“People can only form opinions based on what they know. And if they are busy in their lives and they only catch a shallow impression of things while swamped with the responsibilities of life, that hasty impression is all they have to go on. For them, that is reality…. even when they are absolutely wrong.”
Agree whole-hartedly. Which is why my “perception” of the american voting public would not allow me to get excited about any candidate who would not meet the dumbed down criteria.. . . . too distracted, uninformed, uninterested and easily media manipulated. (Despite, btw, personally being much more aligned with Santorum or Gincrich ) Many on this forum who dared say that, like me, were instantly branded as a troll, commie, RINO, etc.
Someone on this thread said that posts seem to be down here. Maybe that’s because those of us who love this country as much as most of you do (but have a different approach to winning in November) have been made unwelcome in no uncertain terms.
This great nation cannot take another 4 years of Obama madness, and supporting a candidate who wouldn’t be able to win with the above electorate seemed like a fantasy from day one. Reality should come into focus really quickly to anyone who lives and works in this country today. The votes for a pure conservative are just not there. Just look around. Sad, yes, but REAL.
The comparisons between Romney, and Dole, McCain, etc as candidates has been nothing short of ridiculous. The latter were the most horrid picks, but losing had nothing to do with their moderate views. No. The thing so many don’t understand is that elections are not won on policy alone. Dole & McCain had NO persona, NO energy, NO connection to the young voter, and they were both running against uber charisma plus candidates. Both those races were over before they began. Getting a good read on the electorate (which we stink at, but the Dems do so well) is more important than choosing a candidate based on policy alone, unfortunately. Those of us who got that from the beginning have been tarred and feathered here over and over again.
Goodness. First, I read your post and agree with every single word. Every. Single. Word.
In fact, the quite that you had at the top was NOT mine, but a quote from a comment on another site in response to some comment of mine.
The fellow who responded to my wisdom (a post I don’t even remember but hey, go with me on this, I do tend to type a lot, all over the place, but his sudden wisdom he alleges to be in response to my post sounds like something I’d write.)
I am a little kinder to the American public than you are but do not anger up...there’s a whole bunch of dumb bells out there and they all vote Democrat. Some might argue dumb bells deserve representation.
But there’s a wide swath of America who go about their lives, they work and worry about money, their kids,their sick parents. They’re not political junkees like us, they don’t really get that the media is fooling them. They are not bad people and we shouldn’t condemn them so swift. They are the vaunted “independents” and the like, those sorts who do love their country, who do vote during presidential elections, who think that Zimmerman guy in Florida was a bit quick with the gun because daggone they saw the video put out by ABC and he had not a scratch on him. and they heard the tape by NBC and the guy was a racist, anyone with ears could hear.
You’re so right, however, that the Repubs don’t have a clue, they don’t have a clue, they do not have a clue. Dole and McCain were the most lackluster and, indeed, why can’t they find a candidate who can talk without sounding like a mouth full of mush?
Which is the point of my quote. The person attributing some great revelation to me, I dunno, it’s like dawn broke over his marble head and he got a clue as to how it works.
The pubs.....dumber than dirt some of them. The Dems got them fooled all around every day, even on Sunday.
I, the Teapot rubealoob try to point out these things and every oncit a while one of them figures it out.
I don’t want to appear dense, but goodness I’ve never seen anyone on this thread, which I visit every Sunday as I cook and watch the Sunday talk shows, complain and post, like many....I’ve never seen any great animosity shown to anyone with a different opinion.
Which is not to denigrate your concerns. Please, please join us every week, come in, seems like you got some great ideas, seems like you got a clue.
This is no exclusive club and it was never anyone’s intent, I’d bet on it, to make it appear that way.
This great nation cannot take another 4 years of Obama madness...True.