[ArneFufkin]

It's been said many times here, but the GOP needs to find a Lee Atwater acolyte. A ruthless, clever bastard. Not for the Bush team, but for the national Parties. Bush wouldn't tolerate a guy like Atwater on his White House team. Bush doesn't go for prima donnas, and Atwater was a self starter.

The GOP needs a guy to give the disaffected Conservative bloc stuff to say "Damn right" "It's about time" and "**** Yeh it is" with gusto. Craft a message that is unapologetic for 2nd Amendment protection, abortion opposition, gay right and environazi fascism abuse, and intolerable illegal immigration. It can be done through advocacy ads, talk show appearances, House legislation, commentaries, State by state grassroots coordination etc. The message of American christian values and individual rights isn't being relentlessly presented right now. Atwater could put that together, he organized the Christian Coalition and Reagan Democrat outreach programs and they produced. He wasn't afraid to be a social and fiscal conservative telling Bill Moyers to kiss his ass. He liked his mean spirit, he was a perfect foil for Reagan and Bush. He was a lousy guitar player, though.

Anyone who thinks we have it bad today need only harken back to 1990-91. Our Congressional leadership was Bob Dole and Bob Michel. John Sununu, David Gergen, Mary Matalin, Bill Kristol, Mike Murphy, Rich Lowery and Frank Luntz were skin tight and in the know. David Souter was the Supreme Court nominee. The House was run by Jim Wright and Dick Gephardt and the Committe chairmen included Henry Gonzales, John Dingell, Dan Rostenkowski, Ron Dellums, John Conyers, Marty Sabo and an Appropriations guy who I'm sure was a disaster as well. George Mitchell, Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Joe Biden and Don Reigle ran the Senate.

John McLaughlin, George Will and Robert Novak were the charismatic voices of the right on TV. William Safire was the print token, until he started obsessing on etymology. Rush Limbaugh heckled Patsy Shroeder. We all did.

Marvin Fitzwater, out there setting it straight until he muddied the water in a drone.

God, that sucked. We're rockin' these days.

[Domestic Church]

"the GOP needs to find a Lee Atwater acolyte"

We need a bunch of them... the scarlet pimpernel gang that presents the dignity of the gent but understands the battle ground like a West Point grad and can be ruthless for the sake of the Constitution as it was written. And time is running out.

[Domestic Church]

"Craft a message that is unapologetic for 2nd Amendment protection, abortion opposition, gay right and environazi fascism abuse, and intolerable illegal immigration. It can be done through advocacy ads, talk show appearances, House legislation, commentaries, State by state grassroots coordination etc."

Again we need to use some of the opposition's tactics. The have professional protestors who get paid and that's why they aren't at a regular job that show up at various events. We need some sort of antisocialist/fascist foundation or org to get this kind of planned activity funded and running. We have great FR patriots here like Dr. Raoul who show up at Hillary's book signings and such and that is a fantastic start (and these folks should be in the leadership of this offensive) but we have to get serious and get really organized on the offensive...well beyond grassroots but with the grassroots appearance just as the opposition presents their message.