Posted on 02/14/2002 9:56:49 AM PST by Gophack
BTW, I hope you check out the postings I made on precisely the topic of your thesis.
California is so big, so vast, and with such different interests, that this isn't just a few thousand conservatives that stay home, but millions. California has thumbed it's nose at conservatives -- people who believe children should be taught abstinence, that gay marriage is wrong, that abortions should be reduced -- and conservatives, therefore, don't vote (many, not all of course!). California is really 6 or 8 different states. You can't compare us to any other state.
Conservatives CAN win, it's more a matter of personality and vision and leadership than any one issue. Riordan could never win, because the Democrats are far more loyal to their party than Republicans are to theirs. There is a small swing constituency among Democrats, and the decline to states, and the fact that REpublicans turn out in higher numbers than Democrats ... that's what gives conservatives the potential.
Not a penny. My time, money, and effort will go to specific candidates instead.
So if we really love children, we'll kill them. Is that right, Slick?
What kind of jerk thinks that "health care" can only come from the government or thinks that abortion constitutes a public good?
Riordan was so insulting to women, telling us, essentially, that while HE believes that abortion is wrong, he'll stand up and fight for all of us to have the "right" to abort (kill) our babies if that's what we want to do. Talk about moral superiority!
Either abortion is murder or it's not. If you believe that an unborn baby is a human being, then either you oppose abortion (murder) or support abortion (justifiable homicide).
The pro-life movement lost the debate when abortion became a "choice" instead of a "baby". Now, as technology has taken advances, women have the opportunity to see their unborn babies at earlier and earlier stages, hear the babies heart, know that the baby feels pain as early as 25 days after conception. That there is brain activity and movement and every day, every hour, every minute, the baby is growing and capable of more thought, feelings, and actions.
Maybe, just maybe, through prayers and God's active intercession, we can touch the hearts and minds of the American people with the reality of what abortion really is: the murder of an innocent human life.
And people like Riordan will be judged harshly.
Too much "conventional wisdom" at work on the part of Carl Rove.
I'll say it again... "Nothing has power like that of an idea whose time has come!" (can't remember who said it first and don't care, cause it will always be true)
Would someone please get ahold of Sal Russo and get him to find someone to better coach Simon on his hand gestures? I know Sal understands how important theatrics are in CA after his successes with Reagan.
I shouldn't say this, cause I sure hope he wins, but Simon reminds me of Dana Carvey imitating George Herbert Walker Bush! At times, though, I see flashes of Reagan, too.
You are making the erroneous assumption that there is a static universe of voters in each election who change their minds and switch back and forth between parties depending upon idealogies.
That is not what happens. That is not how offices change hands. The fact is that just over half of all eligible voters ever bother to vote, half of all conservative, half of all liberals, half of all, gunners, homeschoolers, prolifers etc.
When elections (even landslides) are won by less than 10%, imagine what would happen if every single conservative voted in an election? We would sweep every office on the ballot. That's how you make a difference and that is how governors' offfices and senate seats change hands. A candidate comes along that piques the interest of one or more constituencies. Interested supporters then register to vote and turn out in droves on election day.
What has happened in California in recent years is that conservatives have been disillusioned by the candidates at the top of the ticket. Now imagine what would happen if we had a Reaganesque candidate as our nominee in November. Imagine that.
Imagine that his name is Bill Simon. Imagine indeed. Now wake up. Its not a dream. Lets get him the nomination and the press folks' jaws will be hanging on the floor this fall, as they were in 1994 when Newt took over the House of Representatives. Wouldn't that be nice?
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