Posted on 08/10/2006 9:48:23 AM PDT by new yorker 77
Many Democrats may hate the war in Iraq and itch to dump the president, but a new GOP survey shows that Republican base voters stand ready to jam the November polls to return their team to Congress. A three-page-survey memo obtained by Washington Whispers reveals that despite reports of some dissatisfaction with the economy, the war, and President Bush, 81 percent of Republican voters are "almost certain" to vote and an additional 14 percent say they are "very likely." It goes without saying that they'll vote Republican: By a margin of 84 percent to 6 percent, they will pull the GOP toggle switch in the voting booth. And here is something you don't hear very often: 88 percent of Republicans approve of how the prez is handling his job. What's it all mean? Analysts say that GOP voters are ready to dig in and play defense against the charges Democrats are tossing at Republican candidates.
The memo also helps to define what issues work for Republican candidates. The survey--officially tilted "Base Mobilization Survey Finds and Conclusions"--divided the issues into foreign and domestic. On the foreign side, it's all terrorism and war with polling that finds GOP voters back the war, worry about Democratic attacks on the fight against terrorism, and think the Patriot Act, moves to tighten the border, and even telephone surveillance are good things. And their favorite domestic issues aren't a surprise: They are pro-tax cuts, big on cultural values, and worried that Democrats want to put too much bureaucracy in healthcare. Another nonshocker: They don't like the media's war stories, thinking that they are too negative. Some 60 percent of the GOP base expresses "extremely high dissatisfaction" with the coverage of the war.
There we go folks, a person who can think correctly. And why? Because they properly put things in PERSPECTIVE. If this was some sleepy time in our nation's history, with the GOP fighting JFK/TRUMAN type rats, it would be different. But it is NOT that time/era.
Well, good point. I like Bolton. Now if he would only tell the rest of the U.N. "bye." I think Bush is a one-worlder, but to his credit, he wants the U.S. to be the leader of the one world.
Reporting for duty, Coop. Murtha is a one man get-out-the-vote machine! And the MSM doesn't see it coming.
Post of the century!
Lying is clearly not beneath you. I said "grow up". Pathetic.
I'm glad to know that someone on this thread doesn't support everything Bush does. I'm just sick of not getting anything out of these fools in power. And I'm not going to keep voting for them unless they perform. We gave the Republicans all the power there was to give and we've become more of a Socialist country. It's very disheartening.
As I said, if you come up with some I'll reply and, of course, try not to "divulge" from the subject.
This could become series.
Well sure, they can mess it up...but destroy it completely? I have more faith in our country than that.
I apologize for misleading the American people.
Now that I've grown up, can we keep this public?
The bill you're speaking of won't see the light of day due to the Republicans in the senate. And Mike Pence's bill is amnesty-lite.
Are you seriously that stupid that you would make those two statements in the same post? Yeah, the founding fathers would be square in your corner in calling for people to not bother voting.....
You cut out the part where he advocated tax evasion. I thought that was the most jaw-dropping point in the original. So jaw-dropping in fact, I didn't even see this contradiction.
Yes, add me to the list along with my wife. We will never vote for a DEM again in our lives.
It's just something they tell themselves to justify their deluded thinking that it couldn't be THEM at all, so it has to be ME.
In reality, we all know that if I did, in fact, have those kinds of powers, this place would be one big Bush Love Fest. :-)
And we'd have a hell of a lot more bandwidth.
Well please, spell out the differences between what Bush and the senate Republicans support, as far as illegal immigration goes, and what the Dems support.
BTTT
BTTT
I said nothing about its outcome. You said the approach was the same, which is completely untrue.
You lose, troll.
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