True enough, IMO.
Rush said this:
Rush thinks that conservatism is found on the Democratic side. I think Rush couldn't be more wrong.
What we have gotten, is Teddy Kennedy writing No Child Left Behind and Prescription Drugs. And as Rush stated on his show, now we will get Amnesty. Teddy Kennedy had more impact in this administration than Clinton's.
Here in NJ, the Kean for Senate signs contain no obvious references to the party that nominated him. His opponents signs proudly proclaimed "Democrat."
How can anyone possibly win if he is ashamed of his principal supporters?
ML/NJ
Conservatives now have two years to define themselves.
'bout sums it up.
And elephant being gored by a rhino, while a donkey looks on and says, "Thanks". (No puns on "gore", please.)
By the way, this is how Hillary wins in '08. She can't beat 40 per cent. That's her ceiling. She'll need a RINO to go the Independence route and siphon 11-12 per cent of the vote.
But but he didn't mention the EVIL LIBERTARIANS! [insert evil music]
Oh btw, the article was horribly written.
He's almost entirely wrong. The man who is so proud to have not graduated from college could stand to read some history to better ground himself for a macro analysis. Then he would do well to test his theory on every individual loss, where he would find that it wouldn't come close to explaining the majority.
Rush has no idea how to win an election. His single contribution to yesterdays results was inserting himself into the national news as a clown making fun of Fox.
Bad timing!
What? No attacks on the "LIBERAL-tarians" by El Rushbo that has been spewed by other FReepers ad nauseum?
Republicans have tried to play "Leftist Lite" in a political ploy to try and garner more votes. They lost sight of what motivated the Reagan Democrats.
I agree. Almost all Republicans ran away from George Bush. They believed the stupid msm/dem spin about how everyone hates Bush. Instead of being standup and standby men, they showed that they will cut and run when the going gets tough. They sold out.
The sucker was right !
Rush sure helped by making fun of Michael J. Fox! At least thats what that Missouri woman says.
From what I can see, Rush ain't wrong!
I would not say Rush was wrong, but how do they get people to believe them when they say they are conservative Rats.
I think the GOP is to honest to compete with a bunch of liars. They have dead people vote and hire Acorn to make false voter registrations and when they get caught breaking the law they never resign. Look at all the Reps. that have resigned and I can't think of one Rat.The Rats are born cheaters and always get away with it.
Rush is partly right, but conservatism doesn't sell everywhere, and instead of sneering "RINO," we need to recognise that in a lot of seats, our choice is between an R who votes as we would like 30% of the time, and a D who gives us 0% support.
That being said, the problem was far less not running on conservative principals, as not governing by conservative principals. You had too many candidates who could neither run on what has been happening in Washington, because conservative don't like it, nor run against what has been happening in Washington, because Rs have been in charge. They were left with the weak tea argument of "as bad as I've made things in Washington, they will be even worse if you don't send me back there for another term." We won't have that problem in 2008, but a whole bunch of "moderate" Ds will.
The War is neither popular, nor appreciated. Wars should not be popular, and when they are not, the public has to understand very well why we are fighting, and why, bad as body bags and maimed troops are, not fighting the war will be even worse. Bush has, by and large, done an awful job the past few years, of getting that message home to the public. Sure, Freepers who get news on the internet can lecture on this issue, but the average voter has spent the past few years hearing nothing but bad news. Even those who oppose cut and run are mad about the War.
And don't even mention how the MSM is working hand in hand with the D leadership to make the War unpopular and unappreciated. We all knew that was going to happen. It is just one more thing that Bush should have plugged into his calculations before this ever began.
Wow...for once Rushbo earned his pay this week and is right on the mark.