Democrats Know They Can't Win In '04

My friends, during a discussion of some Dick Gephardt sound bites on Thursday, I made an admittedly bold statement, even for me. The dirty little secret is this: The Democrats know that George W. Bush is unbeatable in 2004. There is no way George W. Bush is going to lose.

As you know, Little Dick Gephardt is one of the nine Democrats seeking the Democrat nomination, and he has a tax and health care plan, which many are calling a tax increase. His plan is to repeal the Bush tax cut, and give that money to carparations, and then the carparations, with this new-found money would then be required to fully fund health care for their employees and other things. Well, Little Dick was on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS Wednesday evening defending the plan and saying all sorts of outrageous things.

You can hear a few sound bites in the audio links below, where you will hear Little Dick call his plan, "a different kind of tax cut" and introduce a new liberal term, "wage benefits." Excuse me, what is a wage benefit? I thought people earned raises. I thought people earned increases in pay. Dick Gephardt says his plan is going to raise "wage benefits." Even your salary is a gift from the government now, folks! He also says that Americans will choose his national healthcare over a $300-$600 tax cut.

Dick, may I tell you what the American people are going to choose? Most people will choose the security of the country and their families over a Democrat health care plan any day. It's not about health care, Dick - and this is the nub of it right here. Much as you Democrats want to try to frame the debate and make this upcoming election about that, it isn't going to be about that, it's going to be about national security, the war on terrorism.

Here's the bold part, folks. The Democrats know they have already lost the 2004 election. Privately, every member of the Democrat Washington intelligentsia knows it. Now, some of these candidates think they have a shot, and some rank-and-file Democrats out there think they can win, but among Democrat pros, the election is over. There is not going to be a Democrat victory in 2004, and they know it. They're headed for Mondullsville.

The other factor in this is the Clintons. Who runs the Democratic National Committee? Terry McAuliffe, Clintonista. Who's laid out in grand scenario to win the White House for herself in 2008? Hillary Clinton. What is the one thing that stands in the way of that? A Democrat winning in 2004. Even if one of these clowns among the nine Democratic candidates look like they're going to win, something will happen behind the scenes to sabotage anybody who gets close.

So all this stuff you hear from candidates like Gephardt is a bunch of malarkey, hodgepodge, just flapping of the gums for the sake of it. None of it will ever come to pass. Look, folks, anything can change, but let me put it this way: Within the deep, dark bowels of the Democrat cloakrooms, those who read polls and keep track of things know full well they are not going to win the White House in 2004. It's just that simple. You'll never hear them say it publicly. You heard it here first.

At first, I thought the idea that the RATS are only trying to set the table for Hitlery in '08 to be a little overkill. However, after further thought, I think Rush may be right on.

To me, the key is the fact that McAwful still has a job. Nov 2002 was a consummate failure for the RATS and, therefore, for the DNC Chair. There is absolutely NO WAY this man should still be there. Let's examine the record:

1) Loss of control of the U.S. Senate when they should have gained seats since Pubbies had more seats to defend.

2) Loss of a half dozen U.S. House seats when history has shown that the party in the White House almost always loses seats in the first mid-term.

3) Loss of RAT majority in the state legislatures for the first time since Ike's first term. (50 years)

4) No net loss of gubernatorial seats for Pubbies when they were expected to lose several due to term limits. (RATS gained 2 but it was at the expense of Indys).

5) All of the above in the wake of a lackluster economy.

And to put icing on it all, his self-stated top priority was to knock of Jeb Bush in Florida. Why in the world would a gubernatorial race be his top priority when his party's top priority should have been to retain the U.S. Senate? And to top that off, his "top priority" was utterly creamed.

Which leads me to conclude that McAwful is being artificially kept in place by the true rulers of the RAT party(ie. the Clintons). Also, the Clintons' goal cannot possibly be the advancement of the RAT party. I can only conclude that the penultimate goal must be the advancement of Hitlery.

One other thing I derive from all this: The Clintons fear Jeb!

I think they see him as Hitlery's most likely opponent in '08, and they don't like it and would rather face someone else. I used to think that McAwful's obsession with the FL gov race was based solely on bitterness over 2000, but now I think there's more to it ==> they're already waging the '08 campaign.

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