Ready to Rumble [behind the scenes at Dem's "Take Back America" conference]

WORLD Magazine ^ | June 24, 2006 | Clint Rainey

[dukeman]

Let's step back out of the way and let those moonbats fly!

[Hendrix]

I think the democrats should just come out and tell everyone what they really and truely want: raise taxes on the rich, universal health care, etc. and let the voters decide if they want that or not. For some reason the democrats just don't want to tell people what they really want to do. It really puzzles me.

[Joe Boucher]

Yep, as Mrs. Clinton said, the dems plan to take more of your money away from you to spend it on things they think are more necessary.

[Aquinasfan]

It's good to know what the enemy is up to, but for the life of me I can't understand them.

[50sDad]

The "Chain Gang" was an elaborate contrivance: four people dressed in caricatured Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, and Donald Rumsfeld costumes with enormous heads, all shackled together in prison uniforms and paraded around like bobble-head dolls by a phony prison guard. The surprise appearance sent attendees into a frenzy.

Try to imagine how our party would be picked apart on the MSM nightly news if this were the centerpiece of our offering of ideas.

I stood in the rain to watch Bill Clinton's limo go by and quietly hold up a sign at the traitor. I spent eight long years of political agony while that smirking juvenile delinquent befouled the Oval Office with his presence. And my liberal friends just said, "hey, get over it." Bubba was untouchable then, and he actually did crimes against the nation.

Ms. Pelosi, you are so out of touch that the light from a clue will not reach you in a quarter of a million years. Although dissatisfied with the way the war progressed (and who wouldn't be? I am too!) the American public sees it needs to be fought, that withdrawal is surrender, that there is hope it will bring democracy to the region, and that W did the best he could. And they also see that the only thing you have to offer in it's place is giant paper mache bobble-heads and name-calling.

[Hendrix]

I think she said the government was going to take more of your money and that they should sacrifice for the good of society, or something like that. That would be a great campaign slogan. I just don't understand hiding their agenda or not putting any forth. If progressive ideas are so great, campaign on them. The republicans are not shy about campaigning on tax cuts, repeal of the estate tax, vouchers, etc. Democrats would rather just hide behind vague slogans (tougher and smarter, etc.).

[Robert A Cook PE]

Mr. Cobble began with a survey: "Raise your hand if you think that President Bush has committed impeachable offenses." Of the nearly 150 gathered in the room, including Rep. Conyers, the other panelists, and media, this reporter was the only person without a hand raised.

But the MSM tells us "We are not biased."

So, of course, the MSM surveys itself and finds .... "There is no bias in the MSM."

[MeanWestTexan]

"In 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot Ronald Reagan at it"

No doubt why they picked the hotel.

[dhs12345]

Agreed. However, they probably don't understand themselves either.

Their plan:

Very vague and general statements; basically noncommittal nonsense. If they committed themselves then they'd lose half of their voters to the far left.

[DakotaRed]

Latest email from Kerry, via the DCCC;

** President Bush will be sneaking into St. Louis tomorrow to raise money for Republican Senator Jim Talent. If it's like most GOP fundraising featuring Bush and Cheney these days, it will be a "cut and run" affair.

Republican candidates ask high dollar supporters (tomorrow's event is at the Ritz-Carlton) to cut big checks before they run from being caught in the public eye with the President or Vice President.

We're going to greet this latest fast and furious Bush fundraising foray with a spirited, out-in-the-open grassroots campaign before midnight June 30th to support three Democrats locked in tight Senate races.

Contribute today: a Democratic Senate starts with these three races

Today, we're raising money for Claire McCaskill, who is running for the Senate in the Missouri race that President Bush will be personally trying to influence tomorrow.

An impressive campaigner who is eager to come to the Senate to fight for Missouri's families, Claire has just the right mixture of common sense and uncommon wisdom to help turn around the failed policies that Bush is hoping to disguise with his high-powered fundraising blitz.

We're also working to help leading House Democrat Sherrod Brown in his race against GOP incumbent Mike DeWine whom Karl Rove praised as "a loyal stalwart." Recently, DeWine scored a trifecta -- avoiding President Bush three times when he appeared in Ohio: skipping a health care event, a speech on Iraq, and even refusing to meet Bush at the airport when he came to Indian Hills to raise $1.1 million for DeWine's reelection campaign.

We can win this critical Ohio race if you give Sherrod Brown the immediate support he needs to press back against the GOP money machine.

Contribute today: a Democratic Senate starts with these three races

The third candidate on our list is a Senator who has stood with me to protect the environment and save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Maria Cantwell.

President Bush and Vice President Cheney have both already traveled to Washington to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Maria's opponent, Mike McGavick, and for the Washington state Republican party. Not that McGavick needs any help: he received $28 million from his former employer, Safeco Insurance Company, this year after just two months of work.

We're acting today to even the odds by lending Maria Cantwell the kind of grassroots support called for by her strong unflinching record on so many crucial issues of the day.

Contribute today: a Democratic Senate starts with these three races

The June 30th mid-year federal election reports, reflecting fundraising success to date, will be especially critical. That's why I am asking you to rush generous donations, if possible, to all three of these candidates who are in deadlocked races. Maria Cantwell and I need strong Democrats like Sherrod Brown and Claire McCaskill to join us in the Senate and replace rubber-stamp Republican incumbents Mike DeWine and Jim Talent.

Let's show people that we mean business when it comes to standing up for the candidates we believe in -- and standing up to the desperate barrage of Bush-Cheney fundraising now under way.

I urge you to act before we reach this critical deadline.

Sincerely,

John Kerry **

I think delusional doesn't come close to describing these people. Bush "sneaks" into town and grabs money before anyone is seen with him? Bwahahaha!!!

[dhs12345]

Because, they'd pi$$ off the moderate Democrats.

They are counting on the Republicans losing versus they, the Democrats, winning. Sitting back and being critical of everything Conservative only lasts for a little while. Eventually, they have to either put up or shut up.

[Hendrix]

"Very vague and general statements; basically noncommittal nonsense. If they committed themselves then they'd lose half of their voters to the far left."

Exactly, and probably at least half of everyone else. Bottom line is that their ideas are not popular despite what they claim the polls say. If they were popular, they would run on them.

[kjo]

Not only do the Dems not want to tell people what they want to do, their pimp media won't look into their policies.

[headstamp]

Their Plan = Mob Rule.


That's it in a nutshell.

[Tokra]

What these idiots don't realize is that we already DID "take back America" from the treasonous Clintonistas.

[finnman69]

Yawn, more chat.

The loons are taking control of the RATS. The 2006 season and 2008 primary will be ugly.

[cricket]

There is no 'taking back' America for these losers. They will try their best to hi-jack America, however. . .

[yobid]

Their motto should be "We want to come back to America".

[Joe Boucher]

I'm real tired of both parties spending my money on things they see fit.
I didn't work like a dog for society, I worked for MY family. Society can do for themselves.

[Hendrix]

"They are counting on the Republicans losing versus they, the Democrats, winning."

That appears to be their strategy. I have heard their leaders say that they don't have to put forth any plan because they are not in power. I guess they want people to put them in power and then they will reveal their plans. I thought people voted for candidates based on their ideas, but maybe I am wrong.

I love to hear democrats complain that they lost "because they could not get their message out." What they really mean is that either (1) they could not hide what they really stand for or (2) they did not find a vague meaningless catch phrase that wins votes (if there is such a thing).