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To: IrishMike

I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.


2 posted on 10/18/2006 7:05:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: cripplecreek
I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.

If they can't understand there are two clear choices, neither being perfect, but one much closer than the other, they deserve to be insulted.

10 posted on 10/18/2006 7:08:53 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (I gigged your peace frog.)
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To: cripplecreek

Any conservative that does not vote Republican this election deserves to be insulted.


12 posted on 10/18/2006 7:10:10 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: cripplecreek

I have to question the intelligence of those who believe that it is "principled" to punish the the GOP by allowing the GOP to lose, which allows the REAL enemy to win.


54 posted on 10/18/2006 7:48:25 AM PDT by Moby Grape
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To: cripplecreek
I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.

This is my purely mercenary analysis of the situation.

As WC Fields once said, "I never vote for anyone; I always vote against." While hardcore voters won't be swayed from the straight party ticket, it's the "WC Fields" vote that wins elections.

Normally, the Democrats are an easy target to oppose. The problem for Republicans is that their performance to date has been so abysmal that most people want to vote against Democrats and Republicans, in equal measure. They want what the Republicans could bring, but don't, and that's a hard sell when you're an incumbent defending your seat. "But my opponent would be worse" is normally a pretty effective argument, but you can negate that advantage by your own incompetence.

Candidates can't just point the alternative is worse. You have to make them feel it. Voters have to feel less disgust when looking at a Republican than a Democrat, in order to pull the lever for them. Right now, most voters aren't feeling it.

Of course, insulting said voters, on top of failing to deliver for them, won't make you any yardage. Calling people stupid for not voting a certain way is another step towards a well earned defeat.

57 posted on 10/18/2006 7:57:02 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: cripplecreek

Good point. Tell me why I SHOULD vote for the canidate, not why I SHOULD NOT vote for the other one.


77 posted on 10/18/2006 8:10:31 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: cripplecreek
I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.

Well, he did call it the Stupid Party.

94 posted on 10/18/2006 8:24:56 AM PDT by edsheppa
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To: cripplecreek

a caller actually said it correctly on Rush yesterday...he called them CUT AND RUN REPUBICANS


128 posted on 10/18/2006 8:54:56 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: cripplecreek

"I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults."


Well it's a well known fact that you catch more flies with vinegar than with hon.....wait a minute, that's not right!

You are of course correct. They try scare tactics. Now insults. Frankly I am going to vote and vote conservative. Just so happens in my area, that means Republican. But if there were a more conservative candidate/party out there with a chance of winning....yes I would vote for them.



162 posted on 10/18/2006 9:49:15 AM PDT by BLS (If you were blind you wouldn't be guilty, but you are guilty because you claim you can see)
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To: cripplecreek

The leaders of the Republican party in Congress aren't stupid. They are sincere believers in big government, which, of course, often provides special benefits to them and their friends.


174 posted on 10/18/2006 10:10:48 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: cripplecreek
"I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults."

What a coincidence...I question the intelligence of people that think giving power to the Democratic Party will help conservatism.
175 posted on 10/18/2006 10:11:27 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: cripplecreek
I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.

I will side with you on this one.

I also take issue with anyone who calls the Republican Party the "Stupid Party".

Republicans and Independents who support the conservative movement are far from stupid nor are they intellectually inferior to Liberal Democrats.

203 posted on 10/18/2006 12:33:48 PM PDT by jerry639
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To: cripplecreek
I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.

BINGO!

What I have noticed is that when we are called names, the resistance gets stiffer and even more people join us. A lot more people are on the edge, torn between voting their conscience and the guilt of possibly allowing a dem takeover. But when the insults fly, these voters choose not to side with the insulters.

217 posted on 10/18/2006 1:32:49 PM PDT by Badray
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To: cripplecreek
I have to question the intelligence of those who think people will be driven to vote by insults.

I have to question the intelligence of those who don't vote.

279 posted on 10/18/2006 7:17:15 PM PDT by Jorge
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