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To: dirtboy
“The GOP lost in 2006 because the party abandoned core principles.”

Except the ones that appeal to the social right. They trotted out gay marriage menace, vetoed stem cells, trotted out flag burning and even banned on-line poker. They stiff armed fiscal conservatives and libertarians. Try that again and you’ll be left with a few southern states and the dims hold the US for years to come. After the incompetence of the W administration and by representing himself and being supported by the southern so-cons you guys aren't very popular with the electorate. In fact it’s a disaster almost all polling trends show the last thing the electorate wants is another good ol boy conservative ask George Allen. The dims art now ahead with people under thirty by a whopping 30%. Don’t blame Rudy blame the priorities of the social right.

203 posted on 04/16/2007 8:40:04 AM PDT by Blackirish
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To: Blackirish
Except the ones that appeal to the social right. They trotted out gay marriage menace,

Anti-gay marriage amendments have won in every state where they were on the ballot - even Oregon.

vetoed stem cells,

Mis-handled by Rush and Talent, but it's a losing issue?

trotted out flag burning

Last I checked, that wasn't a socon issue.

and even banned on-line poker.

Last I heard, the main concerns about on-line poker related more to money laundering.

They stiff armed fiscal conservatives and libertarians.

Socons did not push a Medicare prescription benefit. Or $15 billion for AIDS money to Africa. Or No Child Left Behind.

President Bush allied with Dems for those.

So quit blaming socons for the failings of the larger GOP.

After the incompetence of the W administration and by representing himself and being supported by the southern so-cons you guys aren't very popular with the electorate.

I always figured the Rudy boosters would turn on W. I also figure as soon as Rudy starts to slip in the polls, he's turn on the Iraq War as well. He's certainly given himself an out.

211 posted on 04/16/2007 8:56:01 AM PDT by dirtboy (Duncan Hunter 08/But Fred would also be great)
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