Republican Disease (Republicans betray their base to be loved by the beautiful people.)

The American Prowler ^ | 9/28/2006 | Philip Klein

[napscoordinator]

As Mike Pence put it: "We will never win by being them, we will only win by being us."




That needs to be said over and over again. Mike Pence is the smartest politician in Washington. He might not be ready for President just yet, but I believe in the next ten years he could be quite a contender.

[Echo Talon]

According to the exit polls from the 2000 election, those voters who identified education as the issue that "mattered most," favored Al Gore over George W. Bush by a spread of 52 percent to 44 percent. The No Child Left Behind Act had passed by the time the 2004 election rolled around, and yet, according to exit polls, John Kerry trounced President Bush among voters who thought education was most important, by a margin of 73 percent to 26 percent. The numbers are similar with voters who thought health care was the most important issue. In 2000, Gore had a 64-33 advantage among these voters; in 2004, despite the passage of the Medicare prescription drug law (or perhaps even because of it), Kerry was favored by a margin of 77-23.

thats because Democrats and they media counterparts demonize anything that Bush does
"NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND! ITS THE WORST THING SINCE HITLER" or whatever, same goes for Medicare, it doesn't matter that ALL the libs were for these programs(at least no child left behind, heck ted kennedy was right up there when he signed it)

[Jeff Chandler]

He might not be ready for President just yet, but I believe in the next ten years he could be quite a contender.

Unless President Rodham declares martial law and abolishes elections.

[Echo Talon]

Unless President Rodham declares martial law and abolishes elections.

For the common good... :\

[Jeff Chandler]

For the children.

[DB]

I think that is pretty unlikely.

She will definitely motivate the base.

The Republican base...

[DB]

The Republican party squandered a rare opportunity to really make a change when they were given control of both houses. Instead they became Democrats light. No courage of conviction whatsoever.

[Jeff Chandler]

Maverick POW MCain? Lib-loving Guliani? I'm concerned.

[gotribe]

This "Republican disease" will kill the careers of several GOPs in Ohio in November.

[timer]

What may really kill us is the "perot effect" : conservative purists going off in a pout if they don't get their way on everything. It killed us in '92 and '96, and it will do it again on 11/7/6, and get us pelosi as speaker.

[Echo Talon]

I'd take Rudy over Newt, I lost faith in Newt over the Taliban funeral(someone made the decision not to strike it) thing..

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

"NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND! ITS THE WORST THING SINCE HITLER"

Actually it was the worst thing since Stalin.

I believe the Iraq war was Hitler.

Medicare is probably Pol Pot.

Tax cuts - Ghengis Khan.

[liliesgrandpa]

"The Republican party squandered a rare opportunity to really make a change when they were given control of both houses. Instead they became Democrats light."

So true.

[backhoe]

The Republican party squandered a rare opportunity to really make a change when they were given control of both houses. Instead they became Democrats light. No courage of conviction whatsoever.

That's how I see it.

[unspun]

As Mike Pence put it: "We will never win by being them, we will only win by being us."

We will win when we replace them with us.

[rambo316]

It's also called RINO disease.

[Echo Talon]

LOL! it all looks ok, but I think Pol Pot and Stalin get a pass in their book.. :\

[capitalist229]

We can have both guns and butter if we are willing to continue to borrow 80% of the savings of the emerging world.

If they are willing why shouldn't we ?

Higher debt levels don't seem to be as poisonous as we thought in a diversified and vibrant world economy because inflation is tamed by labor competition.

But the Fed needs to drop rates now to keep this gravy train going.

BUMP

[DB]

I won't vote for McCain under any circumstance.

The man is not sane.