To: politicalwit
This crap is self-inflected.Disagree. Why did J.D. Hayworth lose in '06?
Why did Rick Santorum, perhaps the best spoken most conservative Republican in the nation, lose by nearly 20 percentage points in '06?
In my estimation, and I followed the "reporting' media very closely, was the lack of any honesty in reporting what Santorum actually said or stood for.
Likewise, there was absolutely no scrutiny.... no analysis of the positions (lack of positions actually) of the Democrat opponent.
Add in the effect of 20 years of MTV, BET, and public school/university propoganda.... and the Republicans are starting 25% behind before a race even begins.
108 posted on
05/15/2008 7:25:23 PM PDT by
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To: Rock&RollRepublican
I'm sure hopin Rick Santorum will ripen just in time for the conservative Republican ressurection in about two and a half years. Dang Dubya and the GOP for supportin that Scottish Law idiot and that Rhode Island lib Repellican over that Reagan conservative over there.
Rove has NOT been helpful to the Reagan conservative movement, in fact he's worked much harm against righteous conservative Republicans with good leadership potential!!!
112 posted on
05/15/2008 8:08:43 PM PDT by
SierraWasp
(Electing Juan McGore President, or any Dem, would be Super Power economic suicide!!! Vote Nader...)
To: Rock&RollRepublican
In my estimation, and I followed the "reporting' media very closely, was the lack of any honesty in reporting what Santorum actually said or stood for. Likewise, there was absolutely no scrutiny.... no analysis of the positions (lack of positions actually) of the Democrat opponent.
Indeed. Both Santorum and Hayworth lost, in my opinion, because their opponents were allowed to paint them as "soft on illegal immigration" with out challenge in the media.
117 posted on
05/15/2008 10:25:13 PM PDT by
Antoninus
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