Posted on 10/24/2009 3:33:05 AM PDT by Scanian
One of the most macabre images I've ever heard de scribed came in the after math of the Asian tsunami in 2004. Before the tidal wave crashed on shore, beachgoers stood around and idly gaped as the water drastically receded. Bewildered, they didn't realize they were looking at the prelude to a calamity.
The Democratic Party looks more and more like those beachgoers every day, watching popular support recede, oblivious to the Perot tsunami coming our way.
In 1992, the incumbent president, George H.W. Bush, was a disappointment to his party's base and a pariah to the Democrats. Government seemed to have lost its grip. The deficit became a massive issue, a symbol of out-of-control government. The hangover of Cold War sacrifices, the S&L bailout, runaway crime, huge trade deficits, the long-term trend of manufacturing decline and, of course, the recession contributed to the sense that America desperately needed to get its house in order.
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Rodney King and the LA riots done him in, most of the others mentioned before the recession were trivial compared to that.
It's a wonderful thought, but I doubt it will happen. Too many compromisers, a la Newt Gingrich, in the party leadership.
Either the party will get new leadership between now and 2012, or there is a significant chance of another third party move. Goldberg is right. The tea partiers have had it with both parties. It's not a Republican movement, although many traditional Republicans are involved. There's something new going on, and neither party seems to appreciate what it is.
It’s been reported, thanks.
Party leadership lacks imagination. Their thinking is narrow and stereotypical, which is why they refuse to back Hoffman in the NY 23rd race, though he is the only real Republican in it.
I have to admit I have fallen for that you cant waste your vote Schtick,you have to vote for the republican or the radical left will take over . Well what the hell have we got with that strategy, I am through with that Crap,I am voting for Principles now,if that means voting for Sarah Palin as a Third party then I am there, the GOP can go to Hell and that is what I write on every fundraising letter I get in the Mail when I send it back
I just came from a thread by some tech writer who couldn’t put a full sentence together to this: “de scribed” and “after math”. From Jonah Goldberg? Or from whoever transcribed it for the web, possibly. I had to visit the link to see if it was that way there and, sure enough, it was. “after math” was at a line break, but that was likely because of cell width (butted up against the right column). If written correctly, the entire word would have been on the following line.
I’ll give Jonah a pass. I just don’t see him being this careless. But whoever sets this up for HTML needs to be clued in.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
In short, the voter fraud situation will get much worse in time for the 2010 election if this gets through.
This was on C-SPAN--broadcast of an Accuracy in Media convention...John Fund calling attention to the problem.
The GOP is still beating that dead horse known as “big tent” politics. Appeal to everybody and you can’t possibly lose ... right?
That philosophy has failed repeatedly but they still don’t get it.
More proof that these people do not have the country's best interest at heart. Throw the bums out!
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