, they have offered no vision whatsoever, beyond hazy catch-phrases couched in emotional rally speeches. The only thing that Dems have stood behind for the past 6 years is opposition, nay-saying, and obstructionism. The more they do along those lines, the more seats they lose. Yet, thankfully, they are utterly incapable of recognizing this pattern.

In reality, the Dems are victims of their own successes. There's little left of the Socialist agenda to push for that the mushy-middle will accept.

The next "great" Democrat will be the one who offers their version of the Contract with America: a simply-stated list of their specific legislative goals.

[tacticalogic]

In reality, the Dems are victims of their own successes. There's little left of the Socialist agenda to push for that the mushy-middle will accept.

Or to paraphrase DW, if you're look out your windshield at the front straight at Daytona and it's getting longer, it's time to lift.

[tacticalogic]

look=looking

duh

[peacebaby]

What's missing?

NOTHING!

If the Democrats and Dean don't even have an agenda, then how can it be missing?

[goldstategop]

Agreed. A party MUST have a philosophy and a set of ideas to attract support and give voters a reason to support it. I like to think of the Democrats' plight as an inverse Gresham's Law: no identity doesn't give a party a leg up. Or rather bad politics drives out good politics. Fortunately for us, new Chairman Howard Dean and the Democrats have no clue to what I'm talking about. Unless they can figure it out, its only a matter of time before they go the way of the Whigs.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[peacebaby]

"You've just eliminated a core Democrat constituency. "

On the other hand, they might like it that way. sorry, I'll climb outa the gutter now.

;-)

[trubluolyguy]

I believe like Rush said a week or two ago, the only hope democrats have is to lay out what they believe (all of it) and why.

He also said they don't because they know that would guarantee defeat for the next 20 years....but at least they would be standing for SOMETHING.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Dear Congressman:


Ralph Nader has never addressed the risks
of vehicles that automatically veer to the Left.
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED!


Here's a Constitutionally-friendly alternative...
script on the side says "One Nation, Under God"

[100%FEDUP]

"Stock car races are run on oval tracks with the cars going counterclockwise. All drivers turn left at every opportunity. In racing, this choice is entirely arbitrary. It would work just as well if all cars turned right. That is not true of politics."

Not to get picky but the fact that stock cars race counterclockwise is far from arbitrary. It is for safety since the driver is seated on the left and helps prevent serious injury if the car hits the retaining walls. Now if they were racing european cars they would turn right since the driver would be on the right side of the car.

[ClintonBeGone]

That article made little sense.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"That article made little sense."

Democrats steer to the Left....Dems need NASCAR Dads to win.

"DNC spinouts on Turns 06 and 08."

[ClintonBeGone]

"DNC spinouts on Turns 06 and 08."

Too bad the author took many paragraphs to say what you said in 7 words.

[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you for your comment. When I first saw that you were someone knowledgeable about NASCAR, I thought you were going to catch my obvious error. I imagined a race in my mind, and wrote "counterclockwise." That's wrong, of course. The races are run "clockwise."

Your actual comment is most interesting. As soon as I read it, I knew it was true. Of course you want the drivers on the other side of the car from the wall, where most of the out-of-control accidents will occur. You are also right that in Europe, if they have any NASCAR-style racing there, the cars should run counterclockwise, also for safety reasons.

That's more information than I can cover in 750 words. So for publication purposes I'll let my column stand as written, though clearly more information should appear if my column was longer.

Thanks for your comment.

Billybob

[Congressman Billybob]

Don't worry about my wrong-headed correction. It IS counterclockwise. I had an oh-my-God reaction to a reader's suggestion that I had that wrong. LOL.

Billybob

[mellyK]

NASCAR is about as impressive as the WWF. Completely NOT.

[astounded]

"Democratic 'values?' What values? Let's see...."

Treason
Lying
Gay sex
Lying
Treason
Gay sex
...

Need I go on???