Posted on 11/09/2014 5:12:48 AM PST by Kaslin
It’s one of life’s little ironies that the political party most often screaming about “democracy!” is also the party least likely to care what the majority of citizens actually vote for.
Tuesday’s election sent a clear message: We don’t like what the Democrats have been doing. What did Democrats hear? Well, one senior Democratic aide told Politico, “As a party, we need to change. [Voters] like our policies. All this leftie [talk], the country likes, but somehow the message about us as individual members of the conference isn’t breaking through.”
Yes, people love the policies of the past six years. They just have a weird way of showing it. Rather than re-elect the people whose policies they love so those policies can continue, voters treated Democrats like they’re Ray Rice and Democrats are the wife who doesn’t know when to give it a rest.
It’s not that voters loved the policies but somehow bewilderingly elected the people who oppose them. Voters are sick of failure. They don’t like what’s going on, and they voted against the people responsible. But that won’t work well in fundraising emails, so the narrative has to be changed.
President Obama set this tone when he said he not only heard the voters, but he heard the two-thirds of voters who didn’t vote. That rhetorical twist was a signal that the results, as embarrassing as they were for him and his party, weren’t going to pierce the bubble he’s constructed around himself. It’s “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” without the nobility of the cause behind it.
Democrats know they were rejected by voters, and they were especially rejected by many of the voters who stayed home too. Lots of Democrats stayed home because they didn’t want to support their party’s nominee, but couldn’t bring themselves to vote for the Republican. The same thing happened in 2012, but Mitt Romney didn’t claim there was some sort of secret majority who really would’ve voted for him if only they’d had time, then start moving into the White House.
Not voting is as much of a choice as voting is. “Hearing” them is irrelevant. They didn’t say anything; they just flipped the metaphorical bird to whoever they would’ve voted for had they been forced to.
But people aren’t forced to vote. Some stay away because they either don’t care or don’t think their vote will make a difference. But not many stay away because they like how things are going and don’t want them to change. Those people vote for the people they consider responsible for that change or most likely to maintain it.
Mostly, people stay away because they don’t like their party at the moment and can’t bring themselves to vote for the other one. (Or they’re idiots who aren’t aware there’s an election, which means they would tend to vote for Democrats too, so I’m glad they didn’t vote.)
But the president heard them, and congressional Democrats know they’re on their side, so damn the voters, full speed ahead!
It’s going to be a frustrating next two years. But if Republicans are smart, they can advance the cause of liberty.
Out of power, Democrats are notoriously childish. Temper tantrums will be thrown, both on the floor of the House and Senate and on cable news. Normally, with the exception of talk radio, they’ve been mostly ignored. But the Internet and Fox News now reach tens of millions of people.
The media industrial complex and its Democratic Party allies won’t publicize them, but they matter less and less every day. The words of progressive Democrats will be the anchor that dooms them.
In 2012, Democrats won while simultaneously calling every American some sort of “ist” or “phobe” at least once. Most people didn’t know about it. But the growing influence of Twitter, and the increased importance of Facebook makes under-the-radar smears virtually impossible now.
How many people were aware of Sen. Tom Harkin’s crack about Sen.-elect Joni Ernst’s looks because of social media? How many female votes did that cost Democrats in Iowa? The mainstream media reported it and moved on, but people kept seeing it and sharing it on Facebook and Twitter. A one-day story in the media became a steady stream where people now live – online.
When First Lady Michelle Obama went on Roland Martin’s radio show and told a black audience not to worry about what candidates have done or said, just vote for Democrats, and then they could reward themselves with fried chicken, the Internet made that a story.
The rules have changed. The president doesn’t care what the voters want, and neither do the Democrats. But it’s getting harder and harder for the voters to remain ignorant of that fact. Ignorance now has to be actively sought, and some will seek it, but many more won’t be able to bask in its blissful glow. That could be the Democrats’ Achilles heel.
Go away. Now
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I second that.
If I were a billionaire Democrat, I’d buy FOX and change its editorial slant.
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Don’t know who is responsible - Democrat, Saudi, or what — but I’d say they changed a long time ago, which is why I am no longer a viewer.
The President is not only brilliant, he’s clairvoyant.
He can “hear” what the other 60% of the electorate that didn’t vote had to “say”.
It’s right out of the Progressive playbook to delegitimize the votes of millions and subvert the election so that it looks like a victory for Democrats.
The next thing you know, they’ll be speaking of wide-spread vote disenfranchisement sponsored by Republicans. (if they can get away with it.)
IMHO
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FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA A sweet irony---the "party of the people" lacerated, and dumped, by "the people."
What the Republican takeover looks like as of midnight 11/5---some states still undecided.
Midterm Map courtesy of http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/here-s-what-a-republican-takeover-looks-likes-20141105
<><> Astute Political analyst Chris Stirewalt nailed it on The Kelly File---Obama (and all the loser Dems) still can't fathom what happened---that their misspent lives as Democrats are going to change dramatically.
<><> When the next Senate convenes, 25 lock-stepping Democrats who voted for Obamacare will be gone;
<><> the GOP's majority in the House will be so big and solid NBC's Chuck Todd says Democrats won't be able to recapture it until at least 2022.
<><> Some say Republicans have a 100-year majority.
<><> Mega-star Sen-elect Joni Ernst ran a campaign ad, “Give Me a Shot:” she pledged when she gets ObamaCare in her sights, “she’s going to unload.”
<><> Democrats vaunted "War on Women" hit its most voluble target---Hillary Clinton. Only one of the eight Democrat women she campaigned for won.
<><> Also shell-shocked is Obama Senior Deputy Advisor--- Valerie Jarrett---who Heads the WH Commision on Women and Girls.
<><> One sap-happy NARAL campaign ad seemed to link Republican-driven "condom shortages" to global warming.
The buzz is Obama is re-staffing.....Michelle is urging juiceless Obo to hire ex-Udall staffer, Buddy Balzer.
But Obama wants to hire Homer Handworker (b/c Michelle locked him out of their bedroom).
I did mean that Mitt should go away...now
Someone like George Soros could buy FOXNews, flip it to a liberal network like MSNBC... lose most viewers and bundles of money...
Then ...
Investors sensing a hole in the market will start a new conservative network - which will be wildly successful - pulling in all the old FOX viewers - and then some...
After a few years some rich liberal billionaire could buy the new conservative network... turn it into a liberal MSNBC... and start the process over.
Great way to drain money from liberal idiots - maybe we can get them to invest in an “Air America II” while we're at it.
Maybe you should add Valerie Jarrets’, Zero’s and Hillary’s home state has a Republican Governor now.
Don't tell me John (Hair) Edwards was?
Don't tell me Howard Dean with his famous scream was?
Don't tell me General Weasely Clark was?
Don't tell me Dennis Kucinich was?
Don't tell me Al (Tawana Brawley (sp) Sharpton was?
Don't tell me Dick Gephardt was and finally don't tell me Corol Mosely Braun was? Rush did not call them the nine Dwarfs for nothing.
There certainly were good candidatates on our site in 2008. Fred Thompson of TN was my choice in the primary but he dropped out shortly after, and I think his heart was not in it, otherwise he would have stayed in it. There were several other good candidates (no not Ron Paul) but John McCain won the nomination and I have always voted for the Republican nominee in the General Election and always will, whether you like it or not.
My first choice in the primary election of 2012 was Herman Cain. Unfortunately he had to drop out before the primaries started because of the smears against him by the rats and the left wing media. Unforunatley many in here bought the smears hook line and sinker. I don't know if you were one of them.
Newt Gingrich was the prevalent choice here in Freerepublic, and although I had nothing against him I thought he would be best as the president's advisor or chief of staff.
I finally decided then to vote for Rick Santorum in the Tennessee primary because of his Pro-Life position.
And as I said I have always voted for our nominee and always will do so. Mitt Romney was our nominee and he certainly would have made a better president than that arrogant pos occupant that resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Yes, I knew you meant for Romney to go away.
And I will second that thought once again.
We have had an amazing bunch of flakes from both parties in the last decade, haven’t we?
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How about you two going away since this is my thread
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