Republicans on the Ropes,

The Hartford Advocate ^ | 10-30-03 | by Alan Bisbort

[KC_Conspirator]

Telltale signs of GOP desperation are everywhere.

What color is the sky in this guys world? The GOP is watching the Nauseating Nine and thinking, "How can they be so stupid?". Hell, Zell Miller pointed out that the democrats are combining the bad ideas of 1972 (anti-defense) and 1984 (raise taxes) into one national campaign.

I once heard a professor tell my class the same thing and say that people all the time are joining the democrat party - which is a lie since they have been losing membership for 2 straight decades. And what about dfections? There have been close to 500 elected democrat party defections in the past decade, and only a few from the GOP.

[Porterville]

I love comedy...

[KC_Conspirator]

You have that exactly right. To think that the 500 dem defections have come in the past decade alone. Furthermore, democrat party registration has fallen to all time lows in the last 2 decades.

Any chances of my Jayhawks taking the Aggies this weekend?

[Coop]

We also have, here in Maryland, Governor Ehrlich who could become a hot property if he can succeed in such a hostile atmosphere.

He ran an excellent campaign, IMHO, but unfortunatly Ehrlich is pro abortion.

[Coop]

I deal in results, not rhetoric...the results are the same...a weak wristed Republican leadership not quite up to doing battle in the trenches and zero new judicial appointments.

You may think you deal in results, but you're not too familiar with reality. Zero? Please.

[Coop]

I deal in results, not rhetoric...the results are the same...a weak wristed Republican leadership not quite up to doing battle in the trenches and zero new judicial appointments.

You may think you deal in results, but you're not too familiar with reality. Zero? Please.

[Coop]

I deal in results, not rhetoric...the results are the same...a weak wristed Republican leadership not quite up to doing battle in the trenches and zero new judicial appointments.

You may think you deal in results, but you're not too familiar with reality. Zero? Please.

[Mr. Bird]

Unfortunate for us on the Life side, but I had posed a hypothetical a few weeks ago. If a candidate stood for everything you believe in (I'm not saying Ehrlich does at this point, of course), with the sole exception of abortion, would you ever vote for him/her?

I'm inclined to look at the total package. I refuse to hand an election to a Democrat by taking a principled, yet altogether inconsequential, stand. No president can single-handedly overturn Roe.

[Redleg Duke]

Rush was right...when the libs are out of power, they act funny!

[proud_member_of_ VRWC]

Groomed successor=loser.

Very true indeed. Anyone ever heard of Al Gore? Hell, daddy probably played Hail to the Chief in his cradle.

There's a reason why this chowder brain is writing for the Hartford Advocate.

[proud_member_of_ VRWC]

Last and least, former first lady Barbara Bush recently described the 12 Democratic candidates for president as a "sorry group." The Democratic lineup contains two decorated war veterans, a Rhodes Scholar, a top West Point grad, a longtime legislator, a successful mayor and governor, and numerous other public servants, none of whom warrant such an undignified characterization.

Either this guy can't count or he considers Wesley Clark to be 3 people. The latter is believable. Clark changes his opinions on the issues everyday, so one might think the General wrestles with personality problems.

[HitmanLV]

Call me laughably optimistic, but I believe the Republican Party is in deep trouble.

OK, you are laughably optimistic.

Amazing people still throw out softballs like this!

[Coop]

Abortion is probably the one issue I just could not look the other way on. But more importantly, I don't think Ehrlich would generate the support from the political establishment due to that factor. He'd have to move right.