What the GOP Can Learn From a Pizza Chain

Townhall.com ^ | January 8, 2010 | Jonah goldberg

[Last Dakotan]

The connection is that Domino’s and the Democrat’s target market is children who don’t know better.

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!

[1776 Reborn]

Yep, all over the Carolinas. Roofing, landscaping, and new construction are all down to dirt. The states have also raided the meat packing plants and prosecuted the owners so that has been cleaned up for the time being too.

[Oberon]

You’re preaching to the choir, gs.

[Inwoodian]

The ‘Pubs might consider creating a fund to buy TV time after the election to (bypass the media and) explain to the American people directly what policies they are promoting and why. I know that it’s quite expensive but otherwise the mainstream media will skew the message.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I tend to agree with this author. I used to complain that the Dems just hated everything the Repubs were trying to accomplish, but had no real suggestions of their own to solve the problems addressed. Now I see the party of “no” doing the same thing. The GOP needs to be putting intelligent plans together to solve the problems the Democrats are addressing.

Examples:

The GOP did nothing to address the rising cost of health care when they had the floor.

The same could be said for illegal immigration.

Both are being addressed by the liberal govt recently installed. They are taking control of the health care system the way their party would handle it by making the govt even bigger and taking more liberty away from its citizenry. They are making “illegal immigration” an oxymoron.

[Gaffer]

Quality control for McDonalds must obviously mean rigorous control of the cardboard particles, miscellaneous meat by products (e.g., various & sundry critter content), etc....

I worked for them many decades ago back in the early 60s when they had the old stores...the meat was real, the bread was flour, the cheese had real milk in it, the fries came from store cut 100 lb sacks of potatoes that had to be carried up from the basement.....THAT food was excellent, because it was real...I don't know what they have now.

[Rebelbase]

I second your observation. There is a noticeable decline in their numbers in the past couple of years.

[Mister Da]

Here's some suggestions on things the Pubs can say yes to:

Domestic & offshore oil drilling
Nuclear power plants
Fair Tax
A return to ethical & open gov’t, which we haven't had in a very long time
Spending & deficit reduction
smaller gov’t
a proactive, “get them before they get us” strategy in the WOT

More suggestions welcome!

[RJL]

But the GOP's troubles over the last decade have a lot to do with the fact that Americans didn't stop liking what the Republican Party is supposed to deliver. They stopped liking what the GOP actually delivered.

Well said, Jonah.

[RJL]

I think if the Republicans were smart they would revise the immigration work permits policy and immigration after the 2010 elections to be a lot more reasonable.

For years we told Bush "Secure the borders first" but he refused to do so, preferring to ram amnesty down our throats. But the people remembered the 1986 legislation of amnesty now, secure borders someday, maybe, never, and were adamant that that never happen again.

If Bush had been serious and secured our borders, I believe he could have gotten a workers plan and perhaps a bit of amnesty, but he couldn't be bothered to work with his fellow Republicans and base voters.

[1776 Reborn]

Very true. Bush sure squandered his opportunity.