Posted on 12/11/2005 6:38:12 PM PST by rirepublican
LAKE BUENA VISTA -- If Florida Democrats are going to engineer a turnaround next year, it looks as if they'll use a page out of an old Republican playbook to do it.
Five years after President Bush rode into office on a promise to restore integrity to the White House, Democrats gathered here this weekend for their 2005 convention are rallying around a similar cry.
Truth and honesty have emerged as central themes, with party leaders promising several thousand delegates that they will topple what they describe as an unethical government in Washington.
Democrats in Florida think they can capitalize on the turmoil plaguing Republicans -- from the indictments of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to lingering accusations that the president misled the country into war.
"People are really shaken. I mean, their confidence in government is really shaken," said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. "I think there's a tremendous resonance across the country.
"It's painting us a rainbow all the way to victory next year," she said.Party leaders say there's already plenty of evidence that Democrats are gaining ground.
Fifty-seven percent of voters disapprove of Bush's performance, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll, and Democrats recently won governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey, the two biggest prizes of the 2005 elections
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
The dems assert misleading falsehoods then claim they will bring back integrity. Psychology 101 - Projection
turmoil? really? I feel pretty good about my party. Reps tryin' while dems lyin'
Democrats + truth and honesty? Sorry that just doesn't compute.
DISNEY WORLD!
Here's the link to validate my claim...
You can't make this stuff up, folks.
Is this a not-so-subtle admission that they have condeded that they will not win elections based on the merit of their ideas?
The truth and honesty as displayed by the latest diatribes from party leadership will further topple/cripple the Democrat Party. Some of them are showing their true colors, and it is turning off many in their own party, and cementing the theme that the Republicans are doing some things correctly in the minds of many.
From Democrats? *snort* *choke* *ROTFLOL!!*
"Dems hope turmoil will topple GOP rule"
Dems hope GOP will cut and run just like them so the voters cannot distinguish the two...
That's what they mean...
It is working..I talk to lots of people who don't take the time to read conservative news and repeat word for word what they are hearing from the MSM and believe it. It's mind boggling.
Democrats who think they'll win *anything* before the 2012 elections are ignorant of statistical reality and of the rock solid job of redistricting we did in 2002.
And Merry Christmas to you as well.
"Is this a not-so-subtle admission that they have conceded that they will not win elections based on the merit of their ideas?"
I haven't heard ANY viable ideas, only whining and defeatist rhetoric coming from the Democrats, so yes.
Chvala asks judge for leniency [Culture of Corruption - former WI Dem Sen. Maj. leader]
A summary of the felony charges filed against Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala (D-Madison), Oct. 18, 2002
There is only a slight problem with the RATS thinking:
'When Bush was running for the White House, we had 8 years of lieing, moral corruption, theft, paper shredding..'
This time when someone takes over the White House, it will be because of other reasons, there has not been any lieing from there for 8 years, the morals of the White House are as high as they have EVER been, there was no theft, and there was no paper shredding because everything President and Mrs. Bush did was as good as it gets....
So RATS, before you go back into the White House and bring disgrace and shame upon us again, think carefully about what you are about to do....oh and by the way RATS, we are going to think long and hard about ever letting you guys near the White House for a long, long time....
The biggest feather in the dem's caps from the 2005 election is the failure of Californians to support parental notification for minors seeking abortions. That California couldn't pass that was stunning, and shows remarkable strength in the dem ranks in that state.
I have just one question--After they decide on a theme of honesty, who will they hire to recognize it? They will have to bring back Zell Miller and then they won't like what he says.
vaudine
Ethics 101 - Deception ;-)
Wasserman is my lameass rep. She's a joke. Unfortunately, she got like 76% of the vote in her district. I hope her district gets gerrymandered out of existence next time they're drawn.
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