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To: kabar
Stuck in the Mud How Can the GOP Get Moving Again? Drop the Dirty Politics and Get Real.By Frank Luntz

Another example of the utterly pathetic self absorption of the Worst Generation. Basically what they are saying here is :"Whaa! Everything is not perfect and I am MAD my life sucks. It is .....'s fault, not MINE, that I am a pathetic loser who has made a total mess of my life".

BEST sustained economic performance ever., Longest period of Full Employment ever. Highest per capita home ownership ever. NO terrorist attacks since 09-11, a war we are winning with fewer casualties then all most any other war in our history. More then 50% taking part via 401Ks and Pensions in the Best Stock Market ever etc etc etc etc etc etc etc!

Basically yet another "whaa everything is not perfect, I am mad!" hissy fit for the Worst Generation. What a bunch of ignorant trash losers. When are they EVER going to finally going to grow up? Frankly they ALL should be required to spend a couple of years in some Third World Hell Hole. Maybe then they would quit being such completely useless whiny bitches.

Here is a clue for the Always Whining. Instead of letting the Junk Media do all your thinking for you, HOW about you try ONE time in your lives to actually do some THINKING FOR YOURSELVES?

277 posted on 02/25/2007 8:54:21 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( If they say "speaking truth to power,"-they haven't had a l thought since the Beatles broke up)
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To: MNJohnnie
Damn! Who put jalapenos in your Wheaties?

Get some!

282 posted on 02/25/2007 9:00:54 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: MNJohnnie

Do you have a link for this by Frank Luntz?

Thanks, in advance.


283 posted on 02/25/2007 9:02:22 AM PST by Morgan in Denver
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To: MNJohnnie
Another example of the utterly pathetic self absorption of the Worst Generation. Basically what they are saying here is :"Whaa! Everything is not perfect and I am MAD my life sucks. It is .....'s fault, not MINE, that I am a pathetic loser who has made a total mess of my life".

Where you stand depends on where you sit. I assume that the poll taken by Luntz cut across generational lines. Hence the result "that 52 percent of voters in my election night survey said they were "mad as hell" about politics and politicians. Can you blame them? It doesn't matter whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, the outlook is grim: a war with no end in sight, rising costs of health care, borders that are poorly patrolled, schools that are failing, manufacturing that is disappearing, and a culture that is coarsening."

BEST sustained economic performance ever., Longest period of Full Employment ever. Highest per capita home ownership ever. NO terrorist attacks since 09-11, a war we are winning with fewer casualties then all most any other war in our history. More then 50% taking part via 401Ks and Pensions in the Best Stock Market ever etc etc etc etc etc etc etc!

That is the glass half full. There are plenty of clouds on the horizon, including an out of control entitlements system that threatens our future much more than Islamic fundamentalism. Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid represent almost a $60 trillion unfunded liability. In 1950, there were 16 workers paying Social Security taxes for every retired person receiving benefits. Today there are 3.3. By 2030, there will be only 2. Today, 48 million Americans receive Social Security benefits, including 33 million retirees, 7 million survivors, and 8 million disabled workers. By 2030, there will be 70 million Americans of retirement age--twice as many as today.

We have 12 to 20 million illegal aliens who represent an increasing burden on our medical, penal, social welfare, and educational systems. And 500,000 to 1 million illegals are entering every year along with one million legal immigrants. In 1970 there were 203 million Americans, today there are 301 million, by 2030 there will be 364 million, and by 2050 there will be 400 million, i.e., a doubling of our population in 80 years.

These are very real problems that are not being addressed by the political class, which would rather pander to their constituents and take the political expedient course than the more difficult one. Eventually, the chickens will come home to roost. In the meantime we can glory in this period of high stock markets, low unemployment, and low intensity conflict similar to the early 1920s.

309 posted on 02/25/2007 9:30:37 AM PST by kabar
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To: MNJohnnie

Post of the year.


333 posted on 02/25/2007 9:46:06 AM PST by Rokke
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