I've lost count of the number of times Bayh has said "we have to protect this country".
Bayh always looks to me like he playing the ROLE of a senator. By the way he has a slightly new hairstyle, which is meant to look a little more "senator of the people" and less "well-grooked executive". It's sort of an echo of Wendell Wilkie.
Heh.
Well it's gotta be tough to be a Democrat these days.
First, they're perceived to be weak on defense and no wonder. Every damn thing they've done these past few years has been anti-defense. The wall of cards is coming down upon them because silly Americans, they don't want to hear about Guantanamo mythical abuses. Americans don't want to hear that fellow Americans can talk to the enemy overseas and get away with it. Americans don't want to hear talk about withdrawing from Iraq from pompous bloviating and likely corrupt Pa. politicos.
Americans are quite tired of the constant Bush bashing as well. It's almost a standard joke across the land..."it's Bush's fault"...no matter what happens, be it a hurricane, a kitten what tore down the curtains, or crashed glasses.
If you don't think us people who carry this country on our backs understand a thing or two then...well the "you" in this case in the inside-the-beltway clique and for once, ever since 9-11, we're not going to let them rule.
The Dems represent the Moonbats. Which is fine. The Moonbats deserve representation. I'm not sure the rest of the Dem party wanted to go down that road but they had Pelosi in charge and God knows she's right from the heart of Moonbat country.
This past week they showed their colors again with the Cheney incident. I have never seen Dick Cheney say anything nasty or untoward; the man has never been anything but a fine dedicated public servant. The Middle Class Americans, who rule the world don't kid yourself, are getting wise to this Bush/Cheney hatred and it gets old.
Lately I've noted all this talk about defending the country from the Dems because go to hell, they have to know what side the bread is buttered on. The Moonbats in San Francisco are not going to get them elected.
Only the wide swath of Middle Class in this country will get a candidate elected to the highest office in the land.
They tried to convince us of their cause, they tried to convince us that Bush was dumb and evil, they tried to assure us that the judiciary knows best.
None of it is resonating because while we're busy carrying this country on our backs, we're paying attention. IF anyone thinks that soccer mom holding down a job and running a household is going to get all bent because she didn't hear about the Cheney shooting until the Sunday after while the elite do-nothing press corps didn't get the scoop they think they deserved, well get over it. That soccer mom could care less about Dick Gregory.
They keep forgetting who runs things in this country. Money pouring in from the anti-American factions turned their power-hungry heads. And yet the Middle Class ain't buying it...ain't buying none of it.
The Dems know this. They've got to take a stand. Seeing this happen should be interesting.
Here's Bayh's top contributors (industries). Note the highest is law firms. Wonder if he got some pressure from them to vote against Roberts
EVAN BAYH (D-IN)
Top Industries
The top industries supporting Evan Bayh are:
1 Lawyers/Law Firms $752,054
2 Securities & Investment $640,176
3 Real Estate $299,345
4 Insurance $282,051
5 Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $199,322
6 Commercial Banks $178,093
7 Lobbyists $167,305
8 Misc Finance $143,066
9 Pro-Israel $141,638
10 Health Professionals $132,601
11 Electric Utilities $129,206
12 Retired $110,390
13 Business Services $109,679
14 Leadership PACs $95,962
15 Retail Sales $93,520
16 Finance/Credit Companies $79,700
17 Mining $78,200
18 Accountants $77,571
19 TV/Movies/Music $71,000
20 Steel Production $70,800
Percent of Contributions Coded:
Coded
$5,692,888
(85%)
Uncoded
$1,005,564
(15%)
Total $6,698,452
NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 1999-2004 Senate election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Monday, May 16, 2005.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?CID=N00003762&cycle=2004