"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Too damn bad the democrats are always judged on their words, not their deeds. But thats the benefit of owning the news media.
If you think for one moment that had the Republicans not done any of this it would’ve turned out better, I beg to disagree. What with the millions of dollars (filthy dirty money no less) in the Kenyan’s pockets and the entire demented media on his side, if people will vote for a man who has spent his entire life associating with nefarious people, then there is no way they would do it any other way.
Should Sarah Palin be made head of the RNC?
The media is trying to blame Palin for McCain’s loss.
They know that Mccain will never run again so they want to destroy Palin before 2012.
No they don't. Conservatives do. Change the name to the Conservative party.
I was wondering when they were going to blame us.
BS
The Republicans will need lots of money and motivation. Start working on both now.
“We are to blame. “
What do you mean “we?” If you mean “we” Republicans, yeah, Republican elected officials acted like elected officials. If you mean “we” conservatives, it is only because we conservatives put up with it.
For decades the left has confiscated money from producers and given it to non-producers, encouraging these people to breed and remain dependent. And for the past 20 years, money has also been spent bringing illegal votes into the country...once again, encouraging these people to breed and remain dependent. We have witnessed our own investment in those who defeated us two days ago. And the American people who made this the greatest nation have sat idly by and done nothing to prevent it. We have no right to complain about things now. Our own cowardice and inaction have been responsible for the destruction of our country. It will require a literal 2nd revolution to retake America. I don’t know if enough people will have the guts necessary to pledge their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” this time around.
Connecting with voters, that's it in a nutshell. Regardless of how they are registered, the majority of voters today regard themselves as Independents, not Democrat or Republican. This indicates those that voters viewing themselves as Independents have soured on both the Democratic and Republican core platforms touted in recent elections.
Had Republican candidates connected with these Independent minded voters the election results might have been quite different. Had the Democrats connected better with the Independents they could well have been landslides of a magnitude never seen.
Part of the problem is pollsters themselves. None of the pollsters have studied the large Independent base. All major polling firms produce results based on the views of Democrats or Republicans, as though denying the independents even exist. The polling companies employed exclusively by Democrats and Republicans are the worst of the lot as they act as if Independents are of no consequence.
The most recent election results do not indicate Independents are leftist leaning. If anything, the results reflect an ongoing practice of Independents to grab at straws hoping they will finally get someone that truly represents their concerns.
Lastly, Independents are extremely patriotic and rightly hold a dim view of people that place party above nation. It is the fierce independent streak that has been fed by partisan bickering that keeps Independents from being a party onto themselves.
Wise words.
Here’s a story for you: A charismatic “young” fresh politician on the left wing moves his party into the centre ground, runs a highly organised campaign which promises nothing more than “change” and “Things can only get better”, and wins - deposing a right wing administration obsessed with mud-slinging, but nonetheless complaining about an unfavourable press.
Guess who I’m talking about... Clue: it’s not Obama.
Okay, I’ll tell you. “Teflon” Tony Blair. So named because he’s the only politician in UK history who could swim in manure and still come up smelling of roses.
If Obama reneges on an election pledge within his first three months of office, converts to Catholicism, and still has 80% approval ratings, then he will finally be able to claim that he really is the American answer to Tony Blair.
But if Tony Blair won the 97 election, the Tories lost the next two without any help from Blair.
Change was what the Brits wanted in ‘97. The Tory Party went through the motions after that landslide defeat, but you could tell that in their hearts didn’t see the need to change.
Funnily enough, that suited Blair fine: he just pinched every new policy the Tories came up with.
Finally, after a third election defeat, the Tories finally learnt that Tony Blair wasn’t winning because he had better policies. His policies were, after all, Tory policies.
It’s simple: The losers were a disorganised, mean-spirited, back-biting bunch of cantankerous old Tory duffers who never listened to opinion polls and were associated with sleaze...
The winners were an organised, gregarious, united bunch of young Tories who manipulated the press, scrutinised every opinion poll, and never allowed the halo to slip. And, just to annoy all proper Tories, they had the luck of the devil on their side with high employment, low inflation, a strong economy and spiralling house prices.
On pure politics you can’t seperate the parties with a piece of paper. The only difference was image.
So that’s the question the Republicans need to ask. If Obama starts squatting on their policy territory, and things go well for him, what’s their solution going to be?