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To: kipita

There are two choices, Republican or Democrat; you have about 12 months to make up your choice.

Good luck.


48 posted on 01/31/2007 1:00:34 PM PST by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: Howlin
There are two choices, Republican or Democrat; you have about 12 months to make up your choice.

What a frame to exist in! I'd rather be conservative!

49 posted on 01/31/2007 1:04:12 PM PST by kipita (Conservatives: Freedom and Responsibility------Liberals: Freedom from Responsibility)
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To: Howlin
There are two choices, Republican or Democrat; you have about 12 months to make up your choice.

See, this is the attitude that lost the 2006 elections for the GOP, and it's based on faulty logic. The third choice is "no thanks". When you say "take it or leave it", a certain percentage is going to say "leave it." Given the razor thin margins on which several races tipped, being dismissive, arrogant and hostile to normally reliable voting blocs is stupidity.

The purpose of a political party is to serve the needs of its members, not the other way around. No party is "owed" a vote, and when it stops addressing issues that motivate voters, it will lose that vote, either to apathy or to some other willing to champion it.

The more the Party refuses to have a unified agenda, the more votes are going to swing on individual candidates. As the Contract with America shows, a unified, objective agenda is a winning strategy. As the failure to follow through on it and becoming Beltway Drones shows, 535 different agendas is not. You still haven't answered my question: what does the Republican Party stand for, unequivocally?

54 posted on 01/31/2007 1:45:09 PM PST by LexBaird (98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
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