Posted on 04/04/2005 12:21:45 AM PDT by goldstategop
From Social Security, to intervention in the sad case of Terri Schiavo, to the appointment of conservative federal judges, every major debate positions the parties in the same way: Republicans are on offense, Democrats on defense.
The debate on the federal budget isn't about whether to raise taxes to reduce the deficit, it's over how much more to cut taxes. Washington isn't examining how to expand coverage for those without health insurance, but whether to cut the Medicaid program that provides the central strand in our society's safety net.
Democrats are furiously laboring to prevent Bush from carving out private investment accounts from Social Security, but even if they succeed — which increasingly appears likely — they only will have preserved the status quo. Because Republicans embraced the cause of Schiavo's parents, her case commanded public attention for weeks, while hardly anyone suggested the mass school shooting in Red Lake, Minn., deserved a policy response.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
The "they haven't had a chance to explain what they are about" schtick is so tiresome. Remember John Kerry needing to "introduce himself to voters" after months of fawning media coverage? I think the voters do know the Democrats. I guess the message from voters to the party is "we're just not that into you." And in cases like Terri Schiavo, I think the more voters get to know what the Democrats do (or don't) stand for, the better for Republicans and conservatives. This "they haven't had the opportunity to explain" complaint is the offshoot, I think, of that arrogant tendency to assume that the intelligent people are Democrats and liberals. If we aren't for the liberals/Democrats, we're either uninformed or dumb (or knuckle draggers, or rednecks, or bigoted religious zealots, or whatever).
LOL. Grace, I think you nailed it. Please, please let them "get their message out." Enough will run screaming to keep them out of power (I hope).
If the Republicans hold all the cards and the Democrats are on the run, why haven't any of President Bush's judicial nominees been voted on?
You are correct, we, the Conservatives are supposed to be the dumb ones. Yet, over at DU, they are still analyzing the exit polls from the 2004 election. Guess what? Kerry won!
Is that dumb or what? LOL!
Maybe not Democrats on their own, but the colation between Democrats and "moderate" Republicans is truly frightening.
Here in Virginia, the Republicans are firmly in control of the legislature, yet virtually all laws proposed by conservatives were swatted down by the Senate. Conservatives got basically nothing that they wanted. Perhaps a centrist might say that they should not have gotten what they wanted, but it definitely seemed to me that liberals have nothing to fear from conservatives in Virginia.
"A whopping 79 percent said the patient should not have food and water taken away while just 9 percent said yes."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375888/posts
Zogby Poll: Americans Not in Favor of Starving Terri Schiavo (poll with fair questions)
It's a Zogby poll - Rush is talking about it now.
The question was regarding a disabled person - and 79% said food and water SHOULD NOT be taken away.
If you search for Zogby - you should find the articles here on FR.
I believe it was a Clinton team.
Here's a link to the article - in case you couldn't find it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377242/posts
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