Yeah, they'll be all over that.
Posted on 10/07/2010 10:26:49 AM PDT by JSDude1
Let's posit that conservatives have every reason for optimism in the coming elections. The Tea Parties are enthusiastic and powerful. Middle America is fed up with big government. The left is dispirited. The polls looks great. It therefore would take a real wet blanket to warn that the momentum could fizzle and the triumph be less than grand.
Sorry, but this blanket is wet indeed.
Before we go any farther, please understand: This is not a prediction; it's a warning.
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Nattering Nabobs of Negativity is something we do not need.
The only point this that I agree with is voter fraud. If we see widespread losses of candidates who were shoe-ins, there needs to be a total stoppage to the Federal government and immediate investigations should be done with the full brunt of the government’s investigation wings. Voter fraud is a felony, and we need to start locking up those Democrats who are perpetrating these frauds.
Election fraud is what worries me the most.
Oh, smarten up. Assessing the capabilities of the enemy...and make no mistake, liberalism is the enemy...and working out how to counter is is sound strategy, not negativity.
I believe the point is that we should not be the hare vs. the tortoise. Just because things look good today, doesn’t mean there won’t be an event or, especially, overconfidence so that people who’d vote conservative assume it’s so good, they can afford to stay home.
Excellent advice and well worth reading and following.
A shooting war.
Don’t be so DAMN Pollyanna these BASTARD RINOS and Dems will try and do ANYTHING! WAKE THE HELL UP!
...gotta play Devil’s advocate here. You’re simply voicing what I’m thinking but didn’t write.
We better be ready govern on day one and have solid plan.
That is my biggest fear.
I never know what I can post here and not get pulled. I do a lot of self-censorship (I’m sure many of us do) but more and more I just see bloodshed as inevitable and even desireable. I won’t live on my knees.
Same here. They’ll stop at nothing this round.
We’re already down on one knee with a .50 cal. pointed at the other one. I agree with everything you said, and I would add my own thoughts to it but will self-censor in turn.
Yeah, they'll be all over that.
“If we do win, will we screw it up?
We better be ready govern on day one and have solid plan.”
You make it sound like WE are actually going to be governing. Not only will we not, we have no guarantee that those elected will perform as we wish, alas.
And the media machine is ready to unleash the day after with the obaminations help, they will blame EVERYTHING on the new ones. In fact they have likely laid a few mines.
My biggest concern is simply that I see no real indication the American public has turned it’s back on the social welfare state. In fact, taking the demographic trends into account, I believe more and more US citizens are actually wedded to a large intrusive government.
I agree the enthusiasm is mostly on the Republican side, but I am not so sure there has been any fundamental shift in the way Americans view big government.
Even if the generic ballot is tied and the vote comes in around 50/50 the Republicans will make large gains, but not the tsunami like victory many are predicting. I think Dick Morris and his over the top predictions are full of crap.
I think, hope, pray we have enough fire breathing reformers that a least for a few years (when we will have to replace some of these individuals as well) WE WILL REVERSE COURSE!
J.S.
“Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils.” was part of a volunteer toast which General Stark sent to his wartime comrades, in which he declined an invitation to head up a 32nd anniversary reunion of the 1777 Battle of Bennington in Vermont, because of poor health. The toast said in full: “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils.” The following year, a similar invitation (also declined) said: “The toast, sir, which you sent us in 1809 will continue to vibrate with unceasing pleasure in our ears, “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils.”
Is the article afraid to tell it like it is?
Re: “3-4 million Evangelical voters stayed home after the Bush drunk driving story broke.” Totally wrong analysis. It was MoralMajority/ChristianCoalition ground game that won in ‘94. The activists in that ground game became totally disillusioned by the failure of the GOP to have a backbone. The die was cast long before the drunk driving story.
Re: “coast, while late attacks against them do more damage than expected” True. In IL close races only Kinzinger and Pollack have defined themselves. Dold, Hultgren, Walsh have not defined themselves. This echos the McSweeney race where he had the money and ability but let Rahm define him as “extremist” in his race against Bean.
Re: “Dem superb ability in 2008 to turn out its vote” They still have that superb ability. They are busing voters to early voting while I’m at this keyboard.
Announcement: Dems vote all of October. Republicans wait to vote til the last minute of the last day; totally unaware the election is pretty much over by then.
Re: “no evidence Republicans are focused on GOTV “. Not just Republicans, but conservatives and Tea Party types also. Of 30 odd Tea Party groups in IL that have produced rallies of over 500 people, I’m only aware of two of them that are actually doing anything effective for the election.
I suspect the same is true nationwide. 90% of Tea party groups were described by Mel Gibson in THE PATRIOT as well intentioned but clueless to strategy and tactics.
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